Bowls: Super Southbourne knock down Pavilion

On a rainy afternoon, Southbourne won on three rinks, lost on one and won by 27 shots to earn eight points. It left Southbourne third in the league with 44 points.

Scores: Dave Young, Pete Garrard, Dave Walter & Robin Armstrong (s) won 26-9; John Hardy, Fred Brimecome, Alan Shelley & Andy Smith (s) won 24-11; Malcolm Keane, Daniel Hibberd, Alan Williams & Antony Bull (s) won 21-15; Richard Galloway, Jim Jennings, Rodney Bull & Mel Lillywhite (s) lost 24-15.

Norfolk 43 Southbourne 19

Southbourne lost at Norfolk in division one of the BM mixed triples league. Southbourne lost on both rinks and by 24 shots.

Scores: Mary Thornton, Jim Jennings & Alan Shelley (s) lost 21-11; Irene Jennings, Malcolm Keane & Margaret Odell (s) lost 22-8.

Southbourne 68 Tarring Priory A 73

Southbourne lost in a close match at home to Tarring Priory A in West Sussex League division one. In a competitive match, each team won on two rinks and Southbourne lost overall by five shots to earn four points.

Scores: Pete Jasinski, Pete Garrard, Dave Walter & Robin Armstrong (s) won 20-12; John Hardy, Alan Shelley, Malcolm Ayres & Andy Smith (s) won 22-19; Eddie Neuts, Rodney Bull, Dave Fewell & Paul Butler (s) lost 20-13; Malcolm Keane, Alan Williams, Mark Soper & Antony Bull (s) lost 22-13.

CHICHESTER

Now the final stages have been reached in each of the various disciplines in the Sussex County Bowling competitions, the Chichester Men’s section are delighted that a number of members have won through to the quarter-finals.

In the singles, Brian Butler and Simon Tooley have reached the last eight; in the triples it’s Kevin Ball, Simon Tooley and Mick Page and in the fours, Matt Bonnar, Derek Leach, Clive Keedwell and Mick Page.

It underlines the exceptional season Chichester are having at all levels of competition and beyond. In the national champion of champions Peter Whale and in the national senior pairs Derek Leach and Matt Bonnar continue to progress.

Chichester 44 Pulborough 43

In the first round of the Sussex double fours Abergavenny Cup competition, holders Chichester faced Pulborough.

With the away rink having drawn on a particularly-challenging green at Pulborough, the Chichester home rink secured victory after being five shots down going into the last end and picking up a six to win by one overall combined point.

Scores, home: Peter Whale, Kevin Ball, David Schofield, Mick Page (skip) won 22-21; Away: Nick Anderson, Derek Leach, Clive Keedwell, Matt Bonnar (skip) drew 22-22.

Chichester 40 Crablands 34

In the second round, Chichester beat Crablands by three shots at home and three shots away.

In the next round (the area final) Chichester will face Tarring Priory.

Scores, home: Kevin Ball, David Schofield, Simon Tooley, Mick Page (skip) won 17-14; Away: Nick Anderson, Derek Leach, Clive Keedwell, Matt Bonnar (skip) won 23-20.

Norfolk B 43 Chichester A 20

Chichester A lost in the National Club Two Fours third round by 23 shots.

Scores: Peter Whale, David Schofield, Simon Tooley, Mick Page (skip) lost 21-9; Nick Anderson, Derek Leach, Clive Keedwell, Matt Bonnar (skip) lost 22-11.

Chichester 38 Norfolk 48

In the first round of the National Double Rink Mixed Over-60s Tony Allcock Trophy, Chichester lost at home to Norfolk BC.

Scores: Denise Latter, Betty Spicer, Derek Leach, Matt Bonnar (skip) lost 21-18; Chris Hobbs, Bridget Collins, Brian Butler, Clive Keedwell (skip) list 27-20.

Chichester 95 Worthing Pavilion 28

The PC Cup is played for by clubs in the West Sussex League and current holders Chichester had a magnificent first-round win by 67 shots against Worthing Pavilion, who conceded the match after 14 ends had been played on all four rinks.

In the second round Chichester will play Bognor or Maltravers.

Scores: Ian Linfield, Les Etherington, Brian Talmage, David Schofield (skip) won 25-2; Peter Green, Derek Leach, Clive Keedwell, Matt Bonnar (skip) won 22-11; Peter Whale, Terry Wiseman, Tony Hardgrove, Mick Page (skip) won 21-7; Kevin Ball, Stuart Meyer, Malcolm Bowden, Tony Sayers (skip) won 27-8.

East Preston B 63 Chichester B 65

In their West Sussex League division-three match at East Preston B, Chichester came from behind to win the match by two shots, taking six points.

Scores: L Etherington, R Anscombe, P Green, A Avery (skip) lost 16-15; A Daines, B Money, P White, T Hardgrove (skip) won 18-11; S Wilson, N Dearman, C Porter, C Wade (skip) lost 22-14; T Wiseman, T Haigh, L Shipp, M Hannant (skip) won 18-14.

Chichester B 90 Norfolk B 72

Chichester B got off to a slow start against visitors Norfolk in their West Sussex League division-three match but they pulled away to triumph by 18 shots, securing all ten points

Scores: N Dearman, T Haigh, K Ball, M Hannant (skip) won 23-17; M Bayfield, T Wiseman, P Cowell, C Wade (skip) won 17-16; L Etherington, T Gaffney, J Pickard, A Avery (skip) won 26-19; A Daines, B Money, P White, T Hardgrove (skip) won 24-20.

Aldingbourne 74 Chicheester B 76

In difficult conditions on Aldingbourne’s artificial green, Chichester B produced an excellent result by taking eight points from a narrow two-shot win in their West Sussex division-three match.

Scores: C Porter, T Jennings, P Merritt, C Wade (skip) won 21-17; N Dearman, T Wiseman, J Pickard, A Avery (skip) lost 20-12; A Deller, T Haigh, P Green, M Hannant (skip) won 16-15; A Daines, B Money, L Etherington, P White (skip) won 27-22.

Chichester A 77 Worthing BHP 60

In their home West Sussex division-one game, Chichester edged away over the last part of the game winning by 17 shots and picking up eight points.

Scores: M Bayfield, S Meyer, B Butler, T Sayers (skip) won 24-11; P Whale, T Hardgrove, B Talmage, D Leach (skip) won 20-17; P Green, G Buckle, K Ball, S Tooley (skip) won 19-12; N Anderson, C Spicer, C Keedwell, M Bonnar (skip) lost 20-14.

Chichester 89 Haslemere 32

Chichester beat Haslemere in the quarter-finals of the Midhurst Cup, winning all four triples (two home and two away) to take them into the semi-finals.

Scores: L Etherington, A Avery, A Janman (skip) won 31-4; K Ball, S Baverstock, S Meyer (skip) won 18-11; Away: C Porter, S Miles, M Page (skip) won 26-8; N Dearman, P Cowell, N Anderson (skip) won 14-9.

Chichester 161 Bellingham & Beckenham Tourists 66

Chichester won this mixed friendly with wins on all six rinks.

Chichester BC 94 Chichester City Club 69

The annual contest between the Bowling Club and the City Club for the Alan Bowler Trophy saw City Club 14 shots ahead at halfway – but a late surge by the Bowling Club saw them retain the trophy.

Bognor Beavers 25 Chichester 26

Chichester travelled to Swansea Gardens for a mixed friendly against Bognor Beavers and in a very close game Chichester won by just one shot.

Scores: M Davis, C Corbett, R Anscombe, N Dearman (skip) lost 11-10; P Ong, R Smith, A Daines, A Avery (skip) won 16-14.

Chichester 43 Little Spain 46

On a showery afternoon Chichester entertained Little Spain in a mixed friendly. The game was abandoned after 11 ends with Little Spain leading.

Scores: D Hogg, K Ball, P Green (skip) won 8-5; N Dearman, R Anscombe, C Porter (skip) won 13-7; Guy Buckle & Les Etherington (skip) lost 12-4; Joe Dyke & Terry Haigh (skip) lost 12-10; M Davis & M Bayfield (skip) lost 10-8.

Chichester 54 Crablands 22

At home to Crablands in C&M League, Chichester ladies won on both rinks to take all six points.

Scores: Mary Potter, Jean Hole, Sue Miles & Denise Latter won 30-11; Chris Hobbs, Margaret Schofield, Steph Baverstock & Betty Spicer won 24 -11

Meanwhile Chris Hobbs, Margaret Schofield, Bridget Collins and Betty Spicer had a comfortable 26-9 win at home to Felbridge in the Gladys Rowland Trophy, taking them through to the fourth round.

Mary Potter, Denise Latter, Wendy Adams and April Janman had a good win at home against Crouch in the Gladys Rowland to take them to the fifth round.

Aldingbourne 21 Chichester 68

In the C&M League Chichester won on both rinks, taking all six points.

Scores: Mary Potter, Bridget Collins, Wendy Adams & Betty Spicer won 43-6; Chris Hobbs, Pam Rampton, Denise Latter & April Janman won 25-15.

Maltravers 44 Chichester 56

Chichester took three friendly rinks to Maltravers, where they had an overall win of 12 shots.

Scores: Debbie Hogg, Lis Campling, Bridget Collins & Denise Latter won 27-11; Frances Downing, Pam Rampton, Mary Potter & Wendy Adams lost 16-15; Jean Hole, Mary Potter, Sandra Pickard & Betty Spicer lost 17-14.

Chichester 41 The Drive 31

In the first round of the County Double Rink, Chichester played one rink home and one away against The Drive, winning on both rinks. They are away to Horsham in the next round.

Scores, home: Steph Baverstock, Debbie Hogg, Wendy Adams & April Janman won 19-13; away: Chris Hobbs, Bridget Collins, Sue Miles & Betty Spicer won 22-18.

CRABLANDS

Crablands were at home to Chichester in the BM League and gained two points to Chi’s four in a 35-33 loss.

Scores: J Tyrrell, J Taylor and J Cornwell beat Mary Potter, Guy Buckle & Peter White 21-11; P Osborn, C Cornwell and J Saunders lost 24-12 to Debbie Hogg, Terry Haigh & Mike Bayfield.

Crablands men played Aldingbourne in the Abergavenny Cup, one rink at home and one rink away.

Scores, home: C Pestle, J Cornwell, T Hanlon and D Clacey won 23-14; Away: A Bateman, A Blyth, D Adams and R Humphrey won 20-12.

Crablands ladies played Norfolk BC in the double rink, also one rink at home and one away. In atrocious weather conditions two ladies suffered falls and Norfolk conceded.

Scores, home: G Humphreys, M Bateman, S Blyth and C Ruler won 18-17; Away: C Lewendon, J Adams, S Jones and C Bowles won 21-11.

Crablands held their two-wood (yardstick) competition to leave finalists C Lewendon and V Foyle for the ladies and A Bateman and T Dade for the men. They’ll face each other on finals day.

Crablands’ ladies’ Top Club fixture versus Chichester will be played at Pagham on July 23.

Crablands travelled to Fishbourne in the BM League and picked up six points out of six.

Scores: C Lewendon, J Adams and T Dade won 29-10; P Osborn, L Lewendon and J Cornwell won 20-15; (friendly): L Tuck, D Terry and M Heasman won 24-16; J Green, J Tyrrell and C Cornwell lost 21-11; J Izen, F Carrie and P Terry lost 22-6.

In the C&M Ladies’ League, Crablands hosted Lancing in appalling weather and gained four points out of six. The game had to be abandoned after 18 ends.

Scores: V Foyle, M Bateman, S Blyth and C Ruler won 19-12; C Lewendon, J Adams, S Jones and C Bowles lost 18-17.

The ladies’ Double Rink match against Worthing Pavilion saw Crablands go through to the next round. G Humphreys, M Bateman, S Blyth and C Ruler won 26-11 at home while C Lewendon, J Adams, S Jones and C Bowles lost away but only narrowly.

In the C&M Ladies’ League, Crablands hosted Arundel and won on both rinks gaining a welcome six points.

Scores: C Lewendon, M Bateman, S Jones and C Bowles won 27-14; G Humphreys, V Foyle, S Blyth and C Ruler won 21-12; (friendly): P Osborn, A Humphreys, D Muncey and J Adams won 16-13; M Whittle, L Tuck and L Lewendon lost 24-15; J Izen, R Green and P Terry lost 30-11.

In the Midhurst Cup against Bognor, Crablands lost by 11 shots.

Scores, home: M Campbell, N Reynolds and C Ruler won 17-15; V Foyle,T Dade and I Ford lost 17-13; away: G Humphreys, L Lewendon and A Blyth lost 15-14; C Lewendon, S Blyth and D Adams lost 24-16.

WITTERINGS

Witterings 44 Bognor 56

Scores: Lesley Swift, Ann Miles, Ros Hanbury, Anne May (skip) won 14-13; Teresa Heathorn, Sheila Currell, Marion Corbett, Marina Aylward (skip) lost 24-15; Margaret Bowell, Julie Mulligan, Carole Tuffin (skip) lost 19-15.

Witterings v Popes Mead

This exciting match ended in a draw and after one further end Witterings clinched it by one shot. Witterings’ next-round opponents will be Aldingbourne.

Scores, away: Judy Bangs, Julie Mulligan, Diane Leach, Carole Tuffin (skip) won 23-15; home: Marion Corbett, Ros Hanbury, Anne May, Chris Horsley (Skip) lost 26-18.

Witterings 58 Worthiung Pav B 99

This was not a good result in the West Sussex League for Witterings, who lost on three rinks and gained just two points.

Scores: R Prior, D Buckton, C Jelf, J Langworthy (s) lost 25-13; M King, T Nixon, S Hooker, F Knotts (s) lost 32-12; P Chivers, B Barnes, E Shoyer, L Bangs (s) 23-15; A May, K Clark, G Morgan, D Bell (s) lost 27-10.

Fareham 67 Witterings 104

Witterings went to Fareham for a mixed friendly. They were unable to take sufficient players for the five rinks requested but with the assistance of the hosts it was possible to field two rinks and three triples.

Witterings won by 37 points and look forward to a return match on July 23.

Scores: Kate Nixon,Alan May, Daphne Nicholas (F) and Stuart Hooker (skip) lost 18-13; Ann Miles, Ray Dory (F), Anne May and Marina Aylward (skip) won 25-15; Judy Bangs, Colin Carter and Tony Nixon (skip) lost 15-10; Val Hooker, Chris Jelf and Diane Leach (skip) won 26-12; Sheila Currell, Ron Prior and Lindsay Bangs (skip) won 30-7.

Witterings 35 Aldingbourne 35

In the ladies county double rink versus Aldingbourne, it was even between the home and away sides but Witterings won the deciding extra rink.

In the next round Witterings face Preston BC from Brighton today.

Scores, home: Judy Bangs, Ros Hanbury, Diane Leach, Carole Tuffin (skip) lost 18-13; Away: Marion Corbett, Maureen Mulligan, Anne May, Chris Horsley (skip) won 22-17.

Witterings v Headley

In the Midhurst Cup, Witterings lost at home and won away – but lost the overall contest.

WEST DEAN

West Dean 73 Pagham 22

West Dean had a comfortable win against Pagham in West Dean Gardens.