MURCH Bowling Club ladies section played an Evening League match against Rectory Road on May 23.

The ladies entertained their very close neighbouring club at home for their first meeting of the season.

Each club secured a win in this two rink competition but Murch bowlers conceded an overall win by eight shots to Rectory Road, losing 29 to 37 shots.

Murch rink 1: A Allen, A Croom, E Carryer (captain) and skip C Tranter - Murch 9, Rectory Road 21

Murch rink 2: L Saundercott, G Hughes, S Mauchline and skip M Clake - Murch 20, Rectory Road 16

On May 24, the ladies played away in a Double Rink match against Llantrisant. Murch ladies lost on both rinks, struggling to find a winning form. Llantrisant took an early lead and kept it easily throughout the game, securing a very comfortable win of 27 shots, the overall score was 45 to 18 shots.

Murch rink 1: L Sandercott, M Rice, J Garland and skip P Ayres - Llantrisant 22, Murch 5

Murch rink 2: C Russell, G Hayes, S Wade and skip C Real - Llantrisant 23, Murch 13

The Murch club played at home on May 25 in this rearranged match against Roath Park. The ladies won a rink and lost one but were more fortunate to secure a very comfortable margin of 16 shots with an overall score of 39 to 23.

Murch rink 1: P Ayres, A Croom, E Carryer and skip C Tranter - Murch 28, Roath Park 6.

Murch rink 2: C Real, G Hughes, S Mauchline and skip M Clake - Murch 11, Roath Park 17.

Murch met Rectory Road for a second time on May 26 in a Ladies Afternoon League match. Murch were playing away for this fixture and they were unable to present a full team for rink three.

However, the ladies did extremely well to provide a very close scoring match losing by only one and a quarter shots after the scoring had been adjusted for the penalty.

Rink one also was a very closely contested match, but Murch went down to an overall score of 59 shots to 21.25.

Murch rink 1: A Allen, J Garland, E Carryer (captain) and skip M Clake - Rectory Road 17, Murch 16

Murch rink 2: C Russell, A Croom, P Ayres and skip S Mauchline - Rectory Road 28, Murch 9

Murch rink 3: M Rice, A Orchard and skip C Tranter - Rectory Road 14, Murch 12.25