Calne Bowls Club

National Senior Pairs

Today Delia and I played the very experienced ladies from Purton, we needed to play an extra end, and unfortunately lost by 1 !!!

Yvonne

Both the A and B teams played in the Mid Wilts Triples with the B Team coming out 10 – 0 winners by 65 – 30. the A fared a little worse losing 8 – 2 to Chippenham Town 46 – 51.

Wednesday evening saw Calne take on Purton in the national mixed 4’s Purton came out on top with a 19 to 13 win. next time.

Todays was a mixed bag of matches with the Ladies Seidal league kicking of with a win away to Chippenham Park by the narrowest margin with a measure for shot giving them a 18 – 17 win.

The falcons also at Chippenham Park but went the other way with a 13-14 defeat.

The Beez got back to winning ways at Home to the box Foxes who going by the score came a man short giving calne a 19 – 6.75 win.

The Cavaliers who continue to support our newer members had a 12 – 23 loss. onwards and upwards.

the Monday mixed game against Bradford on Avon was in doubt for a while as Pat has been struck down with Covid but Steve McColl stepped in to save the day, the game didnt go our way but i am assured that the day was enjoyed by all.

there was a two wood singles game being played this evening where Dave Johns was the victor against Derek Nicholson.

We had two ladies National Games this evening where Sheila Murphy with Sylvia Chappell and Delia Godwin took on Stratton Churchway in the triples the game went Strattons way sadly but the ladies put up a valiant effort.

the second game against Supermarine was Yvonne with Angela Candy and Mayumi Lewis this was a tight game with both teams on 15 with 1 end to play where once again the dice rolled in Supermarine’s favour winning by 1 Shot.

Sunday the 2nd June saw  15 Members including two of our very newest bowlers had a great afternoon at Yate with Perfect weathers and a very appetising Cream tea after 9 ends, this did however make getting back onto the green very difficult.

We had a mixed day on the green with their skip generously saying we lost by one shot, the reality however was a little different, never the less a good day was had by all. onwards and upwards to quote our Mens Captain.

Next time ?.

The game was played in awful conditions and so the number of ends was reduced thank goodness ☔️
Devizes Blue 4pts. Calne. 2pts

On Wednesday 29th May Yvonne played Chris Mitchell from Purton  in the National Senior Singles, the game was played in good spirit over 28 ends Chris triumphed 21-14

Yvonne

Tonight our ladies captain played in the North section semi- final of the Bowls Wiltshire Ladies Champion of Champions at Highworth and was up against Linda Young, Yvonne won 21-15 and progresses to the Finals at Devizes to play Ali Noyes from Amesbury B.C. over the weekend 9th/10th Sept.

Well done Yvonne, a great result.

The final took place on Saturday 9th Sept, unfortunately Yvonne had to retire due to illness when the score was 5-13, congratulation to Yvonne for reaching the final and well done to Ali for winning.

Visitors now have a sign visible from Anchor Road for the club, hopefully the Council will eventually put a sign up by the library in town, to help visitors to find the club.

And as if by magic the road signage of the A4 has been erected, many thanks to all involved in getting this done.

All Calne players are now out of these competitions, well done to all those who took part, let’s look forward to 2024.

Bowls Wiltshire National Competitions 2023