Indoor bowls

Oyster IBC enjoyed a 25-shot win at home to Kent County Constabulary in their first game of a busy week. Oyster 104 Kent County Constabulary 79 C. Newell, Diana Whybrow, Brian Gentle won 17-12; Maureen Aitken, Les Bartholomew, David Turner won 15-12; Lynda Balding, Richard Whybrow, Brian Watston won 25-11; Jeanette Saunders, M.ball, John Cheesman won 22-9; L.bell, Charlie Marsh, Christianne de Weduwe lost 18-15; John Barrett, D,newell, Ruth Emert lost 17-10. Oyster ladies suffered a 16-shot defeat in their Kent League game at Folkestone to earn just two points. Folkestone 126 Oyster 110 Madelene Mcconomy, Margaret Morris, Carol Nelson, Hilary Avis lost 21-14; Monika Thompson, Jean Bourner, Sue Close, Karin Walker lost 19-14; Jacqueline Harvey, Chris Appleton, Barbara Grundy, Sue Swan won 20-14; Ann Moon, Elaine Milliner, Janet Whitbread, Sara Trotter won 24-11; Sheila Bartholomew, Joyce Whitlock, Ros Cheeseman, Eunice Holder lost 20-11; Barbara Mcgillicuddy, Barbara Godon, Pam Dennett, Jan Allen lost 19-18; Sylvia Sweeting, Joy Burton, Penny Perkins, Janet Drewitt lost 22-9. Despite visiting Bromley arriving a rink short, Oyster’s ladies lost by 11 shots in the Kent League to claim just three points. Oyster 90 Bromley 101 Sheila Bartholomew, Marion Harrison, Pam Dennett, Alison Taylor lost 16-15; Sylvia Sweeting, Brenda Tilley, Barbara Grundy, Jan Poynter lost 26-14; Jan Turner, Barbara Gordon, Penny Perkins, Janet Drewitt won 17-10; Shirley Fey, Beverley Schulz, Margaret Dance, Jacqueline Harvey lost 33-11; Jeanette Saunders, Sheila Tibby, Elaine Milliner, Jan Allen won 23-16. The men won only one rink at Bromley on the same day and went down by 58 shots to claim a single Kent League point. Bromley 166 Oyster 108 Gordon Bourn, John Baker, Malcolm Price, John Cresswell lost 16-10; Ken Shorter, Les Bartholomew, Peter Field, David Turner lost 20-18; Mervyn Gulvin, Brian Maxted. Ron Clee, John Day lost 27-9; Keith Dennett, Noel Henry, Bob James, Alan Cornfoot won 20-18; Don Keeler, Maurice Odell, Peter Boeg, Brian Gentle lost 24-17; Paul Reddock, Mo Gray, Alan Henderson, Bernard Woodhams lost 18-12; Gordon Hayes, Paul Drane, Ray Chipperfield, Brian Watson lost 27-12; Peter Hogston, G Davis, John Cheesman, David Ferguson lost 22-10. The Oyster lost on just one rink as they enjoyed a 47-shot win over charity team the Piscatorials in a fundraising friendly. Oyster 136 The Piscatorials 89 Peter Mann, Penny Perkins, Janet Drewitt won 16-14; Lynda Balding, Alison Mcdonald, David Turner lost 16-6; Steve Caruth, Margaret Morris, Phil Scott-martin won 18-11; Barbara Mcgillicuddy, Alan Henderson, Brian Watson won 37-5; Anne Tanson, Christianne de Weduwe, Alan Kent won 17-15; Yvonne Mann, Paul Reddock, Chris Harrison won 21-18; Jeanette Saunders, Russell Feast, Ruth Emert won 21-10.

Chislet Cavaliers Labradors visited Sturry Squirrels but lost both mats in their East Kent SMB League return to finish pointless. Sturry 38 Chislet 21 J Rains, B Hill, J Bellingham lost 13-12; J Cramp, G Griffiths, W Laughton lost 25-9. The Labradors also lost, by 37 shots at Minster Abbots, in the opening leg of their league challenge. Minster 48 Chislet 11 J Rains, B Hill, D Cowley lost 26-4; J Cramp, G Griffiths, W Laughton lost 22-7.