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This home fixture saw the county losing to West Midlands  –  8 points for Worcestershire and 32 points for West Midlands. The county scored 141 shots with the West Midlands scoring 244.

Of the 16 individual games played the county had two wins in the singles and two wins in the Triples.

Morning Session

Jim Tingle, in his Singles game, had a very close contest with his opponent. Scores were level going into the 15th end at 11-11, the end which was won by Jim’s opponent by 1 shot. Phil Arthurs-Thompson, in his Singles game, led from the 3rd end and went on to have a convincing win 19-12.  Both Pairs teams lost but in the Triples, June Green’s team won 10-9 in what was another very close contest. Terry Clifford’s team fought very hard in their Triples game and went into the final 13th end level at 10-10. Unfortunately their opponents took this end by 2 shots to win the game . Both Fours teams lost their games.

Afternoon Session.

In the Singles and in another closely contested game Phil achieved his second win of the day 12-10. Both Pairs teams lost their games . In the Triples, in what was another closely fought contest, Terry’s team went into the final end  (end 13 ) of their game 1 shot down at 8-9, but  with a strong team effort achieved a 5 shot win in that end to win their game 13-9. Both Fours teams lost their games.

A summary of the day’s play is set out below  :

This home fixture against Gloucestershire saw the county delivering a much improved performance compared with the two previous inter county matches. The final result was Worcestershire 12 points compared with 28 points for Gloucestershire. The county won 5 of the 16 individual games played and achieved 2 bonus points for a positive shot difference in the Fours. Overall Worcestershire scored 165 shots compared with 200 shots by Gloucestershire.

The morning session saw Jim Tingle win 11-9 having been ahead throughout his Singles game. In the Pairs Tyler Shuck and Ricard Rose were in the lead for 12  of their 15 end game. Gloucestershire, however, fought back strongly in the final three ends to win 15-11. There was another close Pairs game with Belinda Gibbs and Leah Bisseker leading 8-7 after the 13th end, only to lose 8-11 in the 15th .  John Alder’s Fours team won their game 10-7 having led throughout the game. Wayne Berry’s Fours team also won. The team were behind for the first half of the game, level 7-7 after the 8th end, and then going on to win the final 3 ends to run out winning 11 shots to 7.

During the afternoon session Phil Arthurs-Thompson  took the lead in the 8th end, maintained that lead for the remainder of the game, winning by 18 shots to 11. In the Pairs, Tyler Shuck and Richard Rose were heading for victory, leading 10-9 going into the final end. A strong response from Gloucestershire saw them snatch victory away from Tyler and Richard, with Gloucestershire  winning by 2 shots. In the Fours, Wayne Berry’s team were exceptional. They won 10 of the 11 ends played, accumulating a massive total of 28 shots compared with Gloucestershire’s 3.

A summary of the day’s play is set out below :

The away fixture at Solihull saw the county suffer a heavy defeat scoring only 2 points compared with 38 for West Midlands. The county won one of the 16 individual games played with Steve Perry’s Fours team winning their morning game 11-9. Overall the county scored 117 shots with West Midlands scoring 295.

A summary of the day’s play is set out below :