Bowls: Witterings welcome Jersey boys (and girls)

Witterings hosted an enjoyable match against St Saviour's tourists from Jersey, losing 116-100.

After a lot of rain, it was a major achievement to have the green in a playable condition. The match was played in glorious sunshine.

St Saviour’s won by 16 shots with Witterings winning on only one rink.

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Scores: M Lillywhite, K Nixon, J Derkatsch & J Slogrove (s) lost 23-21; P Chivers, A Miles, L Bangs & M Aylward (s) won 18-17; B Curtis, M Thresher, P Lillywhite & C Horsley (s) lost 16-15; M Corbett, R Hanbury, E Shoyer & B Horsley (s) lost 19-14; J Bangs, T Nixon, C Tuffin & D Bell (s) lost 20-13; J Edwards, P Wiggins, F Knotts & J Hostler (s) lost 21-19.

SOUTHBOURNE

Southbourne started their summer season on with a mixed friendly against the Polar Bears – bowlers from clubs around the area who’d been bowling on Southbourne’s new all-weather green in the winter.

Scores: E Keane, F Heil, J Staker lost 9-7; K Shelley, W Coates, S Heil lost 14-2; M Odell, F Armstrong, D Young, R Armstrong won 18-3; T Dewing, A Grief, J Jennings, D Alner drew 8-8.

Southbourne 95 Arundel 63

For their first home Littlehampton Gazette League match of the season Southbourne took eight points to Arundel’s two.

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Scores: D Walter, F Brimecome, A Smith, A Bull won 24-16; K Lockyer, M Soper, D Fewell, J Simmonds won 29-9; E Dewing, F Heil, R Bull, D Alner lost 23-18; C Petchey, M Ayres, R Armstrong, P Butler won 24-15.

Southbourne 20 Arundel 18

A ladies’ friendly was also held against Arundel, which Southbourne won.

Scores: K Alner, E Keane, S Heil, M Odell won 20-18.

Southbourne 49 Fishbourne 39

Southbourne had an enjoyable mixed-triples friendly at home to Fishbourne, which finished just in time to avoid the rain.

Scores: I Jennings, D Young, B Coates won 19-7; E Johnson, A Shelley, M Odell won 17-15; D Hibberd, K Shelley, P Garrard lost 17-13.

CRABLANDS

Crablands 60 West Tarring 91

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Crablands men played their first league game of the season but took only one point.

Scores: A Blyth, M Campbell, M Heasman, D Adams lost 24-21; D Clacey, E Potz, D Muncey, R Humphrey drew 17-17; B Jones, R Osborn, J Saunders, K Bailey lost 23-14; D Martin, L Lewendon, I Jones, J Harman lost 27-18.

Crablands 79 Chichester 79

The game was a friendly - and so was the result.

Scores: D Martin, L Lewendon, R Osborn, M Heasman won 22-19; R Neate, B Jones, R Eastland, J Harman lost 20-16; D Jonas, E Potz, M Campbell, J Saunders lost 23-22; A Blyth, R Shambrook, A Bateman, D Adams won 19-17.

Crablands 68 Little Spain 82

Crablands ladies had their first chance of a match but the result was disappointing in a rain-truncated game. Scores: R Neate, L Tuck, Jackie Rawlins lost 24-12; M Whittle, L Lewendon, S Blyth lost 24-9; S Brooks, V Tyrrell, A Bateman won 19-7; C Lewendon, D Jonas, A Blyth lost 18-14; R Osborn, R Eastland,

B Chandler won 14-9.

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The first round of the Top Club competition saw Crablands lose at Norfolk on all formats.

Scores: Two-wood singles - D Clacey lost 18-13; four-wood singles - R Humphrey lost 21-14; pairs - D Adams, A Blyth lost 17-16; triples - K Bailey, D Muncey, M Campbell lost 21-19; fours - J Harman, Jones, J Saunders, A Batemen lost 17-12.

Crablands’ open day for new members was a washout, with the green unplayable.

Anyone considering taking up the sport who would like to see what the club offer should ring Jim Saunders on 01243 606172.

BOGNOR

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Bognor’s first competetive match was a division-one game at home to Norfolk A.

A hard-fought match saw the rinks shared 2-2, with Norfolk taking the match 82-76. Norfolk took six points, Bognor four.

Scores: D Jackson, T Rextrew, D Ford, R Gardner lost 33-13; D Parker, T Moore, J Parry, T Gaskin won 25-14; N Waddock, K Taylor, B Sanford, J Weatherall lost 21-14; R Lincoln, A Hall, J Christensen, A Richardson won 24-14.

CHICHESTER

Chichester 55 Arundel 23

Despite poor conditions in Priory Park, Chichester ladies got the season off to a good start in their quest to retain the C&M League title.

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Chichester had a ten-shot lead after ten ends. They continued to pull away and finished with a 32-shot win and took all six points.

Scores: Pam Rampton, Penny Hannett, Jean Hole, April Janman won 22-7; Chris Hobbs, Maggie Maggs, Bridget Collins, Wendy Adams won 33-16.

PAGHAM

A ladies’ C&M League match at Aldingbourne ended in a 46-35 loss and two points.

Scores: Janet Boucher, Eileen Terry, Gill Conley, Frances Ireland won 23-20; Iris Brooker, Chris Mayoss, Sheila Stocker, Maureen King lost 26-12.

The ladies’ lost 48-24 in a friendly at Aldingbourne.

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Scores: Sabina Livermore, Jackie Sales, Ann Calvert, Marlene Steel lost 20-13; Doreen Ellis, Valerie Paul, Judy Warner lost 28-11.

Pagham ladies also sent two rinks to Arundel in the C&M League but lost 44-33.

Scores: Iris Brooker, Val Ryan, Chris Mayoss, Maureen King lost 21-18; Sabina Livermore, Annie Ross, Gill Conley, Frances Ireland lost 23-15.

n An open morning to encourage new bowlers will be held at Swansea Gardens bowling green from 10am until midday this Saturday.

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Free coaching and instruction is available and members will be serving free tea, coffe and biscuits. All welcome.

ALDINGBOURNE

Aldingbourne won 75-70 against Pagham’s men in the Littlehampton Gazette League. Aldingbourne took eight points, Pagham two.

Scores: W Tribe, G Arnold, A Hutt, R Sparrow beat Brian Calvert, Alan Boucher, Paul Mayoss, Roy Livermore 19-17; S Hayter, D Page, D Meakins, R Wyatt beat Daniel Lovell, Gerry Stevens, Peter Quilter, Eric King 20-15; J Beeston, D Brooks Kibble, D Anderson, F Mulholland lost 21-12 to Peter Green, Brian Sales, Ian Paul, Ron Friday; A Carter, H Gear, K Robini, R Macer beat Robert Pearson, Bagsy Smith, John Newell, Mike English 24-19.

ARUNDEL

In the Brooks League, Arundel won 33-29 at Middleton. Arundel took four points to Middleton’s two.

Scores: R Wooten 15 J Rose 23, J Wilson 14 B Heal 10.

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In the ladies’ C&M League, Arundel lost 42-33 at Middleton.

Scores: A Stevenson 20 M Wallinger 14, J Gower 22 A Olliver 17.

In a men’s league match at Chichester, Arundel lost 83-68.

C&M LADIES LEAGUE

Div 1: Middleton 42 (6pts) Arundel 31 (J Gower 22 A Olliver 17; A Stevensen 20 M Wallinger 14); Aldingbourne 46 (4pts) Pagham 35 (2pts) (J Hamilton 26 M King 12; J Whetstone 20 F Ireland 23); Chichester 55 (6pts) Arundel 23 (W Adams 33 M Wallinger 16; A Janman 22 A Olliver 7); Arundel 44 (6pts) Pagham 33 (P Gear 23 F Ireland 15; A Olliver 21 M King 18).

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