Whitstable

Whitstable lost by 43 shots in the Catherine Wheeler League at Birchington to pick up just four of 17 available points. Birchington 113 Whitstable 70 Tony Petts, Patricia Vaz, Gerald Hender won 24-13; Garth Coates, Patricia Pout, Martin Hakes won 16-14; Jim Hatton, Joan Davey, Malcolm Scott lost 18-11; Brian Watson, Christopher Twyman, Sylvia Hender lost 17-7; Brian Gentle, Norman Tilley, Daphne Ellinor lost 20-7; Paul Browning, Ronald Vaz, Barbara Mcgillicuddy lost 31-5.

The club won on four rinks and by 22 shots overall at Thanet to pick up 13 Catherine Wheeler League points. Thanet 92 Whitstable 114 Garth Coates, Patricia Pout, Martin Hakes won 27-8; Gerald Hender, Maggie Porter, Fred Goodger won 27-13; Tony Petts, Patricia Vaz, Norman Tilley won 19-14; Brian Watson, Christopher Twyman, Sylvia Hender won 16-15; Brian Gentle, Paul Browning, Daphne Ellinor lost 22-14; Barbara Mcgillicuddy, Ronald Vaz, Jim Hatton lost 20-11.

Borough of Croydon BC enjoyed a 42-shot win at Whitstable despite splitting the six rinks. Whitstable 86 Borough of Croydon 128 Brian Reynolds, Chris Twyman, Nelson Hamilton, Bob Avery won 17-15; Phil Gardiner, Ronald Vaz, John French, John Morton won 16-14; Alan Reid, Reg Dowell, Dennis Tritton, Gerry Hender won 20-19; Garth Coates, Trevor Epps, Derek Gann, Brian Gentle lost 19-12; Brian Watson, Brian Batchelor, Nick Newman, Norman Tilley lost 30-14; Ray Mcdonald, Derek Boots, Brian Ball, Don Minnett lost 31-7.

Whitstable won just two rinks in the Forest of Blean League meeting at home to Herne Bay and took 2.5pts after a 15-shot loss. Whitstable 92 Herne Bay 107 Sam Walker, Charles Harding, Thomas Attaway won 21-12; Tony Petts, Gareth Porter, Brian Reynolds won 16-14; Phil Gardiner, Malcolm Scott, Brian Watson drew 18-18; Peter Boeg, Trevor Epps, Derek Newell lost 18-16; Brian Gentle, John New, Garth Coates 23-13; Ray Mcdonald, Chris Twyman, Norman Toby lost 22-8.

Kent Police Bowling Club shared the rink honours three each but overcame Whitstable by 26 shots overall. Whitstable 77 Kent Police 103 Alan Reid, Ron Pring, Rosemary Field won 20-9; Ray Kent ladies are celebrating after winning the Johns Trophy for the first time in 13 years. They beat Norfolk 128-114 in the final at Leamington Spa on Saturday. It was the county’s first success since 2004, going one better than last year when they finished runners-up. They beat Gloucestershire 152100 in the semi-finals. Results: Kent 128 Norfolk 114 (Kent skips): Jane Cogle (Borough Green) lost 13-17, Ann Harrison (Folkestone) lost 19-20, Sian Honnor (Milton Regis) won 29-19, Wendy King (Milton Regis) won 21-15. Eileen Simpson (Borstal) won 28-21. Julie Parker Lenham) lost 18-22. Semi-final: Kent 152 Gloucestershire 100 ) (Kent skips) Ann Harrison won 23-11. Eileen Simpson won 35-6, Julie Parker lost 21-22. Jane Cogle won 35-23, Wendy King drew 18-18, Sian Honnor drew 20-20. Kent’s men were beaten by defending champions Devon for the second successive year in the Middleton Cup final, losing 127-95.