Clarrie Dunbar 93-63 Nailsea – Denny Cup Round One , Sat. 2nd Nov.
In the first round of the Denny Cup (the FA Cup of Men’s Bowls) the Clarrie men faced Nailsea, on Saturday Morning.
With two good wins at Nailsea, Clarrie’s rinks skipped by Neil Collett and Keith Bailey gained 25 shots over their opponents. The honours were shared at Clarrie, with Terry Perkins’ rink powering to a 15 shot win and Andrew Colebrooke’s four losing by 10 to Nailsea’s Debroy Gregory’s four. Clarrie play Victoria from Weston Super Mare in the second round on 16th Nov. Final result after 21 ends: At Clarrie, John Freeman, Ian Perkins, Andrew Taylor & Terry Perkins 29 A Billington, M Harding, J Ashbourne & J Gough 14. Dick Discombe, Alan Colebrooke, Dale Taylor & Andrew Colebrooke 13 A Wright, M Chinn, M Thorne & D Gregory 23. At Nailsea, Brian Hawkins, Mike Sawyers, Craig Doughty & Neil Collett 27 D Hole, I Wilson, S Henderson & B Holloway 15, Keith Haines, Fred Pope, Glyn Jones & Keith Bailey 24 C Winter, P Stanford, D Flower & D Crawshaw 11.