AT the end of this year's winter season, all the Okehampton Smallbore Club teams finished in mediocre positions, both in the Devon County League and the North Devon League, with no team ending higher than fourth in their divisions.

In the Devon County League, the A team ended fourth in division 2, the B team fourth in division 3, the C eighth in division 4, the D sixth in division 5 and the E team seventh in division 8, after the 18 rounds of the league.

In the final round, the A and D teams won their matches, the E team drew, but the B and C teams both lost.

Individual scores — Okehampton A: Bernard Rendle 99; Glen Farley 99; Ivan Trickey 97; Carole Saunders 98; Graham Spier 91. Total 484, beat Rousdon A 480.

Okehampton B: John Pettitt 95; Dave Saunders 92; Sarah Hortop 95; Lucy Bullock 95; Malcolm Flemons 91. Total 468, lost to Exeter School A 475.

Okehampton C: Alan Shelley 95, Richard Hearne 91;Glyn Flemons 92; Dave Denford 92; John Cook 93. Total 463, lost to Lustleigh A 472.

Okehampton D: Vince Floyd 95; Graham Mackriell 95; John Southwood 93; Norman Beeden 91, Di Johnson 92. Total 466, beat Paignton B 457.

Okehampton E: Joe Chamness 77; Richard Jefferies 89, Jason Ponsford 84; Ernie Southcott 80; S Millership 49. Total 379, drew Dunsford B 379.

In the North Devon League the A team finished fourth in division 1, after winning their round 18 match; the B team lost their final match and ended sixth in Division 2.

Okehampton A: Bernard Rendle 97, Graham Spier 97, Glen Farley 97, Ivan Trickey 97. Total 388, beat Bideford A 386.

Okehampton B: Malcolm Flemons 95; John Pettitt 96; Di Johnson 93; Glyn Flemons 89. Total 373, lost to Rousdon A 388.

The final event in the North Devon winter calendar is the Dartington Decanter competition; this is just one card, shot without the aid of spotting telescopes, and is a handicap competition based on the season's average.

Two Okehampton members finished well up the list in this, Ivan Trickey was sixth and John Pettitt was seventh. In other results, Malcolm Flemons was 17th and Bernard Rendle 57th.

Their scores were as follows: Ivan Trickey (average 95.61), score 99, handicap score 100.333; John Pettitt (average 94.57) 98, 100.300; Malcolm Flemons (average 93.83), 96, 100.181; Bernard Rendle (average 97.17), 96, 99.875.