Budleigh Bowls Club hosts opening day of outdoor rinks

40 members enjoyed a sunny and warm afternoon of bowls.

Two competitions were played, the first of which was a spider competition.

This involves the Jack being placed in the centre of the green and the players stand around the outside perimeter with a single wood.

The woods are all released at the same time and the winner is the player who's wood ends up closest to the Jack.

Several woods came to a rest within inches of the Jack and, after a measure, the wood belonging to Nick Jones was declared the winner.

The members then played a round robin competition in teams of four, with the 10 teams playing each other over two ends.

After nearly three hours of the play, the winning team by a margin of only two Shots was Robin Grenyer (Skip), Andrew Baker, Evelyn Crook and Margaret Ringsell.

After the game, Tony Mackness commented: “Considering the volume of rain over recent weeks, the green was remarkably dry, and I want to thank our groundsman Mark Perrett and his team for all their hard work that enabled us to play”.