District competitions have start to vie for the attention of bowls clubs along with the standard league events.

Potters Bar’s Dave Sparrow defeated Glenn Cuthbertson from Harpenden in the St Albans & District men’s singles while Pam Rodgers and Diane Jewell came through to win their game against Batchwood in the District Ladies' Pairs.

That duo will team up with Sue Powers later this week to tackle the triples.

Bar also advanced in the County Club Championship by defeating Welwyn Garden City on all three rinks.

They will now travel to Garston on Sunday to play the hosts in the semi-final.

Their two East Herts League teams were in action too, playing each other.

And after a relatively close start the Glyders pulled away to win 48-20 against the Kites, winning both rinks.

It maintains their unbeaten record in the league and keeps the top of the pile.

Datchworth Blues were away to Rosehill Badgers in EHL Division One and were beaten 34-28.

Dickie Jackson, Mike Mahoney and Peter Hills picked up two shots on the final end to draw their rink 16-16 but George Campbell, Derek Henley and Les Parsley lost 18-12 on theirs, despite winning 10 of the 18 ends.

In Division Three, the Golds won 34-32 away to Hoddesdon & Rye Park Rockets with the winning rink that of Dave Castle, Keith Smith and Steve Chamberlain.

There was a famous win in the Stevenage Mixed League too as ninth-placed Datchworth beat league leaders Baldock Town 61-51.

Two of the three rinks won with the 23-7 success for Barbara Williams, Castle, Chamberlain and Henley the crucial one.

Both the men and women of the club were in County League action as well and both against Bishop's Stortford, albeit with differing results.

The men won 42-40 at their Turkey Farm home with one rink win and one draw.

George Campbell, Keith Smith, Steve Arnold and Les Parsley picked up five shots on the penultimate end and then one more on the final end to win 21-19.

On the other rink, Dickie Jackson, Graham Akers, Mike Mahoney and Derek Henley turned round a shot deficit into a one-shot win on their final end to draw the rink 21-21.

The quartet of Jan Smith, Janet Akers, Ann Edwards and Chris Hills had a difficult start at Stortford's green, winning just one of the first 12 ends.

They did recover but lost overall 25-11.

A mixed friendly at home to Kimpton ended in an 81-50 win. Three of the four rinks were won, the best of them a 25-10 success for Jim Whittle, Ann Edwards and Phil Berry.

Shire Park (Tewin) came out on top in a very wet friendly match away to Northaw & Cuffley, winning 40-28 thanks to the top rink of Karen Watts, Elaine Wulcko and Dave Warner, who won 15-6.

The next day Park lost 73-63 at home to Harpenden. The top rink on that occasion was Mike Bridgeman, Alan Goddard and Linda Draycott with a 22-19 success.

There was an excellent Welwyn Hatfield Bowls Trophy match against Welwyn & District, where Shire Park won on two of the three rinks.

However, the final shot of the match handed W&D the overall win by one shot, 47-46 with the two clubs picking up four points each.

In the Welwyn & Hatfield League Wulcko, David Williams and Gus Edwards beat a Welwyn Garden City trio away but Edwards and Williams lost at home to the Parsleys from Sele Farm in the pairs.

In the St Albans & District Triples League, Shire Park's ladies lost home and away to North Mymms, but the men did better against St Albans.

The away rink lost 19-18 but the home rink of Angus Mullin, Richard Griggs and Mike Howe won 17-8 for a 35-27 success.

In the District Officers singles, Edwards beat Alan Munford 21-10 away at Hemel Hempstead to reach the final.