Bowls: Houghton Gilpin do just enough to clinch Inter-County League safety
Houghton Gilpin saved themselves from relegation in the Inter-County League, but only just.
Gilpin went into their final fixture against Darlington knowing they needed to collect three points to avoid the drop.
In a nail -biting finale, they collected four.
At Houghton, Mal Baker, Richie Jobling, David Wright and Peter Harding were left to rue a run of six ends without scoring as they went down 21-13 to Stan Blewitt.
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