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32 North Devon & North Cornwall
North Devon & North Cornwall
Short Mat Bowling Federation
Short Mat Bowling Federation
The North Devon and North Cornwall Short Mat Bowling Federation was established in 1987
to promote the game throughout the area. Over the years it has grown to its present size of
37 Clubs and over 500 players. The geographical spread is from Stratton in the West to
Anstey in the East; and from Ilfracombe in the North to Winkleigh in the South. Players are
all registered with the national governing body.

Winkleigh Winners Finalists Wick
Graham James, Lorraine Axtell Grenville Gerry, Rob Phipps
and John Horsham and Brian Wonnacott

WINKLEIGH TRIPLE WIN MARY KENT FINAL
WINKLEIGH TRIPLE WIN MARY KENT FINAL
The Final of this competition was played at Langtree SMBC. After having lost the first end,
the Winkleigh triple of Lorraine Axtell, John Horsham and Graham James quickly built up a
lead and were 20 shots to 4 up by the half way stage against the Wick triple of Grenville Gerry,
Brian Wonnacott and Rob Phipps. In the second half of the match the Wick triple held their
own, but were not able to close the gap, with Winkleigh running out winners by 30 shots to
13.
WINKLEIGH SPITFIRES WIN TONY STEPHENS KNOCKOUT TROPHY
WINKLEIGH SPITFIRES WIN TONY STEPHENS KNOCKOUT TROPHY

WINKLEIGH SPITFIRES YARNSCOMBE SMBC
WINKLEIGH SPITFIRES
YARNSCOMBE SMBC

After a 10 year wait Winkleigh Spitfires have won the Tony Stephens Trophy beating the cur-
rent holders, Yarnscombe Eagles, with the last bowl of the last end of a thrilling match. The
lead on both mats changed frequently as the match progressed with the position going into
the last ends being Winkleigh in the lead by 2 shots on Mat 1 and by 1 shot on Mat 2.
Yarnscombe scored a 2 on the final end on Mat 1 to leave the score on that mat 15-15.
With the last bowl on Mat 2 to be played by the Winkleigh skip, Yarnscombe were holding a
single to leave the overall result at that stage as a draw. The Winkleigh bowl turned another
of their bowls into the head. The resulting measure for shot gave Winkleigh shot bowl and a
final score on that mat of 18-16.