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Welcome
to 2025
I'm keeping my little man for 2025
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 !
| Afternoon Tea Party |
1400 |
Thursday 10th July |
Clubhouse |
| Fish & Chip Supper |
1800 |
Tuesday 15th July |
Clubhouse |
| Last Social Evening |
1730 |
Tuesday 12th August |
Clubhouse |
| Finals Day |
1000 |
Saturday 6th Sept |
Clubhouse |
| Presentation Dinner |
1200 |
Wednesday 26th November |
Golf Club |
A
Change on the website
When
i restarted the website this year i cleared down last years notes and
started again, however i forgot that last year i started making the latest
news at the top so you didn't have to go all the way to the bottom to see
the latest news, anyway today i gone back to that format so the latest
news is now at the top. You can also look at last years index on link
above.
A
FIRST for the website
Andy
Denniss reporting live from Norton Common, well when i say Live it was
live until i stopped off for a coffee, Watered my plants and then had to
wait while windows updated so it could have been Liver (is that a word)
Anyway due to the heat and i can confirm it was bloody hot down
there , the game was reduced to 16 ends. The scores weren't quite
going our way and with 5 ends to go , lets say we were losing on all 3
rinks. Hopefully Jeff's team can produce a remarkable recovery , and it
would be remarkable ! the result will be published when the Final Score is
in via the Teleprinter (Who can remember that?)
25th
June v Buntingford
Report
by Jeff Tebbutt
We
had a pleasant game of bowls this afternoon against a strong Buntingford
team. When we went in for tea after 10 ends things looked very bleak as we
were losing on all 3 rinks by 18 - 32. The tea break obviously
refreshed us and Dom, Chin and Norman turned their 10-11 deficit to a 24 -
18 win. Norman is now the best skip in the club with a 100% record.
Stephen, Steve and Jeff turned a 4 -10 deficit to a 16 -12 victory. Ann,
Sue and Paul turned a 4 - 11 deficit into a 7 - 21 defeat: so alas we lost
overall by 47 - 51 but a valiant effort by all.
Teams
Were
Team1
Dominic Pearman, Chin Tory and Norman Leslie won 24-18
Team
2 Steve Field, Steve Bush and Jeff Tebbutt won 16-12
Team
3 Ann Morris, Sue Douglas and Paul Riseborough Lost 7-21
Final
Score Lost 47-51
Season
Results P10 W6 D1 L3
23rd
June Open Day
Well
the information I have is that it looked like a good turn out for our open
day so well done to John and all those that helped. Seven Potential
members so a good outcome. A picture below of the event but to see lots more
pictures head over to our Gallery. CLICK HERE
Help
Needed Monday PLEASE !
We are part
of the Letchworth festival Group and as such John Atkinson has been busy
advertising our Club and getting new members to try our club. On Monday
after a lot of planning and advertising John is hopeful of a good turnout
of potential new members. He is putting up the Gazebos and hopefully make
it welcoming for all. Your Help would be greatly appreciated i setting up
and talking to these new members.
Update
on county Cup
HUGE
congratulations to John Atkinson who has survived another round and is now
in the last eight of the unbadged County singles. This game is played on
neutral territory and i believe the venue to be at Batchwood on July
10th. Good Luck John and well done!
17th
June Hospice evening
Each
Year we do a social for the Hospice society and this year Lynne Brown
Organised. We started off with a game of Bowls called Hong Kong Bowls ( I
Think) where you play in pairs and the first bowler bowls 2 woods, the
next bowls 4 and the the first bowler bowls there two , then change for
next end. You play 3 ends and the play two more games. So each team
plays three games and the results were Me and Rae Glenn got 14 points but piping
us by a a Point were the Husband and Wife pairing of Derek and Barbara
Gilder. Well done to them.
What
followed was tea and Cakes in the clubhouse with an enjoyable quiz about
films and a raffle with prizes kindly donated by the members. anyway the
upshot of the whole evening was that Lynne managed to raise a magnificent
£284 pounds which will be donated to the hospice so a big thank you to
Lynne and all of the other helpers who made cakes , sold raffle tickets or
helped on the night.
County
Updates
In
the pairs John Atkinson and Norman Leslie went out but pit up a good fight
but went down 19-14 against Stevenage. In the singles John won his 3rd
round game which were all local but now has to travel to Hoddesdon for his
next match so well done John and good luck !
12th
June v Stotfold
Lynne's
report
In
what looks like a very good game we ended up with our first draw of the
season.
Teams
were
Team
1 Ann Morris, Chin Tory and Paul Riseborough won 21-19
Team
2 Barbara Gilder, Lynne Brown and Jeff Tebbutt won 16-12
Team
3 Norman Leslie, Sue Douglas and Brian Hutchings lost 18-12
Final
Score Drew 49-49
Season
Results P9 W6 D1 L2
6th
June v Melbourne
Match
Report by Paul
Today's match, Friday 6th June, was one of our toughest
games to date. When we stopped for a break after 9 ends we were losing
on two rinks and ahead by one point on the other.
The tea and biscuits worked wonders for the NHBC teams. We managed to
win on two rinks and lost narrowly, by 4 points, on the third.
One of the best results of the day was from Team 3 who
came back from 16-11 down to win their match 23-16, a great team
performance.
Teams
were
Team
1 Gill Crane, Brian Hutchings and Derek Gilder Won 15-12
Team
2 Malcolm Summerville, Pete Moss and Jeff Tebbutt Lost 13-9
team
3 Barbara Gilder, Chin Tory and Paul Riseborough won 23-16
Final
score - Won 47-41
Season
Results P8 W6 D0 L2
5th
June v Shephalbury
Well
where do we start here, The weather, after discussions at 1030 with Mike,
there Captain, he said they had had some showers but the sun was out
so we decided he would phone me at 1230 if the weather worsened. He didn't
phone so I left a dry but cloudy Arlesey, Letchworth and on way down
motorway a few spots of rain. On leaving the motorway the heavens opened
and i thought that would be that. 5 minutes later on arrival the sun was
back out so we decided to give it a go, They already had put down the wet
weather mats used for bowling. The game started with most wearing
raincoats due to the intermittent light rain when during the 7th end, the
heavens opened again so a quick retreat to the clubhouse. At this stage we
were losing narrowly on all 3 rinks 17-10 down but the tea didn't help us
at all as we lost heavily on two rinks and the best rink was Tony's who
only suffered a 15-13 defeat
so well done to him and his team. Jeff was second best losing 22-9 and I won't
mention my teams 27-3 walloping (Oh I Did). On the plus side two players
were making there debuts for the club, Barry Gyles and Steve Bush. Barry
was in my team and was the best bowler by far for us and reports i had of
Steve was that he bowled very well so well done to both of them. The only
Plus side was we won 2nd and third prizes in the raffle by the husband and
wife team of Tony And Rae Glenn. Tony won a bottle of wine and Rae some Rhubarb,
when I say some, enough to keep Tony in rhubarb crumble till the end of
the year.
Teams
were
Team
1 Mike Jeffreys, Barry Gyles and Andy Denniss Lost 27-3
Team
2 Steve
Bush, Rae Glenn and Jeff Tebbutt Lost 22-9
.
Team 3 Steve
Field, Norman Leslie and Tony Glenn Lost 15--13
Final
Score Lost 64-25
Season
Results P7 W5 D0 L2
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.
In
the Pairs John And Norman played in a marathon , again against
Whitethorn starting at 1800 finishing at 2100 , It was 17-17 going
into the last end when the north Herts. boys got a 4 to win 21-17.
Well done to them so they progress into the next round.
28th
May v Datchworth
NHBC have had another successful outcome in our Home
match against Datchworth on Wed 28th May. We won the match with an
overall score of 58-45, a great result. We won on two out of three
rinks, Team 1 were drawing 20-20 with one end to play, but the team from
Datchworth managed to hold shot to win the match 21-20.
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 Cups
An
update on the county competitions.
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.
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
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
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.
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
May
14th v Letchworth Garden City
Report
by Paul Riseborough
We had an excellent day of bowls on Letchworth G.C's
green yesterday Wed 14th May. It was my first club
match as Captain this year and I am very pleased to report that we won
on all three rinks.
At the break, after ten ends played, things were not looking too good.
We were ahead 10-6 on my rink, but teams 1&2 were losing 7-5
and 8-5 respectively. What a difference a cup of
Team 1 - recovered to win their match 16-13, but best of
all team 2 came back to win 19-11,an amazing turn round. My team also
won with the score standing at 22-11 at the end .well done all three
teams.
Teams
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
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.
9th
May v Steeple Morden
Game
postponed Steeple Morden couldn't get team
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 !
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
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
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.
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 !!!!
Draws
Completed !
Ok
Today the draws were held for the various competitions and are now
available to see on the club competitions page
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