Aspatria were knocked out of the county bowls fours semi-finals on Monday night, at the hands of Caldbeck.

Mike Dickinson, Willie Irving, Andrew Hetherington and Robert Mounsey defeated their better fancied opponents skipped by Stuart Irwin of Aspatria.

The Caldbeck four were in control throughout leading 10-0, 15-2 before running out 24-17 winners. This will be the first time for 44 years that Caldbeck will be at the National Championships.

The other game was a much tighter affair when Carlisle Subscription beat Whitehaven by just a single shot 20-19.

Turning back to the Glaze Direct Limited West Cumbria Men’s Fours League.

The big game last week was at Low Green, Workington, between reigning champions Workington A and last year’s runners-up and current league leaders Keswick. In a tight game Keswick won 4-3.

Other results from June 16: Whitehaven A 4 Cockermouth 3; Cleator Moor 0 Whitehaven B 7; Vulcan Park 5 Workington B 2; Maryport 2.5 Seaton 4.5.

The result of the game on June 9 between Cleator Moor and Vulcan Park was wrongly reported as 5-2 to Cleator Moor whereas it was 5-2 to Vulcan Park.

June 23 fixtures: Whitehaven A v Whitehaven B, Workington B v Workington A, Keswick v Maryport, Seaton v Vulcan Park, Cockermouth v Cleator Moor.

League Table (Games played and points): Keswick 8-43.5, Whitehaven A 7-36, Workington A 6-33, Vulcan Park 8-27, Seaton 8-26.5, Whitehaven B 8-23, Workington B 7-22.5, Maryport 7-20.5, Cockermouth 8-18, Cleator Moor 7-9.

In the West Cumbria Mixed Triples League, Aspatria remained at the top of the table, even though they lost 5-4 at Frizington who are in second place.

Other results from June 13: Harris Park B 5 Workington B 4; Seaton 7 Seascale 2; Whitehaven A 6 Cleator Moor 3; Workington A 5 Croft A 4.

The games Croft B v Egremont and Maryport v Whitehaven B were postponed.

June 27 fixtures: Whitehaven B v Frizington, Harris Park A v Croft A, Egremont v Workington A, Aspatria v Cleator Moor, Croft B v Seascale, Seaton v Harris Park B, Workington B v Maryport.

League Table (Games played and points): Aspatria 6-38, Frizington 5-30, Whitehaven A 6-30, A Workington B 5-28, Harris Park A 5-27, Workington A 6-26, Seaton 5-24, Harris Park B 6-21, Croft A 6-20, Whitehaven B 4-19, Seascale 6-19, Croft B 5-18, Egremont 4-17, Maryport 4-15, Cleator Moor 5-15.