All eyes focused on Polmuir Bowling Club , Aberdeen for a must win game for both counties in their quest for a top 2 spot in the North Section and qualification for the quarter finals.

Another cracking weather day welcomed the teams and a large support and the green looked in great condition.

At the initial speeches, our own President tried his best to encourage Angus by publicly wishing for a Bon Accord victory! Nothing like putting pressure on his own team before a bowl is bowled! 😉🤣

The rink draw saw the following head to heads:

Rink 1 – Zander Main, Callum Work, Neil McIntosh and Kevin Pirie v Darren Burnett

Rink 2 – Graeme Snape, Neil Anderson, Kevin Philip and Kevin Harper v Malcolm Anderson

Rink 3 – Jim Shea, Cameron Millar, Ross Stewart and Scott Murray v Neil Herron

Rink 4 – Daniel McKendrick, Willie Lumsden, Jak Miller and Roy Henry v Andy Fuyre

Rink 5 – Ben Inglis, Billy Grant, David Cobban Shaw and Derek McNicol v Scott Pirie

Rink 6 – Mike Boyne, Keith Morrison, Martyn Orchard and Eric Gallan v Darren Smith

After a few slow starts in previous matches, the Bon Accord players knew a good start was required in such a vital match and they responded accordingly with both Scott Murray and Derek McNicol rinks scoring counts of 4 in the first quarter. After 5 ends played across all rinks, Bon Accord led 32-25 and the individual rink scores were

Kevin Pirie up 4-2
Kevin Harper up 6-4
Scott Murray level 8-8
Roy Henry down 2-6
Derek McNicol up 9-3
Eric Gallan up 3-2

Into the 2nd quarter and Angus showed why they had won all 4 of their games to lead the North Section as they reduced the Bon Accord lead and to edge one shot ahead at 55-56 with 10 ends played across all rinks. The individual rink scores were

Kevin Pirie up 10-4
Kevin Harper down 9-12
Scott Murray level 13-13
Roy Henry down 4-11
Derek McNicol up 12-7
Eric Gallan down 7-9

Into the 3rd quarter and Angus continued to put pressure on Bon Accord as they began to build a lead which got to 10 shots with 15 ends played across all rinks. Rink scores were

Kevin Pirie up 15-9
Kevin Harper down 11-19
Scott Murray up 20-19
Roy Henry down 7-17
Derek McNicol up 15-11
Eric Gallan down 11-14

36 HUGE ends left for Bon Accord to keep their hopes alive. In the last two games Bon Accord have finished strongly and another one was required now. Over the next 18 ends, Bon Accord outscored Angus by 22-11 to edge ahead 101-100 with 18 ends played across all rinks. Scott Murray rink scored a vital 5 in their match which was averaging about 2.5 shots per end!

End 19 in the Kevin Harper match proved to be decisive in the whole match. With Bon Accord lying 5, the Angus skip drew the shot with his last bowl, however Kevin with the last bowl of the end was able to take the bowl out and stay in the count himself to score a 6! The on green celebrations with his teammates will be long remembered!

This was to give the Bon Accord team the momentum and they managed to control the remaining ends to secure a vital victory by 119-112!

The individual rink scores saw Bon Accord up in 4, 1 level and down in only 1.

Kevin Pirie won 21-14
Kevin Harper drew 21-21
Scott Murray won 29-25
Roy Henry lost 11-22
Derek McNicol won 18-15
Eric Gallan won 19-15

The win keeps Bon Accord in 3rd position in the North Section but only 1 point behind Highland and Angus.

Next Saturday, we travel to Huntly to face Highland in another vital match.

Huge thanks go to Polmuir BC and all their members for a smoothly run day! This includes the great food, bar staff, rink scoreboard markers and those on the big scoreboard! We look forward to returning soon!

Thanks to the two umpires Audrey Campbell and Graham Senff.

Thanks also to Angus BA for a great game and we wish you all the best for the remainder of your season.

To the Bon Accord supporters who came along to cheer us on! Your support is so important and very much appreciated by the squad and officials.

Finally, to our players who again showed an amazing fighting spirit to gain the vital victory!