ONLY four ladies teams were able to play their matches at Wellington Bowling Club during the past week - but both produced exciting matches in the Friday Evening League.

The Hazels, who were top of the table, enjoyed a good win over third placed Oaks and the Elms, who were bottom of the table, carried off a closely fought victory over the Rowans who were sitting comfortably in second spot before their game.

Unfortunately, in the Thursday League, the Wrens were not able to play in their match against Angie Moore's Swallows, so the game was postponed subject to a possible re-arrangement.

In the Friday Evening League, Shirley Samuel and June Anderson's Hazels began well and took a 4 – 0 lead early on. Liz Copping and Debbie Lane's Oaks began a fight back but in the sixth and seventh ends the Hazels collected a well worked six shots to take them out of the reach of the unfortunate Oaks. The final score was 10 shots to Hazels and just three to the Oaks.

In the second Friday Evening game, Viv Newton and Judith Short's Rowans made a good start, leading by 3 shots to 1 after three ends but after that things began to go wrong.. Angie Moore and Debbie Beasley's Elms picked up an terrific six shots in the seventh end to give them a 7 -3 lead. Rowans were not going to give up easily, however, and they collected three shots in the next two ends to draw level at seven shots apiece.

There was only one more end to play and it all depended on who could pick up the all important winning shots. Angie Moore and Debbie Beasley's Elms carried the day, picking up a four in the last to win the match by 11 shots to 7.