Bowls: Honours even in Witterings-Pagham thriller

Scores: G Porter, P Hutton, G Morgan & S Hooker drew 22-22; L Swift, M Lillywhite, J Mulligan & C Horsley lost 17-11; J Slogrove, P Wiggins, J Bangs & M Aylward won 18-14; V Jeffryes, C Porter, J Derkatsch & L Bangs lost 18-15; V Hooker, T Gander, M Mulligan & C Tuffin won 25-20.

Witterings 74 Field Place 73

Witterings men played in this Littlehampton Gazette League match.

On a hot afternoon each side won on two rinks and Witterings won overall by one shot to gain six points.

Scores: F Bray, B Curtis, E Shoyer & J Slogrove (s) lost 18-14; P Chivers, C Jelf, S Hooker & D Bell (s) lost 23-15; J Hardy, A Gander, L Bangs & R Stephens (s) won 26-18; M White, G Morgan, F Knotts & J Hostler (s) won 19-14.

CRABLANDS

Crablands 70 Pagham 67

Crablands played C&M and BM leagues against Pagham, with mixed results.

Scores: C Lewendon, V Tyrrell, S Blyth, M Brown lost 23-18; G Humphrey, J Taylor, S Jones, C Bowles lost 15-14; V Foyle, R Osborn, Y Clifton won 17-16; J Tyrrell, B Foyle, B Chandler won 21-13.

Middleton 57 Crablands 93

Crablands men travelled to Middleton, winning on all four rinks.

Scores: D Aylward, R Osborn, D Adams won 17-14; D Jonas, I Smith, I Jones won 19-12; D Eggleton, R Shambrook, K Bailey won 26-17; B Berry, J Brown, M Heasman won 31-14.

Crablands 28 Norfolk 34

Crablands played in the BM League against Norfolk but took only two points.

Scores: M Bateman, S Brooks, R Shambrook lost 23-8; B Jones, Y Clifton, J Saunders won 20-11.

Crablands 82 Pagham 65

Crablands played Pagham in the PC Cup, winning overall by 17 shots.

Scores: D Clacey, A Humphreys, M Heasman, R Humphreys won 21-14; B Jones, E Potz, R Eastland, J Harman lost 22-13; M Campbell, A Blyth, L Jewiss, A Bateman won 24-14; L Lewendon, R Shambrook, I Jones, J Saunders won 24-15.

They meet Lancing at home in the next round.

BOGNOR

It was another busy week for Bognor, with four Littlehampton Gazette League matches and one Holbrook Cup game.

In the LG division one, Bognor A took on Arundel A in a tight match. The rinks were shared 2-2 but Arundel took six points to Bognor’s four.

Scores: D Jackson, T Rexstrew, D Ford, R Gardner lost 22-19; D Parker, M Philpott, T Moore, T Gaskin lost 31-16; N Waddock, B Sanford, J Weatherall, J Roots won 27-17; R Lincoln, A Hall, J Christensen, A Richardson won 18-16.

Also in the LG division one, Bognor travelled to Tarring Priory but lost 79-59 after sharing the rinks 2-2.

Scores: R Lincoln, C Keedwell, J Christensen, A Richardson won 13-11; K Taylor, S Soames, J Whitfield, J Roots won 18-17; D Parker, T Moore, B Hey, T Gaskin lost 22-13; D Jackson, T Rexstrew, D Ford, R Gardner lost 29-15.

In the LG division three, Bognor B hosted Field Place but went down 92-81 to take four points.