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A warm welcome |
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The Portsmouth
and District Bowls Association
2014
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COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE
Congratulations to Waverley’s Barry Starks and
Alex Marchant & Mark Griffiths who are,
respectively, the 2014 Hampshire County Singles
and Pairs Champions.
They now go on, as Hampshire's representatives,
to the National Finals, which this year are
being staged at the new home of Bowls England –
Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa, after its
many years at Worthing’s Beech House Gardens.
The National Finals are being held between
Saturday 2nd August and Sunday 31st August.
Barry beat Chris Cranham, from
Cove BC 21-10 in the final, having earlier
beaten players from Cove and Fleming Park.
Alex and Mark beat Kevin Philip
and Chris Daniels from Boscombe Cliff 26-8,
having earlier in the week defeated pairs from
Eastleigh Rail and Aldershot Traction.
This is how our other competitors
got on in the County Finals:
Singles
Steve Fielder (College Park) lost
in the Quarter Finals to Boscombe Cliff.
Pairs
Matt Marchant and Mike Aldrin
(Waverley) lost in the Quarter Finals to Cove.
Triples
Both the Waverley Triples
(Mike Aldrin, Matt Marchant & Paul Cooke, Dave
Watts, Graham Guy & Barry Starks) lost in
the Quarter Finals to Boscombe Cliff triples,
who both subsequently went on to reach the
final.
Fours
The Priory quartet (of Jerry
Hardy, Arthur Newland, Mick Jinman and Tony
Kneller) lost in the Quarter Finals to
Boscombe Cliff.
The Waverley quartet (of Louis
McCubbin, Dave Watts, Graham Guy and Barry
Starks) lost in the Semi Finals to Fleming
Park.
Two Wood Singles
Jamie Cooke (Alexandra) and Dave
Turner (Lee-On-Solent) both lost in the Quarter
Finals.
NOTE: The Two Wood Triples
finals are being played at a later date at a
venue yet to be confirmed, but will be in the
Northern District.
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15th July 2014
PEMBROKE OPEN TRIPLES BOWLS TOURNAMENT
Ladies successfully defend their title in Annual
Tournament
(from roving reporter -
Trevor Watkins)
The annual Pembroke Gardens Open Triples, a
Ladies v Gentlemen bowls tournament, took place
at Pembroke Gardens Bowling Club in Old
Portsmouth, Hampshire on Saturday 12th
July 2014.
Played in hot sunshine, the event started at
9:30am with the final finishing at 6:30pm.
Fortunately, the bowlers and spectators were
able to keep cool thanks to the sea breeze, not
to mention two large gazebos. They were also
helped by the refreshments and drinks that were
available all day.
24 teams from all over southern Hampshire took
part, split into 4 sections of Men and Ladies
teams. The format of the tournament is five
group games, followed by the Section finals,
then the Grand Final.
However, this year a sudden-death single end was
needed to separate the teams of David Brookes
(Pembroke Gardens BC) and Dave Heather
(Lee-On-The-Solent BC), as both teams had
finished with the same number of points and shot
difference from the group games.
It was Dave Heather’s team that went through to
the Mens play-off, where they beat Terry
Williams’ team from Gas Social Bowls Club, who,
until then, had not lost a game all day!
The Ladies group final was between last year’s
winner Caroline Cuerden (Moneyfields Ladies BC)
and Mollie Hoxey
(Pembroke Ladies
BC), with the defending champions going through
again.
(l to r) Runners Up - Graham Olden, Peter Gentry
and Dave Heather (Lee on the Solent Bowling
Club) .
Winners - Sue Jackson, Lynda Field and Caroline
Cuerdin (Moneyfields Bowling Club).
In a superb final, watched by a good crowd of
spectators, the ladies (Caroline Cuerdin, Linda
Field and Sue Jackson) beat the men (Dave
Heather, Graham Olden and Peter Gentry) 9 – 3
over seven ends of close bowls.
Said victorious skip Caroline Cuerden (whose
team picked up £90) - “I look forward to coming
back next year for Pembroke’s 20th
Anniversary Open Competition and make it three
wins in a row”. She also thanked the organisers
for running the tournament, as well as the
excellent facilities.
Many thanks to everyone who supported the day,
which helped raise £150 for a local charity -
The Portsmouth Deaf Club.
Rover
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13 July 2014
Commemorative Plaque
for Ivan and Beryl Robb
Saturday,
July 5th saw the unveiling of the Ivan &
Beryl Robb Memorial at Cosham Bowls
Club.
Many of
Ivan and Beryl's friends and bowling
colleagues gathered to witness the
unveiling and then play in a
commemorative game of bowls.
In a
simple ceremony, Ken Graham, President
of the P&D, spoke a few words of tribute
to Ivan and Beryl, followed by the
unveiling of the plaque by Mrs Rose
Robinson, President of the Cosham
Bowling Club, assisted by Ken and Mel
Dunbar, Cosham Men's Captain.
After the
game, everyone partook of an excellent
tea supplied by the ladies of Cosham BC.
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Ken Graham, P&D
President, Mrs
Rose Robinson,
Cosham BC
President, Mel
Dunbar, Cosham
Men’s Captain
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It was, as
everyone agreed, a fitting tribute to a
sadly missed stalwart of the Cosham
Bowling Association
and
Portsmouth and District Bowling
Association.
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Gosport Bowling Club
Ron Sellwood Mixed
Open
CLOSING DATE
FOR ENTRIES - Friday 18th July
Sunday 27th July 2014
Mixed Fours
competition
£100 Prize for
winning team
Minimum of one other gender
per team
Entry Fee £15 per team
Refreshments available
throughout day
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Priory Bowls Club -
ENTRIES STILL WELCOME
44th Open
Fours Tournament
in Aid of
The Rainbow
Centre Fareham
Entrance fee £12 per team of four
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Commences 9am -
Saturday 10th August 2014 |
4 Sessions
of 9 Ends interspersed with rest sessions
Refreshments available
all day - all profits to the charity
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30th June 2014
P&D Friendly @
Kingsclere BC.
Another amazing day at
an amazing bowls club.
On the trip up we hit
a storm of biblical proportions, but as usual
wherever we go the sun shines on the P&D!
We were warmly greeted
by Kingsclere President Jill Chapple and her fellow
bowlers. At the start of the game we had some slight
rain, but after 6 ends, it eased and the sun came
out!!
SVP Les Pycroft OBE
nearly led his team to victory, but we fell short by
4 shots.
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A big thank you to the
following clubs who supplied players, Milton Par,
Southsea Waverley, Alexandra, Cosham, Lee-on-Solent,
Bridgemary, Pembroke Gardens and Eastney.
I have been coming to
Kingsclere for a lot longer than I wish to remember, and
again was not disappointed by the friendliness and bon
homie we were accorded by Kingsclere BC.
Next year’s trip has
already been booked.
Peter King - Secretary
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PEMBROKE GARDENS
OPEN FOURS BOWLS TOURNAMENT 2014.
The annual Open Fours bowls tournament took place at
Pembroke Gardens Bowling Club in Old Portsmouth,
Hampshire on Saturday 14 June 2014, with over 100
people enjoying the excellent bowling, good weather
and all-day refreshments.
20 teams from all over
southern Hampshire took part, competing in five
preliminary games to determine the semi-finalists.
The final, over 7
ends, was between Tom Edgeller (Tom, Ted Nown, Tom
Suthers and Gary Farmer) against Dave Watts (Dave,
Paul Porter, John Peacham and Martyn Wake).
In a reversal of last
year’s result, Tom Edgeller merry band ran out the
victors after a well-contested match.
The event was well
supported and funds were raised for a local charity
supporting deaf children.
Trevor Watkins
Tournament Secretary, Pembroke
Gardens Bowling Club
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S.O.S.
The P&D needs your
help.
The P&D Match Secretary, Paul Robson has worked his
socks off arranging 11 friendlies for the 2014
season.
We have just played our second match with full a
team (with much coercion), but we come to the third
match (June 8th) and we have had to
cancel due to a very poor response.
This game was versus the Southampton & District and
would have been the start of the Annual Solent
Challenge. We even bought a lovely trophy.
The P&D have over
1300 playing members, and we still can’t get 24
players!!!!
We still have another 8 matches to fulfill (5 in
Portsmouth and 3 coach trips), please help.
If clubs can supply a rink all the better, but
individuals are most welcome.
All the remaining games can be found on page 22 of
2014 P&D Handbook and are also listed on the P&D
Friendlies page, which can be easily accessed via
the "Popular Links" section above this plea.
But to help you all, these are the remaining
matches:
Kingsclere (A) June 28, Star & Crescent (A) July 6,
Copnor (A) July 23, P&D Ladies (Purbrook) July 30,
Alexandra (H) Aug 10, Marlow (A) Aug 17, Northants
(H) Aug 27, Bournemouth (A) Sept 14.
The Home games are played at Alexandra BC.
If you are interested please let Paul Robson
know a.s.a.p.
Please support the P&D and help Paul in all his
efforts.
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11th April
2014 Leigh
Park Charity Triples
Sunday 7th Sept 2014
in aid of
The Rosemary Foundation.
Numbers strictly limited 24 teams. Start times 9 &
10am.
Prizes for winners and runners
up.
Buffet, Bar & Raffle Prizes.
A great fun day. Come
along and join in!
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Some reminders
1) The P&D Constitution and Competition,
League & Midweek League Rules have been
updated to reflect the changes agreed at the
2014 AGM.
To view, follow
the "Rules"
link from our Home page and they will be in this
year's Manual.
2)
Sadly, we lost Post Office BC
during the winter. Their members
voted to disband in November.
3)
However, the good news is that
Portchester BC have returned to
the fold. They will be playing
in the West Division of the
Midweek League.
And there's more....
Rumours have been heard that
Rowner Bowls Club (see picture
further down this page) have
been approached with a view to
'Twinning' by Hambledon Village
who themselves have recently
twinned with Bruges and Venice.
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A brief note to inform you all of
what was agreed at the 2014 P&D AGM.
As you'll see from an earlier posting,
Ken Graham has now taken over the reins
as P&D President (as he was getting
bored no longer being County President
and needed something to keep him busy!!)
Les is now our Senior Vice President and
we were all pleased that John Pearson
from Alexandra agreed to become our
Junior Vice President (obviously his
term in office back in 2011 hadn't put
him off!!)
Paul Robson was formally voted in to
replace Jim Bartlett as our Match
Secretary. Jim will be missed, but we
know that Paul will do an excellent job
in stepping into his shoes - in fact he
has already set up our fixtures for the
forthcoming season.
After 3 years in the role, John Ralphs
stood down as our Midweek League
Secretary. Ken Graham paid tribute to
all his hard work he performed during
his term of office.
To replace him, Martyn Reynolds of Star
& Crescent stepped forward. So please
all give him your support in his 1st
year.
Changes were also agreed to the P&D
Constitution, Competition, League &
Midweek Rules. The new rules will appear
soon on the website with changes marked.
The following items were also agreed:
1) Capitation Fees were set at
£1.50, 0.75p for Juniors (under 18)
2) P&D Competition forms are now to be
sent to Treasurer with the full entry
fees. (No
pay No play.)
3) To replace the old County Secretary's
Singles (which Bowls Hampshire dropped),
there will now be a P&D Club
Secretary Singles, open to each club's
Secretary or Treasurer, Male or Female.
There is No entry fee for this
competition.
a) There is a new form to nominate
players for each P&D Friendly game and
it doesn't have to be a complete rink
that is put forward. This will be
available on the P&D Website for
downloading as well as being sent to all
Club Secretary's.
b) The following Price structure was
agreed:
- For
Away matches where a Coach is being
used, then costs will be
£15 for
players and £12 for guests (which
includes after match meal).
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For Away matches where travel is by
car, then each passenger should pay
the driver
£5
to cover his/her costs. In addition,
there will be a match fee (including
cost of the after game meal).
- For all Home matches, the fee will
be set to cover costs (i.e. match
fee and after game meal).
NOTE: The match and meal costs will
be sent out to each club when player
nominations are asked for.
--
Regards
Dave
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VIEWS FROM THE HEAD
A new section
in which events and characters will come under scrutiny
from our resident 'roving' reporter - DW
Look out!
Go there now... |
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Honours Boards
In keeping with the P&D's attempt
to make a record of the history of Bowls and Bowlers in
Portsmouth photographs are being added to the various honours
boards as and when they become available. It is hoped this will
capture memorabilia before it is lost to time and give everybody
a chance to put faces to the many names who have achieved
success in the sport. It can be nice to see faces of long lost
friends and adversaries.
If you have photographs of any
individual or team that have been honoured please let the
Secretary borrow them so they may be copied and posted. Unless
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But please don't stop there. If
you have photos of your club, its teams, the members or any
events that might make interesting viewing we can add these to
our photo gallery.
Let's not lose our history and
heritage. Many thanks in anticipation.
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Notices |
The P&D
needs your
help
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Dave
Wildman
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We are
presently
trying to
capture the
history of
the P&D by
placing on
record
within this
website as
much
information
as possible
before it is
lost.
If you have
anything
that might
help please
let us know.
Things that
will be of
particular
interest are
old photos
and
information
to fill gaps
on honours
boards.
Everything
and anything
will be
gratefully
received.
Let's list
it before we
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A
Big thank you
Our appreciation to everybody
who has contributed in our quest
to fill in the missing
information on Honours Boards.
Please keep it coming and we
will eventually compile a
complete record of all those who
are worthy to call themselves
winners in this great district.
We
hope you find discovery of
historical 'artefacts' relating
to the P&D interesting. |
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Members of the P&D are
actively encouraged to
submit reports and
photos of their matches,
club activities or any
articles that might be
considered amusing or of
general interest. |
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