FITTLEWORTH SHORT MAT

Westergte 23 Fittlewth 37

Fittleworth's first short mat game of the season was a league match at Westergate, which Fittleworth won by 14 shots.

Scores: M Gander, N Goodyer, Norman Goodyer, S Judd won 18-10; L White,
A Jordan, G Barnfield, B Williams won 19-13.

Fittleworth 42 Sutton 64

Not a very good start to the short mat season for Fittleworth at home, losing on all three mats and by 22 shots.

Scores: A Hodgson, K Mann, N Goodyer, S Judd lost 17-16; L White, R Love, A Jordan, C Martin lost 23-16; M Cook, L Love, G Barnfield, N Goodyer lost 24-10.

Fittlewth 42 Walburton 37

A good game of bowls saw Fittleworth winning by six shots on one mat and losing by just one shot on the second mat, gaining four points.

Scores: A Hodgson, A Jordan, G Barnfield, B Williams won 22-16;
L White, N Goodyer, S Judd, C Martin lost 21-20.

Storringtn 49 Fittlewth 65

Three very good games of bowls were played at Storrington.

Fittleworth got the better of them on all three mats winning by 16 shots overall.

Scores: M Gander, Lynn White, G Barnfield, C Martin won 19-18; M Cook, A Jordan, S Allen, S Judd won 23-16; P Gilpin, A Hodgson, N Goodyer, B Williams won 23-15.

NYETIMBER

Nyetimber Green started their league campaign with a 46-32 defeat at Westergate.

Scores: Mat 1: Joan Evans, Alan Foot, Frances Hollebone, Cyril Searle lost 22-18; Mat 2: Catherine Plummer, Jean Porter, George Booker,
Arthur Guppy lost 24-14.

On the friendly mat, Celia Foot, Nigel Plummer, Irene Hathaway and Freda Thomas drew 16-16.

ALDINGBOURNE

Stan Hayter beat Clare Mulholland in a closely-contested Slindon trophy at Aldingbourne's finals day.

Playing in the Sussex County centenary trophy third round, Aldingbourne trounced Petworth 32-6, with Petworth conceding the match at 16 ends.

The semi-final will be played in 2009 against close rivals Chichester Bowls Club. The Aldingbourne team were F Taylor (skip), R Macer, G Jacobs, B Everett.

Aldingbourne are an all-weather all-year club who welcome new members.

PETWORTH

Petworth 117 Horsham 63

With the outdoor season almost over and a little short on players, two rinks and two triples were played with Petworth winning on three out of four games and by 54 shots.

Scores: J Dormer, B Walsh, R Fenton, G Ives won 33-12; P Herrington,
M Bacon, E West, G Allen won 25-22; B Jones, A Jordan, C Spear won 43-4; R Lucking, S Allen, T Whittington lost 25-16.

Petwth 61 Haslemere 32

The last game of the outdoor season at Petworth resulted in a home win by 29 shots.

Scores: P Spear, S Allen, D Herbert won 21-9; P Herrington, S Gould,
C Spear won 25-9; R Haley, C Peacock, J Dormer, T Whittington won 15-14.