MOONFLEET were brushed aside by hosts Nottingham in the national Over-60 Inter-Club Double Rink finals.

The home side looked highly efficient on their green, and had plenty of local support as they brushed past the Weymouth-based club to retain the men’s Inter-Club title.

Nottingham won on both rinks, John Mildren finishing seven shots in front of Doug Rumble’s Dorset quartet, and Dave Adams beating a rink skipped by Barry Patterson by five.

The Moonfleet 2000 club, who are based at the Marsh, Knightsdale Road, had overcome Essex County (Southend) in the semi-final after an extra-end thriller.

Fleet were trailing 32-33 when the last end got underway, and the Essex County rink, skipped by John Warman held the winning shot until Moonfleet skip Patterson delivered the last bowl of the end.

He unleashed a perfect running bowl that rocked the Essex County shot sufficiently to send the jack to a Moonfleet bowl, tying the overall score at 33-33, and forcing Essex County into an extra end, which was played on the other rink.

John Stewart’s quartet had beaten Doug Rumble’s rink, 19-16, over 18 ends, but Moonfleet third man Alf Sawkins got the shot, and Rumble added another, to give the Dorset side a 35-33 victory, and a place in the final.

Semi-final scores: Moonfleet 2000 bt Essex County 35-33 (after extra end): Rink scores (Moonfleet names first):

Warwick Brown, Mike Durrant, Alf Sawkins, Doug Rumble 16 +2, Richard Spriggs, Bobby Locke, Phil Bowyer, John Stewart 19;

Keith Wyman, Andy Clark, Ron McCarthy, Barry Patterson 17, John Andrews, Malcolm Artus, Martyn Jackson, John Warman 14