Dave Eaton

IT WAS a black Saturday for Wiltshire’s men and women’s bowls teams as they were both beaten within a few hours of each other in their respective inter-county championship matches.

LOCAL clubs North Wilts and Clarrie Dunbar both face a busy and vital period this weekend in national team competitions and the regional Wessex League.

NORTH Wilts continue to march on in the top mixed inter-club indoor competition for the Egham Trophy.

NORTH WILTS endured mixed fortunes last weekend in national team competitions winning in the ladies inter-club Yetton Trophy but losing heavily in the men’s second chance Denny Plate.

NORTH Wilts' mixed team have progressed to the third round of the Egham Trophy – the top inter-club mixed double rinks competition, writes DAVE EATON.

NORTH Wilts men – who finished as runners-up last season – have made an impressive start to the new campaign in the enlarged Central region of the Wessex League, writes DAVE EATON.

WILTSHIRE men made a brilliant start to their 2019-20 inter-county championship campaign for the Liberty Trophy, writes DAVE EATON.

GRAHAM Shadwell, from the Spencer Moulton club in Bradford-on-Avon, has been offered a return to international bowls with England.

CLARRIE Dunbar finished second in the final of the national indoor Fantastic Fives competition staged last Sunday at Kempston Park IBC (Bedford).

LOCAL clubs were well represented on the Wiltshire men’s autumn tour this year, a hugely successful president’s tour to Somerset.