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34 Wiltshire County Report by Geoff Lane
County Mixed Fours competition

Bowlers from across Wiltshire came together at Christie Miller IBC to play for
the Mixed Fours Championship. The group stages are played in the morning
session with the top qualifiers proceeding either to the Championship Knock-
out stage or the
County Plate.
The quarter-finals of the Champi-
onship were played out between fours
from Kington Langley, Lea, Upavon,
Seend, Blue Circle and Little Somerford.
In the semis Colin Waldeck’s (Seend)
four were beaten 10 shots to nil by Les
Kirby’s (Blue Circle) team.
The other semi was won by another
Blue Circle four skipped by Chris Willis
who overcame Mike Wilson (Kington
Langley) by 6 shots to 4.
The final was a very close affair
with Les Kirby together with Wendy El-

Mixed Fours winners Westbury Blue Circle liott, Derek Elliott and Karen Kirby just
Wendy Elliott, Derek Elliott, Karen & Les Kirby managing to keep ahead to become the
eventual winners by 7 shots to 5.
The Plate was equally competitive with the
final between Crudwell skipped by Les Baldry
and Bromham skipped by Denise Wiltshire.
The bowls was always ‘tight’ but the Crudwell
four took an early lead which they never lost.
The end result was a win of 7 shots to 3 for
Jenny Lane, Pam Baldry, Geoff Lane and Les
Baldry.
County Under 18 Singles

An under 18 singles championship was held
for the first time since 2007. The competition
was held at Seend Community Hall.
Mixed Fours finalists Crudwell
Pam & Les Baldry, Jenny & Geoff Lane

The first game was between Tom Bright (Bromham) and
Aidan Wickes (Westbury Blue Circle). Both youngsters
have made their county debuts in late 2011 and both
have already qualified to play at the National champi-
onships. Aidan took an early lead but was slowly
‘pegged back’ by Tom with the game ending in a very
tight draw. Next up Tom played newcomer Roman
Jeggo (Melksham & Shaw, and Tom won by 10 shots.
The final group game saw Aidan matched against
Roman. This time the game was much closer with Aidan
Aidan Wickes, Tom Bright winning by 4 shots. The group was won by Tom Bright
and Roman Jeggo with a better shots aggregate.