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26 End 4. Gill is in on the jack and this wood holds de-
spite all efforts to move it Toddington take another
single. 4-2. End 5. Barrie holds shot and then Ron
eases Pauline’s bowl out to make it two, then with the
two skips to play Sue is fortunate to be only two down
as she hits middle twice and Neil cannot capitalise so
two it's 6-2.
End 6. The jack is pushed towards the box but
Ron finds it and David pushes in a second in his at-
tempt to get close Barton take 2 more shots. 8-2. End
7. Ron draws shot but Leslie is a bit tight and clips the
jack to Toddington. David draws in and falls on the jack,
pinching it between black and brown to make a dead
end. Fours Finalists Toddington
Neil then eases the brown off to take two shots
and a 10-2 lead. End 8. Toddington hold four as David pushes the nearest Barton wood away,
Neil cuts it to one and then with his final bowl knocks jack to his back wood for a single and
to take match 11-2. Well done to Barton on defending their title and to everyone for a fabulous
days bowling
Article & Photos Keith Cockings

ESSEX CARPET NEWS
ESSEX CARPET NEWS
Rayne Charity Fours
Rayne Charity Fours
Rayne Carpet Bowls Club held their Charity Fours Competition with all
monies raised during the day going to Alzheimer's/Dementia. 15 teams
took part all playing four games in the Group stages with the two best
group winners playing in the Final.
Two teams won all four Group matches each and contested the
Final. Great Hallingbury - Pat Kelly, Nigel Bentley, Alec & Enid Russell;
Highwoods - Marilyn & Martin Bennet, Diane & Peter Orrin. A close game
saw Great Hallingbury get the better of the early stages and despite a late rally Highwoods could
not catch up. Well done to Great Hallingbury and all teams who took part Thanks must go to
the entire Rayne team who did so much to organise another special day with monies raised for
such a good cause.
Chelmsford Area Shield - Roxwell on top
Chelmsford Area Shield - Roxwell on top
The Final was played on a two-legged basis with White Notley playing Roxwell, Both clubs
winning their home games 8-0 but in the end the worthy winners were, Roxwell gaining 20
more shots than White Notley - thanks to Scott Gailer for again organising this competition.
Inter League Match
Inter League Match
The six Essex leagues were invited to bring a representative team of six rinks (24 players each)
to the Annual Inter League match which took place at Braintree Leisure Centre. East League
were unable to field a team and the competition was played between the other five leagues,
with all Rinks playing four matches during the day.
As normal the match was highly competitive and a close finish was seen. The Final result saw
Chelmsford West League take the title this year. Many thanks to Duncan & Alec for their hard
work in running the competition and to Val & Anthea for running the raffle.
1st Chelmsford West League - 31 points
2nd Colchester East League - 29 points
3rd Colchester West League - 26 points
4th North West League - 25 points
5th Chelmsford East League - 9 points