BOWLS: Windmill B are blown away.NEW leaders Attleborough C showed scant respect to lowly Windmill windmill, apparatus that harnesses wind power for a variety of uses, e.g., pumping water, grinding corn, driving small sawmills, and driving electrical generators. Windmills were probably not known in Europe before the 12th cent. B with a comprehensive 40-shot victory in their Nuneaton Ladies Bowls League, D Division clash at Mancetter Road. The visitors landed all six legs in an easy success that secured them maximum nine points to take them into pole position pole position Noun 1. (in motor racing) the starting position on the inside of the front row, generally considered the best one 2. an advantageous starting position Noun 1. and it was Mary McGraw who led the way with a 21-9 success, although there was plenty of backing from her team-mates in a decisive team effort. Atherstone Grove slip to second slot despite a 46-point success over Wagon B to reap in seven points while Bedworth Ex's B kept in contention by edging out Weddington Social B by four shots, the closing twosome of Pam Jackson (21-16) and Margaret Baldwin launching a last gasp effort to turn around an interval deficit. Pauline Petty's 21-15 earlier in the proceedings also proved crucial in the win. Fox & Crane head affairs in C Division but they had to produce a gutsy guts·y adj. guts·i·er, guts·i·est Slang 1. Marked by courage or daring; plucky. 2. Robust and uninhibited; lusty: "the gutsy . . . second half display to turn the match around after trailing 58-42 at the halfway juncture. Messrs Beale (21-8) and Hayes (21-16) the ladies on form for the visitors. Griff n. 1. Grasp; reach. A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff. - Holland. 2. (Weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. B had to be satisfied with a tense 102-102 draw at Wagon B in their table-topping tussle in B Division where the latter's Josie Watson (21- 3) triumph took the sweep but the Heath End Heath End is a hamlet in the parish of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. During the 20th century, it became attached to Great Kingshill to the south west. Roaders showed their battling qualities as E Whelan (21-14) and Tina Moore (21-11) landed the last two games to restore parity. In A Division, Attleboro B stretched their advantage to 17 points over their nearest pursuers with 41-shot thumping of Coventry Colliery A, Marion Stewart making the most impact with a 21-5 card although Brenda Downing saved the Pit ladies from a dry rub Dry rub may refer to:
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