A BEAUTIFUL sunny Sunday morning saw the ladies of Wellington Bowling Club take on the ladies from Mark Moor Bowling Club in a first round four-way competition.

The ladies had to compete in “rinks” (teams of four), triples, pairs and singles. At the end, the team with the most points from the four games would go through to the next round.

The competition was well supported by club members who came along to encourage the Wellington ladies to do well.

Mark Moor is a well established club and has a good reputation but the Wellington ladies were determined to give their best and to win as many of the four games as they could.

They not only achieved their aims but they won every one of the four games played.

Janet Lovell, Debbie Lane, June Anderson and Lynda Manning's team enjoyed a very close match. After 14 ends they were level with the Mark Moor team, 10 shots apiece, but their game moved up a gear in the final ends and they won by four shots, 17 – 13.

Wendy Scott, Pauline Wadham and Christine Willcocks were on top form and won comfortably 19 – 8.

Angie Moore and Gill Groves were 3 – 0 down early on but they came back well to overtake and win in style 24 – 5.

In the singles, Marguerite Nichols played extremely well for a comfortable 21 – 12 victory.

The overall score was Wellington 81, Mark Moor 38. The competition scoring system awarded two points for every win.

As a result, the Wellington ladies collected the maximum eight points from their four wins out of four.

At the end of a very warm morning both teams were pleased to cool down in the clubhouse and enjoy tea and cakes together.