Gloucestershire Bowls

County Fours Semi Finals

Gloucester City 29 Dursley 20

GLOUCESTER CITY will meet Cheltenham in the Gloucestershire Bowls County Fours final after dispatching of Dursley with an end to spare in the semis at Sir Thomas Rich’s B.C.

The City quartet of Danny Allsopp, Simon Allsopp, Derek Thorpe and Steve Allsopp were up against Brian Burleigh, Dave Smith, Chris Livall and Keith Hinder, and took an early 7-3 lead after bagging a four and a two on the fourth and fifth ends.

Not to be outdone, however, Dursley struck back with consecutive three’s to lead 9-7.

City scored another four and knocked the stuffing out of Dursley with two three’s to go 17-9 up at the midpoint of the match.

Dursley clawed their way back with a three and a single to close the gap to four.

However, 13 proved to be an unlucky number as they were marooned on the total for five consecutive ends, while City scored another four and four two’s to leap into a 29-13 lead.

City, despite losing the next three ends, took their place in the final.

Gloucestershire Bowls

County Fours Semi Finals

Cheltenham 29 Bristol Greenbank 20

THE OTHER semi-final clash was between Cheltenham (Dave Heath, Richard Purser, Stuart Hodges and Lee Williamson) and Bristol Greenbank (Graham Hudd, John Ind, Jeff Lowden and Scott Avery).

Cheltenham got off to a perfect start, gaining a 6-2 lead after four ends.

From the sixth to the ninth end, they piled up the shots with a five, two three’s and a two to take the score to 19-3.

Greenbank arrested the slide with a three, but Cheltenham went on to assert themselves in the tie by gaining a four.

Dominating the encounter, the eventual victory went on to win another three ends, and eventually the match was conceded on the 16th end with Cheltenham winning 29-8.

Gloucester and Cheltenham will meet in the Gloucestershire Bowls County Finals at Cheltenham on Sunday, September 4.

The two sides will also represent the County at the National Championships at Leamington in August.