Marine Gardens Bowling Club
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This was a week of mixed fortunes for Marine Garden bowlers. It started off well with an away win at Pagham in the PC Cup competition.
The 70-56 aggregate score was enough to propel Marine Gardens into the next round and a home tie against Chichester. Leading the way with a resounding 22-9 victory were Gerry Perch, Trevor Punnett, Duncan Gayler and Graeme Poole. This was followed with a victory in a friendly match played at Arundel when the aggregate score was 62-57 in the away team's favour. Top Rink honours in this closely contested match went to David Sayer, Julian Ogglesby, Les Gritton and Albert Leatham with a 17-11 win.
Things fell away towards the end of the week with 2 points only being gleaned from the Stracey fixture at Goring Manor thanks to the solitary win 21-12 recorded by David Smith Pam Duffield, Alan Paterson and Duncan Gayler. The final blow was dealt by West Harrow bowlers making a return visit to Marine Gardens,This is a trip which they obviously enjoyed winning on 3 of the 4 rinks.
The aggregate score of 84-47 tells its own story with the only crumbs of comfort for Marine Gardens coming from the performance of Valerie Conway, Geraldine Whitehead and Mark Berriman with a 19-14 win.