Winscombe take on Exmouth in the Marjorie Stewart Inkstand

This unique trophy was presented by Marjorie Stewart to be contested each year between Madeira B.C. Exmouth and Winscombe B.C on a home and away alternate year basis.

They first presented this trophy in 1950 and it is a triples match over 21 ends.

Over the 74 years the Inkstand had been won by each club 34 times - so this match was to take the lead overall.

Winscombe did not take their strongest team to Madeira so it was quite a surprise when they brought the trophy back to Winscombe, winning 123 – 114.

Good wins by Bill Andrews rink and Mal Dorrington’s covered other rink deficits to win by nine shots across the six rinks.

In the Western and District Over 55's League Winscombe Originals maintained their 100% record and moved back to the top of the league with a 31 shot victory against Isle of Wedmore.

They won on four rinks and 126-95 overall to claim 17 of the available 20 league points.

They now lead Ashcombe Crusaders in the league by 12 points and with a game in hand.

In the SCL Winscombe A played Taunton B  at Home.

It was a six-point winning margin for the home team as they won 61-55 overall and on two of the three rinks.

Meanwhile Winscombe B were away at Wrington on an artificial surface and the home team beat the visitors on all three rinks, although there were two close matches with one rink losing by just one shot.

Winscombe C were also away this week but to Burnham-on-Sea.

The C team returned to Weston with a 48-60 loss but won on one rink while losing on two, with one of the rinks again losing one by just one shot.

Despite the setback Winscombe have moved up to third in their league.

Winscombe Ladies continued to improve but lost two more close games in the North Somerset Triples League.

First they lost to Portishead by just seven shots overall and then to Ashcombe in a match with three close games, with rinks changing leads all the way until Ashcombe pulled away in the last couple of ends.