The latest short mat bowls County Championship competition resulted in a third consecutive victory in the triples discipline for Ross Bowling Club.

Defending champions Alison & Ian Roe and Ian Park once again won all of their matches throughout the day to triumph in the 19-team competition. After a very tense semi-final against John Jillings and Shirley & Becci Cox (Woolhope), which the Ross side only edged with Ian Park’s last wood of the match, they came up against another Ross side in the final. Elaine George, Dave Watkins and Les Williams had defeated Rod Dawson (Woolhope), Terry Darrington and Rita Hancock (Aston Ingham) in their semi-final and the final was a tight match whose outcome was in the balance until the last couple of ends when the defending champions edged ahead, eventually winning 9-5 and keeping the trophy at Ross for the third successive year. The county association vice chairman, Terry Darrington, presented the trophy to the winning team.