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Herne Bay BOWLS

The annual Herne Bay Mixed Triples Open Tournament attracted 18 team entries.

Each team played six games of 50 minutes duration with two points for winning, a point for each end won and all shots scored during the day counting as one point each.

The winners were Queenborough triple Jack Jarvis, Gina Shoebridge and John Crouch with 99 points.

Runners-up from Birchington were Pam Back, Alan Back and Alan Robinson with 89 points with third place going to Lyn Phillips and Bill Robb of Herne Bay and Vic Field of Margate with 84 points.

Herne Bay have a five-point lead at the top of the Forest of Blean League with one game remaining after a 72-shot win over Whitstable while nearest rivals Canterbury suffered a shock defeat at Charing.

Bay won five of the six triples to secure seven league points. Herne Bay 140 Whitstable 68: Bob Baldwin, Bob Day, Bill Robb won 21-13; Dave Mason, Robbie Irons, Ian Robb won 34-4; Terry Kelly, Alf Collar, Brian Dennis won 19-12; Ray Chipperfield, Ray Day, Tony Bishop lost 1916; Len Brown, Peter Gibson, Brian Gisby won 26-5; Les Mason, John Melford, Eddie Allen won 24–15.

The 10 mixed rinks played against Medway Bowling Association were shared but it was Medway who won overall by 38 shots. Herne Bay 175 Medway Bowling Association 213: Marian Algar Tony Rowson, John Phillips, Brian Dennis drew 20-20; Sylvia Sweeting, Roy Appleyard, Jean White, Jeff Graham lost 32-11; Peter Nolan, Alan Day, Ronnie Phillips, Brian Gisby won 23–21; Denise Guy, Michael Tibby, Bruce Clayton, Stuart Emert won 17-15; Diane Melford, Colin Tobutt, Maureen Simcock, Len Brown lost 22-10; Don Elliott, Rosemary McCarthy, Edie Nicholls, Jim Covill won 27–24; Richie Callanan, Dave Brice, Lyn Phillips, John Melford drew 14–14; Doreen Woollams, John White, Bill Gibbon, Denis Hanafin lost 22-12; Dawn Harris, Andre Allen, Bob Dartnall, Ray Chipperfield won 30–16; Robin Woollams, Beryl Randall, Ruth Emert, Richard Remmington lost 27-11. of Blean League points with an 11-shot victory at home to Faversham. Boughton 100 Faversham 89: Chris Smith, Mike Best, Roy Piles won 25-9; John Symons, Richard Brown, Paul Mellett won 12-9; Nigel Wanstall, John Agate, John Harris won 29-16, Crombie McNeil, Bob Holiday, Mick Nichol lost 13-11; Brian Whittaker, Dennis Creed, Peter Shead lost 24-4; Ron Piper, Trevor Lyons, Phil Philpott lost 18-16.