The national mixed Egham Trophy competition saw defending champions Spalding Lightning beat local rivals Boston 79-39 in the preliminary round.

After the first five ends, Lightning held a strong 12-shot lead and after 10 ends were 52-24 ahead. At about 15 ends, both home and away, the lead had stretched to 40 shots, when Boston conceded the match. The first round will take place on Sunday, November 1 against Stamford.
Rink scores – Home: Jean Patterson, Julie Hicks, Andy Dunham, Kevin Ekins won 24-7 (top rink); Dan Mills, Jessica Butters, Chelsea Spencer, Dominic McVittie won 19-11.
Away: Danielle Wild, Tracy Philpott, Martin Spencer, Jordan Philpott won 22-9; Ruby Philpott, Maisie Belding, Brian Martin, Stephen Harris won 14-12.

☐ The Spalding Lightning friendly team took part in their opening fixture of the indoor season with a home match against Melton. The opposition fielded a strong team but in a fiercely contested game across four rinks of 18 end fours, Spalding came out 66-60 victors to keep the Melton-Spalding Trophy in their grasp.
The team won on three of the four rinks, with the top winning rink skipped by Graham Fairbanks, assisted by Christine Williamson, John Venters and Doris Rawding, who won 20-11.
The next friendly is against Lincs VPs on Sunday.