Taunton Ladies made a brave effort to reach the final of the Somerset Fear Cup against Backwell Ladies but lost the match by five shots (52-57).

Their opponents were down by six shots after 17 ends but fought back to win in the last two ends.

Scores: J. Young 24-18, M. Coley 16-22, V. Knott 12-17.

This year’s Amber Cup open tournament mixed fours competition attracted 12 teams from Somerset and Devon.

Played in fine weather at Vivary Park, Taunton, the early leaders failed to win their final match leaving the consistent Porlock team of Mike Arnold, Eddie Mills, Ivor Granville and Heather Rawnsley as winners.

Taunton Ladies captain Rosemary Buckingham presented the Amber Cup to them.

The runners up were Tiverton Park – Sid and Sue Maddocks and Dave and Trish Jones.

The Wellington rink of Bob and Rita Saunders, Rick Saunders and Mike Spekeman were in third place.

In the Somerset Country League two Taunton teams won their matches.

The A team in the Premier League won against Watchet A by nine shots (52-43) and consolidated their place in the league by collecting ten points.

Scores: N. Williams 25-9, D. Ormesher 13-12, J. Emery 14-22.

The B team lost on all rinks in the South and West League 1 to neighbours Wellington A by 17 shots (47-64).

Scores: G. Hoare 18-19, A. Wood 15-20, R. Bath 14-25.

The C team in the Somerset South and West League 2 beat Bridgwater B at the Parks by 16 shots (66-50).

Scores: J. Hurford 19-10, F. Foxwell 28-21, N. Maggs 19-19.

The Taunton Ladies lost to BCL Bridgwater at Vivary Park by nine shots (40-49).

Scores: F. Hunt 27-8, D. Buck 5-25, R. Buckingham 8-16.

A hotly contested match against Burnham-on-Sea Ladies resulted in an honourable draw (44-44).

Scores: C. Hannath 23-14, R. Buckingham 12-17, M. Coley 9-13.

Taunton men played a friendly against Street and lost by 11 shots (69-80).

Scores: J. Clark 14-14, T. Whitehead 11-24, F. Foxwell 11-15, G. Hoare 11-19, D. Buckingham 22-8.

Playing Hemyock men, Taunton won the match by a margin of 47 shots (109-62).

Scores: L. Bass 28-24, J. Clark 23-14, A. Wood 33-10, T. Whitehead 25-14.

The Indoor Section hosted Street but lost the match by two shots (42-44) as a result of the visitors scoring five shots on the last end.

Scores: B. Cridland 14-11, P. Watkins 18-16, J. Waldis 11-18.