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YOUNG West End bowler Jason Tinham has been selected to play for Devon under-25s.

West End ladies won four out of the five disciplines against Hemyock to go through to the next stage of the Grace Matthews Trophy.

Friendlies: West End 121 Paignton 114 — G Lee, R Head, E Willis, R Naylor 21-19; B Greenslade, L Jones, J Kelly, P Willis 40-9; J Tinham, C Powney, J Clapp, E Edworthy 17-22; B Willis, J Tucker, M Cissell, R Enright 22-11; J Head, J Gill, K Kelly, T Woollacott 8-21; H Tucker, K Powney, D Butt, G Davies 13-32.

West End 96 Bideford Strand 107 — B Greenslade, E Browning, C Clarke, B Thacker 22-8; E Bradnum, C Penney, P Willis, P Witherow 14-24; R Head, B Berry, R Thomas, M Bradnum 12-24; J Browning, E Willis, E Lander, D Blackwell 17-12; J Head, F Rogers, D Thomas, E Edworthy 17-18; D Butt, B Moore, J Barrie, N Howard 14-21.

West End 93 Combe Martin 124 — H Tucker, J Cole, C Clarke, P Willis 13-21; B Moore, A Hawkins, E Willis, N Howard 15-26; J Tucker, K Powney, D Thomas, P Witherow 16-17; W Berry, E Browning, J Callaghan, R Thomas 17-27; J Gill, H Cole, J Kelly, E Edworthy 15-17; J Browning, P Hawkins, K Kelly, B Thacker 17-16.

West End 100 Burnham 99 — J Cawsey, D Crocker, G Davies, D Blackwell 12-20; J Browning, R Head, D Butt, P Chidgey 15-19; J Gill, S Moore, M Cissell, K Berry 26-9; A Hill, L Jones, B Greenslade, B Thacker 14-19; J Head, J Tinham, P Willis, J Barrie 16-16; T Gribble, E Browning, R Thomas, E Edworthy 23-16.

Over-60s Triples League: West End B 4pts Feniton B 4pts — J Browning, J Callaghan, R Workman 17-20; B Berry, D Thomas, K Berry 16-13.

West End B 6pts Ottery St Mary 2pts. A Gribble, P Witherow, R Workman 13-17; D Blackwell, M Cissell, K Berry 27-10.

West End A 2pts Exmouth Madeira 6pts — B Greenslade, E Bradnum, N Howard 14-11; J Cawsey, M Newcombe, G Davies 11-27.

County Trophy: West End 4pts Culm Vale 10pts — B Greenslade, R Workman, S Clapp, K Berry 9-30; T Burton, J Tinham, T Woollacott, P Chidgey 11-27; D Blackwell, J Clapp, B Thacker, D Clarke 22-15; K Kelly, R Harder, B Holley, S Parker 22-14.

RICHARD Bawden, Simon Broom and Kevin Newcombe were selected to play for Devon against Durham in the quarter-finals of the Middleton Cup on Saturday at Norgren BC, Warwickshire.

The winners will go on to Worthing for the semi-finals and final on August 28.

Dominic Tuckett, Jeff Pincombe and Broom are through to represent Devon in the triples finals at Worthing in August.

County Trophy: Tiverton West End 4pts Culm Vale 10pts — J Harries, J Goff, P Murphy, R Bawden 29-10; D Tuckett, M Phillips, B Willis, R Pike 30-9; J Luxon, A MacDougall, T Broom, S Broom 14-22; M Harris-Pincombe, J Martin, J Pincombe, S Luxon 15-22.

Over-60s Triples League: Culm Vale A 6pts Exeter Isca A 2pts — R Perry, J Pincombe, B Willis 20-15; E Shillabeer, E Clark, B Cherry 15-18. Culm Vale B 0pts Phear Park B 8pts — T Hague, C Cardwell, C Butt 12-13; M Clarke, I Lawrence, A Grandfield 11-20; Culm Vale C 0pts St Thomas A 8pts — J Goff, M Hawkins, M Gwynne 11-17; L Snook, J Wissink, K Sykes 11-17.

IN the Over-60s league, Tiverton A won away to North Tawton by five shots 36-31. Scores — D Takle, C Frost, J Collard 19-20; R Pulsford, H Cruwys, A Butler 17-11.

Tiverton B lost away to Madiera by eight shots 30-38. Scores — J Bolton, F Thomas, E Osborne 21-17; P Cooke, P Saunders, A Clarke 9-21.

Tiverton A won at home to Bradninch by 30 shots 49-19. Scores — R Pulsford, H Cruwys, A Butler 23-8; J Bowler, C Frost, J Collard 26-11.

In a friendly match away to Heavitree, Tiverton lost by 19 shots 104-123. Scores — G Pratt, D Long, K Wright, A Butler 14-29; J Taylor, J Hodgkiss, G Barnett, A Clarke 16-20; H Farrant, B Barnett, L Tapp, J Collard 17-19; V Thomas, M Long, F Thomas, K Atkins 14-24; J Barnett, P Cooke, K Perry, J Latchem 21-21; A Takle, I Cooke, M Roberts, P Saunders 22-10.

Club competition the President's Trophy was won by a triple of J Blagg, F Thomas and A Butler with a score of +15.

The ladies' Presdent's Trophy team won away at Bradninch 19-9. Scores — H Farrant, K Austin, J Latchem 6-8; V Thomas, T James, S Maddocks 13-1.

A fun day played between the ladies and men's teams resulted in a convincing win by the men. A trophy in memory of the late Roy Bennett was presented to the men's captain.

BRADNINCH'S ladies played Tiverton in the President's Trophy and, in a match cut short by rain, gained two points. Scores — C Matthews, G Elston, W Daniells 8-6; G Sharkey, J Gooding, D Challen 1-13.

Over-60s league: Bradninch A 36 (6) Okehampton 34 (2). Scores — F Budd, T Elston, G Slade 17-20; N Daniels, W Vittles, E Page 19-14. Bradninch B 39 (8) Axminster 31 (0). Scores — G Garner, J Tapp, T Morgan 18-17; J Hole, C Daniells, A Phillips 21-14.

Friendly: Bradninch 48 Budleigh Salterton 95. Scores — D Wingrove, L Studley, C Daniells 18-10; F Budd, W Vittles, D Challen 16-24; R Challen, S Scurr, T Morgan 8-29; H Page, G Rookes, E Page 6-32.

THE men's over-60s team played at Okehampton and came away with six points, winning 37-24.

Rink one was made up of skip Ray Smith, D Edworthy and T Wedgwood, while rink two was skip Gill Chown with J Heath and K James.

The ladies sent a team of 12 to play the second round of the Grace Mathews Trophy against Tiverton West End.

The game consisted of one rink, one triple, one pair, one four-wood single and one two-wood single.

The hosts were too strong on the day and Hemyock only won the four-wood single rink, with Sue Trott bowling.

While the ladies were rained off, the men travelled to Cullompton and won overall by 82 shots to 61. Rink 1 — Skip J Bendle, T Drawert, K James, G Brown 17-19; Rink 2 — Skip R Drew, J Day, T Wedgwood, D Edworthy 26-6; Rink 3 — Skip R Smith, M Dear, D Prettejohn, B Tennant 12-24; Rink 4 — Skip G Chown, M Baldwin, B Whitear, C Risdon 27-13.

Wellington visited Hemyock for a friendly match on Friday — three men's rinks and two ladies' rinks were played.

Hemyock only managed to win one of the five rinks, with skip M Dear, M Baldwin, W Leek and T Wedgwood winning 19-10.

The weekend was busy, with the section two Devon County Ladies Unbadged Singles competition held at Hemyock on Saturday and the preliminary rounds of the club triples competition on Sunday.

For the latter there were eight teams of triples entered and the final will be played on finals day in August.