Tuesday 9th May : Friends from various parts of the country arrived at Steeple Morden to help celebrate the Club’s 75th Anniversary. The weather forecast was not good – showers, thunderstorms – but we played the whole game in warm sunshine. Everyone was rounded up for a team photograph, but as most people know, it’s probably easier rounding up sheep than humans! A spider began the proceedings, with proceeds going to the club’s charity. I’m…
Our records now go back to 2013, with many reports written and photos taken. We are keeping five years of match reports available for viewing on our website, however you might be interested to see a list of all of our matches previous to that. Carolyn Hunt, Website Administrator February 2023 FRIEND’S GAMES 2013-2017 Sep-17 Weobley Sep-17 Broadway Sep-17 Watlington Sep-17 Chandos Park Sep-17 Hagbourne Aug-17 BE Select Team at Leamington Aug-17 FOEB Two Wood…
2019 The semi final was contested between Zoe Barnard Rowland and Anna Molony of Avenue Bowling Club, RLS against Marie Borthwick and Sid Barkas of Worcestershire, which Zoe and Anna won 13-8. The second semi final was between David Williams and Stuart Allinson of Wiltshire against Ken Eichen and John Stone of Hampshire who won 14-8. This put Ken into his fourth final of this competition (having won it once). The final was a…
September 18th, 2022 – A report by Cyndy Lee. Another sunny day and The Friends from nine counties made their way to Ember B.C. We were enthusiastically greeted at the door by the President of Surrey Ladies, Linda Pullman. Waiting, ready and willing to serve us were, Charlie and Pat behind the bar and Wendy and Valerie with the tea, coffee and biscuits. These celebration games do not just happen and I congratulate the members of…
Egham BC – celebrating 100 years Saturday, September 17th On a lovely sunny day, the Friends from twelve counties made their way to Egham Bowls club to help them celebrate their centenary. We arrived to welcome cups of tea and coffee and very shortly a lovely buffet was ready to eat – and we did. Our Captain of the Day, John Thompson was there to greet us, together with the President Ben Gardener and the…
The Friends of English Bowling v Burnham BC Centenary celebration match, 14th September 2022. The weather today at Burnham was glorious with wall-to-wall sunshine (what a difference a day makes) for this celebration match to mark the centenary of Burnham BC. We received a warm welcome from President Jessie Clark and were well looked after with drinks and a great cooked meal to finish with. The match on six rinks was played in…
FoEB v Bowls England President at Gerrards Cross BC 13th September 2022 The weather at Gerrards Cross was not so kind to us for this annual match for the claret jug but it was warm, and we didn’t get too wet. The match on six rinks was played in the usual good spirit and after 21 ends we ended up with a draw 110 – 110 so we get to hold on to the claret…
Friday 27th August 2022: Disability Bowls England at the National Finals The Friends are proud to sponsor DBE, and on Friday Kath awarded a silver platter to the winners of the Mixed Abilities Triples – (1 Visual Impaired, 1 Learning Disabilities & 1 Physical Disabled) At DBE’s annual ‘North v South’ match (North were the victors this year) Kath Lloyd presented Daniel Adams a cheque for £500 towards his Coach Bowls Level course “We are Stronger…