A wonderful day of bowls in the inaugural Mike Stocker Memorial Triples at St Andrews Bowls Club saw the tournament end fittingly recently.

Mike’s son Lee and his two grandsons Sam Stocker and Kieran Tasker, who played his first-ever proper game of bowls, won the event. They beat Dan Winmill (Taunton), Jack Angove (St Andrews) and Levi Hembrow (Ilminster) in a brilliant final. 

A team from Bristol finished third, with Graham Millard (Yatton), Darrell Johnston (St Andrews) and Phil Villis (Banwell) fourth.

84 players took part and the event saw over £1,100 raised for Dementia UK, which was organised by the Stocker family.

It was a Super Sunday for St Andrews as their men’s and women’s teams cruised into county cup finals.

First up were the men against Castle Cary at a neutral South Petherton in the Wedmore Plate semi-final. A fourth-end hotshot eight by Barrie Forse’s team put Saints almost out of sight early on and with two rinks winning by a total of 33 and Darrell Johnston also finishing up to secure a place in the final at Taunton on September 3, against Congresbury.

The women were dominant in their afternoon Fear Cup semi-final against Yeovil at Ilminster.

After a cagey start, Saints never relaxed their grip as they finished 31 ahead, up on all three rinks and will play Portishead RBL in the final at Ashcombe this Saturday.

Women’s Somerset Fear Cup semi-final: St Andrews 60, Yeovil 29. J Forse, J Smith, J Bishop, M Favis 20-5; C Andrews, J McMillan, S Sinclair, R McMillan 17-10; C Venn, G Holborow, D Johns, J Pitman 23-4.

Men’s Somerset Wedmore Plate semi-final: Castle Cary 51, St Andrews 85. N Bassett, D Favis, D Hurst, B Reeves 13-14; T Wyatt, D Bailey, A Ware, G Wride 28-11; J Keay, R Potter, B Duffy, B Forse 26-10; M Goddard, A Lay, D Johns, D Johnston 18-16.

Men’s Somerset County League: North Div One – Winscombe 67 (10pts), St Andrews 52 (2pts). M Goddard, D Holborow, D Bailey, G Wride 13-30; J Keay, R Potter, B Duffy, B Forse 26-14; R Venn, A Lay, D Johns, D Johnston 13-23. North Div 2 – St Andrews B 60 (2pts), Portishead RBL C 61 (10pts). P Smart, J Ling, A McMillan, G Cooper 19-20; K Taylor, L Fisher, D Halsey, D Favis 8-29; G Sims, I Allchorne, A Dawes, A Ware 33-12.

Women’s Somerset County League: Victoria 50 (7pts), St Andrews 50 (5pts). C Andrews, J Duffy, J Bishop 16-17; G Holborow, S Sinclair, R McMillan 14-17; J Forse, D Johns, J Pitman 20-16.

Women’s DRT League: Chew Stoke 46 (4pts), St Andrews 51 (6pts). B Goddard, B Mangan, J Forse, J Pitman 32-9; J Andrews, F Allen, S Sinclair, J Bishop 9-16; G Holborow, M Tovey, D Johns, J Duffy 10-21.

Tourist mixed friendly: St Andrews 76, Abingdon 94. R Grims, Jane Andrews, G Sims, R Potter 13-11; M Peters, N Bassett, D Johnston, Jill Bishop 16-11; S Hillier (guest), Sue Churchill, Clare Andrews, B Duffy 18-20; Jenny Webb, G Pointer (guest), A Lay, Jenny McMillan 10-13; P Smart, I Allchorne, Debbie Johns, G Cooper 16-12; Margaret Tovey, Wendy O’Sullivan, A Cooper, M Goddard 3-27.

Women’s friendly: St Andrews 59, Clarence 36. M Tovey, D Johns, J Duffy 18-14; T Brooks, B Goddard, M Favis 17-10; W O’Sullivan, K Cromey, M McMillan 24-12.