● ABBROOK PARK: The men's MDL Premier side lost to Newton Abbot 12-2pts, while Margaret Priscott's Champion of Champions run came to an end in the fourth round when she lost to Natalie Melmore away at Kings.

Sunday was club triples day, and it went well in warm sunshine, with play broken for a cream tea halfway through a very enjoyable day. Ladies' winners were Ann Cronin, Carol Lloyd and Margaret Jones, and men's winners were Roy Rocket, Keith Royston and Tom Archer.

RON JONES

● BABBACOMBE: The men's MDL Division One side lost to Paignton 69-79 to take just two points (D Summers 17, B Smith 27; L Castell 17, E Blank 18; R Levy 15, T Hodgin 19; J Turner 20, J Chaming 15) while the Division Three side didn't get any points from a 62-61 loss to Babbacombe B (K Crompton 17, R Bond 19; J Evans 15, K Heafey 20; K Martin 16, K Back 22; K Eveleigh 14, J Pierce 20).

The Men's O55s League side lost to Kings 29-31 to take two points (Morgan 12, C Asbury 17; S Lack 17, J Chowles 14) but Babbacombe beat Paignton Torbay 52-40 for eight points in the Riviera Triples (T Hammett 9, R Leach 14; K Johnson 25, M Stewart 9; F Steer 18, D Lawrence 17).

The Ladies' Gallery League 4321 side beat Bovey Tracey 90-65 (Singles: J Bratcher 15, S Martin19. Pairs: A Castell, J Quantick 22, J Ridgwell, P Lane 22. Triples: M Robins, H Hill, M Phillips 37, A Worth J Comley, J Wade 5. Rinks: P Steer, K Kelland, G Wilson, J Hunter 16, J Fullback, F Leggett, M Bolt, D Walton 19). Babbacombe B lost to Marldon 46-59 for four points (G Wilson 22, T Roach 21; K Johnson 6, V Kendall 25; K Kelland 18, A Coles 13).

Babbacombe ladies' invitation triples: 1 H Hill, J Hunter, M Phillips. 2 D Mellor, B Harrison, K Johnson. 3 M Wakeham, J Clark, T Lake (Abbrook Park).

DAVE THOMAS

● BITTON PARK: A great week saw Terry Evans win the Teignmouth singles, Terry and Geoff Webber finish runners-up in the men's pairs and Terry, Kenny Lenton and Pete Crowhurst win the men's triples. Pete Betts, Mike Flinn and Dave Nown (Dawlish) were losing semi-finalists.

Pete Betts reached the quarter-finals in the men's singles and Viv Betts, Pete Betts and Dave Nown were runners-up in the mixed triples. Viv Betts and Sophie Weston won the ladies' pairs.

In the junior final, Cassidy Lenton beat clubmate Harriet Stevens. What a week!

To top it off, Bitton Park beat Topsham 41-29 in the National Two-Fours (A Roberts, T Coombes, M Coombes & T Evans bt P Gale, A Woodley, G Howland & L Phillips 27-10; T Ash, D Mercer, K Lenton & P Crowhurst lost to L Clamp, R Andrews, C Harrison & R Penfold 14-19).

PETER BETTS

● BRIXHAM: The men's A and B sides have hit top form with the outstanding result being the A victory over Dawlish Marina 120-44, which gives them a big boost and maintains their table-topping Division One form.

Results: Men's A bt Buckfastleigh 87-65 (12-2pts): M Friend bt I Hawkins 17-11; J Cherrington bt G Mart 34-16; J Harding bt C Raggett 20-18; C Bailey lost P Hoff 16-20. Men's A bt Dawlish Marina 120-44 (14-0pts) M Friend bt T Cornforth 29-10; J Cherrington bt R Smith 34-8; J Harding bt P Kilbey 28-15; C Bailey bt F Baker 29-11. Men's B bt Torbay CC B 72-67 (11-3pts) M Lyle bt A Smith 22-8; B Dolan bt G Hooper 19-16; T Coombe drew with J Cunningham 19-19; T Stephens lost to E Lewis 12-24.

GRAHAM OAKDEN

● BRIXHAM ST MARY'S: The Ladies' 4321 beat Starcross 100-50 (Fours: Andrews bt Stimpson 26-7. Triples: Davenport bt Russell 25-17. Pairs: Yeomans lost to Martin 18-21. Singles: Bowles bt Dealey 31-5) while the ladies' TGL beat Paignton Torbay B 59-38 for eight points (M Davenport bt A Platt 17-14; J Chapman lost P McCann 18-19; E Thompson bt M Stuart 24-5).

COLIN YEOMANS

● BUCKFASTLEIGH: Six ladies from our club progressed to the DCLA triples section finals at Brixham and Topsham respectively: Jeanne Pinney, Di Raggett, Rhoda Lock, Sonia Bowden, Gwen Murray and Lin Salter.

The Ladies' Gallery League side beat Ipplepen 59-50 for eight points (E Full, Glenis Allen, Rhoda Lock 23-14; Shirley Joint, Sue Heyes, Sonia Bowden 25-16; D Raggett, Celia Young, Hazel Merchant 11-20) and also got eight points from the 55-46 defeat of Paignton Torbay (Jeanne Pinney, Rhoda Lock, Sue Heyes 23-16; Eve Full, Gwen Murray, Irene Voaden 12-14; Di Raggett, Lin Salter, Sonia Bowden 20-16).

SHEILA JOINT

● KINGS: The Gallery Ladies League B team beat Victoria 57-44 (L Baker, J Briscoe, A Staples 15-20; C Blackwell, P Dobson, I Horwell 14-15; M Gale, D Jordan, B Targett 28-9) and the MDL A team beat Torquay away 94-61 for 12 points (J Tolchard, R Pritchard, A O'Neill & Adrian O'Neill 19-20; M Hopkins, C Underhill, A Hirst & S Johnson 21-16; J Melmore, I Baker, A Wickham & S Tolchard 31-15; G Bellamy, D Rogers, P Hackett & G Sanders 23-10).

MDL A also beat Dawlish 101-57 for 12 points (C Asbury, W Deary, A Wickham, & S Johnson 34-10; R Pritchard, D Rogers, P Hackett, G Sanders 18-19; J Tolchard, H Briscoe, A O'Neill & C Down 21-17; M Hopkins, C Underhill, I Baker & A Hirst 28-11) and banked another 12 in the 86-77 defeat of Torbay Country Club (M Hopkins, C Underhill, A Hirst & S Johnson 22-21; J Melmore, R Pritchard, I Baker & C Down 10-28; C Asbury, D Rogers, P Hackett & G Sanders 31-11; J Tolchard, W Deary, A O'Neill & A O'Neill 23-17).

The O55 triples team beat Babbacombe 31-29 to take six points (P Cook, G Cronk & J Chowles 14-17; T Smith, A Silman, & C Asbury 17-12).

GEOFFREY SMITH

● PAIGNTON: The men's MDL A team beat Babbacombe A 79-69 for 12 points (G Chemings lost to J Turner 15-20; E Blank bt L Castell 18-17; B Smith bt D Summers 27-17; T Hodgin bt R Levy 19-15) while the O55s lost to Upton 17-49 (A Beard lost to T Powell 5-32; T Brown lost to J Pierce 12-17).

In the Riviera Mixed Triples, Paignton beat Brixham 63-41 for eight points (A Beard lost to D Langford 15-16; T Brown bt S Hoare 19-15; W Geary bt D Stone 29-10) but the ladies' inter-club A team lost to Torbay Country Club A 46-59 for four points (J Wray bt M Griffiths 18-17; D Yeowell lost to B Beedell 11-29; L Trewin bt S Cunningham 17-13). Ladies' C lost to Upton Park 25-51 to take just one points (V Barron lost to J Claridge 6-17; G Willicott lost to E Griffin 7-22; H Gains drew with S Bywaters 12-12).

ROD MAUDE

● PAIGNTON TORBAY: The club lost to Torquay (2pts) in the O55s League (D Lawrence lost to A Simmons 10-20; D McCann bt M Kitcher 20-14) and to Babbacombe (2pts) in the Riviera Mixed Triples (Di Lawrence lost to F Steer 17-18; M Stewart lost to K Johnson 9-25; R Leach bt T Hammett 14-9).

The men's MDL B team beat Upton Park 80-71 for 13 points (D Gooch drew with B Smith 20-20; J Callard bt T Lang 17-16; P Plumridge bt P King 23-19; D Grosvenor bt B King 20-16) and the A team beat Marina 81-80 for 12 points (P Gerry bt R Smith 21-19; D McCann bt T Cornforth 23-21; D Pratt bt F Baker 26-7; R Sandercock lost to P Kilsey 11-33).

The MDL A team then saw the wheels come off away at Stoke Fleming, with just one point from a 72-92 loss (P Gerry drew with M Jordan 22-22; D McCann lost to A Jordan 16-22; R Sandercock lost to M Hyne 18-22; D Pratt lost to T. Littlejohn 16-26).

The Ladies' A team lost to Buckfastleigh 46-55 for two points (J Short lost to J Pinney 16-23; M Higgs lost to Di Raggett 16-20; M Crabtree bt E Full 14-12) while the B team also took two points from a 59-38 loss to Brixham St Mary's (A Platt lost to M Davenport 14-17; M Stewart lost to L Thompson 5-24; P McCann bt J Chapman 19-18).

● TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB: The men's MDL A lost to Kings 77-86 for two points (C Blackler, K Sisk, D Barber, E Devonport lost to G Sanders 11-31; T Bickle, B Coombe, R Honeywell, T Berry bt C Down 28-10; C Williams, D Griffiths, P Hutchins, T Leach lost to A O'Neill 17-23; B Corps, D Conbeer, G Heaven, T Moore lost to S Johnson 21-22).

In the Ladies' Gallery League, the C team beat Paignton C 85-27 (M Morrison. P Grant, P Windell bt S Willicott 36-8; C McCarthy, E Batten, P Swan bt V Baron 22-12; V Lethbridge, M Eddy, J Glossop bt M Bryant 27-7).

TCBC still have a few vacancies for their mixed fours tournament on Sunday, September 6. For details and entry forms, please contact Eric Devonport on 01803 327159.

GRAHAM HEAVEN

● TORQUAY: In the third round of the National O55 pairs, M Williams and J Evans beat R Catchpole and P Stapleton 18-15.

The MDL A team lost to Kingsteignton 81-88 for four points (M Williams 24, K Taylor 17; D Evans 26, J Berry 18; A Bowden 17, S Beer 24; J Evans 14, S Barnes 27) while, in the Top Club, Torquay beat Chudleigh 4-1 (Two-wood: M Birch (15-21). Four-wood: J Evans (21-14). Pairs: L Roberts & M Williams (29-9). Triples: A Jordain bt I Male 21-17. Fours: D Evans bt P Joy 23-12).

Torquay lost to Plymstock 32-43 in the third round of the National Two-Fours (A Bowden 20, G Grimshaw 19; J Evans 12, P Parkin 24). It was a disappointing performance from Torquay in a game they were expected to win.

MAL WILLIAMS

● UPTON PARK: Upton Park's ladies have had a superb start to the season in Division Six of the Gallery Ladies' League. Out of their first three games, they have only dropped two points.

Their first game away at Paignton C saw the ladies pick up a maximum ten points, while on the return leg at Upton, they picked up nine points, with Sue Bywaters' rink only managing a draw during a game which was affected by poor weather.

At Totnes, the ladies again managed nine points against Totnes B, with Irene King's rink making a strong comeback to draw level on the last end after having been behind for the whole game. Well done ladies, and keep up the great results!

SUE BYWATERS

● VICTORIA: The men's MDL A team lost to Kings (1-13pts), while the Ladies' Gallery League A team beat Kingsteignton (8-2pts).

TERRI DAY