Jean passed away on the 9th December after a short illness. Jean has many friends as well as family in our club and we would like to recognise this by offering our sincere commiserations to all. Her popularity was evident with the terrific turnout at her funeral last Friday. A lo ... Continue Reading
Green had been cut and was running nicely. A warmer night that usual saw us facing a team that themselves had upped it a gear since establishing a steady first division berth. It wasn’t going to be as straightforward as the league positions may have suggested. So it proved ... Continue Reading
Bowling section member Phil Bradley took a weekend off from his cricket umpiring duties over FA Cup Final weekend and for the second season in succession he was invited to the Wembley, which this year of course featured Manchester City, to receive the FA’s National Respect ... Continue Reading
A cool, dry evening to welcome Church A on their return to a first division fixture against us. With Pete Bishop and John Thompson missing, Church were down to their remaining ten regulars to take on a side that on paper could well be our strongest. Steve Blaymire faced a steady ... Continue Reading
With Prestwich BC Being the current cup holders, indeed unbeaten in the last two years and tonights game a rerun of the 2009 final and the hanicap favouring the cons nerves were tingling Prestwich BC A (8) Prestwich Cons B (40) Venue: Hollinhurst Weather: Sunny but not warm Green ... Continue Reading
FOR THE SAKE OF GOOD ORDER THESE REPORTS ARE NOW WRITTEN BY MARK PROSSER Green was heavy, bumpy, most unhopwoodlike. Would that suit us though, given that we’ve progressed from a bunch of chuckers on a heavy Prestwich field to decentish bowlers on a green that runs well? No ... Continue Reading
G Martin 7 N Salisbury 21 – Gaz out-reached and out-played by someone with that new-woods confidence T Williams 13 T Cutler 21 – Trevor ambushed by foreign invader. 8 twos to 4 made a big difference D Bellis 21 C Harris 18 – a game of three halves. DB strode out ... Continue Reading
Stuart had a vision before the game that we’d win. That would take two or three more winners than we usually get thought I…. It didn’t start well though. John Pearson raced to a 9-0 lead and didn’t look back, taking the game to 14-1 with five singles. A br ... Continue Reading
G Butterworth 21 D Palmer 9 – DP outplayed by a classy homester; green knowledge and bowls won the day D Caudwell 21 G Hilton 20 – Father Geoff struggled reading the orange globes C Wood 21 G Harrison – a good showing from an Eagle virgin against Richard Edward ... Continue Reading
Congratulations to the Bowling Club Weds Mens A team on an excellent performance to retain the league handicap cup for a second year, and so becoming the first team to do so. Beating arch rivals Prestwich Cons A in the process. despite the match being a month after the regular s ... Continue Reading