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Symes led the final 16-9 after 11 of the 18 ends. But Kernaghan took a four on the next end – the third of the game – to tighten up the contest. Symes took a two on the next end, but then Kernaghan got on a run and including a three on the penultimate head, his team grabbed the lead for the first time. Both Scott and MacDonell produced top draw shots on the deciding end, before Gray, with his second delivery, immaculately drew the jack a few centimetres to hold two. Kernaghan, a highly decorated player, had to watch with frustration when his last drive hit the head but he still found himself two down when the dust settled and both the jack and Gray’s toucher ended up in the ditch. It was his third successive fours final defeat.
Joe Faber and the Optimists | Gill Oliver
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Can you write a funny book about a man who’s had a stroke? Gill Oliver, a Somerset-based author has done just that, inspired by her real-life experiences when her husband Terry suffered a stroke in 2013. Here Gill gives an insight into some of the challenges she faced when attempting to turn their story into a work of fiction…
“So,” asked my interviewer, “what are you working on now?” She smiled approvingly when I said I was writing a novel; a funny book about a serious subject. The smile curdled when I told her it was about stroke rehab.