Bowls: Aldingbourne get better of Crablands... Southbourne down Deans

ALDINGBOURNE

Aldingbourne’s first league match of the season resulted in a resounding win over Crablands BC by 36 shots, thanks to Freddie Taylor’s team winning 39-10. This gave Aldingbourne eight points from ten available.

In their second league match of the new season, Aldingbourne took six points from Worthing B, winning on two rinks and by 107-59.

Aldingbourne held their annual open fours, entertaining 28 teams from around West Sussex and farther afield, including sides from Crawley and Fareham. The eventual winners The Dream Team from Worthing.

SOUTHBOURNE / WEST DEAN

Southbourne 51 West Dean 42

West Dean, visited Southbourne for an enjoyable mixed triples friendly.. Southbourne won on two rinks and lost on one – winning overall by nine shots.

Scores: Mary Thornton, John Staker & Jim Jennings (s) beat Pam Patterson, John Jones, Tony Boxall (s) 22-9; Joan Frost, Len Mates & Pete Garrard (s) beat Ann Hiscock, Bob Holman, John Butterworth (s) 19-13; Eileen Keane, Daniel Hibberd & Malcolm Keane (s) lost 20-10 to Ian Morrison, Andy Wood, David Harding (s).

CHICHESTER

Chichester B 99 Maltravers 62

Chichester B secured all ten points in their West Sussex League match at home to Maltravers. Chichester got off to a good start and steadily built up their score, going on to win by 37 shots.

Scores: J Swannell, L Edmonds, A Avery, J Pickard (skip) won 23-15; D Seeley, P Doust, L Shipp, M Hannant (skip) won 26-16; K Ball, B Money, T Gaffney, T Hardgrove (skip) won 28-12; A Daines, N Dearman, P Merritt, C Wade (skip) won 22-19.

Chichester 144 Marldon Maple Leaf Tourists 117

Chichester entertained a touring team Marldon Maple Leaf from Devon in a mixed friendly.

This fixture was so popular that Chichester had too many players, so several were substituted on rinks two and four after ten ends.

Scores: J Swannell, I Taylor, A Avery, K Burt (skip) lost 19-17; J Walters, M Davis, R Anscombe, PJ White (skip) substituted after ten ends by A Deller, C Campling, T Gaffney, PJ White (skip) won 32-16; A Stewart, J Hole, B Talmage, D Leach (skip) won 16-15; G Buckle, M Schofield, P Merritt, M Hannant (skip) substituted after ten ends by N Dearman, B Hole, R Hobbs, C Porter (skip) won 20-18; M Bayfield, S Baverstock, B Money, C Wade (skip) won 20-16; C Hulbert, L Campling, K Ball, D Schofield (skip) won 22-16; T Jennings, A Hulbert, P Howick, M Lewis (skip) drew 17-17.

Chichester 31 Storrington 28

In their home game against Storrington in the BM League, Chichester won on one rink and lost on the other – taking four points for the overall win.

Scores: Debbie Hogg, Tony Sayers & Brian Butler won 20-9; Margaret Schofield, Keith Burt & Peter White lost 19-11.

Crablands 86 Chichester 69

Playing at Crablands in the Sussex Top Club contest, Chichester won only one of the four disciplines and were knocked out.

Scores: Singles: Chris Hobbs won 21-19; Pairs: Debbie Hogg & Betty Spicer lost 20-17; Triples: Jean Hole, Bridget Collins & April Janamn lost 24-11; Fours: Pam Rampton, Sandra Pickard, Steph Baverstock & Sue Miles lost 23-20.

Chichester 30 Mackie 12

Chris Hobbs, Debbie Hogg, Steph Baverstock and Betty Spicer, playing at home against Mackie in their first game of the Gladys Rowland Trophy, won by a comfortable 18 shots taking them through to the next round.

MIDDLETON

Fishbourne 38 Middleton 27

The BML mixed league continues to be a frustrating one for Middleton. The team never loses more than half their games but frequently lose the match on points scored. And so it proved again at Fishbourne.

Scores: P Eccles, P Lush, R Gregory lost 27-12; L Lush, B Colvin, J Graham won 25-6; (friendly): A Chandler, L Oldridge, P Ramsden won 17-14. Middleton 2pts, Fishbourne 4pts.

Norfolk 64 Middleton 81

It is always encouraging to get a win early in the season, which iswhat Middleton achieved at Norfolk.

Scores: C Pratt, B Bravington, G Steventon, B Colvin lost 22-16; I Hart, P Lush, J Graham, J Wilson won 27-13; P Ramsden, M Feneley, T Finch, R Wootten won 24-4; D Saunders, R McCaughan, G Smith, A Nurse lost 28-11. Middleton 6pts Norfolk 4pts.

Middleton 91 Marldon BC 116

Middleton entertained a touring side from Marldon in Devon. Six rinks were called into action with the overall points score in favour of Marldon masking some close-fought games on a highly-enjoyable day.

Scores: D Oldridge, J Mathieson, L Oldridge, M Feneley lost 18-16; S Jackson, D Saunders, P Eccles, B Colvin lost 20-17; J Jackson, S Shere, D Gower, M Fox lost 28-9; M Bravington, B Reed, K Baker, R Wootten won 24-13; L Lush, T Bridge, B Bravington, R Gregory lost 22-12; J Nurse, P Lush, P Ramsden, A Nurse lost 18-13.

PAGHAM

Four Pagham rinks played in the men’s Parrish Cup versus Pulborough and won 81-66.

Scores: P Langridge, G Ireland, R Hilder, P Mayoss lost 23-10; R Pearson, P Burrell, B Sales, M English won 29-13; T Plows, D Marsh, R Read, J Newell won 18-15; N Terry, J Burke, D Vaughan, T Wells won 24-15.

Four rinks played at home to Maltravers in a 90-54 win.

Scores: J Stewart, D Spink, J Fox, J Newell won 25-15; P Langridge, J Burke, R Hilder, G Cutts won 24-13; N Terry, D Marsh, R Read, M Adams won 21-15; R Pearson, B Sales, J Cawley, M English won 20-11.

Two mixed triples had a narrow 30-28 win over RAFA in the BM League.

Scores: J Sales, B Sales, P Mayoss won 19-9; D Spink, A Ross, J Newell lost 19-11.

Two rinks enjoyed a ladies’ C&M League 52-28 win over Chichester.

Scores: I Brooker, J Cutts, C Mayoss, G Conley won 32-13; J Wells, J Sales, A Ross, S Stocker won 20-15.

In the Midhurst Cup first round, Storrington beat Pgham by two shots on the extra end after a draw.

Scores: Away: R Pearson, T Plows, M English won 20-10; T Wells, J Wells, D Spink lost 20-14; Home: J Sales, S Stocker, P Mayoss drew 18-18; B Sales, S Stocker, C Mayoss lost 17-13.

CRABLANDS

Crablands 28 Stedham 34

On a cold afternoon, Stedham came to Crablands for two friendly triples.

Scores: D Ayling, J Saunders, C Ruler lost 22-6; G Humphreys, R Osborn, I Jones won 22-12.

Crablands ladies played Chichester in the Sussex Top Club, winning three out of the four disciplines to move into the next round on June 13.

WITTERINGS

Witterings 136 Little Spain 50

Witterings had a resounding win over Little Spain, winning on all five rinks.

Scores: Lesley Swift, Karen Slogrove, Chris Jelf, Lindsay Bangs (s) won 30-8; Sue Dobson, Alan Somerville, Ken Clark, Dave Bell (s) won 31-14; Sylvia Smethurst, Lesley Thomas,Tony Nixon, Fred Knotts (s) won 21-11; Kate Nixon, Graham Mason, Brian Barnes, Stuart Hooker (s) won 31-4; Sheila Currell, Gordon Murphy, Ron Prior, Gwilym Morgan (s) won 23-13.

Witterings 66 Bognor 74

A very convivial match was held in gusty winds against a strong team from Bognor.

Witterings look forward to a return match at Bognor, where they hope to reverse the result.

Scores: Brian Barnes, Ken Clark, Ron Prior, Dave Bell won 22-7; Mick Gough, Geoff Harsant, Paul Chivers, Fred Knotts lost 19-18; Bryan Smethurst, Alan Somerville, Chris Jelf, Ray Stephens drew 15-15; Mike King, Tony Nixon, Eric Shoyer and Jim Slogrove lost 33-11.

Witterings 36 Lancing 34

A great team effort saw Witterings win their first game this season in the C&M League against Lancing.

Scores: Ann Miles, Barbara Newman, Chris Horsley, Marina Aylward (skip) lost 19-16; Diane Leach, Julie Mulligan, Maureen Mulligan, Carole Tuffin (skip) won 20-15.

MIDHURST

Midhurst 73 (4pts) Milford 39 (1pt)

Midhurst entertained Milford in the Three Counties League and won overall by 34 shots winning on two rinks and losing on one.

Scores: Howard Seymour, Catherine Dixon & Rodney Largan won 19-14; Roger Brindle, Phill Kingswell & Margaret Sole lost 18-17; Margery Hayward, Jack Lee & Gerald Dixon won 37-7.

Midhurst 49 Graffham 54

In a close contest, Midhurst lost to Graffham by five shots.

Scores: Gordon Knight, Delphine Clark & Margaret Sole lost 18-17; Colin Downham, Joy Wells & Terry Berry lost 17-11; Tony Hubble, Basil Osborne & Margery Hayward won 19-17.

Midhurst 61 Headley 58

In a close-fought friendly match, Midhurst won by three shots and at last found some winning form.

Midhurst 61 Headley 58

Scores: Sue Ralph, Jean Adams & Phill Wells lost 17-11; Howard Seymour, Basil Osborne & Margaret Sole won 20-12; Brian Adams, Delphine Clark & Roy Ralph won 17-10; Stella Tait, Mike Ryan & Terry Berry lost 19-13.

FITTLEWORTH

Fittleworth 63 Haslemere 25

Fittleworth had a resounding win when they played host to Haslemere, winning on all three rinks.

Scores: Nancy Goodyer, Tessa Clegg, David Luxford won 13-11; Arthur Ellcome, Sheila Allen, Gina Barnfield won 23-6; Pauline Gilpin, Tony Broughton, Monica Enticknap won 27-8.

Pulborough 48 Fittleworth 45

A trip to Pulborough was a much closer affair with Fittleworth losing by just three shots.

Scores: Mike Ryan, Sue Judd, David Luxford lost 21-16; Pauline Gilpin, Brian Ball, Monica Enticknap lost 18-9; Arthur Ellcome, Sheila Allen, Gina Barnfield won 20-9.

C&M LADIES’ LEAGUE

Norfolk 44 East Preston 44 (3pts Norfolk, 3pts East Preston) (A Parsons 26 G Robinson 18; L Curtis 18 J Pidgeon 26); Maltravers 36 Norfolk 33 (5pts Maltravers, 1pt Norfolk) (B Butcher 16 A Parsons 16; J Sheldon 20 L Curtis 17); Lancing 34 Witterings 36 (2pts Lancing, 4pts Witterings) (I Humphreys 15 C Tuffin 20; L Gray 19 M Aylward 16); East Preston 28 Pagham 52 (6pts Pagham) (B Lemondine 13 G Conley 32; E Allum 15 S Stocker 20).

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