WITTERINGS

Witterings & District BC enjoyed a fun weekend in good weather to celebrate their 40th anniversary.

Saturday saw six triples played in a light-hearted atmosphere, the winners being Paul Chivers, Wendy Beadman and Bruce Cruickshank. A buffet tea was provided by the lady members.

The climax was the cutting of a magnificent birthday cake made by Marina Aylward featuring a bowls match in icing. Every member was
presented with a commemorative handkerchief.

On Sunday, the bowls was even more informal with members taking part in a spoon drive where each player recorded their total individual score throughout three different matches.

Winners were Wyn Winnum for the ladies and Barry Horsley for the men, each taking home a celebratory teaspoon. A barbecue wrapped up the day.

Wittering 60 Worthing Pavilion 24

Witterings ladies played at home in the C&M League against Worthing Pavilion and won on both rinks.

Scores: M Corbett, M Mullican, C Tuffin, B Newman (s) won 26-12; J Edwards, A Andrew, M Aylward, C Horsley (s) won 34-24.

PAGHAM

Maltravers took two ladies' rinks to play Pagham in the C&M League.
Pagham picked up four points, winning on one rink only but winning the match 50.33.

Scores: Carol Penny, Joan Wells, Chris Mayoss, Maureen King won 28-14, Diana Mitchell, Sylvia Pugh, Sheila Stocker, Pam Robinson lost 22-19.

Two friendly triples joined the game, winning 42-21.

Scores: Gay Stewart, Margaret Rees, Doreen Ellis won 27-8, Judy Warner, Joyce Ival,Dean, Gill Dart won 15-13.

Pagham men played at East Preston B, winning on three rinks and picking up eight points with a 79-73 win.

Scores: Robert Pearson, Mick Adams, Mervyn Mulvey, Mike English won 30-14, Daniel Lovell, Brian Sales, Douglas Vaughan, Paul Mayoss won 19-12, Dave Spink, Peter Heaver, Eric Mitchell, John Newell won 18-17, Nick Terry, Bagsy Smith, John Stewart, Roy Livermore lost 30-12.

Pagham men lost at home and away against Maltravers in the Abergavenny double rink and are now out of this competition.

The ladies picked up four points in the C&M League against Maltravers and two points in the C&M League against Beach Park.

Pagham men, playing at home, lost 80-72 in the league against Aldingbourne, picking up three points.

Scores: Nick Terry, Dave Spink, John Stewart, John Newell won 31-15, Daniel Lovell, Mick Adams, Eric King, Peter Brooker lost 20-18, Peter Langridge, Bagsy Smith, Mervyn Mulvey, Roy Livermore lost 30-8, Arthur Jeffrey, Tony Wells, Douglas Vaughan, Paul Mayoss drew 13-13.

CRABLANDS

Crablands 41 Arundel 26

Crablands met Arundel in the BM League, winning on one rink and
drawing on the other.

Scores: L Dray, V Dudman, D Adams drew 14-14, J Rawlins, L Tuck, Jn Harman won 27-12.

Crablands 53 Chichester 89

Crablands men lost all ten points in the Littlehampton Gazette League against Chichester.

Scores: J Saunders, A Blyth, J Brown, R Eastland lost 17-11 to I Linfield, F Field, B Talmage, A Anderson; L Dray, B Berry, A Bateman, M Heasman lost 29-8 to C Porter, C Wade, P Howick, D Schofield; E Potz,
D Eggleton, D Muncey, R Humphrey lost 21-15 to M Johnson, M Lewis, A Bowler, C Knight, C Pestle, J Tyrrell, D Clacey, Jn Harman lost 22-19 to P Whale, J Pickard, J Heasman, M Page.

Crablands 59 Hotham 67

Crablands played at Hotham, winning on the two friendly rinks but losing by 19 shots on the BM League rinks. Top rink was Crablands was skipped by Y Clifton.

Scores: J Saunders, J Lindley, J Byrne lost 17-14, L Dray, M Everest, S Blyth lost 25-9, B Whittle, C Pestle, Y Clifton won 20-10, C Garland, B Neate, A Blyth won 16-15.

Crablands 131 East Preston 103

Crablands took six rinks to East Preston for a friendly afternoon of bowls. Top rink was a ladies' one skipped by Marion Brown.

Scores: L Tuck, Jy Harman, S Blyth, M Brown won 33-14, P Jones, M Bateman, V Dudman, M Everest lost 18-15, D Jonas, A Gilling, L Dray, A Bateman drew 16-16, B Whittle, W Obermayer, A Humphreys, J Brown won 21-9, R Osborn, S Howe, B Berry, J Saunders lost 30-9, A Blyth, D Eggleton, C Pestle, E Potz won 37-16.

Crablands ladies have two teams through to county semi-finals day at Haywards Heath.

In the pairs, it's Grace Humphreys and Carol Bowles and in the fours, it's Grace Humphreys, Marie Nutt, Jackie Rawlins and Carol Bowles.

In the county unbadged two-wood competition, Joan Lindley has qualified for the semi-finals, to be be played on county finals day at Lewes.

SOUTHBOURNE

Southbourne men played Storrington in the Abergavenney Cup and won by one shot.

Dave Alner, Robin Armstrong, Antony Bull and Paul Butler have reached the quarter-finals of the county fours after beating Worthing Pavilion.

Southbourne 83 Telepost 65

Southbourne Bowls Club were away to Telepost in a friendly Triples Match, winning on three out of the four rinks.

Scores: A Williams, J Jennings, M Odell won 24-16; I Jennings, J Scorey, P Garrard won 25-10; K Alner, D House, J Staker won 21-18; L Williams, D Young, C Young lost 21-13.
Southbourne 49 Middleton 26

Southbourne played a home match against Middleton in the BML league and won on both rinks.

Scores: J Jennings, J Staker, M Odell beat D Jenkins, K Jenkins, J Bagley 27-18; A Greenfield, C Young, S Heil beat A Chandler, N Robertson, T Finch 22-8.

A further friendly rink was played on the same day and again Southourne managed a win.

Southbourne 79 West Tarring 70

Southbourne men were away to West Tarring in a Littlehampton Gazette Bowls League match. In a close game, Southbourne finally succeeded in
winning overall.

Scores: C Young, JA Lillywhite, R Galloway, P Butler lost 20-18; D House, A Smith, D Alner, R Armstrong won 24-10; J Kingswell, P Garrard, A Grief, F Armstrong lost 26-8; K Lockyer, J Staker, D Fewell, A Bull won 29-14.

PETWORTH

Petworth won on two rinks and drew on one – but wtill lost to Grasshoppers.

Scores: J Dormer, S Miles, K McGowan won 18-12, P Miles, M Bacon, M Lillywhite drew 14-14, S Allen, J Heyes, A Jordan won 15-13, A Northeast, D Herbert, M Monk lost 23-14.

Midhurst paid Petworth a visit for a return match and went down on all three rinks as Petworth won 67-36.

Scores: C Stevens, J Heyes, A Jordan won 26-16, E Fitch, J Dormer, R Lucking won 24-8, P Herrington, C Peacock, T Whittington won 17-12.

FISHBOURNE

Witterings 85 Fishbourne 51

Scores: S Wingate, J Wingate, T Bleach lost 32-8, B Rice, B Henham, A Saunders won 22-10, A Whitney, M Bleach, P Massey lost 21-12, N Saunders, S Jones, P White lost 22-9.

Fittleworth 47 Fishbourne 43

This very testing green gave the hosts a win by four shots only.

Scores: D Humphreys, K Fancy, S Heil lost 16-12, C Jury, G Evans, M Bleach won 17-12, J Summers, G Randall, F Heil lost 19-14.

A Fishbourne team won the Graffham open afternoon tournament by one shot against Midhurst. The victorious trio were E Keane, V Frost and M Keane.

FITTLEWORTH

Fittleworth lost 73-32 at Arundel.

Scores: John Moody, Norman Goodyer, Peter Banks lost 27-7; Ron Jones, Muriel Cook, Alan Jordan drew 13-13, Pat Perry, Audrey Hodgson, Peter Cook lost 33-12.

Playing at Stedham, Fittleworth lost 60-37.

Scores: Ron Jones, Norman Goodyer, Michael Gander lost 24-12; Michael Ryan, Alvar Etherington, Peter Cook lost: 19-10; John Moody, Muriel Cook, Betty Williams lost 17-15.

Fittleworth won 47-43 at home to Fishbourne.

Scores: Pat Perry, Audrey Hodgson, Sue Judd won
19-14; John Moody, Pauline Gilpin, Gina Barnfield won 16-12; Ron Jones, Michael Ryan, Norman Goodyer lost 17-12.

At home to Norfolk, there was a 77-28 defeat for Fittleworth.

Scores: Alvar Etherington, Audrey Hodgson, Sue Judd lost 17-13, Muriel Cook, Peter Cook, Bernard Adsett lost 32-7; Pauline Gilpin, Gina Barnfield, Michael Gander lost 28-8.

STEDHAM

It was a bad week in the league with the A side losing 5-0 at Wonersh in division one and the B side losing 3-2 at home to Liphook.

In the weekend's friendlies, Stedham did a little better beating Pulborough 64-47 and RAFA 52-43.

Stedham had a 58-40 defeat in the Holbrook Cup second round at Hotham on Sunday.

BROOKS MOTORS LEAGUE

In division one, Arundel continue at the top with 23 points from seven games, closely followed by Chichester with 20 from six.

Pagham are third with a maximum 18 points from their three games.
In division two, Aldingbourne remain top – unbeaten after seven games but having dropped two points in their last game.

They are 12 points ahead of second-placed Southbourne, who have played eight games.

Results:
Division 1: Norfolk 29 (4pts) Arundel 27 (2pts) (Botting 18 Fisk 13; Warren 11 Saunders 14), Chichester 42 (6pts) Fishbourne 17 (0pts) (Bayfield 21 Gaffney 13; Heasman 21 Burt 17), Crablands 41 (5pts) Arundel 26 (1pt) (Adams 14 Fisk 14; Harman 27 Lee 12); Hotham A 22 (0pts) Norfolk 28 (6pts) (Ewers 8 Ayling 23; Roots 14 Mocket 28), Chichester 41 (4pts) Arundel 25 (2pts) (Bayfield 31 Heal 8; Schofield 10 Oliver 17), Hotham A 42 (6pts) Crablands 23 (0pts) (Whitfield 17 Brune 14; Olver 25 Blyth 9).

Division 2: Witterings 29 (0pts) Hotham B 43 (6pts) (Andrew 16 Hannam 22; Leach 13 Sayer 21), Hotham B 31 (2pts) Southbourne 42 (4pts) (Hannam 10 Odell 30; Peach 21 Heil 12), Middleton 44 (6pts) RAFA 20 (0pts) (Feneley 20 Batcock 14; Smith 24 Cash 6), Witterings 39 (2pts) Aldingbourne 40 (4pts) (Hooker 20 Richards 25; Edwards 19 Wiedenhoeft 15), Southbourne 49 (6pts) Middleton 26 (0pts) (Heil 22 Finch 8; Odell 27 Bagley 18).

C&M TROPHY LADIES' LEAGUE

Division one: Aldingbourne 46 Maltravers 23 (6pts Aldingbourne) (B West 23 A Rand 11, J Whetstone 23 F Steele 12), Arundel 41 Beach Park 39 (4pts Arundel, 2pts Beach Park) (J Rule 18 G Webb 24, A Olliver 23 P Hayward 15), Beach Park 40 Pagham 29 (4pts Beach Park, 2pts Pagham) (B Whelpdale 23 C Mayoss 10, G Webb 17 S Stocker 19).

Division two: Witterings 60 Worthing Pavilion 24 (6pts Witterings) (B Newman 26 N Greenfield 12, C Horsley 34 P Knight 12), Shoreham 38 Middleton 45 (2pts Shoreham, 4pts Middleton) (M Turnidge 25 R Gregory 16, J Pearson 13 J Gower 29), East Preston 42 Bognor 22 (6pts East Preston) (J Pidgeon 16 J Speirs 15, V Atkins 26 M Phillips 7), Middleton 39 Storrington 31 (6pts Middleton) (M Wootten 18 J Ackerman 17, R Gregory 21 P Bain 14).