Victoria Vikings Over 60’s team continued their run of winning games surprising even themselves by winning at Nailsea on a dry and difficult green. The Vikings picked up 16 points with 4 rink wins the highest winning rink skipped by Graham Hodge and supported by Richard Hollier and John Griffiths.

Victoria Vikings 109 (16pts) – 94 (4) Nailsea – Away (Weston & District Over 60s League
G. Jones, G. Thorne, G. Frost 21 – 9
W. Nicholls, P. Newport, A. Shattock 11 – 24
I. Linham, T. Farmer, J. Downing 17 – 15
J. Codrington, J. Mingo-West, E. Sage 25 – 17
R. Hollier, J. Griffiths, G. Hodge 25 – 9
R. Austin, A. Waygood, D. Avery 10 – 20

In the North Somerset K.O. Cup Victoria travelled to Banwell and in a close game Victoria just held on to win by 3 shots. The scorecard reveals that the win was courtesy of an outstanding rink win of 14 shots by David Fairhurst, Nick Sell, Paul Leadbeater and skip Colin Gazzard.

Victoria 92 – 89 Banwell – Away (North Somerset KO Cup)
M. Campbell, K. Curtis, K. Harvey, W. Harrison 20 – 19
P. Wyatt, M. Manning, D. Hurst, M. Stocker 14 – 24
P. Lunn, S. Evans, A. Bray, M. Taylor 17 – 19
D. Fairhurst, N. Sell, P. Leadbeater, C. Gazzard 25 – 11
N. Stocker, J. Newman, B. Stock, M. Cooper 16 – 16

Victoria played an away friendly at Ashcombe and despite winning on just 2 rinks of a 5 rink match were victors by 7 shots. The win was achieved by the 2 rink wins of 23 and 21 shots skipped by Derek Hurst and Terry Gatehouse. In the clubs other friendly the long coach trip to Cheltenham and maybe the longer liquid lunch may have contributed to aresounding defeat by 27 shots losing on 5 rinks with just the Captains rink of Steve Angove, Lee Stocker and Cliff Chudley  maintaining any respectability.

Victoria 100 – 93 Ashcombe – Away (Friendly)
J. Mingo-West, G. Richards, A. Shattock, J. Howell 9 – 22
R. Austin, R. Rockett, K. Holland, D. Hurst 36 – 13
W. Nicholls, A. Barnes, N. Sell, M. Manning 11 – 23
M. Milliner, M. Willetts, M. Fletcher, S. Evans 14 – 26
P. Wyatt, P. Fisher, E. Sage, T. Gatehouse 30 – 9

Victoria 93 – 120 Cheltenham – Away (Friendly)
P. Wyatt, E. Longworth, N. Stock, M. Stocker 11 – 21
W. Nicholls, G. Hodge, N. Sell, M. Fletcher 18 – 21
T. Gilbert, K. Curtis, A. Uccellini, P. Leadbeater 18 – 21
A. Guest, J. Newman, K. Holland, M. Cooper 12 – 21
M. Campbell, J. Griffiths, T. Gatehouse, M. Taylor 18 – 19
S. Angove, L. Stocker, C. Chudley, M. Manning 17 – 17