WOOLHOPE and Ross came away with victories during the County Fours and Triples Championships.

The County Fours saw 10 teams from six clubs battle it out in two groups of five, with two teams from each group going through to the semi-finals.

The first group saw a dominant performance from the Ross rink of Rob George, Linda Lewis, Peter Wright and Ian Roe, winning all of their games to finish top with second place taken by the Lea rink of John & Sheila Clapson, Steve Kite and Merion Attwood.

The other group saw the Gorsley team of Sophie Heather-Warner, Chris Rudderham, Dean Rudman and Joe Loveys clinching top spot.

The Fownhope team of Geoff Kalkwarf, Carole Rowland, Nic Cooper and Peter Lewis also qualified on shots difference.

The semi-finals saw Ross continue their perfect winning record for the day with a 16-5 win against Fownhope whilst Lea beat Gorsley 9-4.

Ultimately, Ross proved too strong for Lea, taking a 15-5 victory and completing a perfect day with the County Fours trophy returning to Ross for the first time since 2016.

The County Triples proved to be an equally exciting as 14 teams from eight clubs took part in the round robin group stages in two groups of four and two groups of three.

Two teams from each group went through to the quarter-finals, with three of the five Ross teams represented making it through to that stage.

The quarter-finals saw two Ross-on-Wye sides progress alongside Fownhope and Woolhope into the last four.

The Ross trio of Lynda Evans, Rob George and Ian Roe faced Fownhope’s Nic Cooper, Fran Jones and Peter Lewis in the first semi-final, with Ross seeing off Fownhope following a strong performance and a 17-6 scoreline.

Things were a lot closer in the other game as a Woolhope side of Shirley & Becci Cox and John Mills looked to prevent an all-Ross final against Sue Dix, Wayne Jordan and Dave Watkins.

With the scores level at 7-7 on the eighth end, a three for Woolhope proved too much for Ross to overturn as the game ended 10-8, setting up the not too unusual sight of a Ross vs Woolhope final.

Ross started well in their pursuit of a double trophy winning weekend, going into a 4-1 lead by the fifth end.

However, an unanswered five over the following three ends put the experienced Woolhope team into the ascendancy to take an 8-5 win, the second for the trio of Shirley, Becci and John following their maiden title in 2018.