Dorchester A win Purbeck Trophy 2023
Dorchester Bowls Club
Dorchester A 31 Dolphin A 26
On Thursday 23 March 2023 13:30 Dorchester A played Dolphin A IBC in the Men's Purbeck Trophy Final at Dolphin IBC a game featuring 2 rinks of triples.
On rink 6 the Dorchester Triple of Keith Wyman, Phil Hallett and Ged Costello raced to a 10-1 lead against a Dolphin rink skipped by Les Manning after 5 ends, while on rink 5 the Dorchester Triple of Richard Toone, Mick Durant and Roger Nicholas had a narrow 4-5 deficit against a Dolphin rink skipped by Clive Truscott. The Costello Triple maintained their lead throughout the game and completed the 18 ends with a 23-11 lead. With 2 ends to play the Nicholas Triple trailed 8-13 and managed to only drop single shots on the last 2 ends to finish 8-15 down. This secured an overall victory 31-26 for Dorchester A. The team are pictured celebrating with the Purbeck Trophy.
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