Exciting top club win For Gullivers

Gullivers reached the third round of the Bowls England National Top Club competition, after a thrilling win over Fairlight.

The games started with an exciting 2 Bowl Singles, in which Charles Wright trailed 1-9 before recovering to take the match 16-12, whilst Philip Balchin lost the 4 Bowl Singles, despite a good effort from him 13-21.

In the Pairs, there was another outstanding performance from John Gray & Rob Harris, who both played superbly to win 21-11, after leading 20-4 at one stage.

There was another good showing from Mike Laxton at lead in the Triples alongside Ken Ferguson & Steve Judd. The game was nip and tuck and went down to the last bowl, with Fairlight winning 21-19 largely thanks to a five scored on the sixteenth end.

With the scores level, the game was decided by the Fours team of Jeff Coates, Bernie Catt, John Bishop & John Clark, who won 16-15 in another close game. Clark's champs were leading by six with 2 ends to play but dropped a 4,1 to make the contest go down to the last bowl with Gullivers winning 3-2 on points.

In round 3 Gullivers are away to White Rock (Hastings).