Bridgewater set up straight shootout!

Bridgewater have set up a straight shootout with Hadley USC tonight after beating Ludlow Castle by 11 overall. It wasn’t all plain sailing though as they trailed by 10 after the first four, only Dave Gourlay winning 14 and were grateful for Stuart Bailey getting 16 from 19-9 down and Tim Stokes getting 13 from 9-1 down. In the middle though and two breaks over 15 saw them pull ahead with Stuart Hodges winning 4 in the corners and Tom Cooper going one better over the middle. It could have been worse for Ludlow but Dave Wilding won 19 from 10-1 down and Carl Bowen came back to win 17 to limit the damage but it was still 19 shots to Bridgewater. Going into the back and Ludlow tried their best to get back into it. But Mal Griffiths was the only one to pull away from their opponent, going 14-2 up and winning 7, and even with Graham Pritchard winning 20 from a few down early doors, they could only draw with Keith Bell 20-17 down and Lee Wilding 18-17 up. In the end it was a 11 shots win to Bridgwater which gives them the draw in the game with Hadley tonight on Battlefield, but realistically, it is a winner takes all shootout.

Commiserations to Ludlow Castle who showed over the two games that they are a good side and can compete with the best outside the league.

Thanks to Sir John Bayley for hosting and to Mike Potter for refereeing.

Bridgwater will play Hadley USC tonight at Battlefield starting at 7. Draw will be released on here at 10.30.

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