Under 25 international series

hi my name is ashley clipston and this year i went to ireland to represent england in the under 25 junior international series.

In january the international series was being play in ballymoney in ireland. All the 4 countries manage to arrive safely even with the bad weather conditions.

The format for the games is 4 rinks of 4 players which play 21 ends in each game.
With England winning the series last year in scotland there was more pressure on us to try and retain the title.

The first game was against wales which england won 2 rinks and lost 2 rinks but england managed to score more shots seeing the total england 92,wales 67.

In the other game between Scotland and irleand,scotland won with 109-73 total.

Englands next game was against the hosts ireland with england spirits high manged to beat the hosts with and impressive 100-67 total.

Scotland and wales was a very close game which wales come out victorios with a 83-82 shot win.

England had scotland in the last game with england being the only team to win the first 2 games meant all we needed to do was to beat scotland to retain the title.
The games was very close and with 18 ends played out of the 21 there was only 6 shots the difference. A pulsating game ended with England winning by 13 shots and Jamie Chestney’s rink winning by a magnificent 32 shots which is the rink i was on.

Overall i was very pleased with my achievements over the weekend and will hopefully be selected again next year to represent my country again.