Ham Manor through to third round

Manor defeated Singing Hills 9-3 on Saturday but Littlehampton lost 9-3 to Worthing and Rustington were defeated 7-5 by Seaford. Manor will now travel to Haywards Heath in the third round.

Results '” Ham Manor 9, Singing Hills 3. Paul Gill & Matt Thompson halved with T.George & D.Croucher; Andy Newbon & Sean Neal bt S.McKeown & T.Harris 6&5; Martin Yeates & Richard Rowlands bt S.Finch & D.Elphick 2&1; Kevin Ruffle & Kevin Siveter bt V.Steert & M.Wilson 7&6.

Singles: Newbon lost to Croucher 5&4; Yeates bt Street 3&2; Ruffle bt McKeown 5&3; Siveter bt George 2&1; Neal halved with Elphick; Thompson bt Finch 4&3; Gill bt Harris 5&4; Rowlands lost to Wilson 4&3.

Littlehampton 3, Worthing 9. Foursomes: Murley & Jahan bt Harrington & Bartlett 2up; Sykes &Hawes lost to Hale and Tarver-Jones 2&1; Webb & Harker lost to Doherty &Nightingale 3&2; Graham & Rolfe bt Williams & A.Roberts 4&3.

Singles: Murley halved with Tarver-Jones; Hawes lost to Doherty 1down; Jahan lost to Williams 3&2; Graham lost to Nightingale 3&2; Sykes lost to Harrington 5&4; Harker lost to Roberts 1 down; Rolfe lost to Hale beat 1down; Webb halved with Bartlett.

Rustington 5, Seaford 7. Foursomes: Adam O'Sullivan & Andy Westgate lost to M.King & D.King 3&2; Gary Salt & Martin Hill bt K.Doherty & M.Smith 4&2; Tim Osman & Graham Snelgrove lost to A.Taylor & A.Lundless 2&1; Rob Theobold & Dave Massey lost to M.Walker & W.King 5&4.

Singles: Salt bt M.King 3&2; O'Sullivan lost to Smith 3&2; Westgate lost to 2down; Snelgrove lost to D.King 1down; Hill bt W.King 4&3; Theobold lost to Wells 3&2; Massey bt Doherty 1up; Osman bt Taylor 7&5.

See Thursday's Littlehampton Gazette for David Bennett's live report from Littlehampton v Worthing and pictures from Littlehampton and Ham Manor.