Hewell 108, Bidford 89

REDUCED to a five-rink match at the home side's request, Bid-ford struggled with length and line early on in Saturday's encounter.

After ten ends, the visitors trailed by 27 shots but then rallied after a tea break only to lose by 19 shots.

The rinks skipped by Roger Powell and Ian Wilkins were the only successful ones.

Scores (Bidford rinks): M Deakins, P Locke, L Allen, R Powell won 25-19. R Draper, P Clarke, R Curtis, B Tyrrell lost 23-10. J Sheppard, B Sherlock, D Mayrick, I Wilkins won 22-16. M Onions, B Groom, N Undery, R Steventon lost 30-17. K Catherall, G Rainer, D Bennett, A Halliwell lost 20-15.

SUNDAY'S Lincoln Fours national competition brought defeat for Welford when they entertained Little Compton.

The home club won on one rink but still crashed to a 46-39 aggregate loss.

Scores: P Day, R Groom, M Timms, A Smith 25, G Box, E Dix, D Rushby, D Pope 17. Mario Rosso, L Whitehouse, M Hawkins, S Davies 14, S Ross, D Box, M Hancock, J Murrell 29.

Welford recorded an excellent Courier League win when they achieved maximum points against Home Guard at Leamington.

Welford won three rinks in a 70-40 defeat of opponents that hadn't lost a league match all season.

Top rink for the winners was skipped by Peter South, alongside Phil Jones and Neville Clarke.

Ian Smith's triple - Brian Howard and Ted Simmons - the other members - also ran out good winners and there was a tremendous game on the final rink when Tom Cairns, Bill Whamond and Kevin Webb triumphed on the last end.

Further league points were picked up when FISSC were defeated by nine chalks with Welford winning on two rinks.

However, Hewell proved too strong for the Welford club despite three rink wins apiece in the 133-12-1 scoreline.

There was another setback when Banbury Central emerged 154-92 winners with the rink skipped by Trevor Francis and also including R Howe, G Williams and J Hall the sole success.

Welford 58, FISSC 49 (Welford rinks): Peter Churchley, N Clark, John Willis won 23-14. Roger Howe, P South, Tony Cairns won 21-19. Roy Adams, John Holmes, I Smith lost 16-14.

Welford 121, Hewell 133 (Welford rinks): R Boddington, S Duffin, R Bennett, G Smith won 18-13. V Cairns, H Powell, P Jones, T Cairns won 25-22. D Wilshaw, B Williams, R Adams, I Smith won 25-21.

Concorde League

Pershore 71, Broadway 60: C Hall, S Turnbull, L Taysom 11, B Kirk, M Newton, J Parfitt 21. D Corfield, P Rudd, V Johnson 26, V Bruce, J Clarke, D Compton 15. A Vint, A Hutchings, W Day 13, M Satterley, D Gleghorn, E Crosbie 16. M Jones, A Taylor, K Heywood 21, J Costin, D Sell, V Hall 10.