Club Competitions
The club runs annual competitions specially for club members. These include singles; men and ladies scratch and handicap; mixed pairs; you choose your partner and drawn pairs, you take the luck of the draw! Triples, again drawn and two and four bowl fours. The yard stick competition, which calls for accuracy, you must have a bowl within a yard of the jack to get a point, is a real tester.
Whilst no one is forced to enter, each member is encouraged to enter one or more competitions both to support the club and to improve their own enjoyment of the game. There are trophies to be won by new and experienced bowlers.
The competitions are held through the summer season and climax with the club finals day which is always held over the late August bank holiday weekend.
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CLUB COMPETITION FINALS WEEKEND - 2025
In August, during the competition Finals' weekend, the ladies singles championship was contested between Diane Law and Debbie Ross. Debbie lead 20-18 but Diane found a 3 shot end to take the match 21-20.
In the men's singles Peter Dacey played David Colbourne, and despite a determined effort by David, who was playing in his second consecutive Championship final, Peter won the day. An unusual feature was having the umpire on his hands and knees on two occasions as he tried to decide who was holding shot, with both bowls within millimetres of the jack. Both players won one each! David defeated Peter in last years Handicap singles final, so at one each, who will win the decider? (Will there be one? Others will hope to beat them to the finals) All the other competitions were completed and enjoyed by players and spectators alike with a few surprise winners. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yesterday, 28th September, was our last outdoor event for this year and what a great turn out we had to farewell the season. Thirty members played for the Gibson Trophy in their respective teams of either Captain or President with the President’s team coming out on top. Thanks to an anonymous member, a donation has been made to the President’s selected charity, the British Heart Foundation. The afternoon was followed by a bring and share buffet and Club competition presentations to round off a really enjoyable day. Many thanks go to Jean for all her hard work in setting up the cups and acting as an excellent MC. |
Diane received her trophy from
our club President David Holmes 
Peter was presented with his trophy by
the club President David Holmes |
In our final match of the 2024 outdoor season, members competed for the Gibson Trophy.
Our photo shows the finalists.
Winners were Julia, Barry, Val and Peter.
Runners-up, Deb, Brian, Ross and Dave.
A bring and share tea followed the match and rounded off the season in style. The bar was open as well!!