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The Portsmouth
and District Bowls Association
2018
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RIP
Dennis Coles
2018 has not been a good year for
P&D Bowlers as we have lost quite a
few friends.
The latest is Rowner's Dennis Coles
who passed away on the 27th October.
Dennis was a former captain of
Rowner and made many friends within
the clubs around Portsmouth.
For those of you who would like to
pay their respects and final
farewell, Dennis' funeral is
scheduled for the 28th November at
10am at Porchester Crematorium.
All are welcome and afterwards at
Rowner BC.
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24th Sept 2018
P&D Men’s Bowls
News Report
Along with playing
competitive bowls in the P&D Leagues, several
clubs run Open Events to raise funds for local
charities.
The following are reports
on Opens run by Pembroke Gardens & Priory for
their chosen charities.
Pembroke
Gardens
For 23 years Pembroke
Gardens BC have been running two Open
tournaments. This year was no exception as they
ran their successful Open Fours and Men v Ladies
Open Triples Tournaments which are both
supported by bowlers from South Hampshire with
this year’s proceeds going towards purchasing an
automatic defibrillator for the Club.
Both events were blessed
with the glorious weather we had this summer.
The 1st
tournament, played over 7 ends, was the Open
Fours on Saturday June 9th attracted 20 teams
who each played 3 matches to determine the
Quarter Finalists.
The 4 teams to emerge were
from Purbrook Heath, Milton Ladies, Southsea
Waverley and Milton Park who went on to play in
two well contested Semi-Finals.
- The 1st Semi
saw Tony Wall’s Purbrook Heath team take on
Jemima Meaden’s Milton Ladies quartet, with the
Purbrook team going through.
- The 2nd Semi saw Dave
Watts Waverley team take on Alec Gall’s Milton
quartet, with the Waverley team going through.
Fours
Winners: Tony Wall, Phil Jelf, Jim Duncan and
Mike Frank
Having started their
bowling efforts at 9.30 in the morning, 8 tired
bowlers took to the green for the final time at
5pm and proceeded to produce a top quality match
for the watching spectators.
After another one and half
hours of bowls, the Purbrook four of Tony Wall,
Phil Jelf, Jim Duncan and Mike Frank got the
better of the Waverley quartet of Dave Watts,
Martin Wake, Paul Porter and John Peacham.
The winners were presented
with their winner’s trophy by Pembroke’s
President Carol Reynolds, as well as sharing the
winner’s pot of £120.
The 2nd
Tournament, played over 5 ends, was the Open
Triples on Saturday July 14th which
attracted 24 teams who were spilt into two
groups of Men & Ladies teams.
Each group was split into
two halves and played with each team playing
five preliminary rounds to decide the winner of
each half.
The Men’s Group Winners
were Alan Lewis’ College Park team, who won all
of their group games, and Terry Williams’ Gas
Social team, who were 1 of 3 teams to win 3 of
their group games but had a huge shot difference
which did the trick for them.
The Ladies Group Winners
were Rose Rogers’ Milton Park team, who got
through on shot difference in their group, and
Caroline Cuerden’s Lee-on-the-Solent team, who
were clear winners of theirs.
In the Semi’s, Caroline
Cuerden defeated Rose Rogers, whilst Alan Lewis
defeated Terry Williams.
The Final, played over
6ends, started at 5:30pm 8hours after it had all
started so tired limbs were again to the fore.
Despite that, the
spectators were treated to some top quality
bowling from both teams and saw Caroline Cuerden
and her team mates, Joan Dawkins and Elaine
Bennett, get the better of Alan Lewis, Colin
Dixon and Malcolm Rimmer. This was Caroline’s
third win in the event.
Triples
Winners: Caroline Cuerden, Joan Dawkins and
Elaine Bennett
The winners were presented
with their winner’s trophy by Pembroke’s
President Carol Reynolds, as well as sharing the
winner’s pot of £90.
A postscript to this is
that thanks to all of Pembroke’s fundraising
efforts, plus the generosity of one of their
members, the target was achieved and the
Defibrillator has been purchased and a dozen
members have already been trained in how to use
it!!
Priory Open
Priory BC has been running
their Open Fours tournament since the ‘70’s.
This year the proceeds from
the tournament were going to “The Society of St
James” who are a Hampshire-based homelessness
charity and, thanks to generous sponsorship by
SBS Kitchens, over £800 was raised.
After weeks of glorious
sunshine, bowlers had to contend with the damp
weather they are normally used to playing in.
24 teams of 4 bowlers were
split into 2 groups with matches being of an
hour’s duration with an hour on and an hour off
between each game, with the winners of each
group meeting in the Final.
The first section was a
one-horse race with the team of Andy Chadwick,
Nigel Brown, Steve Smith & John Peacham
strolling into the final.
The other section came down
to the wire with 3 teams still in contention and
it was settled by a fortuitous bowl from Adrian
Snook that saw him and his teammates Pat Reid,
Clive Carter & Steve Feilder reach the final.
The final was a tight
contest and saw the Snook rink go into the final
end leading by 2shots. However, the Peacham rink
fought back on that end to lie 4up with Steve
Feilder left to play the final bowl of the
match.
His wood trailed the jack
to reduce the shot count to a loss of 1shot,
meaning they had won 7-6!!
The winners were presented
their trophy by Priory’s President Terry Meaden,
as well as sharing the winner’s pot of £160. |
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18th Sept 2018
2018 P&D
Champion Of Champions
The closing
tournament of the year is always the P&D
Champion Of Champions which is a knock-out
event played between the Men’s 4Wood Singles
Champions from all the clubs affiliated to
the P&D.
This year 23
champions (the best for ages) made their way
to Milton Park where the 1st 3 rounds were
played.
The closest match of
the Prelim Round was between Fareham’s
Charlie Bailey and Priory’s Andy Chadwick
which Charlie finally won 21-18 after 26
ends.
In the 1st Round,
Charlie had another tough match against
Lee-on-the-Solent’s Martin Ellis but got
through that 21-13, whist the longest match
of the round was between Denmead’s Glyn
Jones and Cosham Park’s Tony Hall, which
finally went Glyn’s way 21-20 after he had
had to fight back from being 15-20 down.
In the Quarter
Finals, saw Charlie beating Alexandra’s
Jamie Cooke 21-17., whilst in the other
matches, Pembroke Garden’s Dave Brookes beat
Gosport’s Andrew Sherwen 21-19; Milton
Park’s Andy McKain beat Forton’s Neil Bunter
21-12; while Portsmouth Water’s Dave Denyer
beat Glyn Jones 21-12.
The winners could
then go home to have a long soak to prepare
for the next day where the P&D Champion of
Champions would be crowned at Alexandra
Bowls & Social club.
The 1st Semi was
between Charlie Bailey & Dave Brookes. It
was a tight battle with Charlie’s greater
experience meaning that he always found a
way to get inside Dave’s woods to win the
end. That nagging experience finally got to
Dave as 2 bad ends meant that Charlie surged
into an 18-1 lead and although Dave did
finally win another end, Charlie ran out the
victor 21-2.
The 2nd Semi between
Andy McKain & Dave Denyer was nip & tuck up
to the half-way point, with Andy edging it
9-6. Andy then had two good ends meaning he
had extended that lead to 8shots and,
despite Dave managing to pick up 2 triples,
he held on to take the match 21-14.
The Final itself was
another tight affair with Charlie having his
nose in front after 13ends 11-9. Charlie
then found another gear so that 5ends later
he was 19-10 up and wrapped the game up
2ends later.
The win was
Charlie’s 5th since 2010 and his 8th since
his first in 2004.
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18th Sept 2018
Bowls Hampshire
County Final Results
The P&D had five representatives in the
2018 BH Men’s Finals;
On the Finals Weekend itself, we had
reps in the 4Wood Singles, Pairs &
Triples finals which were all against
Boscombe Cliff opponents!!
And it’s congratulations to Waverley’s
Marty Wake & Gary Starks who, after a
mid-match wobble, won the County
Pairs 23-20.
In the others, the Bournemouth club came
out on top with Alexandra’s Steve
Feilder being beaten 21-10 in his
Singles final, whilst the Waverley
Triple of Mike Aldren, Ollie Mew & John
Biggs lost 12-16 in theirs.
Due to Junior International commitments,
the Junior Singles Final
between Waverley’s Louis McCubbin &
Danny Smith was held later than the rest
of the other finals. In a close game,
Danny Smith was the winner beating Louis
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Above: 2018 County Junior Single
Champion Danny Smith.
Left: 2018 County Pairs Champs Marty
(Big Din) Wake and Gary (Little Din)
Starks.
Earlier in the year, Danny and Louis had
joined forces to win the Junior
Pairs.
The last Men’s County competition played
was the 2Wood (or Benevolent)
Triples which saw the
Portsmouth Water Triple of Barry
Shergold, Mick Edney & Brent Riste
losing in the final 20-18 to a trio from
Cove BC.
In the semi’s the Pompey trio had beaten
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18th Sept 2018
The P&D at the
National Finals
The P&D were well represented at the
National Finals held in Royal Leamington Spa
last month.
The best results were achieved by our
Junior (Under 25) bowlers,
Waverley’s Danny Smith & Louis McCubbin.
- They started the ball rolling as
Hampshire’s entry in the Junior
Pairs, where they reached the
Quarter Finals, having defeated the
champions of Durham and Bedfordshire en
route. Sadly, they were beaten in the Q/F by
Cambridgeshire 11-18.
- In the Junior Singles,
Danny again reached the Quarter Finals where
he was knocked out by the eventual champion
from Norfolk 14 – 21. Louis lost his 2nd
round match.
Of our Senior entries, the
best result that was achieved was by
Waverley’s Mike Aldren, Ollie Mew & Mark
Hammond in the Men’s Triples who lost in the
2nd round.
All our other entries lost their 1st round
ties:
- Waverley’s Danny Smith, Jon Leggett, Marty
Wake & Gary Starks In the Men’s Fours.
- Waverley’s Marty Wake & Gary Starks in the
Men’s Pairs.
- Alexandra’s Steve Feilder in the Men’s
4Wood Singles.
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18th Sept 2018
BIBC
Junior Home Internationals
Waverley’s Louis
McCubbin was part of England’s side that
played in the British Isles Bowls Council
Junior Home Internationals IBC played in
Belfast earlier this month.
England finished
runners-up to Scotland having lost to them
in the deciding match by 8shots.
Louis did have to
contend with having to use unfamiliar bowls
as his hadn’t arrived with him on the plane
journey to Belfast. Not that that seemed to
faze him as in his 1st match against Wales
his rink (in which he led) ran out the
victors by 31shots!!
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2018 P&D
Competition Finals Report
The P&D Bowls
season are drawing to a close and the
weekend of 1st & 2nd
Of September saw the P&D Competitions
reach their final stages, with the
Semi-Finals being held at Milton Park
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Organising the
weekend was a real headache for the
Competition Secretary as 9 bowlers had
reached more than 1 Semi-Final, with
four in three games and one in four and
from those matches, three won through to
play in two finals each!!
The Men’s
Singles final was between Milton
Park’s Mick Molloy & Gosport’s Ken
Stanbury.
- In the Semi’s,
Mick had an epic 30end battle against
club mate Andy McKain before emerging
the winner by 21-19, whilst Ken had a
slightly easier victory, beaten Geoff
Anderson from Leigh Park 21-13.
- In the Final,
Mick got to terms with the green much
better than Ken so that by the 10th
end he was 15-5 up. From that point on,
Ken finally found his line so that
10ends later he had won the match 21-17.
Pictured right: Ken Stanbury recieving
the Singles Champion Trophy from
President Ken Graham |
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The Men’s Over
60’s Singles final was between Geoff
Anderson and Alex’s Steve Feilder.
- In the Semi’s
Geoff had defeated Waterlooville’s Derek
Holt 21-17, whilst Steve had fought back
from 13-18down to defeat Star’s Simon
Filippi 21-20 (this was the start of
several matches between the 2!!).
-In the Final,
Steve settled the quickest to hold an
11-6 lead by the 10th end. At
that point, Geoff found his range and
over the next 9ends scored 15shots to
run out the victor 21-14.
Pictured left: Geoff Anderson receives
the Over 60's Singles Trophy.
The Men’s Pairs
final was between was between last
year’s winners Steve Feilder, partnered
by Paul Lawrence, and Simon Filippi,
partnered by Russell Durham, in the last
part of their battles against each
other.
- In the Semi’s,
Steve had seen off Andy McKain 24-16,
whilst Simon had beaten Priory’s Roly
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- In the Final,
the Star duo raced into a 12-2 lead by
the 9th end before the Alex
pairing fought back to be 16-15 down
with 2ends to play.
But Simon & Russell
kept their nerve to win those last ends
to run out 19-15 victors.
Pictured right: Filippi & Durham receive
the P&D Pairs Trophy
The Men’s
Triples final saw Simon & Russell
return to the green with Geoff Dyer to
take on Cowplain’s David Palmer, Bob
Docker & Bryan Franklin, with David &
Bryan also playing for a 2nd
time on the day.
-In the Semi’s, the
3rd part of the Filippi/Feilder
trilogy saw the Star trio beating the
Alex trio of Steve Feilder, Paul
Lawrence & Mick Leeson 22-16, whilst the
Cowplain trio had beaten Mike Frank’s
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- In the Final, the
Star triplet quickly came to terms to
the rink to lead 13-5 by the 10th
end and they kept control of the game to
run out 17-11 winners.
Picture left: P&D Triples winners -
Filippi, Dyer and Durham
The Men’s Fours
final was between Waverley’s Billy
McCubbin, Phil Drewball, Ollie Mew and
John Biggs and Leigh Park’s John
Blandford, Peter Nicklen, Nathan Hanley
& Lewis Voysey.
- In the Semi’s,
the Waverley quartet fought back from
being 19-6 down to a Priory Four skipped
by Adrian Snook to be 24-19 up after
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However a 4 for the
Priory quartet meant a tense final end
which was won by the Waverley 4 which
meant they had won 25-23.
In the other Semi,
the Leigh Park quartet took on 4 from
Alex, skipped by Steve Feilder. After
15ends, there was 3shots between the two
sides, with Leigh Park holding the upper
hand. From that point they scored
10shots over the next 4ends to take the
match 21-8.
- In the Final, the
score after 9ends was 10-9 in favour of
the Waverley quartet. From that point on
they took control of the game to run out
25-11 winners.
Pictured right: 2018 Fours winners -
Drubble, Mew, McCubbin & Biggs |
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The Ivan Robb
Memorial final was between
Waterlooville’s Derek Holt and
Cowplain’s Dave Wildman.
- In the Semi’s,
Derek had an easy 21-4 victory over
Eastney’s Bryan Cherry, whilst Dave had
a long battle with club mate David
Palmer before winning 21-15.
- The Final was,
without doubt, the best final of the day
(well he would say that!) with
outstanding bowls played (NOT).
Actually, it was a
to and fro battle with score level at 15
all after 21ends.
Derek then picked
up 3shots on the next 2ends to go 18-15
before Dave took the next 2 to reduce
the score to 18-17 before Derek scored a
3 on the final end to win 21-17.
Pictured left: The Ivan Robb Memorial
winner and slayer of P&D League
Secretaries Derek Holt clearly jubilant
after his momentous victory. |
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The Mixed Pairs
final was between was between Fareham’s
Sue Wheeler & Dorian Bishop against
Linda Maple (Fareham) & Andy McKain
(Milton Park).
- In the Semi’s,
Sue & Dorian beat Bedhampton’s Jo
Kingsbury & John Burn 31-9, whilst Linda
& Andy had beaten Portchester’s Brenda &
Malcolm Webb 18-16.
- In the Final,
Sue & Dorian were out of the traps like
a shot and by the 5th end
were 17-0 up.
Despite Andy's
attempts to bash the Bishop, a 4 on the
6th end simply couldn't slide
them back into contention.
Sue & Dorian kept
their distance to run out 26-13 victors.
Pictured right: A very happy Dorian and
Sue accept the P&D Pairs winners trophy
from President Ken Graham |
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The Mixed
Triples final saw Adrian Snook,
Tracy & Andrew Hibberd take on Fareham’s
Mandy Young, Richard Horler & Cyril
Friend.
- In the Semi’s,
the Hibberd trio beat Denmead’s Steve
Schofield, Julie & Phil Horn 22-6,
whilst the Fareham trio picked up 3shots
on the last 2ends to beat Cowplain’s
Jane & Bryan Franklin and Daniel Palmer
18-15.
- In the Final,
the Hibberd trio were always in control
and ran out 22-10 victors.
Picture left: Tracy and Andrew Hibberd
with skip and ex-Middleton Cup Manager
Adrian (Snookie) Snook accept the 2018
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The Mixed Fours
final was between Cowplain’s David
Palmer, Wendy Brown, Jane & Bryan
Franklin and the Ward family (Tania,
Sue, Jim & Jamie) from Leigh Park.
- In the Semi’s,
the Cowplain quartet (with Dan Palmer
replacing Bryan Franklin) beat Fareham’s
Vic Bennett, Gina Pindar, Sue Wheeler &
Dorian Bishop, last year’s winners,
28-13, whilst the Ward’s beat Stella
Parish, Pat Macrae, Mike Elliott & Mick
Molloy 17-14.
- In the Final, the
Wards were 11-6 up after 10ends which
after the 15th end they had
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But a 5 on the 17th
end moved the momentum to the Cowplain
quartet as they moved 17-16 in front
which they extended to be 3up with 2ends
to play and managed to keep the Ward’s
to singles on the last 2ends to run out
19-18 victors. |
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10th September
2018
Champion of
Champions
The weekend saw some
intense competition between Champions of clubs
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27th August 2018
2018 Rowland
Cup WInners - Leigh Park Bowling Club
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Leigh Park Captain Peter
Robinson receiving trophy from P&D President Ken
Graham
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2018 Rowland Cup Final
Leigh
Park Spoil Waveley's Treble Attempt
Last Saturday, Leigh Park spoilt
(or maybe even
spoiled)
Waverley's Treble attempt of County
Club, P&D Div 1 Champions & Rowland
Cup by winning a tense final by
1shot in a game that went down to
the Final Bowl of the match.
A full report can be read in the
latest Views From The Head
Runners Up - Waverley Captain Graham Guy
receiving trophy from President Ken
Graham (Left)
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13 August 2018
Waverley Strike Again
Congratulations to
Southsea Waverley on retaining the County
Club Trophy last Sunday.
In the Semi-Final they
beat old foes Boscombe Cliff, the West
Champions, before accounting for Fleming
Park, the South Champions, in the Final.
DW
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25th July 2018
To
Infinity and Beyond
The County Quarter &
Semi Finals played over the last three weeks
have seen success for East bowlers who have
progressed thru’ to the National Finals at
Royal Leamington Spa that start in August.
Progressing through by
winning their County Semi-Finals are the
following:
- Men’s Four Wood Singles – Steve Feilder of
Alexandra B&SC.
- Men’s Pairs – Marty Wake & Gary Starks of
Southsea Waverley BC.
- Men’s Triples – Mike Aldren, Ollie Mew &
Mark Hammond of Southsea Waverley BC.
They will also be
contesting the County Finals on September
8th.
Due to the number of
entries in the County competitions,
Hampshire is also able to send a third entry
to the National Finals. Joining the above
are a Men’s Four from Waverley, Danny Smith,
Jon Leggett, Marty Wake & Gary Starks. In
the 3rd place play-off they beat a Milton
Park quartet.
We nearly had another
entry in the Men’s Two Wood Singles.
Unfortunately for Lee-on-the-Solent’s Martin
Ellis, having to play a 3rd match in the
evening proved too much for him.
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VIEWS FROM THE HEAD (VFTH)
Appreciate the bowls scene
from the whimsical point of view of 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, whether they have achieved greatness or not,
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 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. We
strive to 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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