STROUD A have clinched the Division One championship of the South Cotswold Bowls League with one week of the season remaining.
Bowls
South Cotswold Bowls League
Division One
Stroud A continued their excellent season with a victory over the only team capable of challenging them for top spot, Dursley A.
Dursley's main challengers for the runner-up spot, Frampton on Severn A, lost momentum when defeated at home by Cirencester A.
Only Dave Merrett for Frampton managed a win as Nigel Cansdale and Martin Risby were in impressive form for Cirencester to give them a nine-shot win overall.
RESULTS: Cotswold A 4 Wotton under Edge A 6; Dursley A 2 Stroud A 8; Frampton-on-Severn A 2 Cirencester A 8; Victory Park A 9 Cam Mills A 1.
Division One P W D L Df Pts
Stroud A 13 11 0 2 177 97
Dursley A 13 8 2 3 66 81
Frampton on Severn A 13 7 1 5 40 72
Victory Park A 13 6 0 7 -21 61
Cirencester A 13 6 0 7 -51 60
Cotswold A 13 5 0 8 1 54
Wotton-Under-Edge A 13 4 0 9 -134 49
Cam Mills A 13 3 1 9 -78 46
Division Two
TETBURY A were confirmed as winners of the division although they had a hard struggle to overcome bottom-of-the-table Cam Mills B.
Cam skips Ron Price and Rich Miles both won by a combined total of 14 shots but Cam were denied overall victory by the rink lead by Pete Stinchcombe for Tetbury who won by 26 shots to give Tetbury the victory.
Fairford A were confirmed as runners-up in the division with a comfortable win over Yate A.
RESULTS: Cam Mills B 4 Tetbury A 6; Frampton-on-Severn B 0 Falcon 10; Victory Park B 2 Nailsworth Mills A 8; Yate A 0 Fairford A 10.
Division Two P W D L Df Pts
Tetbury A 13 12 0 1 394 111
Fairford A 13 11 0 2 247 100
Nailsworth Mills A 12 7 1 4 95 76
Falcon 13 6 0 7 -15 60
Victory Park B 13 5 0 8 -193 47
Frampton on Severn B 13 4 0 9 -129 43
Yate A 11 2 2 7 -176 33
Cam Mills B 12 1 1 10 -223 30
Division Three
CONGRATULATIONS to Cirencester B as winners of Division Three.
The real battle in the division was for second place with Painswick and Yate B competing for the spot. Painswick, at home to Malmesbury, won in a very tight match across all three rinks. Malmesbury skips Ruby Robins and Bob Stinchcombe both won by one and two shots respectively. Eric Rogers for Painswick led his rink to a four-shot win to give them the overall victory by a single shot and six points from the game.
Yate B were at home to Cirencester B and managed to pick up eight points from the game with winning rinks from Luke Stone and Maurice Hawkins and this was sufficient to put them level with Painswick on points. However, Painswick have a superior shot difference and take second place.
RESULTS: Cotswold B 2 Wotton-under-Edge B 8; Painswick 6 Malmesbury 4; Yate B 8 Cirencester B 2.
Division Three P W D L Df Pts
Cirencester B 10 7 0 3 75 63
Painswick 10 6 0 4 101 56
Yate B 10 6 0 4 -17 56
Malmesbury 10 4 0 6 -34 44
Wotton-Under-Edge B 10 4 0 6 -75 43
Cotswold B 10 3 0 7 -50 38
Division Four
NO game for Fairford B this week but they are champions of the division.
Dursley B confirmed their runners-up position with a win over Cirencester C.
RESULTS: Cirencester C 2 Dursley B; Tetbury B 2 Nailsworth Mills B 8.
Division Four P W D L Df Pts
Fairford B 8 6 0 2 169 54
Dursley B 8 5 0 3 -24 46
Tetbury B 8 4 0 4 34 43
Cirencester C 8 4 0 4 -35 39
Nailsworth Mill B 8 1 0 7 -144 18
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