Frome Park Men A team beat Weston, Bath B at home in the County League, winning on two rinks, both by the same score of 26-10 to claim 10 points to the visitors picking up just 2 points. The A team are still unbeaten and remain in top spot in East 1.
The B team had a disappointing defeat away to Wells and left empty handed but are hoping to bounce back next time when they are at home against Purnells B.
In the midweek MSL, Frome Park men have had mixed fortunes. There was an excellent win at home against Shepton Mallet, picking up 11 points for two winning rinks; the overall score was 63-40.
A trip to Wells ended with two winning rinks but missing out on the overall win by five shots, going down to an 8 – 4 defeat.
At home against Street, an excellent match saw the Park men playing some good bowls and proving too strong for the visitors, winning on all three rinks with an overall score of 60 – 36 to pick up all 12 points. The best winning rink was Cliff White, Tony Wells, Keith Haines and Steve West, who ran up a comfortable score of 25 -10. This is a rare achievement against Street who have won the MSL league title for the last three seasons.
In the National Top Club competition, Frome Park had a home match against Premier League side, Congresbury. On paper this looked a tough tie. Played over five different formats, the Park claimed victory 4 – 1. In the 2 wood singles Philip Wood snatched the win on the last end by 14 – 13. In the 4 bowl singles, Wayne Pitts won 21 – 17 and in the Pairs, Tom Whitcombe and Marcus Seymour played extremely well and had an impressive win by 25 – 10. Similarly in the Triples, Cliff White, Les Stather and Steve West came on strong in the second half of their match to win 19 – 10. The only defeat was in the Fours match.
The reward for the Park in the next round is another home tie against Premier League side Bristol. The Frome bowlers will go into this match full of confidence and try to upset the odds against their visitors.
