IRVINE BOWLS LEAGUE

Blacklands 5 Irvine Park 0

THE winner takes-all match started very cagey as to be expected with only one Irvine rink starting to pull away from their opposition all the other five rinks were locked together until the 12th and 13th ends where Blacklands took a gamble and produced 10 shots across the board and their rink who were well down starting to pull things back.

Irvine Park didn't know what had hit them and couldn't reply as the ends were running out on them.

Blacklands ran out comfortable winners in the end up by 20 shots, winning three and drawing one rink plus picking up two bonus points from skips S Spiers and D Cannon.

With the boys from Blacklands winning all of their six games they ran out worthy winners of the league and with that kind of form the will be looking to add the League Cup to the trophy cabinet.

Irvine Winton 4

Dreghorn 0

IRVINE Winton needed a minimum of 5 points from this game to overtake Dreghorn in the league and halfway through the match the 3 points could have gone either way but the Winton took control and going into the last couple of ends they were leading Dreghorn by 19 shots with two bonus points looking very likely. but the Horn managed to pull a few shots out the hat and save one of their bonus points to claim third place on shot difference. Both teams still have the chance of silverware via the league Cup.

Girdle 1 Springside 4

BOTTOM end of the table battles are not what Springside are used to in the final game of the season but this is where they found themselves.

Only one point separated these two teams and Girdle Toll were pushing for their highest league position in years. But Springside dug deep and found some form to take all three points by winning the game by seven shots plus an additional two bonus points. Girdle Toll did manage to pick up a bonus point.

Springside now look forward to a trip to Dreghorn in the League Cup.

Final league standings

Blacklands 29pts +122

Irvine Park 23pts +133

Dreghorn 17pts +43

Irvine Winton 17pts +7

Springside 9pts - 37

Girdle toll 5pts - 73

Towerlands 4pts - 156

Fixtures, Friday, August 24, Fairways League Cup semi-finals: Irvine Winton v Blacklands, Dreghorn v Springside.