Frome Park Bowls Club men’s team have had a promising start to the season with some good results.
Newly promoted Frome Park B started their campaign in the Somerset County League East Division 1 against their fellow club members of Frome Park A. It turned out to be a rude awakening for the B team as they had a heavy defeat, losing by 77 – 27 with the A team taking all 12 points. The best rink for the A team was Colin Henning, John Barber, Les Stather and Steve West.
The A team then travelled to Paulton to play Purnells B. Again Frome Park were far too strong for the hosts and ran out comfortable winners by 80 – 24 and picking up the maximum 12 points.
Frome’s best rink, winning by an impressive 33 – 7 was Colin Hinvest, Keith Haines, John Barber and Steve West.
Frome Park B had a home match at the same time against local rivals Frome Selwood. This was a very close contest with the visitors winning on two rinks but Frome Park B won overall by 54 – 51 so took eight points while Selwood claimed four points. The B team’s best winning rink was Colin Hale, Tim Hounsell, Jim Dowling and Keith Mcleod.
The Frome Park Ladies played their first match of the season at home against Bath Ladies. An enjoyable afternoon saw a very close affair with Frome winning on two rinks and only losing on one but the visitors just sneaked the win by 48 – 45.
The mixed team have been busy in the Wessex League with some varied results. A good home win against Severalls from Crewkerne picking up 11 points was a good start but this was followed by defeats to Merriot and South Petherton, the later picking up four points for two winning rinks but losing by 10 shots overall. With more Wessex League matches coming up, the mixed team will be looking to bounce back to winning ways.
Report: Steve West
Pictured: the B team before their match against the A team with the Trophy for winning the County League East Division 2 last season.
