NEWTON ABBOT

THREE Newton Abbot Bowls Club members, Ken Howard, Mark Howard and Phil Underhill, played their part in helping to win the Coronation Cup, playing for Section Five at Torbay Country Club.

Section Five defeated Section Eight in the semi-final and beat Section Seven in the final.

Well done to Eileen Coombes and Joy Medley who, in the women's over 70s Minor Pairs, won at North Tawton with an impressive 15-4 scoreline- good luck to said pair in the semi-final.

Talking of Eileen and bad luck to her and Catherine Pickett, who lost out at United Services Barnstaple 17-16 in the over 55s Minor Pairs, they were defeated by the very last wood of the game.

The men's A-Team have now finished their fixtures with a home win against Paignton A in the MDL Premier League. At the time of writing, a third-place finish is possible depending on other results.

Meanwhile, the men's B-Team have now been relegated to the MDL Third Division, where they could be facing the C-Team next season if they gain promotion to said division.

In the South Devon X Triples Division, Newton Abbot men sit second to Starcross, 10 points behind but with two games in hand.

Finally, Newton Abbot welcomed the Devon Patrons to the club where six club members, who are also patrons, played for Newton and helped them to a narrow win.

BOVEY TRACEY

LAST week's men's Mid Devon League win ensured Bovey Tracey were mathematically safe from dropping into the third division, which was fortunate as this week’s opponents Shaldon are yet to be beaten.

The result was mostly as might be expected with Bovey managing a noteble win on one rink to earn two league points to Shaldon's 12.

A Walding, D Johnson, S Callard, R Bailey 22-19; J Hampton, A Tremlett, T Smith, A Franklin 14-21; D Anderson, K Lockett, L Hignett, T Ridgewell 9-30; D Wraighte, K Breame, C Shorland, P Joy 18-24.

Bovey were home to Kingsteignton in the men's Over 55s X division and took all eight league points from an excellent win.

D Anderson, S Callard, K Lockett 21-10; L Fullbrook, J Richards 18-10.

The Y division team were away at Shaldon and did well to win a rink but lost overall to gain two league points to Shaldon's six. D Cosway, P Cridge, R Bailey 18-13; A Cromwell, A Franklin, K Breame 7-31. The latest league tables show the X team in third place and the Y team in seventh in their respective divisions.

The ladies' South Devon League team had an excellent result in their home match against Bitton Park, taking all ten points from the fixture, played on a very hot afternoon.

Y Stanford, S Breame, H Call 20-5; K Eldergill, D Simpson, K Callard 25-8; D Bailey, J Ridgewell, S Johnson 19-8.

In a home, triples friendly against Abbrook Park, Bovey ladies won by two rinks to one and by 38 shots to 23.

Just a couple of interesting results from many in the ongoing club competitions.

Tyler Smith beat Phil Joy in the men's handicap by 21 shots to 10. Phil did have to give eight shots start but it's still an encouraging result for a 'newby' against one of the club's top bowlers.

In the next round, Les Hignett started five shots behind against Tyler and won by the closest of margins, 21-20.