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The County visited Gloucestershire at their Churchdown venue for this “Two Shires Trophy” fixture, where Gloucestershire won scoring 30 points to Worcestershire’s 10  ( 231 shots for Gloucestershire and 175 for Worcestershire ).

In the first session the only county win was obtained by Richard Rose in the Singles. Facing a 3 shot deficit in the last end of his match, Richard came storming through to win the end by 4 shots giving him  a 15-14 victory. The county lost its other Singles match and the two Pairs matches, although Trish Clifford and Phil Thompson only lost by one shot in the final end of their match.

The second session also saw only one win for the county. Keith Mills Triples team had an 11-9 win in a hard fought contest.

In the third session Jim Tingle won his Singles match comfortably 18-6, but the other Singles match was lost together with the two Pairs matches.

The fourth session saw Maureen Tingle’s Triples team draw 11-11 and Terry Clifford’s Fours team win in a most dramatic fashion. The team scored 6 shots in the second end  –  which was their only score until the ninth end  –  and were losing 6-12 at the beginning of the ninth end. The team went on to win the next three ends culminating in a well deserved 13-12 win.

Terry Clifford in action during his Fours team win at Gloucester

A summary of the individual results is shown below :

The County Squad for the away fixture against Gloucestershire on the 1st October is set out below. This is a “Two Shires Trophy” fixture with the return match scheduled for 17th December at Bromsgrove.

The County squad for the home fixture against West Midlands scheduled for the 25th September is set out below :

The squad for this match is set out below :

The Short Mat Players Tour staged the first of their 2016/2017 tournaments  –  the UK Open  –  at the County’s home venue at Bromsgrove Indoor Bowls Centre, on the 20th and 21st August. The tournament saw 24 short mats in use accommodating 144 players. The players were allocated into groups of 6 with each player within the group playing against each other to determine progression into the knockout stage. The two first players within each group would proceed into the main knockout phase for the UK Open Cup. The third and fourth players would proceed to compete for the “Plate” with the fifth and sixth players competing for the “Shield”. Only one player from Worcestershire competed in this tournament  –  Malcolm Saunders  – but this was entirely due to the very quick take up of places after the entry process started.  

Malcolm progressed well in the group only losing one match. This placed him second within the group which saw him progress to the main UK Open knockout stage,In the first round of the knockout stage his opposite number was Paul Gallagher from Ireland with a world ranking of 20. In spite of several hard fought and successful ends Malcolm lost in this round. Nevertheless Malcolm can be well pleased with his most successful tournament to date.