MURCH Bowling Club's ladies took on Roath Park on June 6 in the evening league.

Travelling to meet the Cardiff club for the first time this season, they managed to secure a very narrow win by four shots in a very keenly contested match with each club winning a rink to give an overall score of 31 shots to 27 in favour of the Murch bowlers.

The players on rink one were K MacLeod, A Croom, E Carryer, C Tranter (skip) with Murch winning 20-13.

The players on rink two were C Hougardy, S Wade, G Hughes, S Mauchline (skip) with Murch losing 11-14.

Murch then took on Rumney Gardens on June 12.

Entertaining this Cardiff Club on their own green, Murch bowlers proved to be too strong on both rinks for the visitors achieving a runaway score of 87 shots to Rumney's 12.

The players on rink one were C Hougardy, G Hughes, S Mauchline, M Clake (skip) with Murch winning 51-5.

On rink two the players were K MacLeod, A Allan, E Carryer, C Tranter (skip) with Murch winning 36-7.

On June 6, Murch ladies travelling to their neighbouring Barry club Cadoxton one player short still managed to gain a comfortable margin of 12 and a half shots to win 27 and a half to 14 with both rinks winning.

The players on rink one were J Garland, A Crouch, P Ayres (capt) as Murch won 13 and a half to seven.

On rink two M Rice, M Clake, S Blainey, A Orchard (skip) as Murch won 14-7.

On June 13, a home game saw Murch draw with Windsor with each winning a rink with exactly the same margin of four shots.

The overall score was 31 shots each, Both rinks were close throughout the match as each set of players tried to take a lead, enjoying each end.

The players on rink one were C Hougardy, A Allen, S Blainey, A Orchard (skip) with Murch losing 14-18.

On rink two K MacLeod, A Croom, S Wade, C Real (skip) as Murch won 17-13.

Byes on June 8 and 15 meant no games were played in the afternoon league.

In the evening league on June 19, Murch played Mackintosh from Cardiff who are difficult to overcome.

They played on the Murch green which was not up to standard.

Mackintosh found themselves down on both rinks giving Murch bowlers a comfortable margin of 25 shots.

Rink two managed to secure a very narrow win by three shots against their opponents but the overall score was Murch 51 shots to Mackintosh's 26.

The players on rink one were G Hughes, A Allen, S Mauchline, M Clake (skip) and Murch won 29-7.

On rink two K Macleod, A Croom, E Carryer, C Tranter (skip) with Murch winning 22-19.

On June 20, Murch ladies failed to continue their winning streak playing away to Romilly and losing on both rinks.

They conceded a very comfortable margin of 18 shots to their opponents.

The overall score was Romilly 41 shots to Murch's 23.

The players on rink one were C Hougardy, S Mauchline, S Wade, P Ayres (capt) with Murch losing 15-23.

The rink two players were K MacLeod, S Blainey, C Real, A Orchard (skip) with Murch losing 8-18.

In the afternoon league on June 22, Murch met Pencoed for the first time this season at home.

Murch bowlers secured a win on all three rinks giving them a comfortable win of 54 shots to 29.

Fortunately the weather was cooler for this match than the previous fixtures.

The players on rink one were K MacLeod, G Hughes, E Carryer, M Clake (skip) as Murch won 15-8.

On rink two C Real, A Allan, A Crouch, C Tranter (skip) as Murch won 19-12.

On rink three C Hougardy, A Orchard, P Ayres (capt), S Mauchline (skip) as Murch win 20-9.