Horsham at double ... Law is in order

BOWLS

Horsham Bowling Club played two away matches, and both were very close.

On Friday, Horsham played a friendly against Broadbridge Heath.

On one mat, Horsham won by two shots, while on the other, Horsham, led by Kelly McCartney and supported by Sue Watson, Jules Packham and Malcolm Curtis, were top rink of the day, winning by 18-15.

Horsham won by three shots on the final end. Horsham won overall 31-26.

On Sunday, Horsham were away to Ashington for a league match between the teams lying second and third in the league. It was as tight as expected.

The winning rink for Horsham was skipped by Richard Bourne alongside Robbie Calder and Martin Jolliffe, who won 16-11.

On the second mat , Horsham went down 13-19, so Ashington won 30-29, but Horsham still collected two points.

The clubs also played a friendly, another very close encounter with both teams on 18 shots after the penultimate end.

Horsham finally edged victory by 21-18.

MANNINGS HEATH GOLF

With the course having survived the ravages of Storm Eunice and clubhouse reopened with power restored, Mannings Heath Ladies got back into their stride with a 14-hole fun competition.

The theme was Triple Five with participants able to treble the points earned on their five best holes.

To make bag carrying easier during the temporary trolley ban they were also restricted to four clubs and a putter.

With a nett par worth two points the notional par of the Triple Five format was 48, so Julie Law, playing off 17 , had good reason to be delighted with her winning card of 58.

On another day runner-up Rosemary Martin might have expected the first place money with her excellent 53.

The battle for third place saw Lynne Jones, Brenda James and Mina Burton all post 46 before countback assigned Jones third place.