Gloucestershire Bowls Association

County Fours Semi Finals

GLOUCESTER City, already represented in the finals of the County Pairs and Triples, reached their third final when beating Dursley 29-20 in the County Fours semi finals at Sir Thomas Rich’s BC.

The City quartet of Danny Allsopp, Simon Allsopp, Derek Thorpe and Steve Allsopp always led against Brian Burleigh, Dave Smith, Chris Livall and Keith Hinder who mustered a late rally after going 29-13 down.

The other semi final featured the Cheltenham quartet of Dave Heath, Richard Purser, Stuart Hodges and Lee Williamson who ran out 29-8 winners over Bristol Greenbank.

Both winners will now meet in the County Finals at Cheltenham on September 4 and will also represent the county at the National Championships at Leamington in August.