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Festival Rinks was another Jolly triumph

The week's competition started on Tuesday with the Rinks group games. There were 5 groups, the
winners of which automatically qualified for the Quarter Finals and the remaining 3 teams for the last
8 would come from the group runners-up and the best 3rd placed team with the knockouts later in
the week..
The first group had two well-matched teams who dominated the group. The rink of Agnew-
McNeil-Edmead and Frost-Edge, each won all their games, except the one they played against each
other, which was drawn. In the end it was only 3 shots that separated them, with Frost-Edge taking
the group win. In group 2, Clemmet-Newling-McGahan-Sanderson won all their games to win the
group comfortably, with the runner-up spot going to Templeton-Clark-Pearson, who won two games,
and drew one. Group 3 was another group with saw two teams tied on 7 points. Watling-Compton-
Young, with 33 shots beat Webbley-Greaves-Webb-Butler into second place, by 7 shots.
Group 4 had comfortable group winners with Tilbrook-Game-Daniels, who picked up maximum
points from their 4 games, and had the group win tied up before playing their final game. They finished
3 points clear of Collins-FIsher-Long, while 3rd placed Stark-Crawford-Joy, with 4 points and 30 shots
scraped through as the best 3rd placed team by a couple of shots. In group 5 the Goodrich-Hobbs-
Jolly rink came though their games with 4 wins to top the group, although two of those victories were
by just the odd shot. One of those narrow victories came against Laydon-Wilson-Campbell, who won
their three remaining games, to finish second.
Norwegian Teams unfortunately neither of the Norwegian rinks were able to win a game, but
both came very close to doing so against highly fancied teams. Trond Bekke, Børre Johansen, Lis-
beth Yssenmoen-Inger and Inger Johanne Olsen were ahead until the last end against eventual
group winners Watling-Compton-Young, before being edged out to a 6-7 loss. And Tor Andersen,
Øistein Andersen, Ole Petter Lier and Viggo Espensen came very close to causing a major upset
against last year's winners Laydon-Wilson-Campbell. They had their noses in front for most of the
game, but just faded at the end, losing 5-7.
At the quarter Final stage Goodrich-Hobbs-Jolly swept aside Frost-Edge not even giving their
opposition the satisfaction of taking a single end, winning the game 9-0. Similarly Clemmet-Newl-
ing-McGahan-Sanderson weren't allowed to get a look in against Agnew-McNeil-Edmead, who were
comfortable 11-0 winners. After winning the first end, Webbley-Greaves-Webb-Butler, fell behind
against Tilbrook-Game-Daniels, whose 4 on the third end meant that they always held a comfortable
advantage, as they won 11-3.
And it was exactly the same score as Watling-Compton-Young took on Templeton-Clark-Pear-
son. Although the latter team held a 3-1 lead after 3 ends, the former levelled the game next end,
and then broke the back of it with 5 shots on the 5th end.
In the semi-finals, Tilbrook-Game-Daniels, took the first couple of ends against Watling-Comp-
ton-Young and never relinquished their lead. By the 5th end they were 8-1 ahead, and were able to
control the game thereafter, finally winning 8-5.