Bowls round-up: Including triples delight for Kitcheners and Tropy triumph for Roy, Yvonne and Skip

Elsewhere, the Kitcheners ladies lost their County League match against Tring, but the men beat Berkhamsted 39 -36 in their County League clash.

The club also travelled to Redbourn for a mixed triples match and lost 70-58. Albert Graydon, Jan Scattergood and Steve Delderfield were highest triples.

This week, Kitcheners are in action in the semi-finals of the Watford & District competitions.

Ken Woodward is in the singles; Peter Burt, Steve Halsey and Ken Woodward are in the triples; and Dave Richardson and Dave Collins are in the Officers Singles.

Kitcheners have also reached the semi-finals of the County League.

On Wednesday, Kitcheners entertained Hemel Hempstead in a four-rink mixed rink match and lost 78-62. Top rink was Chris Ivin, Mike Waterhouse, Micky Woodman and Roy Murray.

On Saturday, 36 bowlers took part in the Ethel Howlett Trophy. It was won by Roy Murray, Yvonne Coe and Skip Murray.

Second was the trio of Ian Davis, Dave Gardiner and Megan Graffham, while Sue Halsey, Bill Hunt and Debbie Whiting finished third.

On Sunday, Kitcheners played Hemel Hempstead in the Dacorum Shield and won on all three rinks but lost the friendly rink.

> Tring

The Tring ladies enjoyed an impressive win against Berkhamsted in their latest County League match.

The Tring team of Zena Livesey, Linda McGuiness, Gill Watson and Lyn Boniface swept to a 28-15 victory, while Boniface continued her winning streak by progressing to the semi-finals of the W&D singles.

The friendly against Aston Clinton resulted in a resounding 75-50 win for Tring with top rink going to Trisha Hewetson, Joe Kempster and Ian Croad.

In their match against Aylesbury, Tring went down by six shots, 76-84, with top rink going to Jo Boniface, John Young and Brian Johnson.

> Berkhamsted

Berkhamsted had a quiet week but started with a 64-49 victory over Garston in a friendly match.

Winning rink went to the Berko trio of Sheila Fountain, Dick Gardener, Alan Baker and Brian Ralphs.

The success continued against Harpenden where Berkhamsted won by a good margin of 130 shots to 82. The top rink was Liz Temple, Beryl Parsons, Tom Presland and Dave Sear.

The crowning glory was the men’s match against Townsend in the Jones Cup semi-final.

The home team of Maurice Primo, Peter Batchelor, Dave Sear and Kevin Clarke won 24-14, while the away team of Webb, Jones, Smith and Kenyon narrowly lost 17-16.

The overall result was 40-31, and Berkhamsted will now meet Potters Bar in the final on Saturday, September 6 at Townsend BC in St Albans.

> Hemel Hempstead

After finishing as runners-up in the Ray Cup, the Hemel Hempstead bowlers played a friendly mixed game away at Wing BC.

In good weather conditions, Hemel secured an 85-73 win, with top rink going to Charles Lees, Malcolm Smith and Colin Lewis.

The following day, the Hemel ladies played Aston Clinton away in an enjoyable triples contest and won 52-33. Sheila Deane, Lena Emmins and Brenda Bennitt were on top rink.

On Wednesday, while shy of any ladies due to other fixtures in the Hemel team, there was a friendly mixed four-rink away game at Dacorum rivals Kitcheners BC.

A closely played contest resulted in a 78-62 win for Hemel, mostly gained in the closing stages. Top rink went to Alan Thornley, Brian Taylor, Don Connors and Roger Wakefield.

The District League game, away to Hatfield on Saturday, proved very difficult with Hemel winning only one of the four rinks and gaining just 15 of the total 80 available points. The ladies did, however, manage a win on the friendly rink.