DAWLISH Bowling Club earned a hard-fought Mid Devon League victory on Saturday, July 4, against a determined Kingsbridge side.

The hosts began strongly across the rinks, but the visitors refused to let the match slip away, pushing Dawlish all the way to the closing ends.

Rink one was won 19-16, rink two won 15-13, rink three drawn 16-16 and rink four won 17-12.

Dawlish collected 13 league points as a result, Kingsbridge taking one point from the drawn rink. The visitors made Dawlish work hard throughout, but the home side showed resilience and composure to secure a valuable win.

Skip Alan Maher praised the team’s determination and ability to stay calm under pressure.

“The lads held their nerve brilliantly. Kingsbridge really tested us, but to come away with 13 points is a great result and keeps us right in the hunt for a top-two finish,” he said.

Meanwhile, matches were back on track for Bovey Tracey following the disruption of the previous week’s heatwave.

Tyler Smith and Alastair Franklin secured an 18-7 win in the county gents pairs to book their spot in the section semi-finals.

Also reaching that stage are Kenny Breame, Chris Shorland & Roger Bailey in the county unbadged gents and Heidi Call & Les Hignett in the county mixed pairs.

The gent’s over 55s had league action to enjoy with the X and Y teams experiencing contrasting outcomes.

Bovey’s X-team won on both rinks at home against Buckfastleigh to earn eight league points whereas the Y-team lost on all rinks against both Starcross and Abbrook Park, but a few of which were ever so tight.

In the ladies’ SDL, Bovey lost 3-0 on rinks to Chudleigh and in the triples challenge at Totnes, they drew one and lost the other by a single shot

Finally, Bovey beat Okehampton in one mixed triples friendly by three rinks to one and then were defeated 3-1 by Newton Abbot.