By Casey O'Connor
The Gateball group played their competition games on Friday morning.
Les Williams, Sharyn Roser and Grace Howard won the toss choosing to play white balls against Jenny Tunbridge, Joy Newman, Pauline Smith and Heather Widderick (red balls).
In the opening game, whites struggled to get their balls into play, but managed to slowly claw their way back into the game going on to take an 8-7
In the next game Whites began much better getting out to a good lead early on. Thanks to some accurate shooting they kept the red balls out of play taking control of hoops two and three. For Reds, Newman managed some accurate long shots and an Agari which narrowed the scores, but it was not enough. Whites securing another win, 13-10.
After the break Williams, Roser and Howard added Smith to their team and played red balls. Tunbridge, Newman and Widderick playing White struggled to get balls into play. When they did Reds sent them off the court and held a healthy lead throughout. Smith scored some accurate shots contributing to Reds 14-8 win.
In the final game both teams found it difficult to get their balls into play. It was a very close game until whites missed some crucial shots allowing Reds to take a 13-9 lead and claim the win.
