Sept. 1st

Thank you to everyone who participated in the weekend's matches and to everyone who came along to support. It was a brilliant weekend, despite the weather!

 

Thank you to all the markers and to Martin for being umpire and thank you to all the Green Team for your hard work in getting the green ready. Thanks to Simon for setting up the rinks first thing each day and also thanks to Angie, Jackie and Annie for keeping the bar running and the tea hot.

 

Congratulations to our winners and well done to our runners up. The matches were close and made for great watching. We lost count of the times players had to stop to allow the rain showers to ease off but they all kept calm, carried on and delivered some amazing bowls.

 

We look forward to an evening of celebration on Saturday the 18th October where we will applaud all winners and runners up from this weekend and the seasonal day competitions (George Cup, Rossiter Cup, Frank Mew Cup). Details of the Presentation Evening will be sent to you all very soon.

 

Our 2025 champions from this weekend are as follows

 

Ladies Singles - Sue Hartfield

Men's Singles - Richard Grunsell

Presidents Cup - Matt Deery

Novice Cup - Keith Burr

Handicap Cup - Martin Reed

Two Wood Singles - James Cushen

Triples - Matt Deery, Tim Deery and Paula Deery

Pairs - Keith Burr and Pete Hartfield

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See photos in the gallery

 

With many thanks from all SMBBC Committee Members

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July 29th

Thank you to everyone who supported our match yesterday, (Sunday 27th July), against Andover Bowling Club in aid of the Countess of Brecknock charity held annually.

 

It was a brilliant afternoon and I am pleased to say SMB won 116 - 77, so we will have the trophy at the club house for the next 12 months.

 

But, better than winning, was the fantastic amount of money that was raised yesterday for the Countess of Brecknock Hospice. Between the spider, the raffle and the auction we raised a staggering £1,805

 

I am delighted to say that in total we have, as a club, raised a whopping £5,025 for the Countess of Brecknock Hospice, from yesterday's amount, our 'wrong bias' jar, the charity quiz night, my walk with matched funding and donations through the year. 

 

This is a fantastic amount of money, so please do pat yourselves on the back for getting behind our events and making it possible.

 

For yesterday, I would like to thank everyone who bought raffle tickets and everyone who donated auction and raffle prizes. 

Thanks to the green team for setting up the green and rinks for us, to Annie, Angie, Lynne and Jackie for preparing the delicious food, to Jackie and Simon for running the bar, and to Sharon, Chris and Angie who sold and folded all the raffle tickets! And thank you to John Booth for liaising with the Countess of Brecknock and getting so many prizes donated and for organising yesterdays match. I will take over from John for next year and I have very big shoes to fill.

And last but not least a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone from Andover Bowls Club for being brilliant opponents and also for the raffle prizes and donations they gave. We really look forward to next year, and we are pleased you enjoyed your afternoon with us.

 

Many thanks

Nina

 

Nina Leighton

Club Secretary, St Mary Bourne Bowling Club

May 2025

The new season is well under way with Monday and Wednesday's league matches already been played.
All results are shown on the relevant web page.

We enjoyed a great friendly/fun day with the St Mary Bourne Cricket Club which turned out to be a really nice social day, and ended with the Cricket club asking if they could do the same next year.

On May 11th, we visited Amesbury Bowling Club for one of our annual friendlies, which also proved to be a great day although unfortunately, we lost but only by a couple of points. 

The George Cup was played on a lovely sunny day on May 18th which was an all day match involving ten sets of pairs. The final match was played by Peter Hartfield and Jill Burr against Matt Deery and Christine Redman.
A really close match with Peter and Jill being winners.

The internal club competitions are well under way and already had a few surprise winners. The first round for all competitions should be completed by the end of May.

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