It’s Halloween and we at West CAC were dreading what monsters Backspin C would send us and our fears were justified when in walked Luke Brown, a very tall man, Graham Burton, an old foe of mine from The Beacon of Light, and Kenneth Greatbatch who is a blast from the past, facing them were the in-form Michael Hepworth, Alan Whitwham, just been promoted to number 2 in the team, and the ever graceful Howard Forster.

The match started with a surprise 5 game win for Graham against Michael, so well played, then Howard lost in 4 ends to a very good Luke, and then the fighter not the quitter Alan lost in 3 ends to Ken, but only after the 2^nd end went to 22-20.   Graham continued his fine form when he defeated Howard, and it wasn’t till the 6^th set before West got on the score card when Michael overcame Ken in 3 ends. The last 3 sets all went to 5 ends which Backspin won 2 and the match of the night was the 2 number ones Luke and Michael played some great attacking shots and good defending, but Luke finally won 12-10 in last end, what a match to watch. My sister was born on Halloween and on that day, she is allowed to put a curse on someone, and it turned out it was Graham in his match against Alan when he lost in the 5^th 11-2 so bad luck, he could have been Player of the Match and my thanks goes to my sister for helping me win my 1^st game this season.

The Player of the Match was Luke, who has the wingspan of a Jumbo Jet, So well played Luke.

Gan Canny,

Alan, and sis, Whitwham