HEREFORDSHIRE Indoor BA continued a fine start to the season with a convincing 174-87 win over Shropshire BC Association in a mixed match at Leominster.

They had five successful rinks, with Terry Collier skipping the highest to a 38-8 success and Ray Preece's coming a close second, winning by 37-8. Marion Wheatley conceded only seven ends, playing excellent bowls, in guiding her rink to a 32-12 victory, and Harold Butler did likewise when his rink won 29-11.

K Simpson's rink led 21-7 before losing a seven on the 13th end, but held on to win 27-23, and the one losing rink was skipped by Malcolm Simpson, who won only eight ends in a 25-11 defeat.