BROADWAY kicked off their Concorde League season with the traditional game against Hewell at Redditch.

In a closely-fought game, the hosts took the early advantage and were up by five shots after ten ends but Broadway steadily pulled the scores back to be level after 18.

And, a strong finish from Brian Ford and Mark Rainbow saw them edge ahead to win by two shots.

Each side won two rinks and one was drawn as Ford pulled away from Dennis Hutchins after ten ends allowing him to score on only two more ends and running out winners by 19 shots.

Colin Cooper was always in control in his match quickly establishing an 11-shot lead and, despite dropping a four on the penultimate end, recorded a 25-17 win.

Richard Hall was half-an-inch away from drawing the shot on the last end to give Broadway another win but his wood pulled up just short.

Rainbow dropped a five on the 11th end to go three shots down and then dropped eight in five ends to be ten adrift before gaining seven shots in the last four ends to lose narrowly by three.

Andrew Walters struggled against Mike Rowe and was always down and only managed to win six ends in a 32-10 defeat.

Rink scores:P Groom, P Smith, T Morley, B Ford 29-19. P Hale, M Barnes, D Turner, A Walters 12-32. R Bryant, E Shorthouse,D Cresswell, M Rainbow 16-19. C Gore, D Oldcorn, N Appleby, C Cooper 25-17. D Leroy, J Davies, S Aldren, R Hall 18-18.

Other results - Norgren 68, Little Compton 53: J Barnett, T Howarth, D Williams, A Prickett 25, S Thornton, B Tippon, R Gillett, D Box 9; W Pratt, P Green, B Broughton, R Ashby 17, T Millard, J King, P Robbins, N Hancock 9. S Figgett, D Shepherd, J Williams, B Sabin 9, J Rushby, E Close, F King, R Box 24. D Howarth, J Hammond, T Turley, Ph Green 17, C Timmis, M Mallard, J Anderson, M Holland 11.

Norgren Ladies 36, Adderbury 40: B Prickett, V Murphy, J Williams 18-8. J Dean. S Figgitt. L Geden 3-22. D Howarth, J Hammond, J Daglish 15-10.

Norgren 94, Broadway 122: S Figgett, C Howarth, W Pratt, R Ashby 14, M Barnes, G Paxton, D Cresswell, S Davies 15. D Howarth, D Shepherd, T Turley, Ph Green 12, D Leroy, T Chambers, B Cresswell, A Walters 31. J Dea, R Crawford, L Geden, B Sabin 9, J Barnes, W Taylor, T Morley, M Aubrey 19. J Hammond, T Howarth, W Hawkins, J Stanier 13, B Ward, D Oldcorn, B Sturgess, J Parfitt 19. N Dean, Pa Green, D Williams, P Daglish 26, P Bowes, J Davies, Y Hopkins, J Harris 20. K McCarthy, M Sabin, B Broughton, D Wood 20, P Smith, M Jeffries, W Clarke, C Cooper 18.