SWINDON & District Bowling Association were beaten for the second weekend in a row.

They lost by 14 shots to the Kennet League in their latest friendly match, which was staged at Shrivenham.

Led by senior vice-president Ken Downton in the absence of president Mike Large, the S&D went down 127-113 although rink honours were shared.

Despite being in existence for many years, this was the Kennet League's first-ever representative match. The league covers an area from Hungerford to Reading.

The two leagues hope to make this an annual fixture.

The S&D rinks skipped by Shrivenham duo Ken Downton and Mike Teagle, and Supermarine's Jim Nelson, all won, with the latter recording the biggest success with a nine-shot winning margin.

At the tea break at 10 ends the match was extremely close with only three shots separating the two sides. But in the latter stages S&D were unable to hold their opponents who extended their overall advantage to 14 shots.

S&D's next representative match is away this Sunday at Little Compton when they meet South Warwickshire BA.

Results

Rink 1: Fred Edwards (Highworth), Reg Pickett (Penhill) and Eddie Wells (Cricklade) lost 19-24 (played as a triples).

Rink 2: Roger Dyson (Haydon Wick), Martin Kibble (High), Paul Cooper (Shrivenham) and Dave Woodbridge (Swindon) lost to P Hayes 16-29.

Rink 3: Jim Hackett (Faringdon), Fred Peart (Shriv), Gordon Townsend (Penhill), Jim Nelson (Supermarine) beat P Hooper 23-14.

Rink 4: Des Rooke, Derek Gipps, Bill Morse, Jon Simpson (all Shrivenham) lost to C Brown 14-24.

Rink 5: Tony Cope (Crick), Tony Bluett (HW), Mike Smith (Wanborough), Ken Downton (Shriv) beat Gordon Evans 21-17.

Rink 6: Norman Nicholls (Wan), Marcus Lapthorne (Far), Graham Hibberd (Crick) and Mike Teagle (Shriv) beat B Dillon 20-19.

Kennet League beat S&D 127-113.