Saints reach another national final

THE St Andrews triple of Ken Uglow, Barrie Forse and Andrew Owens qualified for another national finals day at Nottingham in April.

They played a triple from Ilminster in the area final at Street, but proved too strong as the opposition retired after 17 ends.

Forse also won the area singles final and competed at Melton Mowbray at the weekend, but was defeated in the early rounds.

In the County League, Saints played Donyatt. The two away rinks found the going tough, Phil Villis going down by eight shots and Forse by three.

Both home rinks managed wins, Owens by six shots and Tony Steer by 12. The home shot difference enough to give Saints an overall win.

St Andrews 91, Donyatt 84: J Wilkes, T Thomas, D Bailey, A Owens 21-15; A Hyde, J Laurent, P Aldus, A Steer 27-15; A Yeeles, R Roberts, R Venn, P Villis 22-30; K Uglow, W Ainsworth, D Favis, B Forse 21-24.

Woodspring 73 Ilminster 85

IN this high-scoring Somerset League match, it was Ilminster that came out on top winning on three of the four rinks played.

The only successful Woodspring rink was that of John Watson, Mike Bass, Bob Hadley and Gordon Russell, who skipped his side to a magnificent 26 shot victory, but this was not enough shots to gain a win for the Milton Road club, as both away rinks lost heavily.

Home: J Watson, M Bass, R Hadley, G Russell 35-9; G Fews, D Norville, G Finnegan 18-19. Away: G Tucker, P Gaulton, S Hedges, C Winser 11-21; S Ash, B Jones, R Dunston, M Reeves 9-29

Woodspring Ladies defeated Bath 38-37 in the Presidents Cup. Woodspring had won the home rink 21-13, but the away rink was down 16-24 going to the last end.

Woodspring got the shot and managed to hold on to win overall by one shot. The next round will be against St Andrews.

Home rink: S Noyes, R Cleeves, S Lupton, S Cooper 21-13. Away rink: M Tasker, C Hedges, A Pilgrim, S Weaden 17-24.