FIVE Rivers Indoor Bowls Club’s Mary and Ray Brown with partners Pamela Gordon and Bernie Skudder were rewarded for reaching the semi-final of a national tournament with a £500 cheque.

The bowlers, competing at Warner Leisure Hotels Open Fours Champion of Champions at Lakeside Coastal Village, Hayling Island cruised through their robin round matches.

In the quarter-final, they convincingly beat John Hurley’s Herts IBC but were knocked out in the semis to Croydon Rink, who beat them 13-6.

Incidentally, Croydon went on to lift the trophy.

England captain and three time world singles champion Andy Thomson delivered the prize to the Five Rivers team.