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Bedfordshire Carpet 3
Bedfordshire Carpet
Bowls County Triples
Bowls County Triples
24 teams compete at Barton le Clay and were split
into 4 groups with the winners going into the Semi-fi-
nals. In Group A, after 4 games each Toddington (D.
Whitfield) were unbeaten but needed a win to
progress as Clophill (George Savage), finished on 8
points but they managed to progress with 10 points.
In Group “B” Maulden (J Greaves) saw 5 wins take
them through with the others all losing 2 games. In Group “C”, Toddington (A. Denton) had 8
points and a narrow final win saw them pip the Turvey (K. Cockings) triple to take the group un-
defeated. In Group “D”, Barton (N. Rixon) led all the way with 10 points after beating Ravensden
(D. Dewey), who finished on 8 points
At the Semi Final stages. Toddington (D Whitfield) v Maulden (J Greaves). Maulden had a
2-0 lead after 2 ends but 3 shots to Toddington saw them jump ahead 3-2. Maulden then struck
back with a decisive 5 shots to lead 7-3. Toddington were not able to recover and Maulden even-
tually won 8-3
Another Toddington team led by Ann Denton
faced Neil Rixon’s Barton’s team. Todding-
ton were away from the start and after five
ends had a 5-0 lead but a 3 on the 6th end
saw Barton back in with a chance on the
final end but Toddington were not having
any of it and 2 shots gave them a 7-3 win
In the Final, Maulden’s Janet Webbley,
Peter Crump and Jim Greaves faced Tod-
dington’s Kate Tilcock, Cherry Brock and
Ann Denton. On the first end Maulden are in
close with the first wood it’s not beaten and
Winners Maulden
Winners Maulden
they lead 1-0. On end two Toddington held
two shots only for the Maulden skip to remove them and take shot for a 2-0 lead. On end three
Toddington struck back with a two to level the
match.
Toddington took another shot on the next
end to lead 3-2. However, on the next end Tod-
dington fell with bowls spread around and
Maulden capitalise by taking 5 shots and 7-3 lead.
On the penultimate end Toddington needed to
score to realistically stay in the match but a single
Maulden lead 8 -3 gave then a five-shot lead.
Miracles seldom happen and Maulden
closed out the final with two shots for a 10-3 vic-
tory. Congratulations to both teams a great final
Finalists Toddington
and well played Maulden on their deserved win Finalists Toddington
Bedfordshire County Fours
Bedfordshire County Fours
The fours took place at Barton le Clay with 20 teams put into groups of 5 with the winner and
runners-up to progress to the knock out stages. In Group “A”, defending champions Barton (Neil
Rixon) played 2 won 2 the group looked to be theirs but a loss to Colmworth/Cotton End (P Ball)
saw them finish runners up to the undefeated rink from Colmworth/Cotton End. In Group “B”,
the Turvey (A Hatton) rink were also undefeated leaving a fight for runner-up spot where a draw
in their last game saw Barton (C Still) sneak into the knockout’s.