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Untold Tales of Spider-Man 15: The Stalking of John Doe – by Adam-Troy Castro

A pretty good story but...

“In Manhattan, stormy nights are crazy nights.” Dr. Gwendolyn Harris is “working the second half of a fifteen-hour shift at the Emergency Psychiatric Unit of the Midtown Hospital and she’d seen more business in the past three hours than she’d expected to see all day.” The cops bring in a number of crazies including “the ranting little man who’d attempted to smuggle a gun into a Rick Jones concert, in what was an apparent attempt to become the next Mark David Chapman.” (You may recall that Rick Jones, former companion to the Hulk, Captain America, and Captain Marvel, was, at one point, a big deal rock star. If you don’t recall, Adam-Troy certainly does. Mark David Chapman, of course, is the man who killed John Lennon.) Shortly before nine PM, Bill The Security Guard motions Gwen over and tells her, “Cops just called. They’re bringing in another John Doe. One they say they don’t recommend placing in the general ward.” He elaborates, “he’s totally out of his head, strong as a moose, and…it took more than a dozen cops working tag-teams to wrestle him into a pair of straitjackets.”The police bring in the John Doe, “a wiry Caucasian male in his twenties, with short-cropped brown hair and eyes that could have been inviting were they not crazed…wearing nothing but a sodden pair of blue tights,” and it takes five of them to contain him.

Suddenly, the John Doe goes berserk, yelling, “He’s after me, he’ll track me down, it’s what he does, it’s what he knows, he’ll find my trail and get me,” and the cops are about to lose control of him when Gwen steps in to calm her patient down. The John Doe looks at her and calls her “Gwendy,” which takes Gwen by surprise. However, when he says, “You can’t be Gwendy. The Goblin killed Gwendy. I saw him kill Gwendy,” she knows he isn’t referring to her. Finally “John” tells her, “the Hunter, that dart he shot me with, it’s some kind of rare psychoactive snake venom derivative, making all the nightmares come back, I’m f-fighting it but…I can’t seem to focus my thoughts…is it really you, Gwendy? Please tell me it’s really you.” Gwen lies, saying, “It’s me,” and the John Doe kisses her wrist and begins to cry.After “John” is strapped on a bed in a “padded isolation cell,” police Sergeant Monaghan tells Gwen that her patient was rambling on about “lizards, vultures, tarantulas, pumas, cobras, rhinos, black cats, octopuses.”

He reports that the “psycho came out of that alley stripped to the waist, wired like all the crackheads you ever saw, screaming about the monsters. Attacked a whole bunch of folks lined up at the Cineplex, calling ‘em murderers and villains, tossing ‘em side to side like it was bowling night or something. Even jumped a poor far guy, calling him the Kingpin. When Stanley and I showed up, he almost tore us to pieces.” Stanley, one of the other cops, disagrees, saying, “He’s hallucinating, sure, and from the way he goes on, he sees enemies everywhere he looks, but even with his strength, even in a state of panic, he’s managed to resist doing anybody any serious harm…For what it’s worth, I think he’s telling the truth. I think he was dosed with something.”

The cops leave and Gwen prepares to examine her patient but she asks Gordy and Flack, two beefy security guards, to stand by.She finds John Doe muttering about Mary Jane, monsters, Felicia and the Hunter.” “[T]here was something about the way John Doe presented it, something about the conviction behind his words, that hit all three of them (Gwen, Gordy, Flack) at the base of the spine.” “John” again recognizes Dr. Harris as “Gwendy” and she tells him she needs to take a blood sample. “I wouldn’t even be in this mess if not for my blood!” he says, “That spider, messing up my life – take it all, why don’t you?...Call Morbius and have yourselves a kegger!” She takes the blood and his vital signs. He starts to tell her his name but changes his mind. When Flack tells him he’s safe from the Hunter, “John” laughs, “You don’t know what he is. He’s coming. And you won’t even slow him down.” Gwen takes the blood sample to Willie the lab tech to be analyzed for “alcohol, crack, PCP, all the other usual psychoactive agents – and one other thing. Snake venom.”As the night goes on, the weather gets nastier with destructive winds and flooding. Gwen is overwhelmed by psych cases entering the emergency room even as “the cops were besieged by screwball reports of a half-man, half-lion spotted on the rooftops.”

At last she gets the lab report on “John’s” blood. Negative for everything except snake venom. But also, Willie adds, “positive for another factor, that had screwed up all the tests until he compensated for it; a factor that was like nothing else he’d ever seen.” The blood is also “superoxygenated.” Gwen returns to the padded cell and finds “John” sitting up on the bed, having gotten out of his restraints. Instinctively, she enters without Gordy and Flack. She finds “John” more coherent but still crazed. He recognizes that she isn’t his Gwendy but also rambles on about the hunter, revealing that he was jumped and dosed and then fled to an alley where he removed his mask. Howling, “Oh, my God! My face! My face! You can see my face!” he covers it with his hands. Gwen tells him, “I don’t care who you are…I don’t care what you look like. I just want to help you.” Realizing, “the Hunter’s coming,” “John” gets up and opens the locked reinforced door “with one annoyed tug,” taking a “fairly large piece of wall” with it. He runs smack into Gordy and Flack but they are unable to stop him. Unexpectedly, however, “John” turns rather than flees, and “made an odd gesture with both hands: hands out, middle two fingers of each curled inward to tap the palm…He seemed genuinely astonished when nothing happened.”

This allows Gordy and Flack to tackle him. A third orderly joins them. “John” is still on the verge of getting away when Gwen yells “Stop!” and he does. Again warning her that “the Hunter’s coming,” he faints.This time, they restrain “John” with every device that they have. Gordy and Flack stand guard duty outside. Gwen worries that “John” may be speaking the truth. She knows, “if it weren’t possible to get reasonable people to believe the rantings of the insane, then a fair percentage of cult leaders and politicians would have been out of work.” But even knowing that, “she couldn’t stop thinking about the Hunter.” Later, she asks the lab tech if the John Doe could be “a paranormal.” “You mean like the Thing?” he says, “Or Captain America? Or one of those guys?” then follows with, “If he was a mutant…you’d need DNA tests for a definitive diagnosis If he was paranormal in some other nonphysical way, there’s usually not much you can do to tell.” This conversation is interrupted when Bill the Security Guard tells them, “Some crazy off the street” has entered the hospital. “Tall, muscular guy, Russian accent, wearing leopard-skin tights and a skinned lion’s head for a vest, if you can believe that…He said he was the hunter and said he’d go wherever he chose to go.

The cops who tried to detain him for questioning are now being worked on in the emergency room. So’s some poor guy in the elevator who gave him a lecture about the evils of wearing fur.” Gwen knows the Hunter has arrived. She has Bill barricade the door to the Psych Unit and tells him to prepare to shoot anyone who enters. From his cell, the John Doe starts screaming and pounding on the door, without anyone telling him about the oncoming danger. Gwen sends Gordy and Flack to help Bill. Then she hears “John” ripping the padding off the walls, in order to eliminate its blow-suffusing effects. Gwen, who knows “John” is her only hope, wishes they hadn’t assisted in weakening him. Soon after, “John” tears the door away and, weak and feverish, he confronts Gwen. He tells her he needs gauze to conceal his face from the Hunter. “His eyes were wide, pleading…and sane.” Gwen acts without hesitation, helping him to the supply room where she wraps his head. Then the Hunter arrives.“John” goes out to face him and Gwen follows soon after.

There she experiences the full force and power of the Hunter. “It would have been impossible for any living thing to look at this man and not consider itself his natural prey.” She notices that Bill, Gordy, and Flack have already been disposed of and she sees “John” “facing the Hunter in a position midway between a crouch and the confrontational stance of a boxer.” The Hunter carries “curved jaguar tusks…both dripping with something black and foul.” He lunges forward at “John” and the battle continues, their movements impossibly fast. “Then they sped up, moving with such superhuman speed that Dr. Harris found herself unable to follow it all.” After a protracted battle, the Hunter gets “John” into position for a killing blow. But Gordy “charged across the room and piled into the Hunter with every ounce of his three hundred pound musculature. Gordy had been a star quarterback in college. He’d almost made it to the pros. He didn’t even budge the Hunter.” But he does distract the Hunter long enough for “John” to disappear.Gwen feels herself lifted off the ground, “up near the ceiling…and she found herself flying back down the corridor.” She soon realizes that “John” is carrying her as he runs along the ceiling. “John” tosses her into the storage room. She sees the Hunter pass by the room and hears him catch up with “John.” She can tell that “John” has lost.

She grabs some items from the supply room and follows, only to find the Hunter “holding John Doe off the floor by his neck.” Since “one of the first things she’d ever learned was that with great power comes great responsibility,” Gwen plunges two hypos full of Thorazine into the Hunter’s neck. The Hunter knocks her across the room and growls, “Stupid woman! When I’m done with him, I’ll break..your…neck!” “John,” who still thinks of Gwen on some level as his Gwendy reacts to this. “No! Not again!” he yells and becomes an “engine of destruction.” “A new expression entered the Hunter’s eyes. Helplessness. Terror.” And eventually, the Hunter flees. “John” stops to ask Gwen if she is all right, then he follows the Hunter.In the aftermath, Gwen asks for and gets the day shift. “The fingerprints and photographs taken of the perpetrator known as John Doe quickly disappeared from the filing room at the precinct house where he’d been booked – a locked room three stories up, with a single window that did not happen to be equipped with a fire escape.” Two weeks later, Gwen finds a dozen red roses in a vase on her desk with a note taped to it.

The note reads in part, “It was one of the worst nights of my life, which is saying a lot. I’ve had some bad ones, Doctor; you’ll never know how bad. But this was one of the worst. And you were there for me. You kept me hanging on even when there was nothing to hang on to. And though part of it was your accidental resemblance to a friend long dead and gone, even that wouldn’t have been enough if not for your strength, your courage, and your compassion…Thank you.” Gwen sniffs the flowers and a spider moves from the vase to the back of her hand. “As she studied it, the little thing froze in indecision, unsure which way to run. Tsking with sympathy, she took it to a window and set it free.”

If taken wholly in isolation this wouldn’t be all that terrible. it sort o combines two typical types of super hero stories.

a) the ‘everything you believe has been a product of delusion’

And

b) the hero is locked up in an asylum

In the ways the story works it works due to ‘Gwen’ being the POV character.

But that’s also it’s weakness. I find it a little difficult to believe that a NYC resident like Dr. Harris would honestly not deduce that ‘John Doe’ is Spider-Man. Part of that is her and the other staff dismissing ‘John’ mentioning his rogue’s gallery. Surely the Goblin’s implication in Gwen’s death and ‘John’s super human strength would be enough to put two and two together.

Additionally ending the anthology with a focus upon a random new character we will never see again is kind of...well lame. In theory this could have worked as a third party observer might’ve put some grander perspective upon who Spider-Man is and what he represents.

But since Peter isn’t exactly ‘sober’ in this story it winds up being about Gwen’s gradual discovery of who her patient really is.

And it executes that well but I’m just questioning the point of it. I suppose it makes for a nice full stop for the anthology because it manages to be touches upon Spidey’s broader history. But then again...there is a particular emphasis upon Gwen.*

Again in isolation this sort of makes sense (though much moreso if this was set shortly after her death) but within the context of the anthology it’s retreading old ground. And ground trodden better before I might add (Deadly Force utilized Gwen’s death far more effectively).

Perhaps the most egregious point about the story is that it’s placed in a weird place in the book. The entire anthology is intended to move along Spidey’s timeline but this story must obviously be set before Kraven’s Last Hunt and yet the prior story must’ve been set way later than that. Essentially this should’ve been the penultimate story and the prior yarn the actual final one.

But I suspect the editors recognized that this was the much stronger story and ultimately a more fitting tale to end the anthology on.

Other than that I have little to say about this story beyond

a) The narrator finally delivered a decent performance as Spider-Man, chiefly because Peter wasn’t in his right mind and therefore wouldn’t sound himself anyway.

b) Kraven was done pretty well, in that he was scary and intimidating.

c) Maybe this story prompted Castro’s eventual Sinister Six trilogy

d) For a story called ‘Untold Tales of Spider-Man’ this story doesn’t really take advantage of the concept. This story could’ve happened at almost any time after Peter had met Felicia and before Kraven’s death and it doesn’t really explore anything new. Even the prior story had Jonah react to Alstair’s Smythe’s new body and saw him teaming up with Gargan.

Over all...it’s not a BAD story by any means but I think there are much stronger entries.

As for the anthology as a whole, it’s a mixed bag but that’s to be expected. Anthologies are rarely anything but mixed bags.

But as anthologies go I have to admit this one was superior to Ultimate Spider-Man, albeit none of the stories in this book top the best material from the USM anthology.

*That makes 3 and a half stories that emphasis Gwen and like half a story that emphasises MJ. That kinda sucks.

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COSTA BLANCA BOWLS ROUNDUP 6 MARCH 17

LA MARINA REPORT BY BARRY LATHAM

The Pathfinders found their way with great win of 10-4 at home against Monte Mar in the Discovery Division. John Rae, Bernie Carr and Mick Fitzgerald 19-13. John Mallet, John Morgan and Gina Hindle 20-8. Colin & Lynne Armitage and Peter Bailey 18-8. David Taylor, Dave McGaw and Lorita Rae 18-13.

The Explorers travelled to play Quesada Pearls but met a strong team and lost 10-4 although they only narrowly lost the overall score by six shots. Our winners came from Peter Parsons, Phil Pape and Carol Smith plus Alex Whyte, Shirley Hadaway and Janet Parsons.

Winter League at home to BBC and although we lost, it wasn’t a disaster as we achieved four points. Colin Armitage, Dave Taylor, Richard Robinson and Lynne Armitage beat that brilliant Jeff Richards. One of our oldest players, Alan Castle led his rink of Phil Pape, Carol Smith and Kathy Manning to an 18-16 win. The Berleen Boys did it again winning by one. So well done Alex Whyte, Jim Freeman, Mike Surch and Dave Bulfield.

Friday here again and little trip down the road for the Dolphins to play La Manga Crusaders and they surprised a few folk by getting four points. Don Harrison, Reg Jackson and Trevor Hancock a 16-11 win and the travellers return, Barry & Margaret Sadler that is plus Garth Slater with a two shot advantage. Well done the Dolphins.

The Seagulls at home to the San Miguel Cougars lost in a very close game by two shots. Our top rink was Dave Taylor, Gina Hindle and Lynne Armitage. The other two winning rinks won by just one shot each so well done Terry Perchard, Berni Carr and Barbara Forshaw plus John Morgan, Clive Pratt and Dave Bulfield.

The Sharks are the tops this week with a 14-0 beating at home of the San Luis Tigers. Should just about get all the triumphant names in. So well done Alex Whyte, Dave Hadaway, and Maureen Kidd. Dave Lewis, Jim Manning and Margaret McLaughlin. Margaret & Rob Finlayson plus Hilary Cronk. Peter Parsons, Tom Spencer and Andy Bartlett. Alan Castle, Phil Pape and Janet Parsons. And our top lot, Shirley Hadaway, John Mallett and Kathy Manning.

EL RANCHO BOWLS CLUB.

The Pintos started their week with a home fixture against La Siesta Apollos and what a glorious day it was. It was a tight match on play, with most of us I think playing some good woods, but also some that we could hardly believe, a little tricky I think. But we did hold off the opposition to take the rinks 5-1 and the overall shots. Meanwhile the broncos were playing away at Horadada against the Falcons and had a tough match, but played well enough to come away with 2 rinks, always a good away result.

Friday found the Mustangs playing at Quesada against the Swifts and a very pleasant morning it was in good company. As you would expect the Swift took advantage of the home mat, but the Mustangs did manage to come away with 2 rinks and not a great deficit in overall shots. June Whitworth, Jane Hamill and Stew Hamill 20-22. Bob Morgan, Keith Cunningham and David Whitworth 15-18. Ann Taylor, Malc Sykes and Jim Gracie 12-21. Irene Thomson, Jim Taylor and Eddie Thomson 18-14. Barbara Jones, Sheila Cooper and Geoff Jones 8-22. Henry Ryder, Jan Bright and Richard Lee 21-11.

Meanwhile the Raiders entertained Greenland Cedars and both played well to take 3 rinks each, with the Raiders taking the overall shots by a small margin. Gill Bartlett, Bob Easthope and Rob Clark 19-12. Ann C Taylor, Shirley Edwards and Bob Taylor 21-13. Pam Harris, Malc Elmore and Brian Harris 23-7. Marion Haynes, Diane Yates and Dave Haynes 12-14. Ria Dukker, Peter Blackburn and Keith Longshaw 14-20. Tricia Elsam, Tony Robinson and Graham Day 11-28. For membership details contact Brian Taylor on 965077093 or at [email protected] or Carolyn Harris on 966774316 or at [email protected]

Emerald Isle Bowls Club by Elwyn Morris

Firstly let us congratulate the Titans for being champions of this league after going to San Miguel Comets and winning 8-6 aggregate 108-128 to SM, winners were M Highland R White A M Stevenson 20-14, Y Mallerburn P Coffey F Close 20-18, M Whitelock C Highland M Stacey 21-19 P Heaney J Pooley I Brewster 18-17. Well done to all of the squad

The Neptunes kept their hopes of promotion alive with a great win over San Luis Romulans 14-0 aggregate 174-57 winners were M Riley C Thomas M Thomas 37-4, L Hawkins A Malcolm B Smith 33-5, J Jarvis E Sheperd J Mulloy 31-12 E Morris G Roberts J Mullarkey 26-11, S Johnson L Fisher P Willicott 24-10 C Donnellan M Malcolm D Birkett 23-15

The Moonrakers secured runners up spot by beating La Siesta Pioneers 8-6, aggregate 109-96 winning trips B Foulds T Harris R Ede 29-7, M Foulds P Cresswell E Bennett 22-6, A Ede R Fooks F King 20-13

Tuesday took the Shamrocks to play La Siesta Paraketes in the Fed4s league but the home team came out on top with 7-1 win and an aggregate of 33-66

Wed brought La Siesta to the EI in the winter league and had a great 12-0 win with an aggregate of 139-53 winnings rinks were P Heaney S Johnson D Birkett I Brewster 42-12, M Highland R White A M Stevenson D Gerrad 28-9, J Parkes M Veale C Highland P Parkes 26-10, C Thomas J Westall J Pooley S Westall 23-10, D Rhodes Y Mallerburn F Close C Lindgren 20-12

Friday saw the Cavaliers travel to Greenlands and the home team came out on top 8-6 with an aggregate of 89-91 the winning trips were J Parkes M Veale Parkes 23-8, J Pooley R White A M Stevenson 19-16, D Rhodes K Jolliffe D Gerrard 15-13

The Claymores were at home to Country Bowls Checkos and had a good 12-2 win with an aggregate score of 132-79 winners were S Johnson L Fisher P Willicott 29-15 J Redfren B Allen B Kavanagh 24-10, E Morris B Eldred J Mullarkey 22-11 M Riley C Thomas M Thomas 20-11, C Donnellan M Malcolm D Birkett 23-13

The Outlaws played at Vistabella Conquistadores who failed to field a full team thus the Outlaws won 12-2 aggregate being 120-69,,winners were L Harris G Inwood B Foulds 31-13 ,,J Dear F King R Ede 15-14, R Adams M Petty M Breen 23-12 V Cameron S Wickens P Cresswell 22-7

The Roundheads played at home against San Luis Pumas and slipped to a 4-10 Defeat with the aggregate being 95-110,and winners were D Horne K Griffiths T Culpin 24-7,,P Horton D Martin A Padfield 17-15

Greenlands Bowls Club by Dave Webb

In the Discovery Division the Sycamores were at home to Country Bowls Flamingos. Final score was – total shots – for – 114. Total shots against – 79. Points for 8 against – 6.Winning rinks – Rudy Wattley, Terry Lawton, John Obrien. 25 shots to 4. Diane Lawton, Ron Stansfield, Frank Saunders. 22 shots to 7. Joan Hunter, Margaret Hirst, Mike Cassidy. 30 shots to 7. The Oaks were against Emerald Isle Cavaliers. Total shots for 91. Shots against 89. Points 8 – 6. Winning rinks – Sheila Stead, Joan Oliver, Mel Brown – 20 – 12. David Fryatt, Zoe Wilcock, Jim Wilcock. – 18- 11. Brian Tomlinson, Dave Thompson, Marilyn Fryatt – 18 – 11.

La Siesta Bowls Club By Rod Edgerton

The Apollos travelled to the notoriously difficult El Rancho rink to play the Pintos and only managed to win on one rink. Our winning rink was Beryl Styring, Norman Adcroft and Alex Morrice who mastered the conditions to win by 18 shots to 13.The overall shots score being 85-131.However, despite this loss the Apollos still have a good chance of finishing as league runners up.

The Pioneers entertained the Emerald Isle Moonrakers and in a close contest the rinks were shared with Moonrakers picking up the overall score by 109 shots to 96. The winning rinks for La Siesta were Hilary Clarke, Molly Russell and Rab Logan 31-8, Penny Porter, Alan Ralph and John Clarke 20-12 and in a nailbiting finish Ken Stringfellow, Rod Edgerton and Johnnie Ryder won by a single shot 19-18.

In the Fed 4’s the Parakeets had Emerald Isle Shamrocks as visitors. La Siesta won on two of the tree rinks drawing the other, therefore winning overall by 7 points to 1, overall shots being 66-33. The winning rinks were Joy and Brian Gardiner with Tony Campbell and Jean Cooper 31-7 and Jo Elkin, Irene Mangan with Trish and Pat Reilly who won 20-11. The other rink which was tied saw Irene Laverick, Pat Moore with Pat and Brian Harman winning the final two ends to gain a draw 15-15.

The Hoopoes were away against league leaders San Luis and won on a single rink thereby gaining 2 points. The winning rink was Robert and Ann Heath together with Tony Dalton and John Ball. Barbara and Bill Cooper with Sue Jordan and Mike Edwards needed a hot shot on the final end to gain a valuable draw, and they nearly managed it getting 7 on the final end, thereby losing to a single shot.

The Winter League team travelled to Emerald Isle and unfortunately met with a disappointing 12-0 defeat. Let’s hope for better fortune next week.

The Blues travelled to San Miguel to play the Jaguars and came away with a 10 points to 4 victory. The overall shots being 111-96.The biggest winning rink came from Ann and Robert Heath with Pat Harman who won 19-7. The 3 other winning rinks were Joy Gardiner, John Taylor and Jean Cooper 21-16,Irene Laverick, Brian Gardiner and Brian Harman 17-11 and Beryl Styring, Ramsey Sinclair and Alex Morrice 16-14.

The Golds entertained Montemar Toreadors and although sharing the rinks 3 apiece lost the overall shots by 110-99.The biggest winners were Hilary Clarke, Tom Heaslewood and Tony Dalton 33-18 whilst Penny Porter, Allan Ralph and Johnnie Ryder won 20-13 and Ken Stringfellow, Sid Gallup, Tony Campbell won by a single shot 15-14.

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Monday 27th February. Monte Mar Toreadors v La Marina Pathfinders.

A hard fought match with the Pathfinders on a lovely February morning, not the result we were hoping for. Points Toreadors 4 – 10 Pathfinders. Shots Toreadors 85 – 102. Well done to all the team for their effort on the day.

Monte Mar Matadors v Vistabella Drivers.

Winning on four rinks well done to Sue Kemp, David Eades, skip Brian Zelin 20 –14

Geraldine Fisher, Mike Farrelly, skip Gordon Fisher 23 – 11. Pauline Merry, Alan Ashberry, skip Chris Merry 21 – 17. Ethel Finan, Val Hignett, skip Tony Finan 20 -12

Shots Matadors 104 – 90 Drivers. Points Matadors 10 – 4.

Wednesday March 1st Monte Mar v Javea.

Winning on one rink well done to, Sue Kemp, Jan Gatward, Danny King, and skip Brian Zelin. Shots Monte Mar 68 – 88 Javea. Points Monte Mar 2 – 10 Javea.

Thursday March 2nd Monte Mar Lords v Quesada Leopards.

Winning on one rink well done to Keith Simpson, Dave Roberts, June Young, and skip Danny King. Shots Lords 33 – 59 Leopards. Points Lords 2 – 6 Leopards.

Friday March 3rd Monte Mar Toreadors v La Siesta Golds.

A good win for the Toreadors at the home of La Siesta Golds. After a keenly fought match with a number of close matches both teams won on three rinks, with the Toreadors winning on overall shots. Shots Toreadors 110 – 99 Golds. Points Toreadors 8 – 6 Golds. Well done to the winning rinks of Lesley Jones, Bill Webster, skip Joan Harding. Sue Bounds, Les Bounds and skip Jan Gatward. Cliff Norris, Howie Williams and skip Graham Smyth.

Monte Mar Matadors v Quesada Swallows. Winning on three rinks well done to, Sue Kemp, June Young skip Brian Zelin 21 –17 Pauline Merry, Alan Ashberry skip Chris Merry 21 – 6. Keith Simpson, Joe Ridley, skip Diane Ridley 23 – 14. Ronnie Cairns, Val Hignett skip Roy Mercer 18 – 18. Shots Matadors 115 – 96 Swallows. Matadors 9 – 5 Swallows.

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SAN LUIS BOWLS CLUB by Sheila Cammack.

A more spring-like complexion to this week; a chance to briefly take off the jackets and put on the sun cream!

South Alicante Winter Triples: Enterprise Div. Monday 27th SL Klingons away v SM Meteors, a tough afternoon, 4pts-10, 81 shots-125. Winners: Sheila Cammack, Jo & Julian Pering 19-12, Janet Wigfield, Steve Simmons, Peter McEneany 21-15. SL Trekkers, home v GL Maples, good result, 10pts-4, 109 shots-84. Winners: Irene Everett, Dave Tilley, Vic Slater 22-7, Doug Beattie, Dave Steadman, Peter Fuller 23-11, Judy Carroll, Barry Edwards, Ray Robson 20-14, Mags Haines, Fay Beattie, Brian Pocock 19-17. Discovery Div. SL Romulans, away v EI Neptunes; tough match 0-14, shots 57-174.

Winter League: Wednesday 1st March away v Bonalba, another good result (just losing the other game by 1 shot after a real battle); points 10-2, shots 112-61. Winners: Irene Everett, Lynne Morris, Peter McEneany Tom Hill 25-13, Kath Reid, Sheila Cammack David Blackie, Scott Malden 23-14, Ann Holland, Keith Phillips, Neil Morrison, Sabrina Marks 19-11, Shirley Verity, Ray Clarke, Jules Pering, Russell Marks 31-8. The Berleen team: Les Bedford, Margaret Morrison, Barry Edwards, Vic Slater also had a good win 24-16.

FED 4’s League Thursday 2nd Div A SL Ospreys, away v VB Vikings, a game of two halves; shots 49-49, pts3-5. Winners: Shirley Verity, Janet McEneany, Sabrina & Russell Marks 22-6. Div B SL Condors; away v GL Bulls a close match, 4-4, shots 53-54. Winners: Les Bedford, Jan Pocock, Ray Clarke, Colin Potter 19-16, Ros Holmes, Margaret Morrison, Neil Morrison, Sue Cooper 20-17. Div C SL Bazas, a good result away v LS Hoopoes, 6-2, 65 shots-57. Winners: Doug Beattie, Margaret Stephens, Fay Beattie, Dave Blackie 29-17, Pat Malden, Pat Bird, Graham Bird, John Malden 24-23.

Friday 3rd LLB Southern League, SL Lions home v VB Picadors, hard fought points 8-6, shots 115-96. Winners: Carol Lowry, Dave Blackie, Keith Lowry 23-15, Ray Clarke, June & Keith Jones 26-11, Kath Reid, Keith Phillips, Scott Malden 18-11. SL Tigers, were unfortunately swallowed by the Sharks, away at La Marina; 0pts-14, shots 76-132. SL Pumas, had a great result away v EmIsle Roundheads, 10pts-4, 110 shots-95. Winners: Chris Phillips, Derek Smith, Kevin Hull 24-19, Kath Waywell, Bob Bromley, Ray Watmough 23-7, Mary Fromson, Marie Henley, Robin Harker 26-15, Margaret Stephens, Terry Baylis, Ken Dullaway 15-13.

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San Miguel Bowls Club

The Comets managed to pick up 6 points against Emerald Isle Titans, winning on 2 rinks and gaining the overall shots 128-104. Well done to Stan North, Jim Jarvie, Jack Jackson 32-10; Sheila Errington, Bob Graham, Brian Errington 20-15.

The Meteors had a good win against San Luis Klingons at home winning 10points to 4. Very well done to Margaret Patterson, Cliff Plaisted, Steve Cantley 34-8; Noel Davis, Dave Greenland, Lyn Greenland 23-14; Reg Cooper, Don Whitney, Stuart Hemmings 16-11; Alan Patterson, Mary Dyer, Lin Miller 25-8. Shots for 125 – against 81.

The Pulsars didn’t do so well away at Vistabella only picking up 3 points. Well done to Anita Brown, Sheila Booth, Alan Campbell 17-15; Peter Rees, Ron Nairey, John Raby 17 across. Show for 71, against 116.

The Winter league had a good result against El Cid winning 8-4, with shots being 88 for and 64 against. Very well done to Margaret Rogers, Alan Patterson, Brian Allen, Ian Rogers 21-11; Cliff Plaisted, Val & Chris Collier, Stuart Denholm 17-9; Margaret Patterson, Tony Sansom, Dave & Lyn Greenland 20-10.

A brilliant result for the Cherokees against Emerald Isle in the Fed fours winning all rinks, shots 57 for, 33 against. Noel Davis, Gail Willshire, Chris Collier, Fred Willshire 18-8; Cliff Plaisted, Val Collier, Lyn Grenland, Steve Cantley 19-7; Sue Milner, Carol Rudge, Stuart Hemmings, Lin Miller 20-18.

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Vistabella Report With Lynne Bishop

Well done to the Enterprise league Albatrosses, at home v San Miguel Pulsars they won on four rinks plus a drawn game. L Bishop, S Broadhurst & J Bowman 25-8. T French, C Watkins & B Pain 20-9. K Hardy, M Regan & A Brown 24-11. O Ratcliffe, S Allman & B Dunn 15-11 and S Kirk, N Burrows & K Cuthbert 17-17. VB 116(11) – 73(3) SM.

Drivers also at home won on two Rinks, S Whitehall, M Foulcer & P Rafferty 17-7. F Barclay, L Barber & G Thorpe 19-13. VB 90(4) – 104(10) MM.

The voyager league Eagles had a bye.

Winter league team at home to Greenlands matched their away result of a full house, well done team. S Burrows, B Brown, M Regan & G Thorpe 32-6. L Bishop, P Tomkins, B Dunn & I Kenyon 31-6. J Chaplin, M Foulcer, B Norris & E Bishop 28-12. L Watkins, T French, A Brown & M Furness 21-9. O Ratcliffe, J Bowman, C Thorpe & B Pain 20-19. VB 132 (12) – 52(0) G.

Fed 4 league. The Vikings managed a home win over the San Luis Osprey, two wins and a draw on the shots. F Barclay, B Ewart, M Regan & G Thorpe 22-12. C Watkins, L Barber, A Brown & C Thorpe 21-15. T French. VB 49(5) – 49(3) SL.

Southern league. The Div 1 Lanzadores down in the campo at Mazarrón suffered in the hands of their Miners, just winning on two Rinks, hard lines but well done to O Ratcliffe, C Watkins & K Cuthbert 26-9 and L Watkins, B Brown & M Furness 20-11. VB 95(4) – 109(10) M.

The Drivers had three wins away against the San Luis Lions, a good result. D Gunning, J Neve & D Jenkins 20-15. K Hardy, S & B Norris 22-17. P Rafferty, T French & C Thorpe 17-16. VB 96(6) – 115(8) SL.

Div 3 The Conquistadores v EI Outlaws had one home win from M Blight, Pete Tomkins & J Bagwell. VB 69(2) – 110(12) EI.

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