ALCESTER’S crown green bowlers suffered a 29-shot loss at Hockley Heath in the Northfield League Division Three.
The visitors picked up three points with wins from Dave Hovell, Ken Harvey (21-14) and Renny Bannister (21-19).
For the sixth week in succession, both Alcester teams in Division Seven of the S&W Birmingham Over-60s League were victorious.
Superb wins for Margaret D’Elia (21-5), Ken Harvey (21-8) and Jean Bannister (21-9) were backed up by John Slater (21-11), David Whittington (21-17) and Renny Bannister (21-18) to give the A side a 58-shot victory over Co-Op C.
The B team had a home match against Hockley Heath B and ran out winners by 22 shots.
In the Yardley Wood League, relegation-battling Alcester lost by 20 shots at home to Baldwin A.
But in Division Three, the B team also picked up three points with winning cards from David Hodgson (superb at 21-6), Gill Evans and Val McDermott (both 21-19) in a 38-shot loss.
Division Two of the Heart of England League saw Alcester A pick up a valuable away win at King George V by 25 shots.
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