Bowls: Chichester are happy hosts against Southbourne

Get involved in the Observer’s coverage – in the paper and on this website - by sending reports to [email protected]

Chichester A 86 Southbourne 71

Chichester A were involved in a tight game at home to Southbourne in the West Sussex Bowls League but just had the edge and with wins on all four rinks they picked up the maximum ten points.

Scores: G Buckle, M Bayfield, T Hardgrove, T Sayers (skip) won 25-21; P Whale, M Lewis, S Meyer, M Page (skip) won 27-21; C Porter, B Talmage, B Butler, D Schofield (skip) won 16-15; N Anderson, C Keedwell, D Leach, M Bonnar (skip) won 18-14.

Chichester progressed to the quarter finals of the Midhurst Cup with a narrow six-shot victory against Headley. Chichester’s away team lost by 17 shots but this was offset by their home squad’s 23-shot win.

Chichester will play either Billingshurst or Fishbourne in the quarter-final.

Scores: Home: Kevin Ball, Debbie Hogg, Stuart Meyer (skip) won 32-8; Guy Buckle, Jean Hole, Cole Porter (skip) lost 19-18; Away: Alan Avery, Steph Baverstock, Phil Cowell (skip) drew 16-16; Tony Hardgrove, Penny Hannant, Michael Hannant (skip) lost 23-6.

Maltravers 76 Chichester B 67

Chichester B travelled to Maltravers for a West Sussex Bowls League division-three match. Maltravers had the better of the last four ends, defeating Chichester by nine shots and 6-4 in points.

Scores: J Walters, L Shipp, P Merritt, C Wade (skip) won 19-18; K Ball, T Gaffney, PJ White, M Hannant (skip) lost 19-16; J Swannell, L Etherington, B Money, T Hardgrove (skip) lost 25-8; C Porter, T Wiseman, A Avery, J Pickard (skip) won 24-14.

Chichester A 104 Worthing Pavilion B 52

Chichester A secured all ten points in their home West Sussex Bowls League first-division match against Worthing Pavilion B. Chichester were always in control.

Scores: M Bayfield, B Talmage, B Butler, D Schofield (skip) won 24-14; P Whale, S Meyer, S Tooley, M Page (skip) won 22-13; G Buckle, T Hardgrove, C Keedwell, D Leach (skip) won 32-9; I Linfield, R Hobbs, J Larkin, T Sayers (skip) won 26-16.

Worthing Grasshoppers 110 Chichester 92

Chichester visited Worthing for a mixed friendly against the Grasshoppers. Although both sides won three triples each, the Grasshoppers had the overall advantage winning by 18 shots.

Scores: T Jennings, S Baverstock, D Schofield (skip) lost 18-13; J Swannell, A Hulbert, A Avery (skip) won 21-14; A Deller, C Hulbert, M Lewis (skip) won 16-13; B Money, B Hole, PJ White (skip) won 18-15; T Haigh, M Schofield, P Doust (skip) lost 18-13; A Stewart, N Dearman, B Talmage (skip) lost 32-11.

MIDDLETON

It was another tough week for Middleton, with defeats in the Brooks Motors mixed triples league to Crablands and in the men’s West Sussex Bowls League to East Preston, although the men did pick up a couple of valuable points by drawing two of their games.

Middleton 25 Crablands 37

Scores: L Lush, P Ramsden, A Nurse lost 15-12; R Green, P Lush, J Graham lost 22-13. Crablands 6pts. Friendly: J Nurse, T Bridge, J Green lost 18-12.

Middleton 63 East Preston 103

Scores: K Berkeley, D Gower, A Nurse, B Colvin lost 33-15; I Hart, P Lush, J Graham, J Wilson lost 33-11; P Ramsden, M Feneley, T Finch, R Wootten drew 19-19, C Pratt, R Eccles, K Baker, G Stevenson drew 18-18. Middleton 2pts, East Preston 8pts.

MIDHURST

Haslemere 69 Midhurst 58

Winninng on two rinks and losing on two, Midhurst lost overall at Haslemere by 11 shots.

Scores: Basil Osbourne, Delphine Clark and Phil Wells won 19-10; Brian Adams, Howard Seymour and Margaret Sole won 16-11; Jack Jurado, Jean Adams & Phil Kingswell lost 30-5; Lilly Kingswell, Mike Ryan & Alan Rickets lost 18-13.

pic

In the Ron Petty Cup club competition, Charlotte Bundell, Margorie Howard and Catherine Dixon won the final, beating Gordon Knight, Delphine Clark and Phil Wells 8-5 over five ends.

WITTERINGS

Witterings 118 Cumbria 72

A coachload of Cumbrian players visited Witterings BC for an afternoon of bowling.

Six rinks took part with Witterings the overall winners on an enjoyable day.

Scores: Ann Miles, Tony Nixon, Maureen Mulligan, Gwilym Morgan lost 19-18; Dave Clapton, Lesley Thomas, Ron Prior, Chris Horsley lost 17-12; Jackie Clapton, Paul Chivers, Julie Mulligan, Barry Horsley won 20-10; Kate Nixon, Brian Barnes, Chris Jelf, Carole Tuffin won 27-10; Glyn Dobson, Sheila Currell, Diane Leach, Dave Bell won 25-6; Alan Somerville, Pat Hutton, Jan Derkatsch, Lindsay Bangs won 16-10.

Witterings 45 Emsworth 45

An enjoyable triples friendly against Emsworth ended in a draw.