Wendy's a wonder as she lands hat-trick of Chichester bowling titles

The ladies’ finals were dominated by Betty Spicer and Wendy Adams, who played each other in the singles Championship, the two-wood and the 100-up, with congratulations going to Wendy on winning all three.

Betty also played in the handicap final against Rosemary Manning, Betty winning by 13 shots - although Rosemary, in her first ever final, put up a very good fight.

The drawn pairs was won by Betty and Steph Baverstock, with April Janman and Daphne Anderson runners-up.

The men’s singles handicap went to Dave Schofield, while top men’s veteran was Stuart Meyer.

Winner of the men’s two-wood was Jim Larkin and the men’s championship went to Jim Larkin. Men’s invitation pairs winners were Derek Leach and Ricky Hobbs, while the Slate winner was Gordon Leaman.

The drawn pairs went to Dave Schofield and Les Stewart.

The weather was kind and all competitions were completed without problems on a green well prepared by Micky Page.

Crablands 42 Chichester 26

In their penultimate C&M League game, Chichester ladies travelled to Crablands.

After seven ends the scores were level but the home team gradually pulled away to win on both rinks, leaving Chichester with no points.

Scores: P Rampton, B Copeland, S Pickard, B Collins lost 20-12 to C Lewendon, M Back, J Rawlins, C Bowles; M Maggs, M Schofield, M Potter, A Janman lost 22-14 to V Tyrrell, J Lindley, S Blyth, M Brown.

The Chichester trio of Chris Hobbs, Betty Spicer and Wendy Adams had a successful day at Henfield winning the County Benevolent Triples after beating teams from Southbourne, Henfield and Eastbourne.

SOUTHBOURNE

West Dean 69 Southbourne 31

Southbourne went to West Dean for their annual friendly. Despite losing on all three triples a delightful evening’s bowling was had by all.

Scores: W Coates, M Odell, J Staker lost 19-15; K Shelley, J Jennings, P Garrard lost 26-7; I Jennings, A Shelley, R A Bull lost 24-9.

Denmead 91 Southbourne 46

Southbourne had an away Reflex League match against Denmead on a warm summer’s evening and managed a win on one triple out of four played.

Scores: J Jennings, M Baylis, S Heil lost 22-12; D Young, J Staker, M Odell won 14-10; W Coates, A Bull, P Garrard lost 27-8; A Greenfield, F Heil, R A Bull lost 22-12.

Southbourne 81 Norfolk 85

In their final Littlehampton Gazette League home match of the season, Southbourne won on only one rink and drew on a second.

Overall for the season the team are to be congratulated as they have achieved fourth position out of the ten teams in division one.

Scores: L Walter, M Soper, R Bull, D Alner won 24-16; A Williams, J Staker, R Armstrong, P Butler lost 29-18; K Lockyer, D Walter, D Fewell, A Bull lost 21-20; S Soper, W Coates, F Armstrong, J Simmonds drew 19-19.

WITTERINGS

Witterings Ladies 54 Crablands Ladies 36

Witterings won on both rinks and on overall shots, earning six points. One friendly rink was won by the away team.

Scores: J Mulligan, R Hanbury, P Lillywhite & C Horsley (s) beat G Humphreys, C Lewendon, J Rawlins, C Bowles 29-18; D Leach, P Hutton, M Mulligan & C Tuffin (s) beat V Tyrrell, J Lindley, S Blyth, M Brown 25-18; (friendly): M Whittle, P Jones, V Dudman, J Harman won the friendly 30-9.

Witterings 89 Maltravers 75

Witterings men had an excellent result in a Littlehampton Gazette League match against Maltravers. Witterings won on all rinks to take a maximum ten points.

Scores: G Morgan, M White, F Knotts & J Hostler (s) won 29-24; F Bray, R Stephens, B Horsley & J Slogrove (s) won 22-17; P Chivers, C Jelf, S Hooker & D Bell (s) won 21-18; J Hardy, T Mulligan, J Langworthy & L Bangs (s) won 17-16.

Witterings Ladies 59 Hayling Island Ladies 67

Witterings Ladies played a pleasant four-triples friendly against Hayling. Each team won on two rinks but the visitors won on shots.

Scores: K Nixon, J Bangs & M Aylward (s) won 20-17; L Swift, G Porter & M Mulligan (s) lost 21-9; M Cruickshank, J Clapton & B Newman (s) lost 14-11; L Boyles, P Hutton & J Derkatsch (s) won 19-15.

Middleton 65 Witterings 43

Witterings played an enjoyable men’s friendly at Middleton that was won by the home team.

Scores: S Maclean, C Jelf & L Bangs (s) drew 19-19; B Curtis, G Morgan, T Mulligan & F Knotts (s) lost 18-14; G Harsant, P Chivers & S Hooker (s) lost 28-10.

Witterings Ladies 38 Maltravers Ladies 45

Witterings Ladies played in a C&M League match but the away team won on both rinks. A one-rink friendly ended in a draw.

Scores: M Corbett, B Newman, P Lillywhite & C Horsley (s) lost 23-20; D Leach, M Mulligan, C Tuffin & M Aylward (s) lost 22-18; (friendly): J Mulligan, L Swift, R Hanbury & J Derkatsch (s) drew 22-22.

BOGNOR

Bognor A challenged Bognor B team to a four-rink match. In a hard-fought game the A team proved too strong and took three rinks to the B team’s one for an 87-71 win.

Bognor played an SCBA vice-presidents’ team at Worthing Pavillion in a six-rink match, The rinks were shared three all but the shot score put Bognor firmly in front at 135-91.

Scores: A Knight, J Smith, A Oliver, G Dumham won 37-9; N Waddock, N Burchfell, B Sanford, P Lilford won 24-13; R Lincoln, A Hall, J Christensen, A Richardson won 30-11; D Parkier, J Weatherall, J Whitfield, T Gaskin lost 16-15; D Jackson, T Rexstrew, D Ford, R Gardner lost 24-17; P Bishop, G Herrington, D Dalton, P Dale lost 21-12.

In the LG League division three, Tarring Priory visited Bognor and took three rinks to Bognor’s one, but with a shot score of 91-73 in Bognor’s favour, Tarring Priory took six points to Bognor’s four.

Scores: G Dunham, C Paul, G Verrinder, S Soames lost 21-20; R Bobbett, T Love, N Burchfell, B Hey won 34-7; A Lewis, T Mussell, D Purse, P Phillips lost 22-16; A Harrison, R Oakley, A Oliver, J Parry lost 23-21.

A BM League match at Waterloo Square saw Bognor take on Middleton. The league rinks were shared one each but a shot advantage of one point gave Middleton four points to Bognor’s two. In a friendly rink Bognor managed to sneak a one-shot victory.

Scores: A Knight, Penny Lewis, G Verrinder lost 21-14; G Dunham, A Oliver, Jan Whitfield won 15-9; JU Smith, Jane Taylor, D Parkert won 15-14.

CRABLANDS

Crablands 67 Pagham 73

Crablands were just pipped by Pagham on the overall result, but the two league rinks managed to keep it to a draw.