EVERY year, Kingsteignton Bowls Club hold their Bonner Rose Bowl competition.

Back in 1989, Ray and Sylvia Bonner, who were landlord & lady of the Bell Inn in Kingsteignton, donated a rose bowl to the club members, thanking them for their regular custom. The annual Bonner Rose Bowl competition was born.

On September 12, with mixed weather, the men and women played separate round robins of six ends with the winners advancing to the final.

As the Rose Bowl was donated by both landlord & landlady, it was decided that the final playoff would be between the winning gent and the winning lady. For the final, the sun decided to shine and the match of eight ends proved to be quite tense with good bowling from Margaret Hawkins and Ken Johns.

With Margaret prevailing, this is now the second consecutive year that a lady has won the Rose Bowl- girl power is alive and well at KBC!