AS Braintree Bowling Club's outdoor bowls season draws to a close, the club teams and individual players will now start to reflect on their progress and success over the past six months of competitions.

One outstanding player this past season for Braintree has been Martin Spencer, who not only had an overwhelming success within the internal club competitions but also showed his prowess at County level.

In the internal club competitions, Martin Spencer won all four competition that he had entered, with one more match to be played this weekend, while in the ladies' competitions, Gill Costin came away with two trophies and a runners-up prize.

The best matches on the day were in the Nicholls Two Wood, where prolific club and county champion Martin Law was given a very close game by Carl Cheetham.

The other game of note came in the last competition of the weekend when Dave Hunt and Olive Hawkins where beaten on the last end of the Self-Select Pairs by one shot by Malcom Stark and Vic Cole.

RESULTS: Random Pairs - Martin Spencer and Keith Rixon beat Donna Law and Carl Cheetham 28-10;

Mathers Cup - Martin Spencer beat Ian Norgent 26-14;

Veterans Cup - Martin Spencer beat Andy Beatty 22-10;

Nicholls/Taylor 2 Woods Cup - Martin Law beat Carl Cheetham on the extra end after a drawn 21 ends (15-15) by two shots;

Dyson Cup (Ladies Champion) - Gill Costin beat Olive Hawkins 21-13;

The Loving Cup - Graham Easterbrook & Roni Taylor beat Paul Costin and Gill Costin 21-16;

McCormick Cup (Ladies Novice) - Sabdra Mayne beat Chris Beatty 21-16;

Keith Hunt Cup - Martin Spencer beat Josh Heffernan on the final third round by two ends.

Novices Cup (Gents) - Richard Dodd beat Barry Jowett 21-6;

Self-Select Pairs - Malcolm Stark & Vic Cole beat Olive Hawkins & Dave Hunt 26-25;

Senior Ladies - Gill Costin beat Roni Taylor 21-5.

Another area of success for the club this year has been in the number of players who have gained recognition at County and League representation level.

In Senior County Games, 11 members will have represented Essex over the past season.

These members were: Malcolm Stark, Lyndon Hopkins, Martin Law, Dave Lee, Graham Easterbrook, Andy Beatty, Albie Ayres, Brian Taplin, Richard Dodd, Chris Long, Martin Spencer and Joss Heffernan.

While in the younger age groups 16-year-old Aiden Neale, gained County honours.

In the North West Essex Bowling Association , Olive Hawkins (five games) and Eddie Hawkins (six) gained their NWEBA badges, while Jan Kotz playing in his second representative season gained valuable experience at this level.