The recent hot weather came to an end during the week, culminating in a postponement to the Friday Triples this week. Bindley and AlanP’s run in the Middlesex Unbadged Singles competitions came to an end but there was a better result for Dennis who progressed into the 6th round, to be played on 30th June. We lost at Bishop Duppas (losing 3 rinks to 1) on Thursday evening – although wet it could have been so much worse. The Fours team of DaivdC, Brian, Lynda & Mark lost in the NW Surrey league at West End, also in the rain.

Please sign-up for matches and competitions – the sheets are in the club house on the noticeboards in the corridor. The deadline for entry to competitions is 21st June.

Upcoming fixtures/calendar ..

Sat 19th 10:30am – Coaching of new members – any helpers appreciated

Sat 19th 2:30pm – Sunbury v Fordbridge Park in South Middlesex league

Sun 20th 10am – Presidents Plate – 6 teams of triples playing round-robin Presidents Plate

Mon 21st 6pm – DavidC and team play in Middlesex Senior Fours at Masonians

Mon 21st 6pm – Monday Evening league

Tue 22nd 6pm – Club Night Roll-up

Thur 24th 6pm – NW Surrey league Fours (probably at home)

Fri 23rd 11am – Friday Triples league

Sat 26th 10am – Sunbury host the qualifying rounds of the Middx Mens Two Wood Singles – AlanP & Roger are competing

Sat 26th 2:30pm – Hounslow Cons v Sunbury in South Middlesex league

Sun 27th 2:30pm – Sunbury v Ashford in South Middlesex league

A few of our members are taking part in Middlesex competitions this season trying to emulate Anita & Glenda’s success in the Women’s Two Wood Pairs two years ago, and others from further back!

Thursday 10th June will see some of their matches and everyone is welcome to lend support – all matches are at home at various times during the day/evening.

Karen vs Bindley – Karen won through to the 4th round of the Women’s Unbadged Singles beating two players from Bishop Duppas in previous rounds. Bindley is representing Sunbury for the first time and beat a player from Ashford to make it a Sunbury vs Sunbury affair to see who progresses into the quarter-finals.

Lynda & Brian compete in the Mixed Pairs against a pairing from Bishop Duppas from 11am.

Dennis, Bob and AlanP all open their campaigns in the Mens Unbadged Singles.

Also, good luck to Anita, Ann, Bindley, Cassie, Eileen, Karen and Lynda who compete in the Middlesex Two Wood Singles at Ashford on Sunday 6th June from 9:30am .

We enjoyed a super bank holiday of bowls with some really good matches in the resumption of the Two Wood Mixed Pairs. Eileen & Bindley were involved in the two closest matches – winning one and losing one by a single point.

Congratulations to Alex & Tom and Karen & Lynda who won through to make it a Men vs Women affair in September’s final.

  

We left the best to last with a good win against Hersham on a glorious Sunday in our last match of the month 🙂

We had comfortable wins on two of the rinks, a draw on one and a narrow loss on the other.

 

We plan on holding a full complement of internal competitions this year – to enter please contact Alan Pilkington via Message/txt, WhatsApp, email or telephone. Sign-up sheets will start appearing around the chalet too. You can enter all, one, or as many as you like – there is an entry fee of £3 for each.

There are separate competitions for Men and Women and some Mixed ones – open to both men/women. All competitions are played on a knock-out basis apart from The Presidents Plate.

Once the competitions are drawn you are expected to arrange a date to play with your opponent. Where possible we will try and arrange the latter rounds to be played on specific dates to allow for spectators. All the finals will be played over the weekend of 4-5Sep so please only enter if you are available, sorry there are no exceptions!

MENS Singles – played with 4 woods by each player; first to reach 21points

MENS Two Woods – played with 2 woods each; played over 21 ends

MENS Pairs – 2 players on each team drawn at random, using 3 woods each and played over 18 ends

MENS Handicap – same as Singles but each player is handicapped according to past performances

WOMENS Singles – played with 4 woods by each player; first to reach 21points

WOMENS Two Woods – played with 2 woods each; played over 21 ends

WOMENS Pairs – 2 players on each team drawn at random, using 3 woods each and played over 18 ends

WOMENS Handicap – same as Singles but each player is handicapped according to past performances

OPEN Junior – played with 4 woods; first to reach 21points; entries limited to members who have never won a competition

OPEN Handicap – same as Singles but each player is handicapped according to past performances

Presidents Cup (4July) – singles played with nearest the jack scoring system played on one day

Presidents Plate (20June) – triples drawn at random; played over one day on a round-robin basis

Two Wood Singles (10July) – played with 2 woods each over one day

Two Wood Pairs (16/31May) – 2 players on each team drawn at random; played over one day

 

After rain curtailed the competition on 16th May, play will resume on bank holiday Monday 31st May from 11am. Let’s hope for some great weather and bowls to match!

2 Wood Mixed Pairs