The last week was certainly an eventful one for Feniton, writes Roger Smith.

The mixed team defeated Hemyock 69-63 with the winning rinks being R Cooke, L Ley, D Phillips and A Kury (23-12), G Blackmore, G Phillips, P Goodwin and K Lovering (19-16) and D Downs, D Sanders, J Smith and A Evans (12-11).

This result, and the fact that Culm Vale conceded their match against Feniton, meant that Feniton finished as runners-up behind Seaton in the East of Exe Mixed Triples League.

In the Exeter and District Over-60s Triples League, Feniton A secured a crucial away win at top-of-the-table Madeira B, beating the Exmouth side 35-29. The winning rink was J Livings, A Smith and R Smith (21-11).

However, in a rearranged match away at Starcross they lost narrowly by 29-30. The winning rink was E Cox, D Sanders and J Skinner (15-13).This means that the promotion places will be decided on the last matches of the season, with the A team currently in third place. The B team lost away to Madeira E, beaten 35-28. The winning rink was C Maynard, L Ley and R Clarke (18-8).

The ladies lost their Over-50s match against Chagford, beaten 34-28. However, they had a comfortable 48-29 win against Exonia in their NBTL match with the winning rinks being K Wise, V Jones and D Phillips (23-12) and P Figg, D Bowden and A Pritchard (25-17).

The mixed team lost on all rinks in a 77-60 reversal at Bovey Tracy. They did though redeem themselves by winning on all rinks against tourists Old Grammarians and overall by 93 shots to 55.

The winning rinks were T Cox, L Ley, A Coyne and I Veitch (25-12), D Bowden, B Bowden, R Smith and A Smith (21-11), M Evans, D Sanders, J Smith and G Phillips (18-12), A Pritchard, F Jones, D Phillips and D Coyne (12-7) and L Crook, V Jones, R Veitch and D Conbeer (17-13).