Chichester bowlers win county trophy for fourth time in five

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Chichester 43 Norfolk 42

In a pulsating finish to a final worthy of any competition, Chichester were the winners by one shot overall on the very last end against Norfolk BC in the Sussex county Double Fours competition for the Abergavenny Cup.

Chichester have now won this prestigious trophy four times in the past five years, a feat not accomplished by any other club in Sussex since its inception more than 50 years ago – a quite remarkable achievement.

Scores: Malcolm Bowden, David Schofield, Simon Tooley, Mick Page (skip) won 25-15; Kevin Ball, Derek Leach, Clive Keedwell, Clive Benham (skip) lost 27-18.

A total of 28 teams from around the south converged on Chichester for their 23rd annual open tournament sponsored by Reynolds.

In group one after each team had played three games there were three on maximum points - Hedge End, Balls Out and Oddballs. Oddballs drew their last game to go into the play-off and Hedge end won their last game to progress to the final.

In group two The Roofers were on six points with the City Club on five.

In the play-off for third and fourth City Club won 13-9. In the final the Roofers (G Guy, M Leesen, M Wake, G Starks) won beat Hedge End (P Emery, M Nash, J Firth, C Higgins) 9-3.

Middleton 77 Chichester B 95

Chichester B produced a fine performance over the second half of their West Sussex League third-division match away to Middleton to secure eight points from an 18-shot victory.

Scores: A Daines, B Money, M Bayfield, P White (skip) won 33-16; A Deller, T Wiseman, J Pickard, A Avery (skip) won 23-13; T Jennings, R Anscombe, P Merritt, C Wade (skip) lost 28-12; S Wilson, N Dearman, C Porter, T Haigh (skip) won 27-20.

Chichester A 93 Southbourne 67

Chichester A held off a late challenge from Southbourne to take the maximum ten points in their home game in the West Sussex League.

Scores: P Green, G Buckle, C Keedwell, M Bonnar (skip) beat Dave Walter, Alan Williams, Dave Fewell & Paul Butler (s) 26-13; K Ball, T Hardgrove, M Bowden, D Leach (skip) beat Malcolm Keane, Eddie Neuts, Robin Armstrong & Mel Lillywhite (s) 20-17; P Whale, B Talmage, S Tooley, D Schofield (skip) beat Pete Jasinski, John Hardy, Mark Soper & Andy Smith (s) 23-17; I Linfield, S Meyer, B, Butler, T Sayers (skip) beat Richard Galloway, Malcolm Ayres, Rodney Bull & Antony Bull (s) 24-20.

Chichester A 83 Tarring Priory A 62

Chichester A dug deep over the last few ends to eke out a 21-shot win, picking up eight points, in their West Sussex League division-one match at home to the leaders and title holders.

Scores: P Whale, T Hardgrove, B Talmage, D Schofield (skip) won 22-14; I Linfield, S Meyer, B Butler, T Sayers (skip) won 22-18; K Ball, T Wiseman, N Anderson, D leach (skip) lost 22-16; P Green, G Buckle, C Keedwell, M Bonnar (skip) won 23-8.

Worthing Pavilion C 80 Chichester A 81

In their West Sussex Bowls League first-division match away to Worthing, Chichester A produced a late fightback to win by just one shot, taking eight points.

Scores: Les Etherington, G Buckle, C Keedwell, M Bonnar (skip) won 20-15; P Whale, M Lewis, B Talmage, D Schofield (skip) lost 25-10; G Jackson, S Meyer, B Butler, T Sayers (skip) won 27-20; K Ball, T Hardgrove, P Green, D Leach (skip) won 24-20.

Chichester 109 Fishbourne 38

Chichester entertained Fishbourne in a mixed friendly and had a comfortable victory.

Scores: G Buckle, V Pickering, M Lewis (skip) won 32-4; I Taylor, T Gaffney, P Green (skip) won 22-16; A Hulbert, K Burt, P White (skip) won 21-15; C Hulbert, S Baverstock, K Ball (skip) won 34-3.

Chichester 43 Lancing 35

Chichester took four points from their trip to Lancing in the C&M League after winning on one rink and losing on the other.

Scores: Chris Hobbs, Mary Potter, Wendy Adams & Betty Spicer won 31-9; Jean Hole, Bridget Collins, Denise Latter & April Janman lost 26-12.

Congratulations go to Debbie Hogg and Jean Hole on reaching the county final of the Unbadged Trixie Pairs. Debbie has also reached the final of the County Unbadged Singles despite losing both finals 18-14 and 21-15.

Both players enjoyed the experience of competing in their first county finals weekend.

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