Forres Bowling Club open new season with president Dean Dobbs' team victorious in representative game
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Forres Bowling club president Dean Dobbs welcomed over 50 members and guests to the club's green opening.
The first jack of the season was delivered by the club's youngest current member, Alana Coutts.
What followed was a 16-end match between president's and vice-president's teams.
After what looked for a while would be an easy win for the president's team, his side emerged with a narrow 93-87 victory.
The performance of the day came from Buckie Victoria's Bill Petrie. He hit a six at the fourth end as he skipped Mary Sobey, Lesley Mackintosh and Lesley Coutts to an emphatic 30-5 victory over Steve Gill.
Stuart Robertson hit two sixes against Paul Coutts as he levelled things for the VP team with a 30-8 victory.
Davie Petrie put the VPs ahead after a closely-fought match with Gary Mackie, who had led early on but after a real battle, found himself on the wrong end of a 14-11 scoreline.
Dean Dobbs levelled things with a one-sided, 24-4 thrashing of Alex Porter who was relieved to only lose a seven at the eighth end, thus avoiding picking up the first box of After Eights of the season.
A late comeback saw Cooper Park's Willie Robertson recover from trailing John Matthews by six shots to record a 16-14 victory.
A gallant effort from Harry Sutherland gave the vice-presidents a 20-4 victory in the remaining rink.
Sutherland led 9-0 before Brian Riddell got on the scoreboard, but, ultimately, results elsewhere on the green secured an overall victory for the president's team.
