BONUS BALL

This week's lucky winners were Jane Merrony and Tony and Doris Brown - that was kept very quiet from the rink, Mr. Brown!

Tenby 113 Kislingbury 102 Everyone was wondering where these generous tourists were from. The county of Northants was the answer. They started the proceedings by giving us a song, which was good, but as the hosts' captain politely pointed out, "you stick to football and leave the singing to the Welsh!" Tony Brown stormed to a 14-shot win, with Junior Academy player Rachel Hensman playing at lead, being encouraged by her team-mates, and certainly not letting the rink down. Gwyn Beynon and his rink stayed on a count of six for six ends, but then stormed back to eventually go down by five shots. Cyril Roberts came on strongly in the second half, but despite his efforts, Mike Crockford's rink lost by three shots over the last two ends. Ted Brutnell was the star performer in Vera Williams's rink, and with Lynne Deli playing her first friendly for some time, and Reg Thake revelling in the fun and the sunshine, it left the skip with a smile on her face all afternoon, as they won by four shots. All members of Graham Hill's foursome pulled their weight, but they were just squeezed out by three shots in the end. She admits she is a slow starter, but Gerry Brutnell certainly finished on a high as she helped Audrey Owen's crew to a four-shot win. In the after-match presentations, this very generous team not only presented the Tenby side with a suitably engraved glass memento, but each member of the team was given an engraved keyring. They then proceeded to donate six bottles of wine for future club raffles. The home captain enquired if he was allowed a bottle, but this had to be put to a vote, with the result of 23 votes against and only one vote for! Poor chap! These visitors were one of the most generous teams we have ever entertained. Rink scores (Tenby first, visiting skips only) were: H. Meades, G. Brutnell, K. Lloyd, A. Owens 21; K. Leegen 17. V. Roberts, B. Winstone, G. Beeken, G. Hill 15; A. Grocock 18 R. Thake, L. Deli, T. Brutnell, V. Williams 19; P. Oliver 15. M. Skyrme, C. Roberts, D. Brown, M. Crockford 15; D. Holton 18. N. Hensman, V. James, P. Barnikel, G. Beynon 15; S. Legan 20. R. Hensman, M. Draper, J. Taylor, T. Brown 28; T. Warren 14. Whist Results

Thursday, May 24: top score - Pauline Barnikel; 1st lady - Muriel Griffiths; 2nd lady - Mary Renowden; 1st gent - Bert Barnikel; 2nd gent - Ginnie Beeken; first half winner - Joan Dorling; second half winner - Gladys Cleaton; longest sitter - Vera Burrows; lowest score - Bill Whitaker; raffles - Pauline Barnikel and Joyce Waters.  All members of the Bowling Club Whist Club were so delighted with the sudden return of Joan Dorling, they gave one resounding cheer in unison without any prompting. Such is the fond regard all have for Joan who ran the whist club for many many years and developed the 'year round', twice weekly format so enjoyed by all. The bowling club's management team take great delight in the whist's enthusiastic contribution to the club's social affairs and are pleased that they can bring happiness to a growing band of supporters.   Monday, May 28: top score - Mary Renowden; 1st lady - Margaret Harries; 2nd lady - Pearl Thomas; 1st gent - Bert Barnikel; 2nd gent - Jill Groom; first half winner - Pauline Barnikel; second half winner - John Mills; longest sitter  (13 times) - Olive Frost; lowest score - Muriel Griffiths; raffles - Margaret Harries and Mabel Whitaker.  Whist is played twice weekly at Tenby Bowling Club, Monday and Thursday, 7 pm sharp. New members and visitors are very welcome, come and join in the fun - bring a friend.  

BREWERS CUP

ST. THOMAS 77 (11 pts.) FIVE ARCHES 66 (3)

Last Thursday, the Five Arches travelled to St. Thomas for their first Brewers Cup game and their first away game of the season. They also welcomed a few new faces to the squad On rink two, Ashley Hooper had a first class game as lead, accompanied by Neil Hensman in his first game of the season. They both did very well, with Roy Kennion and John Moffat at the back. After 10 ends, they were 10 shots up, but St. Thomas came back in the second half to force a draw. On rink three, Jim Taylor had a very good game as lead, with Adam Hensman as second, who also had a good game. Maxi Donogue came in as third for his first game, accompanied by skip Mike Gouldingay. On the 10th end, they were five shots down, but came back in the second half to win by two shots. Rink four saw Ken Lloyd as lead, accompanied by Brian Winstone, who played his first game of the season, with Ron Hurlow as third and Gwyn Beynon as skip. This was a very close fought battle up to the 15th end when, unfortunately, the visitors dropped a count of six, and eventually they went down by 13 shots. On rink five, with Jonathan Hubbard and L. Rees up front, and with Ted Brutnell as third, accompanied by Dai King Thomas as skip, this foursome had a very good game. It was a closely fought contest on both sides, with DKT narrowly going down by just two shots. Rink scores (Five Arches first) were: A. Hooper, N. Hensman, R. Kennion, J. Moffat 20; St. Thomas 20. J. Taylor, A. Hensman, M. Donoghue, M. Gouldingay 20; St. Thomas 18. K. Lloyd, B. Winstone, R. Hurlow, G. Beynon 11; St. Thomas 26. J. Hubbard, L. Rees, T. Brutnell, D. K. Thomas 15; St. Thomas 17.

DIVISION TWO

FIVE ARCHES 87 (10 pts.) BORDERER 65 (4)

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Last Saturday, the visitors were the Borderers of Whitland, supported by some of the club's first team players and including a lot of the younger element taking part. It was a very good competitive game overall, except for rink two, which saw Five Arches comfortably victorious. On that rink, Stuart Askew and Jonathan Hubbard were up front, while Tony Brown and Mike Crockford were third and skip, respectively. They all had outstanding games. At 10 ends, they were nine shots to five up, but then stretched their lead, going on to win by 29 shots. Rink three saw Jock Best and Ted Brutnell up front,with Ron Hurlow at third and Dai King Thomas as skip. Unfortunately, they got off to a slow start and never really got back into the game, going down in the end by 11 shots. Rink four saw Ken Lloyd and Rob Wilkins up front, with Gwyn Beynon as third and Roy Powling as skip. This rink seemed to be in control, being seven shots up at the interval. And, although they only won four ends in the second half, they increased their lead and ran out winners by nine shots at the close of play. Rink five saw Roy Kennion and Jim Taylor, who both had excellent games, along with Mike Gouldingay as third and John Moffat as skip. It was a very close fought game from start to finish and on the 11th end, the honours were shared at nine shots each. But the man who did all the damage was D. Lewis, the Borderers' skip. Eventually, the visitors went on to win by five shots. Rink scores (Five Arches first, Borderers skips only) were: S. Askew, J. Hubbard, T. Brown, M. Crockford 34; T. Thomas 5. J. Best, T. Brutnell, R. Hurlow, D. K. Thomas 16; D. Jenner 27. K. Lloyd, R. Wilkins, G. Beynon, R. Powling 20; S. Price 11. R. Kennion, J. Taylor, M. Gouldingay, J. Moffat 17; D. Lewis 22.