Welcome to 2025

I'm keeping my little man for 2025

Draws Completed !

Ok Today the draws were held for the various competitions and are now available to see on the club competitions page

We Are Back!

Its the first bowl up of the season on Monday with our first game on Thursday , lets hope for a good season !!!!

Dates for your 2025 Diaries

Well here we go again, A look forward to what's happening this coming year so add them to your diaries now so you don't miss out on the fun !

First Roll up 28th April

 Well After the Stirling work of John Atkinson and Norman Leslie plus a few others, we turned up to see the green and gardens looking in very good shape. We were rewarded by 5 or 6 newcomers to the club and Mike Jeffreys took them to one side for the first session to teach them the ropes and by all accounts did an excellent job. As well as the newcomers we also had about 20 members there on a glorious sunny day which was perfect for our first roll up. We stopped for a cuppa halfway through which was the ideal opportunity to greet the newbies and catch up with old friends, So a Brilliant start to the season.

Chairmans Social 29th April

Well we all know how cold it is at the end of April so chairman Paul decided on a quiz and some munches rather than play bowls. As always when you plan ahead it went wrong, It was probably one of the hottest days in April for a while but your not to know that are you.

Anyway Paul asked me to to do a quiz and rather than be the normal competitive quiz that i normally do, teams were allowed to be whatever just for a bit of fun. I think about 25 people turned up and for a Fiver each we were given some gorgeous hotdogs and then some delicious cake that had been made by the ladies (Sue And Chin i think) which we enjoyed after the hotdogs (supplied by Lynne and Tricia)

Anyway back to the quiz, did i say non competitive ? As i shouted out the answers , you could see teams hoping they were going to be the winners ! There were 40 questions and i think a team won with 33 with two teams finishing on 32. I also did a mini marathon round of 45 questions which a team won with 42 i think.

Anyway I think everyone really enjoyed the evening so well done chairman Paul for organising.

First game 1st May v Riverain

Our first fixture of the year v Riverain, again on what must have been one of the hottest ever First day games. Riverain could only get 7 Players so I tried to see if i could get some extras to make up the nine from each side. I couldn't so i confirmed with there captain that we would just play two rinks. This is where the problems started, on arrival there captain asked who we were going to loan to them, I replied No one  as i had confirmed two Rinks. Evidently a rink is four players but we only had taken 6 players, I didn't know that a rink was four, i thought it was somewhere where you bowled. Anyway we ended up playing 3 players each on two rinks !

As for the game itself we were 12-9 up at the halfway stage as we stopped for a cup of tea. We then resumed battle after the tea and I think the tea must have had an effect on all players as Paul's Team Romped home 17-8. But Jeff's team struggled a little and after Paul's team had finished it came down to Jeff's team to play the last end with the scores at 27-27. Unfortunately we couldn't get the result we needed and lost the end by 4 shots but a very enjoyable day.

Teams Were

Stephen Field, Chin Tory and Paul Riseborough Won 17-8

Bernard Higgs, John Atkinson and Jeff Tebbutt Lost 10-23

Final Score Lost 27-31

Season Results P1 W0 D0 L1   

VE Day Celebrations 5th May

The stepping out players performed the songs from the 1940's and a very enjoyable evening it was. Along with the songs , there was some great food and cake as well as a quiz. It also raised some money for club coffers. So a great result and well done to all for organising. I took a video of the last song with the intention of putting on here but having trouble at the moment , i will work on it !

 9th May v Steeple Morden

Game postponed Steeple Morden couldn't get team

Fund raising evening May 13th

Unfortunately I do not have any details on this , even though i did ask Jeff ! but hopefully it was a good evening and Jeff's efforts managed to raise £150 for club funds.

May 14th v Letchworth Garden City

Report by Paul Riseborough

Team were

Team 1 Sue Douglas, Robin Edmett And Jeff Tebbutt Won 16-13

Team 2 Norman Leslie, Peggy Atkins and John Atkinson Won 19-11

Team 3 Malcolm Summerville, Tony Glenn and Paul Riseborough Won 22-11

Final Score Won 57-35

Season Results P2 W1 D0 L1   

May 15th v Sandy

Report by Jeff Tebbutt

Today we entertained Sandy on a much cooler day than 14th. All teams played well and when we went in for tea we were winning on 2 rinks and drawing on the 3rd.. An overall win by 58 to 24. I am delighted to get a win in this seasons opener for me as captain. The wagtail kept invading the green to encourage us and narrowly escaped collisions with the bowls.!!!! A lucky mascot perhaps.

Well done all the bowlers.

Team were

Team 1  Stephen Field, Mike Jeffreys and Brian Hutchings won  19 -13. 

Team 2 Bernard Higgs, Linda Clark and Paul Riseborough won17- 7

. Team 3 Rae Glenn, Robin Edmett and Jeff Tebbutt won 22-4

 Final Score Won 58-24

Season Results P3 W2 D0 L1  

Herts County Cups

This year we have a Small number of entries into the county cup games . John Atkinson is playing in the singles and won his first match , so well done John. Myself , Jeff Tebbutt and Norman Leslie have entered the triples and got a bye into the next round. I think both of the next round matches are scheduled for this week.

21st May v Holwell

So the forecast on the Saturday was for a nice sunny day against Holwell, Sunday and Monday it went to 50% rain and Tuesday and Wednesday it went to 30% rain so not looking too good. However on arrival it was nice and sunny but with a bit of a keen wind so the big question was Jumper or no jumper. I decided on jumper but it didn't help. Anyway onto the game. As we stopped for tea we were winning on two rinks but losing on the other but we were 28-19 up. Tea was needed and I won the football card with Blackpool so a much needed fiver came my way. After tea Paul's Team who were winning 14-10 continued in the same vain and won 19-10. My team were also winning 9-4 and went on to win 14-8. At this point i must mention that the jumper didn't really help me as I continued to bowl rubbish so must thank Malcolm and Robin for carrying me! Johns team were losing 10-5 at the halfway stage but were then losing 15-5 but a 4 and a 5 saw them pull back to only lose by 2 so definitely an up and down game. Anyway my first win as Captain this year so much needed.

Team were

Team 1  Stephen Field, Derek Guilder and John Atkinson Lost 17--19. 

Team 2 Norman Leslie, Chin Tory and Paul Riseborough won19-10

. Team 3 Malcolm Summerville, Robin Edmett and Andy Denniss won 14-8

 Final Score Won 50-37

Season Results P4 W3 D0 L1  

22st May v Three Horseshoes

Report by Jeff Tebbutt

Bernard, Chin and Andy lost 13 - 22 after staging a mini comeback, Tricia, Mike and Robin came back from 4-8 down at tea break to win 18 - 10 and Dom, Norman and Jeff won 27 - 9. Dom played his first game for us and put in a very good debut appearance .The weather got warmer as the match progressed and I was getting worried as Norman kept removing layers of clothing. Our overall win was by 58 - 41. Well done team.

Team were

Team 1  Bernard Higgs, Chin Tory and Andy Denniss Lost 13--22. 

Team 2 Tricia Jeffreys, Mike Jeffreys and Robin Edmett won18-10

. Team 3 Dom Pearman, Norman Leslie and Jeff Tebbutt won 27-9

 Final Score Won 58-41

Season Results P5 W4 D0 L1  

Herts County Cups

An update on the county competitoons.

In the singles John Atkinson won through to the next round on Monday coming from 16-8 down to win 21-17, what a great result, well done John. John and Norman Leslie are also playing in the pairs with an away game at Whitethorn being played the 3rd June at Whitethorn. In the triples, myself Jeff Tebbutt and Norman Leslie play Whitethorn on Friday 30th at Home.

28th May v Datchworth

Team were

Team 1  Sue Douglas, Derek Guilder and Andy Denniss Lost 21-20. 

Team 2 Barbara Gilder, John Atkinson and Jeff Tebbutt won 19-12

. Team 3 Bernard Higgs, Chin Tory and Paul Risborough won 19-12

 Final Score Won 58-45

Season Results P6 W5 D0 L1  

Herts County Update

Unfortunately we lost in our game against Whitethorn 18-12 in the triples. Lets just say it wasn't our lucky night

FINALS DAY RESULTS 2024.

Triples

Due to the number of teams entering this year , the triples only had one league so it was decided the winner of the Competition would be the team with the most points having played all of there games.

This came down to the final game of the season with Brian's team needing a win to claim title. They managed it and are this years triples champions. Well Done

Team was Sub, Mike Jeffreys & Brian Hutchins 

PAIRS 

The Pairs this year were Contested by Brian Hutchins and Gill Crane against Derek Guilder and Malcolm Summerville. It looks a very one sided match as Brian and Gill run out winners 21-5.

Singles

I marked this game and after an even start John Atkinson and Derek Guilder were 10 -10 . Then i think Derek took a one shot lead so 11-10 but the deciding end came next with Derek taking all 4 shots. John was never able to recover from and Derek won 21-11 in a game which lasted for 22 ends !

TEMBEY.

This years finalists were John Atkinson and last years winner John Wigglesworth. John who had lost the singles in the morning was obviously determined as he won the 22-16 in a very close game.

HAROLD HARDY 

The first set was won by myself 8-3 with Paul taking the 2nd set so it went to a decisive 3rd. At 3-3 i bowled a couple of good woods to be holding 2 but Paul managed to move the jack and win the end. I think this happened 2 or 3 times more as Paul won the set 7-3 so no matter how well i bowled Paul seemed to bowl better to deservedly win.

OVER 75's 

2WOOD PAIRS

Finalists Steve Field and Mike Jeffreys played Trisha Jeffreys and Jeff Tebbutt.  

The first to ten in the 2 wood Pairs and Jeff's Team were leadin 9-8 on the last end but a two from Mikes team meant that the final score was 10-9 in a very close match

2WOOD SINGLES

Pete Moss played Barbara Guilder in this match with Pete winning 7-0 but it must be said that Barbara who was playing in her first competition and using some woods she chose at the start bowled well throughout the day

WHITWORTH TROPHY

This game took place after Finals Day with John Atkinson and Derek Guilder taking part so a repeat of the singles final. I had a word with Derek after and he said it was very much like the singles final, except in reverse as John won this 21-11, even the scores were the same.