BOWLS: Roger has last laugh in family battle (From Oxford Mail)

BOWLS: Roger has last laugh in family battle

10:10am Thursday 13th December 2012 in Sport

ROGER Wiggins defeated his father, Dave, in the regional final of the English Short Mat Bowling Association National Singles Competition at Wallingford.

In top form throughout, Roger recorded 13-2 and 14-6 victories to reach the last four, before a 9-3 success over Santo Orlando booked his place in the final.

He then defeated Dave, who got through with a 10-6 semi-final triumph over Les Woodward, to secure the No 1 berth in the county.

Woodward defeated Orlando 11-6 in the third place play-off, with the top four now waiting to see how many places are allocated to Oxfordshire bowlers in the national stage of the competition.

RESULTS ESMBA NATIONAL SINGLES COMPETITION Semi-finals: D Wiggins bt L Woodward 10-6, R Wiggins bt S Orlando 9-3. Final: R Wiggins bt D Wiggins 12-6. Third place play-off: Woodward bt Orlando 11-6.

OSMBA West Oxfordshire Division Burford 34 (6pts), Hanborough 28 (2) – 1st leg: Burford (K Brown, D Wood, P Wood, D Dowley) 11, Hanborough (A Spearman, P Warner, D Lynch, C Haley) 18. 2nd leg: Burford (R Davis, J Wood, P Walker, P Dowley) 23, Hanborough (H Taylor, J Gore, G Haynes, P Brown) 10.

Afternoon League Astons 30 (6pts), Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor 15 (2) – 1st leg: Astons (D Butterfield, E Knight, C Robbins) 7, KBS (H Rose, J Ash, F Monk) 9. 2nd leg: Astons (P Keevil, B Butterfield, R Knight) 23, KBS (P Munn, N Craddock, P Pearce) 6.