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Champs deal Wealden’s survival hopes a blow
Wealden Men’s hopes of avoiding relegation to Division 2 of the Sussex League suffered a setback when they entertained reigning champions Adur.
From the early stages the game always looked to be going the visitors’ way as they leapt into a significant lead. Although at the interval Wealden were still in contention on four of the rinks, Adur had held on to their comfortable overall lead and had the five bonus points for the match result in the bag well before the end.
With every point vital for their survival, it was important to pick up as many as possible from the games in play and the teams skipped by Mick Read and Peter Carter both held on to their early leads to come out on top.
Wealden were a shade unlucky not to add to their points tally with the four led by Chris Thomas just losing out over the closing ends to go down by two shots and Alex Parsons’ team losing by five.
In another game the team skipped by Tony Plater found themselves 13 shots down after just six ends but recovered well to finally go down 16-21.
The home clash with fellow strugglers Eastbourne now becomes vital to Wealden’s survival hopes.
All match results:
Wealden 143 Groombridge 76 (Alan Bradley 22, D Saunders 21; Ray Spraggett 19, M Parsons 13; Jonathan Couper 20, B Agutter 8; Andy Corben 30, K Litchfield 14; Bob Smith 19, M Greenstop 9; Wendy Botfield 33, G Parsons 11).
Wealden 105 Egerton Park 116 (Gordon Holloway 17, M Hodd 15; Tommy Towner 20, A McBride 19; Ken Cunningham 15, M Brown 26; Andrew Hathaway 17, V Butler 24; Bill Bankier 15, F Lowe 17; Margaret Liston 21, J Larkin 15).
Wealden 121 Sussex County Womens Bowling Association 113 (Pearl Brittain 25, K Selby 22; Margaret Winton 26, C Bowles 11; Margaret Liston 16, J Bracey 20; Ann Spree 14, E Vine 23; Beryl Marks 23, J Birch 18; Wendy Botfield 17, R Pickering 19).
Wealden 121 Croydon 106 (Jonathan Couper 22, R Cresswell 21; Dave Brooks 20, J Seymour 20; Peter Hounslow 18, W Rowe 17; Geoff Nelson 24, M Branch 11; Gordon Holloway 15, V Rowe 17; George Urben 22, R Banthorpe 20).
Wealden 88 Donyngs 145 (Tony Plater 16, S Sanderson 20; Tommy Towner 13, J Wilson 24; Brian Wilkins 14, E Exall 25; Dave Bissett 13, Q Smith 20; Eddie Lovegrove 16, R Hobart 29; Norman Dobson 16, D Staples 27).
Wealden 98 Adur 122 (Tony Plater 16, M Strong 21; Mick Read 21, P Hillsden 16; Alex Parsons 16, R Sedgewick 21; Malcolm Goman 8, D Hubbard 32; Chris Thomas 16, J Godfrey 18; Peter Carter 21, T Honnor 14).
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