Monthly Archives June 2022

WELSH CROWN GREEN BOWLING ASSOCIATION – Senior Merit Final 2022 (Gwyn Morris Trophy)

June 28, 2022 | Comments Off

The Senior Men’s Merit final was held on Sunday 26th June 2022 at Nercwys Bowling Club. Our host for the day was President Simon Walker. WCGBA Management members were there in force to support the day along with a good crowd of spectators, happy to be back to an almost full calendar of events. Sandra West, Dusia Price, Dave Mathias, Jack Hunt ( our Deputy President) John Percy (WCGBA Patron) Peter Higham (Past President of Wales and the BCGBA) and Clive Morris – son of the late Gwyn Morris. The event was organised by Dave Walker and our Referees were
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Review of bowls in Wales: progress update

June 24, 2022 | Comments Off

First of all, a huge thank you to everyone that has expressed an interest in the review so far and, in particular to the nearly 600 of you that took the time to complete the survey. The survey has provided a very rich set of data to analyse and to shape the next stages of the review. To those of you who shared email addresses and asked to be kept informed, more detailed reporting and analysis will be shared with you as we get further into the process. In addition, we will be in touch to invite you to a
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Team Wales Announcement

June 9, 2022 | Comments Off

On Wednesday 8th June, Team Wales announced the 14 players that have been selected to represent Team Wales in Birmingham this Summer. Women’s Team Wales Commonwealth Games 2022 Anwen Button (triples and fours) Laura Daniels (singles and triples) Sara Nicholls (pairs and fours) Caroline Taylor (pairs and fours) Ysie White (triples and fours) Men’s Team Wales Commonwealth Games 2022 Jarrad Breen (pairs and fours) Owain Dando (triples and fours) Ross Owen (triples and fours) Daniel Salmon (singles and pairs) Jon Tomlinson (triples and fours) Team Wales Commonwealth Games 2022 Para’s & Visually Impaired Men’s para pairs: Paul Brown and
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Welsh Veterans Finals Day – 1st June 2022 – held at the Caernarfon Bowling Club.

June 9, 2022 | Comments Off

The Quarter Finals saw the following results: John Bonatti (Coed Talon) – 21 Geraint Roberts (Prestatyn Highbury) – 9 Elfyn Jones (Caerwys) – 21 Phil Holmes (Prestatyn Highbury) – 11 Kerrie Jones (Gresford Colliery) – 21 Bob Jones (Mold Rec) 15 Brian Hayes (Esclusham) – 21 Kevin Williams (Craig Y Don) – 15. The Semi Finals were dominated by the Jones’ with Elfyn beating John 21/12 and Kerrie beating Brian 21/11. The final was for the most part dominated by Kerrie who from 7/7, took what appeared to be an unassailable 20/10 lead. But with Elfyn finding his form
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WELSH CROWN GREEN BOWLING ASSOCIATION 2022 JUNIOR MERIT FINAL.

June 6, 2022 | Comments Off

After a two year absence the Crown Green world in Wales was pleased to hold the Junior Merit Final – this year at Abergele Bowling Club on Sunday 29th May. The event was well attended, as you might expect, and Abergele welcomed parents, grand-parents, past Presidents of the WCGBA and BCGBA, officials and sixteen excited players. Entries were much reduced with Covid preventing this event, meaning that many former junior players were now no longer eligible to enter. Our host was Deputy President of the WCGBA, Jack Hunt with current President, Simon Walker, Patron John Percy and WCGBA Management members
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