Arun ladies step on to the national stage
A number of Arun ladies have had success in national competitions, heading to Nottingham to face top players from around the country.
In the national triples, Lynn Hathaway, Denise Latter and Marion Richards were this week set to play St Neots, and in the national pairs, Denise and Marion are playing the winners of the Spaldingblackpool match.
In the national over-60s pairs, Denise and Marion Richards will play a Torquay duo.
The second round of the Osborne Trophy series for Arun’s ladies brought a victory for the men this time 146-100.
The third and final round will be played on April 4, when the ladies hope to rake our revenge.
Scores: P Corket, S Simmonds, M Potter, S Miles won 22-9 against P Miles, B King, M Bird, L Corne; J Sales, E Keywood, B Arnell, A Janman won 25-12 against J Sparrow, J Ayling, R Keele, P White, L Carthew, M Bacon, C Horsley, B Collins lost 20-22 against B Rebbeck, B Sales, B Sanford, R Corkett; C Hillier, E Lawrence, M Brand, M Phillips lost 13-29 against G King, J Elliott, G Courtney, A Avery; J Whetstone, B Mcgovern, J Hamilton, L Hathaway lost 12-37 against L Etherington, T Hayes, C Chester, T Sayers; M Menday, E Fitch, S Jones, G Conley lost 8-37 against P Hamnett, D Cripp; M Campbell, P Green.
Arun ladies played a league match against Horsham winning four out of five rinks and by 134-55.
Scores: P Corkett, S Jones, S Stocker, B Spicer won 41-5; D Mitchell, C Horsley, G Conley, D Latter won 30-9; B Arnell, M Potter, L Hathaway, M Richards won 24-10; I Brooker, E Fitch, B Collins, A Janman won 21-14; C Hobbs, B Jones, S Miles, W Adams lost 18-19.
Arun men welcomed Egham and found it tough going. Although Arun were leading at half-time, Egham had started their comeback and finally won 118-116.
This was despite Arun winning on four of the six rinks, but heavy defeats on the other two rinks of 8-23 and 8-27 was sufficient to swing the match Egham’s way.
Rink four went into the last end at 17-17 but Arun claimed two shots in a lastend shootout. At the other end of the scale, on rink six Arun were 0-15 down after four ends with Egham having scored a six and a five in that time.
Scores: B Fitch, A Murrell, M Johnson, J Brazier won 19-17; L Etherington, E Fitch, P Green, T Sayers won 26-10; E Keywood, G Debenham, M Bird, J Whitfield won 24-16; M Connolly, D Wright, B Sanford, R Gardner lost 8-28; J Sparrow, T Hayes, C Chester, M English won 31-20; G King, I Nelson, J Fox, P White lost 8-27.