Atlantic Championships

Congratulations to Ceris Hewlings who has been selected to represent Wales in the Atlantic Championships in Cyprus in October.

She will be following in the footsteps of former Saundersfoot member Sarah Mansbridge who won gold and silver medals in the triples and rinks respectively when she represented Wales in the same championships in 1997.

Ceris has also been selected to play in the triples and rinks and is sent best wishes from everyone at the club for the event.

SAUNDERSFOOT 65 (2 pts.) TENBY 95 (12)

Saundersfoot played their first Pembrokeshire Division One league match of the season last Saturday when they entertained defending champions Tenby at their King George V Fields bowling green.

The villagers started well and were eight shots up after five ends, although the scores were level at the tea break.

Tenby, however, moved up a gear in the second half of the match and opened up a nine shot lead by the 15th end and then proceeded to win 16 of the 24 ends that remained across the green to win convincingly by 30 shots.

Saundersfoot did pick up two points on rink three, when John Dugmore, Brian Desmond, Alan Brain and skip Myrddin Dennis gained a nine shot win over Luke Rees, Ben Simmonds and the Guymer twins, Luke and Craig.

On rink four, John Jenkins, Neil Hensman, Don Poole and captain Simon Evans were always coming from behind against the Tenby rink of Neil Dickinson, John Baggott, Paul Diment and skip John Roberts and only winning seven ends led to a 12-shot defeat.

Rink five saw Graham Hughes, Paul Blayney and Joe and Berwyn Dennis lead their opponents Dai Spencer, Mike Jackson, Tenby captain Jon Webb and Andrew Muskett up until the 12th end, but only winning two of the last nine meant an eight shot loss.

On rink six, Roy Kennion, Nev Ruff, Shane Webster and Steve Dick started brightly enough against Cameron White, Joe Richards, Pat Currie and Peter Day and led by five shots after six ends, but only picked up four singles afterwards and eventually lost by 19.

As with the Champions League final played that evening which most of the players rushed home to see, by far the better team won on the day and the best wishes of the Saundersfoot team go to the Tenby boys for their forthcoming game in the knock-out section of the Carruthers Shield, a competition they won two years ago.

The villagers, minus for a variety of reasons six first team members on Saturday, will never the less be hoping for better things when they travel to play Milford Haven in their second league game of the season.

SAUNDERSFOOT 105 LEAMINGTON SPA HOME GUARD TOURIST 95

Saundersfoot played a six rink men's triples friendly last Sunday against a touring team from Warwickshire and won the match by 10 shots.

Top rink for the villagers went to John Evans, Neil Hensman and skip Barrie Lee with a 22-shot victory.

It was nice to see new bowler Geoff Somner taking to the Saundersfoot green for his first match and also Dave Roberts, recently joined from Pendine.

Rink scores (Saundersfoot first and visitors skips only):

N. Ruff, B. Glynn, B. Desmond 17 C.Cinnan 11.

G. Somner, M. Carr, P. Blayney 13 M. Bailey 16.

J. Bingham, J. Austin, S. Howe 9 J. Hughes 31.

Grant Hughes, R. Kennion, K. Rowland 20 C. Haynood 12.

D. Roberts, E. Smith, B. Deeley 14 B. Bennett 15.

J. Evans, N. Hensman, B. Lee 32 L. Woodfield 10.

Tenby Ladies 53

Saundersfoot 37

Saundersfoot Ladies played Tenby Ladies for the second time this season last Tuesday and unlike their previous meeting were defeated on both rinks.

Rink scores (Saundersfoot first, Tenby skips only):

G. Amos, J. Howe, A. Davies M. Evans 18 J.K. Thomas 30.

A. Roberts, S. Amos, V. Edwards, L. Bissell 19 A. Redman 23.

Milford Ladies 38

Saundersfoot 44

Saundersfoot played their second away game in a week when they travelled to Milford Haven on Saturday.

And they travelled back over the Cleddau Bridge with a win and five points to add to their league talley.

Rink scores (Saundersfoot first, Milford skips only):

J. Howe, S. Amos, A. Davies, M. Evans 21 M. Carter 15.

A. Roberts, A. Evans, G. Amos, V. Edwards 23 J. Navas 23.

ST. ISSELL'S 55

TENBY ARCHES 28

St. Issell's Ladies picked up their first maximum points of the season when they entertained Tenby on Saturday.

Ceris Hewlings and her rink chalked up a 35-11 win, while Beryl Lewis and Co, after a hard-fought game, were victorious by three.

Rink scores (St. Issell's first Tenby skips only):

S. Spiller, A. Williams, G. Dugmore, B. L. Lewis 20 A. Redman 17.

S. Roden, B. Davies, K. Blayney, C. Hewlings 35 J. King-Thomas 11.

FIXTURES

Club fixtures for the coming week commence tomorrow when the St. Issell's men's team travel to play Neyland away, while on Sunday, the Saundersfoot men play Milford Haven away.

On Tuesday, there is a mixed friendly against Gelligaer Bowling Club and on Thursday (members please note the change of date), St. Issell's men play Neyland at home in an SA Brain Cup game.

The ladies of the club go head to head on Thursday with league game between St. Issell's and Saundersfoot.

All matches have a 2 pm start.

LADIES TOURNAMENT

The annual Saundersfoot Ladies Open Tournament takes place over the next two days.

Today (Friday), there is a triples event for the Kath and Paul Blayney Trophy, and tomorrow, the singles tournaments take place for the Joan Osborne Cup and Joan Procter Shield.

Competition on both days start at 10 am and food and refreshments will be available.

JUBILEE PAIRS

Members of the club played the Jubilee Pairs tournament down to a final on Monday.

Partners were drawn out of a hat and after a full day which commenced at 10 am and continued into the early evening, the eventual pairings of Eddie Smith with Steve Dick and Nev Ruff and Marion Evans won through and they will contest the final in September on club finals weekend.

JOHN BADHAM SHIELD

The John Badham Shield competition for club members will take place on Saturday, June 11, with the usual format of round robin groups in the morning followed by the semi-finals and final in the afternoon.

The first 24 names down on the list, which is on the notice board, will play and the event will start at 10 am.