The county finals was front and centre on most bowls club's calendars with Baldock Town especially busy.

Sam Andrews, Steve Budge and Paul Andrews won the triples final against Garston and the former could make it a double success when he plays in the final of the U25 singles, delayed for a week.

Julie Undrell managed silver in the unbadged singles, still a good result having only taken up the sport last season.

In the County Team Championship, Baldock beat Royston 58-39 and then went on to defeat Hitchin 56-10 in the County League.

Friendly wins followed against Harpenden and Shephalbury while the Stevenage Mixed League brought six points in a 62-33 win over Datchworth.

That was part of the busiest week of the season for Datchworth.

The men opened it with a 59-53 loss in the area final of the County Team Championship against Buntingford.

Dickie Jackson, Daniel Williams, Steve Chamberlain and Derek Henley won 21-17 and there was a 19-19 draw for Alfie Williams, Maurice Gordon, Steve Arnold and Les Parsley.

The third and final rink though went heavily in the favour of Buntingford, winning by 10 shots.

They then picked up a 53-19 success in the County League, beating Rosehill, but they then lost to the same team in the East Herts League.

Datchworth's women lost their County League match 24-9 at Bishop's Stortford.

In the Welwyn Hatfield League Jubilee Cup, they beat Welwyn Wanderers 34-31.

The home rink of Maureen Blunt, Howard Carrick, Jan Smith and Phil Berry proved crucial, winning 21-11 which was enough to counteract the loss away.

The league's John Brown Cup brought a 39-24 loss to BSP, losing home and away while in Division Two, the WHBL side lost to North Mymms.

In a friendly they lost 58-56 at Kimpton, 

Two more matches followed on Thursday night. Their East Herts Bowls League team were in action again, up against in the League’s Ranson Cup. Their Welwyn Hatfield Bowls League team were also in action again, up against North Mymms, in a home Div.2 League match.

Back in the EHBL, there was a 37-25 win in the Ranson Cup over Hertingfordbury, both rinks winning with the best of them Graham Akers, Rob Hazeu, Steve Chamberlain and Derek Henley.

In Division Two, the Golds beat Rye Park Rockets 49-30, their second win of the league season, a 10-shot and a nine-shot win on the two rinks.

In the North Herts Women’s Bowling Association’s Challenge Shield, Datchworth lost at Stevenage, winning one of the three disciplines.

That was in the triples, a 14-9 success for Jenny Holzbauer, Maureen Blunt and Janet Akers.

Howard Garden started their week with a home Men's County League match against Royston, but they slumped to a 50-19 defeat.

A Cairns Cup game against Three Horseshoes was better though and ended with a 78-53 win while their two SML matches were just about perfect.

They beat Letchworth 57-36 away while maximum points came with a 55-39 win over Riverain.

Top rink was Jeff and Daphne Brothers, Mick Abery and Ian Marvell who won 23-13.

Whitethorn's Chris Morley and Tony Pinchin played father and son duo, Sam and Paul Andrews of Baldock in the men's county pairs but lost by five shots.

They too had a Cairns Cup match while they also played in the SML Knockout Cup, beating Riverain 40-26 in round two.

North Herts played Stevenage in a home friendly and went into tea with little between them.

However, refreshed by tea and biscuits, Stevenage pulled away to win 44-30.

The top rink for North Herts was Lynne Brown, Alan O'Mahoney and Paul Riseborough winning 15-10.