Lorna, Margaret, Marion and Eileen M. took on Balgownie in the Scottish District 3 senior ladies fours final this morning at Harlaw. They got off to a great start, winning the first 3 end. Balgownie came back at them though, and managed to take and then maintain a lead of a few shots throughout most of what was a very tight game. Belhelvie played extremely well to bring the scores back to 10-11 against going into the final, 15th end. With Belhelvie lying one down, an errant shot by the Balgownie third, Sylvia Thomson,  took out the shot bowl to leave Belhelvie with a single. No change was made by the skips, to leave the game all square and an extra end was required.

In the extra end, Balgownie’s lead, Irene Clubb, drew within a few inches with her opening bowl. Lorna, undeterred drew her two bowls within a similar distance, but not quite close enough to be shot bowl. Margaret tidied up. pushing out the Balgownie bowl and leaving Belhelvie with a winning lie. There was no change to the position after the thirds had played, with Marion’s bowls providing protection to Belhelvie’s shots. Unfortunately,  Annie Gray, Balgownie’s skip was able to promote a short Balgownie bowl with a weighted shot just enough to outcount Belhelvie’s closest. Eileen narrowly missed trailing the jack back to Belhelvie, with the final score 11-12 in Balgownie’s favour.

Very well done to our ladies for getting to the final and for playing so well today.  You can check out a video of the match here.