Berkhamsted Vice Captains, Mary Clarke and David Lovett, hosted this years Vice Captains day with a bowls match based on the World Cup.  Teams of 4 were allocated a country and provided with that country's colours.   Teams were drawn into 2 groups with each team playing four matches.  Three points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. Top point scorers from each group then played a "World Cup Final" competing diagonally across the green to a centrally placed jack. The group winners were Holland for group A represented by Rita Wellam, Frank Furlong, Alan Parsons and Mary Lamb. The overall World Cup winners were group B winners Sweden who were represented by Amanda Cox, John Shotton, Jackie Cormack  and Alan Medland.  The referee for this tournament was Wally Dunn, who produced yellow and red cards with a regularity that would have made Graham Poll envious! Each yellow card cost the culprit 50p for the Hospice of St. Francis fund, a and a red card cost 50p and a one shot penalty. These fines plus a spider raised £65.65 toward this years Hospice fund raising.

Berko men had an excellent win against Welwyn and District on Friday evening, winning on both home and away rinks in the 1st round of the St. Albans and District Jones Cup.  Eric Lamb, Dave Lovett, Kevin Clarke and David Brown won 20 - 16 at home, whilst Bill Sharpling, Alan Parsons, John Webb and Terry Kenyon won 25 - 13 away.