ld rivals Binton A and Wilmcote met again last week to contest the final of the Four A Side Competition. Binton’s four were the defending the cup against a strong challenge from the Wilmcote four which this year included new shooter Andrea Norris who is proving to be an asset to the team. The match shot on a handicap basis meant that the Wilmcote shooters had to give one point to Binton and was close throughout with shooters wary of shooting below their personal averages.

Binton knocked out a second four from their own team in the first round of the competition by two points; then they saw off a team from MEB by just one point, to find themselves in the final where John Parrott shot a steady 31 for Binton followed by Neil Bragg who shot 28, Alan Dyer who shot 30 and anchor man Will Cemis shot a solid 33. With the handicap, Binton totalled 123pts.
 

Wilmcote beat Home Guard in their first round match by three points, then eliminated a second four from the MEB by just one point, to find themselves in the final where Andrea Norris shot 32, three above par, Paul Boazman shot 28, Alan Brookes shot 31 and Paul Clingan shot 33 which gave them a winning total of 124 and the trophy.

Avenue-RBL played a postponed match on Home Guard’s target in the Webley Shield Competition. It has to be said that the visitors were not shooting at their best with loose threes scattered through their scorecard. Louise Price was first up scoring 29. She was followed by Paul Nixon-Barron who had the highest score of 30 for Avenue-RBL. Paul Seabury and Guy Ganderton did not shoot very well and Steve & Jo Everett, though keeping their shots tight on the centre of the target and keeping out of the threes just could not managed to ring the bell shot at par. Sarah Seabury was last to shoot and she too had trouble with loose shots.

Colin Fulford got Home Guard of to a flying start with 34 and was followed by Jackie Mills who shot a par 28. Richard Mills kept out of the threes for 31 but Joshua Bridge and Haydn Taplin both hit threes but Haydn pulled his back with bulls. Bill Gately failed to ring the bell for his 27 but Steve Hodges managed one bull for 29. Last man, Derek Powers had a disappointing score. After disregarding the lowest of their eight scores, Home Guard came out winners with 204 to Avenue-RBL’s 189.