THE Kent County Bowling Association has selected its team for the opening match of the Liberty Trophy following a trial at Mote Park.

The Liberty Trophy is the national inter county competition, and the first game is away to Middlesex on Saturday, October 28.

The team selected is:

A. McCaughan (Bettshanger) J. Paul (Stone Lodge) C. Smith (Crystal Palace) & D. Hanmore (Angel)

M. McCaughan (Bettshanger) T. Doig (Cyphers) S. Green & A. Dunn (both Bettshanger)

K. Moss (Margate) P. Field (ciphers) S. McCaughan (Bettshanger) & G. Charlton (Folkestone)

P. Gent (Angel) J. Kelly (Oyster) M. Johnson (Swale) & M. Aers (Angel)

A. Robinson (Bettshanger) B. Drake (Margate) R. Kendrick (Prince Arthur) & J. Dunn (Bettshanger)

S. Coyle (Swale) M. Collins (Mote Park) D. Ferguson (Oyster) & P. Barnicott (Swale)

Reserves: C. Hall (Swale) C. Elson (Folkestone) W. Crittle & S. Dann (both T/Wells)

Meanwhile, Kent began their defence of the Home Counties League with a narrow victory over Sussex on Sunday.

With four rinks playing at Tunbridge Wells and four at Horsham, Kent came away with 12 points and Sussex 8 points. This victory was mainly due to the good performance of the away team which had three winning rinks, whereas the home team had three losing rinks.

The overall shot difference was sufficient to give Kent a narrow six shot win, allowing them to pick up the extra four points for the overall win.