IN the London & Southern Counties Shield First Round , Central surprisingly defeated a strong Elm Park BC team by an overall 85 - 76 shots, after winning two rinks drawing one rink and losing one rink.

On one home rink Keith Lloyd, Tony Pratt, Colin Foster and Bob Druce won by 21 - 16 shots against R.Rampling, D.Griggs, J.Ellis and J.Tully.

The other home rink saw Trevor Welton, George Barham, Derrick Kendrick and Rod Hudson draw by 22 - 22 shots against R.Kenny, L.Clark, M.Steadman and A.Coultrup.

Central's away rink of Len Welton, Lou Jacobs, Mick Bird and Paul Whellams won by 21 - 14 shots against M.Davey, S.Chaplin, L.Chaplin and K.Maguire.

The other away rink of Brian Jones, Bill Wray, George Coster and Steve Welsh went down by 21 - 24 shots against A.Griggs, A.Hjulder, F.Stacey and M.Nullmeyer.

In the Preliminary Round Of the County "Double Fours" Competition, Central's "B" team defeated Barley BC by an overall 40 - 35 shots after winning one and losing one rink.

Central's home rink of Brian Jones, Keith Lloyd, MIck Bird and George Coster won by 22 - 16 shots against R.Wallace, N.Warwick, K.Weames and S.Bruno.

The away rink of Lou Jacobs, George Barham, Bill Wray and Jim Reynolds went down by 18 - 19 shots against P.Dentry, D.Griffiths, D.Manning and S.Bruno.

Central opened their "Foresters" Triples League programme with an overall 57 - 59 shots defeat at the hands of local rivals Wanstead BC after both teams won two rinks a-piece.

At home Central's Roy Hawkins, Keith Lloyd ad Bob Druce won their rink by 24 - 19 shots against R.Edgar, A.Carter and A.Kitchener.

The other home rink saw George Curtis, Lou Jacobs and Colin Foster go down by 10 - 14 shots against R.Beckett, B.Lockyer and B.Kelly.

Central's away rink of Tony Pratt, Mick Bird and Rod Hudson won by 14 - 7 shots against A.Curran, M.Ahmed and T.Batchelor.

The other away rink saw Brian Bessell, Bill Wray and George Coster go down by 9 - 19 shots against D.K.Sharma, I.Robertson and S.Forrest.

At the end of the day Central gained 6 points and Wanstead 9 points for their efforts.

In their opening "Clark White" League fixture of the season Central defeated Loughton BC by overall 47 - 31 shots, after winning both rinks.

At home Mike Rogers, John Sankey, Len Welton and George Barham won by 28 - 14 shots against P.Smith, B.Martin, J.Burnett and A.Holt.

Away Ken Spicer, Peter Norgate, John Ellis and Jim Reynolds won their rink by 19 - 17 shots against R.Sweeman, C.Mulley, T.Giles and C.Doncaster.

For their evening's work Central won all 6 points on offer.

Walthamstow & District Thursday Afternoon Fours League results; Central's "A" team of Frank Wood, Ken Spicer, Peter Norgate and Keith Lloyd lost by 19 - 22 shots against Connaught "A".

Central's "B" team of John Woolford, Brian Bessell, George Barham and Peter Shepherd lost by 6 - 38 shots against Silverthorn "A".

Central's "C" team of Trevor Welton, Lawrence Ackerman, Gerry Rose and Len Welton won by 19 - 16 shots against Buckhurst Hill "C".