Six teams from North Petherton Bowling Club came to play friendlies against the A and B teams from Wellington.
The hosts’ three A teams had a good win but North Petherton’s B teams came through to win their match and level the score at one each.
Mike Copping, Rob Newton, Jay Merrell and Nick Channon’s A team were level on 7–7 after eight ends but they came through well to win 20–14.
Peter Barlow, Roger Murphy, Roy Marriott and Phil Ellis came from behind to overtake and pull ahead for a strong victory on their rink 19–9.
Mark Bond, Bill Warnett, Graham Brown and Tony Gibson were leading comfortably by 19 shots to ten after ten ends but the North Petherton quartet fought back to pinch it on the line 20–19.
The overall final score was a victory to Wellington’s A team 58–43.
John Lane, Steve Dunbar, Darren Sparks and Henry Richbell’s B team had a really close match. With one end to play they were 14–13 down but they managed one shot in the last to make it a draw, 14–14.
Ron Elston, Dave Harrison, Andy Pearce and Paul Kelly did not get off to a good start and, although they fought back in the second half, the North Petherton four won by 20 shots to ten.
Ernie Windsor, Tony Woollard, Andrew Baird and Alan May played a really good game to win 22–13 but the overall result was victory to North Petherton’s B teams by one shot, 47–46.
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