MURCH Bowling Club ladies started their week of competitions against Dinas Powys in a ladies double rink match.

Murch ladies met their village counterparts for the first time this season on an away green. With each club winning a rink but Murch managing to secure an overall winning score of 35 shots to 24.

Rink 1: C Russell, S Wade, J Garland and skip P Ayres. Dinas Powys 8, Murch 25

Rink 2: L Sandercott, S Mauchline, A Orchard and skip M Rice. Dinas Powys 16, Murch 10

Next up they had another away game but this time against Penylan in the evening league.

This match brought another fairly comfortable win for Murch against a strong Cardiff club. Each club won a rink but Murch having narrowly lost on a strongly contested rink one proved to be much stronger on rink two giving them an overall score of 42 shots to 31.

Rink 1: J Garland, A Croom, E Carryer and skip C Tranter. Penylan 19, Murch 16

Rink 2: A Allen, G Hughes, S Mauchline and skip M Clake. Penylan 12, Murch 26

Playing their third away fixture of the week, Murch travelled to meet Cowbridge on their artificial surface and went down on all three rinks losing quite heavily to Cowbridge by 28 shots. The overall score was 62-34 to Cowbridge.

Rink 1: E Carryer (C), A Orchard, J Garland and skip C Tranter. Cowbridge 23, Murch 13

Rink 2: G Hayes, A Croom, P Ayres and skip S Mauchline. Cowbridge 16, Murch 11

Rink 3: A Allen, M Rice, G Hughes and skip M Clake. Cowbridge 23, Murch 10