Ross take honours in Herefordshire Macmillan Championship

The tournament which took place at Leominster Indoor Bowling saw 168 players competing, with each team playing four games across the day in an open draw format.

Since the first event in 1992, bowlers from across Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Powys, Shropshire and beyond have come together annually to raise over £33,400 for Macmillan, with this year’s tournament adding a further £2,200 to the total.

On the mat, a hotly contested competition saw nine teams having won all four of their games by the end of the day meaning that shots difference would decide the overall winner.

It was the Ross’ “3” team of Sue Dix, Elaine George, Dave Watkins and Les Williams who came out on top, with a 20-1 and a 22-2 victory contributing to an incredible overall shots difference of +61.

The runners-up were Woolhope “1”, 27 shots behind on +34 with Ross “1”, Deer Park Archers and Golden Valley rounding out the top five.

Peter Wright, also of Ross B.C. recorded the highest score for the day on the highly competitive target bowls mat.

To view the full results from the day, visit https://www.hsmba.org/competitions/macmillan/

Meanwhile, Rotherwood Healthcare has been announced as the official partner of Herefordshire Cricket Ltd, Herefordshire National Counties First and Development XI playing and training shirts.

Richard Cox, general manager of Herefordshire Cricket Ltd said: “We are delighted to welcome Rotherwood as our National Counties XI and Development XI front of shirt sponsor for 2023 -25 and look forward to working with them and their various outreach programmes over the coming years.

“As an outstanding provider of healthcare locally and with the focus on Cricket being a definitive outlet for so many people to strike a balance in their life around family work and health this is the perfect opportunity for us to profile the importance of well-being. We look forward to getting started.”