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Watch this space for news and developments at the club - latest highlights below, with links to more information here or from the News and Fixtures links at the top of the page.

Latest news:

• Tom Francis: Agonising defeat with the very last wood
• Mid Sussex League: Pipped by a point - but still in title contention
• Another draw: All square again in Nicholas Soames
• Hot weather: Please see Bowls England guidance on playing in extreme weather conditions (Documents tab)
• Competitions round-up: Husband and wife to meet in quarter-final (but which couple?)

Match details in Fixtures and Results section

So close - again

Our run in the Tom Francis competition has finally come to a halt - but once again, we fought all the way and lost our semi-final to Buxted Park with the very last shot.

Having taken Southwick Park to an extra end in the Edward Rowland Cup, it looked like a repeat in the Tom Francis.

But with Buxted Park needing two on the last end to extend the match, they took three to clinch the win with the very last bowl of the dramatic match.

While Anne's quartet, which included Bill Mann, Stephen Banks and Bob Sutton, were demolishing the very highly rated Buxted team on their own green, Mark Gooch, Clive Thomas, Nicola Coles and I were facing a battle to stay in the home leg.

We were always behind against a top-quality - but very sporting - quartet, but we picked up a series of ones to remain in contention.

By the 17th, we were ahead on aggregate, but Buxted Park kept their nerve to take the match 27-26 and clinch a place in the final.

We wish them the best of luck.

For news of all our external cup competitions, click on the Fixtures and Results dropdown menu and select External Competitions.

Mid Sussex team still in the running

Unexpectedly encouraging news for our Mid Sussex League team after their narrow defeat against Horsham Park on Tuesday.

Although we won two of the three rinks, we lost by one shot overall, threatening to cut us off from the top three.

But in an unexpected turn of events, all three sides above us also suffered setbacks, meaning we are still in the leading pack as we enter the second half of the season.

St Francis, the previous league leaders, also lost by one shot - to Crawley Town, meaning they picked up just two points from their one rink win.

They're replaced at the top by Henfield, who - amazingly - also won by a single point, but lost on two of the three rinks, so collected only six points.

They beat Isle of Thorns, who lie third. They picked up four points, like us, so we remain two points behind them, having played the same number of games.

Division Three table after the July 7 matches:

                                             Played   Shot difference  Points
1) Henfield                             7                   39                  46
2) St Francis                           8                   49                  44
3) Isle of Thorns                    6                   55                  42
4) Haywards Heath & BH  6                   23                  40
5) Crawley Town                    8                  -44                  31
6) Southgate Park                  6                 -16                   26
7) Horsham Park                    7                 -106                 11