Short mat bowls

Cavalier Labradors achieved their first maximum return of the season in East Kent Short Mat Bowls Association Division 3 when they won 32-21 away to Preston Pirates. The visitors won on both mats, through skips Jack Cramp (15-13) and Michael Holmes (17-8). The return at Hersden, saw each team win a mat but it was the Labradors who triumphed on aggregate, 32-29, to claim the bonus points. Preston Pirates 21 Cavalier Labradors 32: J Cramp (skip), B Hill, J Bellingham won 15-13; M. Holmes (skip), D Wilkins, W Laughton won 17-8. Cavalier Labradors 32 Preston Pirates 29:

S Clarke (skip), B Hill, D Cowley lost 21-7; J Goddard (skip), M Holmes, W Laughton won 25-8.