IT WAS an unusual week for Alcester Bowling Club, with one match drawn and more wins on away greens than at home.
In S&W Birmingham Over 60s League, the A team in Division Five travelled to Warstock/Bournville Park with a team weakened by holidays.
Nevertheless, they were able to complete a home and away double over their hosts with a 14-shot victory. The win was largely due to fine cards from Ken Harvey (21-4) and Ken Craddock (21-8), with David Whittington (21-17) adding the third success.
This gave Alcester a haul of nine points to the home side’s three.
The B team hosted Hall Green B in Division Six and produced the rare result of a draw as each side scored exactly 100 shots.
As the away side Hall Green gained six points to the hosts’ five. For Alcester, winning cards came from Eric Allport (21-9), Red Masterson (21-12) and Jean Craddock (21-16).
For the second week running the only Yardley Wood Superleague match involving Alcester was in Division Four in which the B team visited Austin British Legion.
With only one winning card, Alcester suffered a heavy 78-shot defeat as the hosts took 17 points to Alcester’s one.
Alcester A entertained Woodbourne A in Heart of England League Division One and, following the previous week’s 54-shot defeat at Woodbourne, Alcester could offer little improvement, going down by 49 shots.
Again they had a single winner, this time Ken Craddock (21-18), and thus achieved one point to the visitors’ 17.
The B team in Division Four suffered a massive 99-shot mauling when they visited Moseley Cricket Club B. With half of the team losing to single figures, they had no winning cards. Moseley thus gained all 18 points.
The over 60s section of the Heart of England League gave Alcester much better results. In Division Two the A team had an excellent victory over visitors White Hart B, as all six players recorded wins to give the hosts the maximum 16 points.
Superb cards from John Alderson and Margaret D’Elia (both 21-4), backed up by Ken Craddock (21-14), Val McDermott (21-15), Tricia Barry (21-17) and Ken Harvey (21-18), gave Alcester a 54-shot winning margin.
In Division Four Alcester B visited Solihull British Legion B. On an initially near waterlogged green, things went very much Alcester’s way, but as the green dried Solihull came into their own.
However, Alcester managed to hold on to record a six-shot victory. Alcester’s winners were Gill Spiers (brilliant at 21-1), Carole Slater (21-14), Jean Craddock (21-18) and David Hodgson (21-20), giving the visitors 14 points to two for the hosts.
The week ended with the Alcester club’s singles (non-handicap) domestic competition. This was won by Ken Craddock who recorded a 21-11 success in the final over David Whittington.
