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

We opened the season with two friendlies – losing both but with encouraging signs for the league season ahead, with most members getting a chance to play in at least one of the matches.

2May     Sunbury v Ember      40-64    lost on all 3 rinks

12May   Sunbury v Walton     62-76    won on 2 rinks; lost on 2

The first of our day-long competitions takes place on Sunday 16th May starting at 10am. Please contact Alan Pilkington with any queries, etc..

2 Wood Mixed Pairs

The Monday Evening League kicks off at 6pm on 10th May and the Friday Morning Triples starts at 11am on 14th May. Both run for 10 weeks, excluding the bank holidays.

Monday Evening – please contact Nikki.

Friday Morning – please contact Eileen.

Please check on the website under <Competitions> for updates, progress, etc..

 

The hedges have had a first cut in a while. The paddock side will be trimmed later.

On Saturday 10th October the green was put to bed for another year. Using Bowls England guidelines the green was scarified, aerated, fed and wrapped up.

After a resounding loss last year the men were looking to get back to winning ways this year. Sunbury has a very strong women’s section and the men would definitely have to up their game.
A beautiful afternoon saw narrow one point wins for each of the men and women on two of the rinks. The men took another rink by 6 points but crucially the women won on the the last rink by 7 points to take the match overall 60-59.
The men will have to dust themselves off and come out fighting again next year.