This week has been all about the Charity Cup and the Club Competitions.

The Charity Cup is played between a joint Frome Park and Frome Selwood team, Norwest Bowls Club, Prattens and Purnell, with all games being played in the Triples format as evening matches and being finished under floodlights.

Prattens do not have floodlights, so play all of their games at Purnell, Norwest or Frome Selwood.

The purpose of the games is to raise money for charitable causes and is ostensibly a men’s tournament but we and Norwest have included some ladies to make up the numbers.

In our two games this week, we played both matches at Norwest, firstly against Purnell, where we lost on all five rinks and then against Norwest where we drew on two rinks and lost on three.

The Norwest game was curtailed due to rain. There have also been several of the club finals played throughout the week, from triples on Monday to various matches on Friday and Saturday, with only the Friday games being rain affected.

Our outdoor season ends next Sunday with Captain’s Day. Graeme Smith