BOWLS: Chestnuts triumph as rain wreaks havoc (From Bicester Advertiser)

BOWLS: Chestnuts triumph as rain wreaks havoc

11:00am Thursday 19th July 2012 in Sport

Banbury Chestnuts took advantage of being the only Division 1 club to beat the wet weather and host a match in the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries, by posting a 6-0 win over relegation rivals Shiplake.

Chestnuts won on all four rinks to open up a gap of eight and a half points between themselves and their opponents.

Only three other games survived the heavy rain.

In Division 2, Watlington battled to a 5-1 home win against South Oxford A after coming out on top 83-81 on shots.

Dick Claridge’s four picked up two fives late on to secure a point for South.

RESULTS

Division 1

Banbury Chestnuts 93 (6pts), Shiplake 64 (0) (Banbury Chestnuts skips first): B Neal 25, T Beaumont 14; A Northcote 23, B Evans 20; J Denbow 20, J Bland 12; D Munslow 25, B Lambourne 18.

Carterton (3) v Banbury Central A (3) – rained off.

Kidlington (3) v Oxford City & County A (3) – rained off.

Division 2

Bicester (3) v Thame (3) – rained off.

Oxford City & County B (3) v West Witney (3) – rained off.

Watlington 83 (5), South Oxford A 81 (1) (Watlington skips first): R Gilkes 20, H Payne 18; G Hooker 22, K Mobley 20; S Gilkes 21, R Claridge 24; H Franklin 20, G Young 19.

Division 3

Banbury Central (3) v Blackbird Leys (3) – rained off.

Charlbury (3) v Woodstock (3) – rained off.

Headington B (3) v Witney Town (3) – rained off.

Division 4

Chadlington 76 (1½), Chipping Norton 93 (4½) (Chadlington skips first): J Benfield 14, J King 21; C Smart 14, P Rathbone 30; P Madeley 25, K Field 19; R Arthur 23, D Barnes 23.

Florence Park (3) v West Oxford (3) – rained off.

Hanborough (3) v Oxford University Press (3) – rained off.

South Oxford B 32 (0), Bloxham 69 (6) – abandoned at 15 ends (South Oxford skips first): B Edmundson 5, T Gardner 20; D Walker 10, T McKenna 17; T Hookham 7, W Price 13; P Woodville 10, R Hopkins 19.