NORTH Tawton Bowling Club hosted visitors from Crediton to play a match over 18 ends in the Devon Mixed Triples. The North Tawton team of Margaret and Robert Arscott plus Tristan Hamilton played against a strong Crediton team featuring Marilyn Carpenter, Chris Bond and England international Robert Paxton.

The match was all square after 16 ends at 16 points apiece. The first attempt at the 17th end finished when the jack went dead and the end had to be replayed.

Crediton squeezed a one shot win out of the replay. The 18th end was therefore very exciting, first, North Tawton took a lead but the strong Crediton team pulled out some great shots to win that end by one and so an overall victory for the visitors by two shots.

It was a memorable evening but no sign of Robert Paxton’s Commonwealth medal, but he shared some good stories with the North Tawton members.