MOONFLEET 86

ARUN 56

MOONFLEET 2000 Ladies have reached the final of the national Vivienne Trophy after an outstanding 86-56 victory over Arun Ladies from Bognor Regis.

Moonfleet’s prize is a final in Nottingham against Lincoln on Thursday, April 6.  

Four rinks of triples teams, along with over 30 supporters, many sporting green wigs representing club colours, travelled to the neutral Banister Park in Eastleigh for the semi-finals.

The 18-end contest, with all four games playing simultaneously, proved to be an amazing experience for both players and spectators alike.

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Moonfleet’s four teams were comprised of Val Griffen, Judy Why and skip Jill Gwilliam, Karen Hofen, Kath Desmond and skip Margaret Crawford, Chris Rod, Di Edwards with skip Anne Chislett and finally Mairi Mathie, Val Spicer and their skip Carole Venton.

After five ends the Gwilliam and Crawford rinks were evenly matched, the Chislett trio having pulled ahead 8- 1, but alarmingly the Arun ladies had accelerated away to a 12-0 lead against the Venton triple.

Five ends later, the Moonfleet ladies trailed by only two shots overall at 40-38, as the Gwilliam team nudged ahead and the Chislett triple stormed ahead 16-5.

With the Venton trio now on the board, there was a surge in determination and, with the help of the very vocal supporters, they were only two shots behind their rivals by end 15.

With all rinks adding to their scores at this point, the overall total was now 69-54 in Moonfleet’s favour.

From that moment onwards there was no stopping the Moonfleet ladies as the cheers from the supporters and quality of play all round increased.

Moonfleet were certainly now in the driving seat and, adding 17 more shots overall to only two to Arun over the final ends, Moonfleet finished with a massive 30-shot victory.

It was all the way a whole team effort with everyone holding their nerve.

The Chislett trio totally outplayed their opponents finishing with a crushing 33-7 score and the Venton rink overcame their earlier struggles to overtake their opposition and steal victory on the final end.