In the Somerset County League Victoria A lost narrowly at home to Bath B dropping 22 shots over the last four ends of the game. The “B” team however, still continue to win as they travelled up Milton road to play against Ashcombe ”A” winning on 2 of the rinks with Malcolm Campbell, Mike Fletcher, John Howell and skip Derek Hurst recording a fine 10 shot win.The “C” team only managed to get 2 points from their home game against Clevedon Prom “C” with Richard Austin, Eric Sage, Terry Gatehouse and George Frost achieving the 2 points with a 13 shot victory.
Victoria “A” 62 (1) – 66 (11) Bath “B”
N. Stocker, N. Sell, D. Williams, M. Cooper 19 – 20
D. Beard, D. Fairhurst, C. Gazzard, W. Harrison 19 – 22
P. Wyatt, J. Newman, K. Harvey, M. Stocker 24 – 24
Victoria “B” 58 (10) -44 (2) Ashcombe “A”
T. Uccellini, G. Rain, M. Manning, B. Stock 18 – 12
M. Campbell, M. fletcher, J. Howell, D. Hurst 23 – 13
H. Whyte, P. fisher, A. Bray, M. Taylor 17 – 19
Victoria “C” 56 (2) – 65 (10) Clevedon Prom “C”
J. Codrington, W. Hamlet, K. Holland, D. jones 11 – 30
R. Hollier, M. Milliner, A. Barnes, S. Evans 19 – 22
R. Austin, E. Sage, T. Gatehouse, G. Frost 26 – 13
Weston & District Over 60s League
Victoria Saxons suffered their first defeat losing to St Andrews by the narrow margin of 4 shots but still returned home with 5 points courtesy of 2 winning rinks skipped by Stuart Evans and MikeStocker and a drawn rink skipped by Brian Stock .On the same day, the Vikings travelled to Mark Moor, but could not do any better than the Saxons and lost by 6 shots with two rinks losing on the last end by virtue of measures. Winning rinks were skipped by John Griffiths and Eric Sage.
Victoria Saxons 100 (5pts) – 104 (13) St. Andrews
| M. Campbell, K. Curtis, D. Hurst | 17 – 19 |
| R. Rockett, A. Barnes, K. Harvey | 20 – 24 |
| M. Fletcher, K. Holland, M. Taylor | 12 – 20 |
| J. Newman, M. Manning, B. Stock | 18 – 18 |
| D. Sealey, D. Williams, S. Evans | 16 – 14 |
| P. Lunn, A. Uccellini, M. Stocker | 17 – 9 |
Victoria Vikings 88 (4pts) – 94 (12) Mark Moor – Away
| J. Turton, J. Mingo-West, E. Sage | 17 – 14 |
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15 – 16 |
| R. Jacobs, P. Newport, G. Frost | 12 – 14 |
| S. Thynne, G. Thorne, D. Jones | 11 – 22 |
| R. Hollier, R. Sparkes, J. Griffiths | 15 – 9 |
| R. Austin, C. York, A. Shattock | 18 – 19 |
Top Club
Victoria 0 – 5 Bristol – Away
Victoria were never in this game as they lost all 5 disciplines to a strong Bristol team on another cold and wet evening.
| 4 Wood Singles – M. Cooper | 4 – 21 |
| 2 Wood singles – C. Gazzard | 7 – 18 |
| Triples – D. Fairhurst, M. Campbell, M. Stocker | 9 – 24 |
| Fours – H. Gibbs, N. Sell, K. Harvey, B. Stock | 13 – 23 |
| Pairs – P. Wyatt, D. Williams | 10 – 24 |
Victoria played host to a mixed touring team from Newport Pagnell and in an evenly matched game Victoria run out winners by 9 shots with the rink of Chris Sage, Rod Sleep, Roger Rockett and John Newman achieving an emphatic rink win of 17 shots. Although Victoria won 3 of the 4 rinks in a friendly against Bristol Arrow the winning margin was just 2 shots with George Frost skipping his rink of John Newman, Rod Sleep and Eric Sage to a 10 shot victory.
Friendly
Victoria 97 – 90 Newport Pagnell tourists – Mixed
| T. Ellis, M. Milliner, S. Newman, A. Bray | 15 – 15 |
| R. Bailey, C. Stevens, P. Newport, M. Taylor | 13 – 20 |
| R. Austin, G. Poolman, C. Chudley, M. Hillman | 19 – 16 |
| D. Owen, E. Newport, E. Sage, G. Rain | 19 – 25 |
| C. Sage, R. Sleep, R. Rockett, J. Newman | 31 – 14 |
Victoria 70 – 68 Bristol Arrow
| L. Kelly, J. Griffiths, J. Mingo-West, M. Taylor | 10 – 25 |
| R. Austin, G. Rain, G. Richards, M. Manning | 18 – 17 |
| W. Nicholls, M. Milliner, H. Whyte, M. Fletcher | 20 – 14 |
| J. Newman, R. Sleep, E. Sage, G. Frost | 22 – 12 |