Surrey come through after Middleton Cup scare (From Kingston Guardian)

Surrey come through after Middleton Cup scare

12:56pm Tuesday 9th June 2009

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Surrey were given a real fright before wrapping up a 128-117 Middleton Cup victory over Berkshire at Shirley Park on Saturday.

Beaten in last week’s opener at Middlesex, Surrey appeared to be in control for most of the match and were 26 shots ahead after 15 ends.

But Berkshire battled back to reduce Surrey’s lead to three shots with three ends to play, before Surrey provided the necessary response.

Three rinks were desperately close with two going to Surrey by two and one shot respectively and the other to Berkshire by just one shot.

Good performances by the rinks of Dennis Hennessy and Steve Tuohy were the foundation stone of the win which brought Surrey a welcome 18 points to Berkshire’s four.

Surrey move up to second in the table of five counties, and now play at home, again at Shirley Park BC, on Saturday against Oxfordshire CBA, who are the only unbeaten team in the group.

They are in the driving seat having only played one game so far but the group is very much open to any county who can string a few wins together.

SURREY CBA 128 (18 Points) ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE 117 (4 Points)

Rink 1: Surrey Andy Gladwell, Norman Ross, Nathan Beeson, Dennis Hennessy 19 Berks. Alan Symondson, Bob Cannings, Ryan Buckett, Andrew Knapper 11

Rink 2: Surrey Matthew White, Alistair Howick, Graham Vigor, Ian Jenkins 11 Berks. Adrian Chipper, Gordon Knapper, David White, Chris Holliday 20

Rink 3 Surrey Andy Bullen, Jeff O’Leary, Paul Vamvacopoulos, Mark Bishopp 23 Berks. Carl Brooks, Derek Parsonson, Adrian Collins, Robert Newman 22

Rink 4 Surrey Phil Burge, Steve Spencer, Lee Dickson, Dave Clark 23 Berks. John Heapy, Michael Linn, Duncan Christie, Gary Stacey 24

Rink 5 Surrey Daniel Morris, Zac Abro, Chris Young, Steve Tuohy 29 Berks. B J Byles, Peter Swinn, Darren Holder, Michael Newman 19

Rink 6 Surrey Doug Spittles, Mike Sigamoney, Barrie Emanuel, Ian Honnor 23 Berks. Daniel W-Emberson, Steve Giles, Colin Brooks, Mark Bantock 21

MIDDLETON CUP GROUP 3B TABLE: HAMPSHIRE (played 2, points 24), SURREY (2, 22), MIDDLESEX (2, 20), OXFORDSHIRE (1, 18), BERKSHIRE (1, 4).

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