Bowls: Lavant still on the move after win at Nomads

Peter Whale’s team had to fight hard all the way. Needing three shots to level the scores, they managed only two.

Peter Winter’s team kept the pressure on all the way and, with only minor blips towards the end, won convincingly by 15 shots.

Tony Boxall’s team on the friendly rink lost the game by nine shots.

Scores: P Whale, J Heasman, P Beardmore, R Harding lost 15-14, P Winter, L Kneale, R Peirce, J Simms won 27-12, T Boxall, M Keane, K Fancy, M Winter lost 27-19.

Green team Skips had good fortune away to Ashington Owls.

Peter Massey’s team started slowly and seven shots against on the tenth end put them 17-8 down.

They pulled up over the rest of the game making two shots on the last end to win.

Bill Cooper’s team started well but five shots against on the 11th end halted their progress. They scored well after that and ended the game five shots ahead. 
Scores: P Massey, V Frost, Y Squires, M Lillywhite won 24-22; B Cooper, S Lillywhite, P Lillywhite, W Cooper won 18-13.

ARUN

Arun 138 Petworth 115

Arun entertained Petworth’s outdoor bowlers for a six-rink mixed fixture and came out triumphant by 23 shots, winning on three rinks and losing on three.

At the halfway stage, scores were close – but rinks two and four especially forged ahead in the second half to consolidate the win.

Top rink for Arun was rink two, who won by 25 shots.

Scores: D Pugh, P Jones, M Phillips, J Pickard won 36-11, G Skeleri, C Pickard, J Taffurelli, A Simmons lost 25-24, J Watson, C Chester, D Taffurelli, C Horsley won 19-13, A Avery, R Wiedenheof, D Parker, M Lewis won 33-14, O Fidgeon, G Whitaker, T Rexstrew, P Phillips lost 25-15, S Pugh, N Waddock, B Horsley, D Spink lost 27-14.

FITTLEWORTH

Fittleworth hosted Sutton and won on two out of three mats for a 71-49 victory.

Scores: M Cook, M Wood, B Williams, D Herbert lost 24-18, N Goodyre, J Adsett, S Allen, S Judd won 30-14, L White, P Gilpin, A Jordan, C Martin won 23-11.

In a league match against Barnham, Fittleworth won on both mats for a 53-30 victory.

Scores: G Barnfield, S Allen, A Jordan, D Herbert won 28-15, L White, B Adsett, S Judd, C Martin won 25-15.

BOGNOR GOOD-WOODS

Good-Woods Greens, playing at home to Lavant Red, had an excellent win.

On mat one, Joan Simmons, Mary Fair, Marlene Steel and skip Brenda Jones led from the start and won 30-9.

Mat two’s Eric Joans, Edna Cooke, Derek Fair and skip Brian Mills also led all the way and won 20-13.

On the friendly mat, Daniel Lovell, Grace Roope, Pam Smith and skip Freddie Kaucher were 19-19 after 18 ends but Good-Woods took five shots and won 27-19.

Good-Woods Greens won 45-30 at home in the first round of the Knock-out Cup against Mannings Heath White Squirrels.

Scores: Grace Roope, Pam Smith, Janet Hanson, Freddie Kaucher (skip) won 30-6, Brian Goodland, Barry Baines, Marion Goodland, Brian Williams (skip) lost 24-15.

CRABLANDS

In the West Sussex Knockout competition, Crablands A were beaten by Crablands C by two shots.

Scores: Brian Berry, Tony Heritage, Martin Hunt & Mollie Back won 27-20 against Colin Garland, Lew Lewenden, Derek Eggleton & Ron Coombes; Joyce Abel, Yvonne Clifton, Marie Nutt lost 21-12 to Ron Osborn, Arthur Gilling, Ted Murrell & Les Jewiss.

In the same competition, Crablands B were beaten 50-42 by Ashington Red.

Scores: Jan Obermayer, Wally Obermayer, Lil Tuck & Jim Saunders won 28-14, Ann Threlkeld, Valerie Dudman, Charlie Threlkeld & Mike Tucker lost 36-14.

In the league, Crablands Cormorants beat Storrington 35-28 to gain five valuable points.

DONNINGTON

Donnington held an enjoyable spoon drive for club members on November 5 - and it went off with a bang. It was organised by Ron and Margery Beasley.

In the final reckoning, two teams were level, resulting in a three-end play-off.

The winners were Janine Bartlett, Maggie Maggs, Anne Whitney and Brian Aston. Each received a Donnington spoon. They beat June Martinelli, Vic Mitchell, Trevor Wilson and Reg Percival in the play-off.

THE MARTLETS

Jack Rollings of The Martlets club re-asserted himself as the top under-18 in the county when he cruised through the annual national qualifiers for the second year in succession.

Jack (right) emerged from the group stages with four wins and a shot difference of a massive 68. In the final he faced West Sussex premier team member and under-18 England player Jess Hoole of the Slinfold Infinity club.

After a tight start, Rollings emerged with a fine 11-7 win and qualification for the English National Finals in March.