ROCKWELL Green Shortmat Bowls Club were pleased to welcome their old friends from Staplegrove for a 4 mat evening of bowls. 

First up (Green names first ) Mick, Sid & John Y met Pat, Suzie & Sue. The first 5 ends were tight, level at 3 square,  but a 4 on end 6 gave the Green the upper hand until the last end when another 4  gave them a 13-6 victory .

Next up were Graham, Dave D & Reg against Bernie, Keith & Paul in what proved to be a very tight contest with the lead changing 4 times over the 10 ends & a fair result, a tie at 8 all. The Green led 21-14 at half time.

Next up came Cass, John St & Mike to face Dave S, Heather & Paul. The visitors held a one shot lead after 5 ends but that was as good as it got for them as the Green trio took the next 4 ends to lead by 10—3.  Staplegrove took the last end but went down 10—5.  

Last of the evening John G, Bill & Brian met Bernie, Keith & Sue. The Green trio proved to be too hot for the Staplegrove trio and raced into a 9—3 lead after 8 ends. There was a slight recovery by the visitors, taking a 3 on end 9 but the Green took the last end for a comfortable  10—6  victory.

The final score was 41-25 in favour of the Green, but that is rather by the way compared to the very pleasant, friendly, entertaining evening of bowls.