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Bowls: Riverside hosts are swept away by Crablands
Crablands, Petworth, Pagham, Southbourne, Stedham, Chichester, Bognor, Witterings and Fishbourne bowlers all feature in our latest round-up from local greens.
CRABLANDS
Walton-on-Thames 82 Crablands 98
Crablands enjoyed their trip to the riverside. They won by 16 shots at Walton-on-Thames. The top rink was skipped by Jim Saunders.
Scores: M Pocock, J Tyrrell, M Brown lost 17-15, B Whittle, S Brooks, J Brown won 18-7, M Whittle, R Shambrook, J Bryne lost 12-10, C Garland, V Tyrrell, A Blyth lost 25-17, C Lewendon, D Eggleton, S Blyth won 17-14, L Lewendon, V Dudman, J Saunders won 21-7.
Crablands 73 Little Spain 95
Crablands played host to neighbours Little Spain, but managed to win on only one rink.
Scores: P Jones, M Clements, B Neate, A Blyth lost 18-13, M Whittle, B Berry, J Lindley, E Potz drew 16-16, D Jones, J Taylor, R Eastland, V Dudman won 18-16, M Pocock, P Osborn, L Tock, J Saunders lost 25-12,
D Nicholls, R Osborn, R Shambrook, S Blyth lost 20-14.
Norfolk 101 Crablands 55
Crablands lost on all rinks.
Scores: J Tyrrell, M Clements, R Eastman, L Jewiss lost 22-13, C Pestle, D Eggleton, A Blyth, J Harman lost 29-17, J Saunders, D Jones, D Adams, R Humphrey lost 27-9, B Berry, L Dray, A Humphreys, D Clacey lost 23-16.
Crablands played their ladies versus gents game, with the men just taking the game 74-71. Top rink for the men were R Osborn, D Jones, J Brown and J Saunders, who won 24-11.
PETWORTH
Petworth lost only on one rink in a friendly against Pulborough. Petworth won 123-59.
Scores: W Bryder, K Mitchell, G Allen lost 24-10, P Herrington, D Herbert, T Whittington won 22-11, D Latter, B Walsh, G Ives won 31-7, C Peacock, M Bacon, A Jordan won 27-10, S Allen, E West, M Lancaster won 33-7.
PAGHAM
Pagham fielded two mixed triples in the BM League versus Norfolk. Pagham picked up five points with a 35-31 win.
Scores: Diana Mitchell, Maureen King, Peter Brooker drew 18-18; Iris Brooker, Doughlas Vaughan, Paul Mayoss won 17-13.
Five mixed friendly rinks against Knaphill saw Pagham win 113-111.
Scores: Janet Boucher, Roy Hart, Chris Mayoss, Mervy Melvey won 28-12; John Warner, Barry Baines, Marlene Steel, Annie Ross lost 21-20; Gay Stewart, Eileen Terry, John Stocker, Maureen King won 23-14; Brian Farr, Judy Warner, Dave Spink, Paul Mayoss won 26-21; Eddie Minter, Betty Williams, Sheila Stocker, Shirley Hart lost 35-14.
Four Pagham men's rinks won 83-62 against Worthing Pavilion.
Scores: Arthur Jeffrey, Roy Hart, Douglas Vaughan, Paul Mayoss won 29-17; Robert Pearson, Mick Adams, Mervyn Melvey, Dave Spink lost 21-16; Gordon Williams, John Stocker, Eric Mitchell, John Newell lost 18-13;
Alan Boucher, Bagsy Smith, John Stewart, Roy Livermore won 25-6.
Six mixed rinks in a friendly against Hampton saw Pagham win 120-103.
Scores: John Warner, Betty Williams, Tony Clever, Pam Robinson won 22-15; Derek Pugh, Judy Warner, John Stewart, Annie Ross lost 21-13; Beverly Quilter, Barry Baines, Mick Adams, Peter Quilter lost 23-19; Diana Mitchell, John Stocker, Derek Levy, Chris Mayoss won 26-13; Gay Stewart, John Burke, Sheila Stocker, Eric Mitchell lost 18-16; Sylvia Puch, Joan Wells, Mervyn Melvy, Paul Mayoss won 24-13.
SOUTHBOURNE
Middleton 32 Southbourne 30
Southbourne played a mixed away match at Middleton. Of the four triples, two were friendlies and the other two were in the BM League where Southbourne won on one green and just failed to win overall.
Scores: J Jennings, C Soper, M Odell won 18-10; C Young, J Staker, S Heil lost 22-12; B Aston, D Young, A Greenfield lost 24-7; I Jennings, A Williams, JC Lillywhite lost 25-5.
Pulborough 47 Southbourne 18
In the BM League, Southbourne lost at Pulborough.
Scores: C Young, H Greenfield, A Grief lost 19-11; J Jennings, JC Lillywhite, M Odell lost 28-7.
STEDHAM
A mixed week in the league saw the A side lose 5-0 at Bourne in division one and the B side winning in division three by the same score at home to Headley.
In a friendly at Rogate, Stedham drew 2-2 on rinks but Rogate won with a score of 70-57.
At Billingshurst, Stedham won 2-1 on rinks to record a 60-43 win. Next day in the rain, a close game with Petworth resulted in a 51-50 win for Stedham.
CHICHESTER
Storrington 81 Chichester 71
Storrington has not been one of Chichester's favourite venues in recent seasons and this year proved no exception as Chichester secured three league points.
The home team were 15 shots ahead after 15 ends although Chichester clawed back five shots over the last six ends they still lost by ten shots.
Scores: P Whale, J Pickard, J Heasman, M Page drew 16-16; G Buckle, M Lewis, R Hobbs, C Knight won 24-16; C Porter, C Wade, P Howick, D Schofield lost 22-17; M Johnson, L Shipp, B Talmage, S Tooley lost
27-14.
Chichester 78 East Preston 73
Chichester squeezed into the semi-finals of the Hotham Open Tens competition with a narrow five shot win over East Preston. Their home team won by three shots while their away squad battled to a two shot win.
Scores: Home – D Schofield, G Leaman won 23-17; B Talmage, F Field, A Anderson lost 19-16. Away – P Whale won 21-20; C Porter, P Howick, J Heasman, M Page won 18-17.
BOGNOR
Bognor 70 Worthing 69
It was another thriller at Waterloo Square against old rivals Worthing.
The game was not decided until the last wood was bowled, as Dave Parker's ring collected the vital one shot to give Bognor victory.
Scores: B Harvey, R Bobbett, R Lincoln, D Parker lost 10-18; C Dale, P Goldfinch, T Rexstew, G Stevens won 20-12; B Marsh, A Oliver, A Harrison, J Keywood won 23-13; N Burchfell, A Lewis, G Holland, R Friday lost 17-26.
FITTLEWORTH
Fittleworth Bowling Club lost 61-32 at Midhurst.
Scores: Muriel Cook, Mike Ryan, Sue Judd lost 22-14; Pat Perry, Audrey Hodgson, Gina Barnfield lost 18-12; Ron Jones, Pauline Gilpin, Peter Cook lost 21-6.
BROOKS MOTORS LEAGUE
The situation at the top of division one is very tight.
Hotham A lead with 27 points from nine games, followed by Norfolk with 25 points from eight, Pagham (23 from five), Arundel (23 from seven) and Chichester (22 from seven).
It is still very open and any of the top five could still win the title.
In division two, Aldingbourne remain in the lead – 12 points clear of Southbourne and Middleton. All have three games remaining.
Results: Division one: Norfolk 44 (6pts) Crablands 24 (0pts) (Botting 23 Heasman 13; Johnson 21 Byrne 11); Fishbourne 19 (2pts) Norfolk 35 (4pts) (Massey 7 Hills 24; Winter 12 Johnson 11); Pagham 35 (5pts) Norfolk 31 (1pt) (Mayoss 17 Johnson 13; Brooker 18 Ayling 18).
Division two: Hotham B 26 (2pts) Middleton 36 (4pts) (Sayers 8 Smith 21; Hannam 18 Wootten 15); RAFA 39 (4pts) Southbourne 27 (2pts) (Batcock 13 Odell 19; Cash 26 Gref 8); Pulborough 52 (6pts) Aldingbourne 18 (0pts) (Broadribb 24 Richards 8; Wood 28 Hamilton 10); Pulborough 44 (6pts) RAFA 14 (0pts) (Osborne 21 Cash 5; Broadribb 23 Ayton 9); Aldingbourne 46 (4pts) Hotham B 30 (2pts) (Richards 12 Sayers 23; Anderson 34 Peach 7); Middleton 32 (4pts) Southbourne 30 (2pts) (Smith 22 Heil 12; Feneley 10 Odell 18).
C&M TROPHY LADIES' LEAGUE
Division one: Chichester 65 Maltravers 23 (6pts Chichester) (W Adams 33 F Steele 15, A Janman 32 A Rand 8); Petworth 32 Aldingbourne 45 (6pts Aldingbourne) (C Herbert 18 M Richards 20, S Miles 14 B West 25).
Division two: Worthing Paviliion 51 Middleton 35 (6pts Worthing Pavilion) (J Knight 25 M Wootten 22, J Lewis 26 R Gregory 13); Bognor 43 Storrington 52 (2pts Bognor, 4pts Storrington) (J Spiers 30 P Bain 25, E Tooley 13 J Ackerman 27); East Preston 39 Witterings 46 (Witterings 6pts) (I Morris 19 P Lillywhite 24, P Webster 20 B Newman 22).
SHORT MAT
BOGNOR GOOD-WOODS
Good-Woods Magpies had a good result against Ashington Ditchers, winning 11 points out of 14.
The first mat triples team were F Kaucher, E Jones and D Fair (skip).
The last end saw Magpies leading by two shots but a good recovery by
the Ditchers levelled the score to 13-13 and in the draw, they took a point each.
Kaucher played the singles, and at end eight the score was 8-7.
However, Kaucher pulled away for a final score of 12-8.
The pairs was played by Jones and Fair and they won 10-7.
On the second mat, the triples were played by R Jalley, M Fair and B Mills (captain).
From the start, Magpies were much too strong for the Ditchers and won the triples 16-6.
Mills played the singles and were 11-6 up at end seven.
Ditchers had a brave recovery winning the last four ends and the
singles game to a score of 14-11 to them.
The pairs were played by Fair and Jalley and this was a one-way affair for the Magpies as they won 13-5.
WITTERINGS
Witterings 85 Fishbourne 51
Witterings played a mixed friendly against Fishbourne and had mixed results, winning on three rinks.
Scores: P Hutton, J Bangs, P White (s) lost 22-10, M White, L Bangs, M Mulligan (s) won 32-8 (top rink), G Ingles, R Hanbury, E Shoyer (s) won 21-12, A Andrew, T Mulligan, F Knotts (s) won 22-9.
Bognor Ladies 47 Witterings Ladies 41
Witterings played in the C&M League at Bognor and won on one rink and lost on one, gaining two points.
Scores: J Edwards, M Aylward, B Newman, C Horsley (s) won 26-17, A Andrew, M Mulligan, C Tuffin, P Lillywhite (s) lost 30-15.
Chichester 124 Witterings 85
Witterings played at Chichester in a triples men's friendly, winning on three rinks and losing on three, but Chichester had the edge.
Scores: A Gibbs, B Cruickshank, M Ellerton (s) lost 21-10, L Andrew, S Hooker, J Slogrove (s) won 21-18, F Bray, F Knotts, D Purse (s) lost 34-7, P Chivers, T Mulligan, E Shoyer (s) won 23-19, M King, M Thresher, R Stephens (s) lost 17-7, D Clapton, M Edwards, B Horsley (s) won 17-15.
Hurstpierpoint 9 Witterings 26
Witterings ladies played in the Gladys Rowland Cup at Hurstpierpoint Bowling Club and had a good win.
Scores: A Andrew, M Corbett, M Aylward, C Horsley (s) won 26-9.
Beach House Park 72 Witterings 72
Witterings played away in the Top Club against Beach House Park. The end score was a draw, so the pairs, triples and rinks all had to play an extra end to get a winning result, which Witterings took 2-1.
Scores: Singles – Chris Horsely lost 21-17; Pairs – Jean Edwards, Peg Lillywhite lost 20-17; Triples – Ann Andrew, Maureen Mulligan, Marina Aylward (s) won 17-16; Fours – Ros Hanbury, Pat Hutton, Carle Tuffin, Barara Newman (s) won 21-15.
FISHBOURNE
Fishbourne 43 Witterings 51
Scores: S Lewis, E Keane, G Jefkins lost 16-14; I Roberts, W White, B Wallsgrove lost 17-10; D Green, N Campbell, P Green won 19-18.
Midhurst 66 Fishbourne 54
Scores: S Wingate, D Humphreys, V Frost lost 20-11; K Makin, G Evans, P White won 21-16; A Whitney, J Wingate, L Kneale lost 15-8; C Jury, K Fancy, B Wallsgrove lost 15-14.
Fishbourne 96 Little Spain 88
Scores: N Campbell, V Frost, P Massey lost 27-18; K Ridley, B Rice, G Jefkins won 22-12; J Heffer, G Summers, P White won 24-10; J Summers,
W White, B Wallsgrove lost 22-12; G Evans, F Heil, T Gaffney won
29-17.
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