A VICTORY for Cirencester’s Martin Risby, who won by three shots, helped his side to a narrow success over Cam Mills A in the South Cotswold Bowls League.

Bowls

South Cotswold Bowls League

Division One

The match was even on all three rinks, Phil Beames and Russ Mellerup for Cam Mills each winning by a single shot before Risby's victory.

RESULTS: Cam Mills A 4 Cirencester A 6; Dursley A 8 Wotton-under-Edge A 2; Frampton-on-Severn A 2 lost to Cotswold A 8; Victory Park A 2 Stroud A 8.

Division One P W D L Df Pts

Dursley A 7 5 1 1 44 48

Stroud A 7 5 0 2 52 46

Victory Park A 7 4 0 3 -19 39

Frampton on Severn A 7 4 1 2 37 38

Cam Mills A 7 3 0 4 11 35

Cotswold A 7 3 0 4 14 28

Cirencester A 7 3 0 4 -33 28

Wotton-Under-Edge A 7 7 -106 18

Division Two

TETBURY A and Fairford A continue their dominance of the division, both winning. Tetbury travelled to Yate and Roger Bird, Peter Stinchcombe and Jerry Parry for Tetbury all won comfortably to take full points. Fairford were at home to Falcon and the three Fairford skips, (Ken Sawyer, David Morley and Ian Gelgon) also all won to give the Club maximum points.

RESULTS: Fairford A 10 Falcon 0; Nailsworth Mills A 10 Cam Mills B 0; Victory Park B 4 Frampton-on-Severn B 6; Yate A 0 Tetbury A 10.

Division Two P W D L Df Pts

Tetbury A 7 7 0 0 250 68

Fairford A 7 6 0 1 121 54

Nailsworth Mills A 7 3 1 3 28 39

Falcon 7 3 0 4 8 32

Frampton on Severn B 7 3 0 4 -30 29

Victory Park B 7 2 0 5 -134 21

Yate A 7 1 2 4 -122 19

Cam Mills B 7 1 1 5 -121 18

Division Three

CIRENCESTER B entertained Yate B and their skips, Ted Matthews and Barney Cooper, both won but Brian Williams for Yate prevented Cirencester collecting full points with a two-shot win on his rink. Malmesbury were at home to Painswick and while Dave Halliday for Painswick won, Malmesbury skips Richard Robins and Dave Chivers won with sufficient margins to give Malmesbury the overall victory.

RESULTS: Cirencester B 8 Yate B 2; Malmesbury 8 Painswick 2; Wotton-under-Edge B 10 Cotswold B 0.

Division Three P W D L Diff Points

Cirencester B 5 4 1 89 40

Malmesbury 5 3 2 17 28

Yate B 4 3 1 34 26

Wotton-Under-Edge B 5 2 3 -49 20

Painswick 4 1 3 11 16

Cotswold B 5 1 4 -102 10

Division Four

STROUD B have unfortunately been forced to withdraw for the season. The club has attempted to field both A and B teams, but with a declining number of players available, this has not been possible. In the two matches that took place, Fairford B won relatively comfortably with only Mike Neal holding them off to collect some points for Nailsworth Mills B. Tetbury B had a close home game against Dursley B. John Morton-Cox and Ray Blacker for Dursley won by eight and 11 shots respectively but a 16-shot win by Eddie Hayes for Tetbury restricted Dursley to a three-shot win overall.

RESULTS: Nailsworth Mills B 2 Fairford B 8; Tetbury B 2 Dursley B 8.

Division Four P W D L Diff Points

Fairford B 5 4 1 79 33

Tetbury B 4 2 2 39 22

Dursley B 4 2 2 -48 22

Cirencester C 4 2 2 -43 19

Nailsworth Mill B 3 3 -27 4