Category: Yearly Highlights

Annual Highlight : Friends v BE Select

BE Select

🤝 The Friendly Fixture vs Bowls England On Thursday 28th August, Friends took to the green for their annual match against Bowls England. This year’s opposition featured players from the Performance Team, including Sandy Hazell, Mo Monkton, John Bell, and Mal Evans—setting the stage for a competitive afternoon. At halfway, Friends trailed by just seven shots and led on three rinks. But Bowls England surged in the second half, securing a 113–79 win, with Friends…

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Friends meet at Leamington for the TWO WOOD Pairs Competition

Two Wood

🏆 The Friends Pairs Competition The weather was good for the ‘Friends’ Pairs Competition which was held on Friday 15th August at the home of and during the National Championships at Victoria Park, Leamington on Green E. It was an early start with players arriving at ‘The Extra End’ from 8.15am ready for the draw at 9.30am. We had 43 members turn up to play for the Winners Salver. This included 10 pairs of couples…

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Dark Clouds at Dunnington

1st June 2025 – Dunnington BC, Yorkshire Our visit to Dunnington Bowling Club was met with a warm and gracious welcome. President Jim, alongside Captain Denise, ensured we felt right at home, and the afternoon’s game was played in the true spirit of camaraderie, however the weather was more challenging today, with dark clouds, a strong wind and the occasional downpour! The green played well, though it seemed to favour the home side more than…

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A Hot Day in Bushey

Wednesday 14th May 2025 at Bushey Bowls Club Our visit to Bushey BC for this special celebration match was met with a wonderfully warm welcome. President Malcolm, Captain Charlie and the Bushey team ensured we felt right at home, and the game was played in the true spirit of camaraderie, sportsmanship, and good humour. The green had seen little use early in the season due to some persistent crow troubles, making it a tricky surface…

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Annual Highlight : Friends v BE Select

Tuesday 27th August 2024  The National Championships at Victoria Park, Leamington Spa have been running now for 12 days, and today Friends challenge a BE select Team in their annual match.  The weather, whilst a bit dull, was warm but blowy  –  thankfully not cold, like the previous weekend. This year we began the game earlier to allow BE to fit in more Championship games after we had vacated the green.   Players met on D…

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Friends take part in the Annual Pairs Competition

20th August 2024  With great anticipation Friends accumulated early at the ‘The Last End’ for the tournament draw;  those who entered as an individual were also waiting to see who their partner would be.    It was all down to Mike Bertrand – Friends’ Competitions Coordinator.  The players were duly informed of the game plan, and players in the preliminary round made their way to E green, where the competition was to be played.   20…

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Friend’s Two Woods at Leamington

Monday 21st August 2023   Friends Pairs Competition at Victoria Park, Leamington Spa. Its that time of the year for our pairs competition, with a sunny morning and a good number of entries, it was a much looked forward return of the competition last played out in 2019. Everyone turned up for the draw on time even Dawn who had emailed that she was in the queue for the car park.  The draw took place in…

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Friends take on BE Select Team at Leamington

Tuesday 15th August 2023   is the day we took on a Bowls England select team, following the Friends Annual General Meeting,  and what a great afternoon’s play – on the hallowed turf at Leamington.   The two Captains of the Day – Carolyn Hunt for Friends, and  Steve Beamish for BE, with BE President Deepak Tanna, welcomed the teams.  With the buzz of the National Finals in the background, we enjoyed fine weather, and plenty of …

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