THE CIU outdoor bowls season ended when St Clement’s ‘A’ became the Afternoon League champions after winning the play-off final 19-18 against Burton Lane ‘A’.

St Clement’s surged 8-0 ahead before Burton Lane opened their account with a five on the fifth end.

St Clement’s scored a four on the ninth to take a six-shot lead.

But Burton Lane won three successive ends to draw level at 16-16.

The next two went to St Clement’s to leave their opponents needing three on the last end to take the game to an extra end.

They laid four shots with just the skips to bowl but St Clement’s skip Terry Wheatley had the last say when he promoted one of his team’s woods to cut the lead to two shots and give his side the championship.