Members of Salisbury Bowling Club will be interested to learn that Romney Denning, who has been playing in occasional ‘friendly’ matches for Disability Bowls England, has been invited to the DBE Indoor High Performance Squad trials in Northamptonshire on 14th January.
We wish him every success.
John Hurle
This afternoon, in a closely contested final, Fraser claimed the men’s County Unbadged singles title 21-18 against our very own Jamie – an all-Salisbury county final!
Tom
We wish Fraser and Jamie all the best for the finals of the Mens 2Wd competition at Devizes this weekend
We also wish the SBC team every success in the Tourist Trophy at Devizes this afternoon at 1:00pm
Salisbury & District Mens Finals
Singles Championship
Nick Revell (Salisbury BC) won against Michael Mundy (Pewsey Vale BC) by 21-18.
The match could have gone either way and indeed Michael was ahead for a long period. Nick played very well, and finally won though, the decisive shot being Michael sending the jack back to Nick’s bowls for him to have twenty-one shots.
Pairs
Toby Fiddy & James Vincent (Salisbury BC) won against Barry Andrews & Gerry Ward (Pewsey Vale BC) by 23-22.
This was another match where Pewsey led most of the time, only to succumb in the twenty-first end when James trailed the jack for two shots.
A small but enthusiastic crowd saw two extremely fine matches, both closely fought.
Triples
Two triples from Salisbury BC competed in a match was played at Salisbury.
Nick Revell, Fraser Boynton and Tom Warner won against Toby Fiddy, Graham Annetts and James Vincent by 21-12,.
A match of outstanding bowling.
The past five years have “flown” by, but the time has come for this to be my final quirky report. I would like to pay tribute to everyone who has supported our team since I became captain, the unseen heroes and heroines that are the glue that make it all work. Volunteers who step forward to manicure the green, maintain the buildings and organise the communications (including the website and fixtures). Not forgetting those who helped with the bar, raffle, kitchen, cleaning and even the human scarecrows, my deepest thanks to you all. Lastly to the amazing multitude of bowlers who have given their all for us, culminating in reaching our zenith by winning the league and becoming this year’s Westbrook Champions.
It has been an honour and privilege.
Malc.
A great day enjoyed by all – a very laid back and relaxing time – great food, good company and entertaining bowling.
We raised approx £200 on the day for the club funds.
Winners Jim & Steve.
Frank & Valerie
MEN’S PAIRS (Monday)
1st Romney Denning John Hurle/ANO
2nd Paul Mortimer John Heenan
Joint 3rd Toby Fiddy James Vincent
Joint 3rd Howard Gurd Amr Garcha
LADIES PAIRS (Tuesday)
1st Pauline Watts Cherith Deane
OPEN PAIRS (Wednesday)
1st Toby Fiddy James Vincent
2nd Anne Selby Merv Ford
3rd Jim White Tom Woodfine
OPEN PAIRS (Thursday)
1st Paul Mortimer Sandy Hall
2nd Mike Bucknell Roland Batten
3rd Mick Watts Pauline Watts
OPEN TRIPLES (Thursday)
1st John Heenan Ann Martin Paul Mortimer
2nd Mike Bucknell Mick Watts Roland Batten
Congratulations to the Winners, and many thanks to all for supporting the Indoor Leagues.
Prize money will be distributed as soon as possible.
Steve and Sandie Gregory
Sunday 5 September 2021
Championship Final. Fraser Boynton 21 Tom Warner 5
Not as one sided as the score would suggest, lasting 19 ends, but after Tom won the first two ends, once Fraser got ahead on the fourth end he was in front all the way, playing some excellent bowls throughout the game.
Congratulations to him, a worthy winner, following the disappointment of losing narrowly in the Wiltshire unbadged singles semi-final on Saturday, and commiserations to Tom who has had a very successful season in many competitions, both club and county, reaching several semi-finals and finals without getting over the finishing line.
2 wood final. Bob Armstrong 17 Fraser Boynton 15
Following on from the championship final, Bob Armstrong took an early lead before Fraser came storming back from 2-11 down to draw level at 11-11. By the 20th end the score had reached 15 -15 meaning a last end shoot-out which resulted in a win for Bob when Fraser narrowly missed the jack with his final bowl and left Bob holding two shots. An exciting end to our finals applauded by those who had come to watch.
Congratulations to all our winners and runners-up for providing those watching with some very enjoyable matches.
Graham.
Saturday 4 September 2021
Men’s Veterans Singles Final: Bob Armstrong beat Graham House 22-17.
Men’s Special Singles Final: Merv Ford beat Tom Woodfine 21-17.
Men’s Handicap Singles Final. Tom Warner beat Ken Bryan 22-14
Men’s Handicap Pairs Final: Chris Collins and Merv Ford beat Toby Fiddy and Steve Gregory 28-27.
There were some excellent matches today in front of a fair crowd of members and families.
The Vets final was a close fought contest over 30 ends. The lead changed hands three times. Graham House took a small early lead, but Bob Armstrong went ahead at the tenth end and held the lead until the 25th end. Graham led briefly but a count of four on the 30th end sealed the win for Bob.
The quality of the play in the Special Singles was very high indeed. After a few years of trying, Merv Ford won this competition against Tom Woodfine, who is new to the game this season. Tom’s progress has been amazing. Tom led until the sixteenth end but Merv finally got ahead to lead 19-12 after 23 ends. It took Merv another six ends to get over the line as Tom narrowed the gap with some outstanding play.
In the Handicap singles, the handicapper gave Ken Bryan five shots. Tom Warner caught him after nine ends and then went ahead strongly with some amazingly accurate play.
Finally the Pairs Handicap saw a “one-end shoot-out” in the twenty-first end.Toby Fiddy and Steve Gregory had the benefit of a seven shot handicap advantage and extended that lead to thirteen shots after fifteen ends. However Chris and Merv scored 3-5-2-1-2-1 on the last six ends to win by one.
It must be a long time since Merv played fifty ends of bowls in one day!
John Hurle
