TROWBRIDGE Westbourne Bowls Club continue their centenary celebrations with a match against a mixed Bowls Wiltshire side on Sunday (2pm), writes DAVE EATON.

The club – the 12th in the county to reach the milestone – were formed in October 1913 when 43 residents in the southern section of the town held a meeting to discuss setting up a bowls club, soo purchasing the site on which they are still based today.

The club will take on Bowls England on July 2.

TEAMS

Trowbridge Westbourne, Rink 1: Tom MacDonald, Sylvia Williams, Dave Richards & Brian Routledge. Rink 2: Doug Fisher, Malcolm Oliver, Joan Tugwell & David Anderson (chairman). Rink 3: Georgina Newman, Barry Smith, Jenny Oliver & John Noyce. Rink 4: Beryl Mayell, Roger Easton, Tom Newman & Jim Roy. Rink 5: Vicky Souter, Lionel Williams, Jo Newman & Bob Pratt. Rink 6: Susan Haywood, Irene Wood, John Duncan & John Mayell.

Bowls Wiltshire, Rink 1: Mary Butchers (Mere), Colin Little (Devizes), June Corbett (chairperson, Town Gardens) & Martin Salter (Wroughton). Rink 2: Carol French (Broughton Gifford), Graham Annetts (Salisbury), Bev Lilley (Devizes) & Richard Gardiner (BWM JVP, Supermarine). Rink 3: Gill Chandler (Winsley), Clive Swift (Blue Circle), Roy Jones (BWM president, Trowbridge Town) & Sue Ochyra (administrator, Devizes). Rink 4: Joyce Little (BWL JVP, Devizes), Don Butchers (Mere), Jo Dunford (Warminster), Margaret Annetts (BWL president, Salisbury). Rink 5: Don French (Trow T), Ann Kirkpatrick (Winsley), Iris Gardiner (S’marine) & Gerald Webb (comps co-ord, Devizes). Rink 6: Marcia Hartley (Spencer Moulton), George Tappenden (Ramsbury & Aldbourne), Colin Easton (Avon) & Babs Salter (BWL sec, Wroughton).

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