BOWLS Devon win Middleton Cup

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Last Updated on Monday, 03 August 2015 18:54

Published on Saturday, 01 August 2015 17:47

Devon have won the England Bowls men's county Middleton Cup, supported by the Friends of English Bowling, for the first time since 2011.

Devon beat Cumbria 125-113 in the Middleton Cup final at Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa after beating Kent in the first of the morning's semi-finals.

SEMI-FINALS RESULTS

Devon bt Kent 129-114
Rink scores (Devon skips first) Rob Paxton bt J Vane 24-18; James Webber lost to P Briscoe 15-28; Sam Tolchard lost to S McCaughan 21-24; Ian Lesley bt D Hanmore 24-17; Louis Ridout bt K Weyand 25-10; Griff Sanders lost to P Martin 17-19

Cumbria bt Cambridgeshire 117-111
Rink scores (Cumbria skips first) B Sherwen lost to A Walton 16-25; G Taylor lost to S Jacobs 10-25; S Airey lost to R Catton 17-22; S Farish bt W Bailey 25-16; S Irwin bt I Mailler 21-15; I Gallagher bt R Drew 28-9

FINAL 

Devon bt Cumbria 125-113
Rink scores (Devon skips first) I Lesley bt I Gallagher 24-23; R Paxton lost to B Sherwen 17-26; L Ridout bt S Irwin 18-12; G Sanders bt S Farish 30-15; J Webber bt S Airey 19-14; S Tolchard lost to G Taylor 17-23

• Surrey retained the women's Johns Trophy by beating Leicestershire 135-103 following a 151-95 morning semi-final success over Somerset.

Rink scores (Surrey skips first): P Bourne bt J Walmsley 37-8; M Smith bt E Amery 19-16; D Souter bt K Hembrow 24-20; P Garden lost to S Branfield 21-25; S Maylin bt M Gozna 31-7; C Stevens drew with J Young 19-19

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