It was another mixed week for Shire Park (Tewin) and a tough one for Datchworth as the bowls season continued.

There was a very close match in the Welwyn Hatfield triples semi-final where Elaine Wulcko, David Williams and Gus Edwards of Shire Park dropped four shots on the last two ends to lose 14-13 away to BSP.

In the league, however, Shire Park's trip to Welwyn Garden City ended with three points each after a 34-34 draw.

The winning rink was that of Wulcko, Steve Calladine and Bill Draycott with a 23-15 success.

Their last match in the East Herts League away to Stevenage brought two points thanks to rink win for Martin Taylor, Alan Goddard and Ian Kirsch.

They lost 32-29 overall though.

There was no success in the SADBA Triples Leagues either with the men losing home and away to North Mymms and the ladies losing in the same fashion to Welwyn & District.

Datchworth’s Blue team travelled to Northaw and Cuffley for their final East Herts Bowls League Division One match and came away with maximum points after a 45-29 win.

Dickie Jackson, Rob Hazeu and Peter Hills roared back from a 17-4 deficit after eight ends to win 29-20 while George Campbell, Derek Henley and Les Parsley had a 16-9 victory.

In Division Three, the Golds lost 59-21 away to Potters Bar Glyders team in their penultimate fixture, both rinks losing.

There was a double-header at their Turkey Farm green and both were defeats.

The Welwyn Hatfield League side lost 58-13 to Shire Park Greens in Division Two while the ladies team of Jan Smith, Janet Akers, Ann Edwards and Chris Hills, playing their last County League match of the season, went down 16-13 to Whit Hern.

There was defeat in the Stevenage Mixed League, losing 51-39 away to Riverain. All three rinks lost, two by three shots and one by six.

The club also played three mixed friendlies.

They lost 44-43 away to Townsend, rain bringing the contest to a premature close with the four rinks shared equally.

There was also a 58-51 loss at Harpenden in a match that did go the distance.

Again the four rinks were shared equally with the best of the Datchworth successes coming to Rachel Jones, Lucy Williams and Clyde Martindill who lost just six ends in a 15-8 victory.

Datchworth did win 88-72 away to Ware though with three of the five rinks successful.

The top one was the 24-8 win for Daniel Williams, Maureen Blunt, Julian Hales and Rob Hazeu.