BURNHAM Hillside Bowls Club ran their annual Sid Hull Cup competition.

Forty-eight bowlers made up a dozen teams of four and they played over four games of eight ends.

The day started with a spider, with the prize of a bottle of gin, donated by Mr and Mrs Wilson, won by Hilary Goddard.

Throughout the day, there was plenty of refreshment served up by Wendy Parkhouse and Beryl Gamble, along with a bar run by Alan Johnson.

All raised funds for the club and its charity.

There was some hot competition among the teams but, once all the final scores were added up, the winning team was Christine Reynolds, Tina Wallace, Len Hyam and Jeanette Wilson, with the runners-up being Hilary Goddard, P Whyte, Yvonne Davis and Ron Hunter.

The winners were presented with the Sid Hull Cup by Karen Hull.

In the C&D Wednesday night league, Burnham’s A team did not have a good night as they lost 10-0 away to Maldon A. Their B team had a better result by beating Boreham 6-4, with their C team performing best by beating Great Baddow D 10-0.

This secured the league runner-up spot for the C team, in division five.

Burnham had a home friendly against the Southend and District BA over six mixed rinks, with the end result being Burnham winning 56-30.

The club also had a special coach day out to visit Whitstable Bowls Club for a friendly over six mixed rinks.

All bowlers and visitors had a great day and, in the end, Burnham won 124-107.

With the Burnham Hillside BC team names first, each rink details for the friendly are: Southend & District BA – Six Mixed Rinks: Rink 1 – D Hood, J Cook, N Evans, K Olley (18) v J Tull, M Durston, S Folkard, T Broomhall (20): Rink 2 – S Nicholls, T Wallace, T Brock, T Pedrick (20) v J Durston, D Soar, B Westley, G Folkard (16): Rink 3 – V Hyam, R Steadman, P Perrin, N Barnes (16) v E Westley, T Sharp, J Collins, M Spackman (16): Rink 4 - L Hyam, H Bradley (Cap), C Reynolds, G Gladden (21) v B Tull, L Collin, J Soar, K Brown (28): Rink 5 – H Goddard, B Gamble, D Machell, L Shippey (17) v J Soackman, R Lawrence, J Brooks, P Narris (21): Rink 6 – I Machell, S Andow, S Sims, F Wallace (12) v V Simmons, M Weedop, D Newbery, R Chatfield (21).

Whitstable BC – Six Mixed Rinks: Rink 1 – I Machell, J Greenane, V Hyam, K Olley (16) v P Jaz, B Ball, R Aufry, B Watson (15): Rink 2 – D Hood, G Wears, SAndow, L Hyam (21) v D Coupland, N Toey, B McGillicurdy, A Reid (18): Rink 3 – P Whiting, J Nixon, I Gee, R Hunter (12) v M Goodger, N Tilley, R Field, R Pring (21):Rink 4 – T Brock, H Bradley (Cap), C Reynolds, G Gladden (38) v R Vaz, I Fairall, G Coates, J New (13): Rink 5 – B Hunter, Y Davis, D Machell, L Shippey (13) v T Epps, J Flood, D Minnet, R Mc Donald (3): Rink 6 – K Hull, G Pinch, V Hackney, N Barnes (24) v R Dowell, F Goodger, D McDonald, P Gardiner (9).