Frome Park men played their final mid-week Mid Somerset League match at home against top of the table Castle Cary.
The visitors came looking for the win which would put them in the play offs; on the other hand, the Park was looking for a win to finish off on a high note after a difficult campaign which has seen them lose their last four matches. The match went against the form book, with Frome making the most of the home advantage to secure an easy win and only dropping one point with a drawn rink, final score was 78 – 46, with Frome Park taking 15 points. The best winning rink for the home side was Malcolm Jepson, Les Stather, David Whitehead & Alan Totterdell who out bowled their opponents for most of the game, winning 12 of the 18 ends with a score of 23 – 10.
In the County League, both the “A” & “B” teams were in action and had the wet weather to contend with for the first time in weeks. The “A” team played at home to current league leaders City of Wells, the match was a very close encounter with both teams leading at different stages of the contest, but it was the visitors who finished the stronger to secure a good win with a final score of 52 – 59, winning on two rinks to pick up 10 points and keep their lead at the top of the table secure. The only winning rink for Frome for the second week running was the team of John Curtis, Kim Pitts, John Pritchard & Steve West who claimed their two points by just getting the better of their opponents to win by 20 – 17.
The “B” team had to travel away to face Knowle “C” in another very closely-fought contest, but managed to claim the win with a 51 – 56 score line, winning on two rinks to get 10 points. This was an excellent result, especially away from home.
The Ladies had a very good win in the Wild League against Norwest, managing to win on two rinks and draw on the other to pick up 11 points, the overall score was 49 – 38. The best winning triple for the Park ladies was Myra Drew, Betty Warren & Val Church. This trio played well together to overcome their opponents by 22 – 14.
The mixed team have played a couple of friendly matches, at home against Gillingham. At halfway when the teams stopped for tea, the visitors held a narrow 3 shot lead but after tea, the Park came on strong to finally run out winners by 63 – 49. The best winning rink was Helen Humphrey, Alan Cottle, Val Church & Richard Phillips who bowled the better to come away with a 18 – 8 victory.
This was followed by an away trip against Warminster. On this occasion Frome Park proved far too strong for their hosts by winning comfortably by 47 – 76. Frome having three winning rinks with the home side only claiming the win on one rink. There was two rinks who both won by 12 shots, Malcolm Jepson, Dave Butler, Phillip Puttock & Les Stather 24 – 12 and Peter Wheeler, Jim McAlpine, Clive Smith & Mike Gulliford 23 – 11.
