Posts by Claire Joll

Peter Brill, long serving Safeguarding lead for bowls in Wales steps down

July 14, 2023 | Comments Off

Peter Brill, long serving Safeguarding lead for bowls in Wales steps down Peter Brill will be known by many across the bowling community, for his role as the safeguarding lead for outdoor and indoor bowls. John Phillips from the WBA and WIB said, “Peter Brill has acted as the safeguarding officer for the WBA, WIB and its predecessor the WIBA for more than ten years, on that period of time he has devoted his time to ensuring that both outdoor and indoor bowls clubs in Wales were made aware of the importance of safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults.
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Chris Emsley 6 year term comes to an end

July 14, 2023 | Comments Off

After 6 years’ service on the BowlsWales Board, Chris’ term has come to an end. Chris was appointed to the board in 2017 and was one of the first directors on the board following the formation of BowlsWales. Chris’ portfolio was development and brought extremely valued and insightful contributions to all board discussions. Chris also was involved in various groups and projects over the years, including the chairing the Articles of Association review working group, the independent review and the Development & communications Group. Richard Palmer, Chair of BowlsWales said “Chris has served as an independent member of the Board
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BCGBA Junior County Championship 2023

July 11, 2023 | Comments Off

On Sunday 9th July, the Welsh Juniors played their final game of the season. The away side played at Amery Unionist Club in Staffordshire and the Home side hoisted Staffordshire at Caernarfon BC. The Welsh Juniors played with great enthusiasm and gave it their all. As one of the teams in the ‘Premier League’ they have had some touch opposition. Away from home, the teams had six winners each with some excellent single figure successes from Connor Edwards, Sam Bennett and Cody Edwards. All the stops were pulled out at the Home venue with only one match lost out of
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BowlsWales and the NFWI-Wales working together to create more opportunities for Women to play bowls across Wales.

July 3, 2023 | Comments Off

BowlsWales and The National Federation of Women’s Institutes in Wales are happy to announce a new partnership that will see greater opportunities provided to women across Wales to play bowls. Earlier this year the Bowls in Wales Development and Communications group identified a set of key priorities, one of which was to increase the membership of Women and girls in bowls. As a result, BowlsWales is thrilled to announce this exciting new partnership. Working with the NFWI-Wales federations will see BowlsWales working closely with their members and bowls clubs to offer various bowls activities for the WI members across Wales.
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WCGBA Senior Merit ( Gwyn Morris Trophy )

June 29, 2023 | Comments Off

The WCGBA 2023 Senior Merit ( Gwyn Morris Trophy ) was held at Rhos-on-Sea Bowling Club on Sunday 25th June. Our host for the day, President Jack Hunt, welcomed everyone at the start including his guests, Deputy WCGBA President Pauline Lindley and Officers of the Association and special guests, Martin Goddard BCGBA President 2023 and Richard Palmer (Chair), Claire Biddle (Development Manager) and Sophie Hancocks (General Manager) of Bowls Wales. The Referees DT Evans, Alan Davies, Arthur Peake and Richard Haywood worked tirelessly throughout the day. In Round 1, Simon Hughes started really well against Mel Higham and reached 11-4
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Guernsey 2023 NatWest International Island Games

June 13, 2023 | Comments Off

The teams are in and the draws are made for the NatWest International Island Games Indoor Bowls. With just a little over a month to go. The teams and draws have been made for the Indoor Bowls event to be held at the Guernsey Indoor Bowls Center, Hougue Du Pommier, Vale, Guernsey. GY6 8BD. From Sunday 9th to Thursday 13th July 2023. The first games are scheduled to start at 9am on Sunday 9th July where we will see the start of the triples championship. Group A features the Guernsey Men, Jersey Women, Falklands Islands Men, Ynys Mon and Orkney.
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Welsh Crown Green Bowling Association Welsh Vet’s Merit

June 9, 2023 | Comments Off

This years Vet’s Merit was held at Argoed Bowling Club on Wednesday 7th June. Always hosted by the Immediate Past President – it was Simon Walker’s day to welcome the players and his guests to the event. Supporting the day were the WCGBA current President Jack Hunt, Deputy President Pauline Lindley and members and officers of the WCGBA. Our referees, Peter Hughes, Alan Davies and Peter Kempster were on hand to see fair play for all. With the Vet’s competition, you can almost guarantee there are no ‘walk-overs’. Most of the 16 finalists on the day have many years experience
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Welsh Crown Green Bowling Association- Welsh Ladies’ Merit

June 2, 2023 | Comments Off

The major competitions of the Crown Green season 2023 got underway with the Welsh Ladies Merit held at Old Colwyn Bowling Club. The weather was ideal and there was a good crowd. Entry this year was well up from 2022 with 18 ladies playing for the trophy. WCGBA President, Jack Hunt hosted the day by getting each game underway. Referee DT Evans was ably assisted throughout the event by Alan Davies and Richard Heywood. There were two preliminary matches one between Sian Ollerton and Marie Hallett and the other between Kelly Davies and Amanda Nicholas. Sian and Marie’s game was
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World Bowls Indoor Championships 2023

May 6, 2023 | Comments Off

World Bowls Indoor Championships – Welsh representatives Daniel Salmon and Amy Williams will be taking part in this competition between the 7th to 12th of May. Good luck to them both as they prepare for the event held at Warilla Bowls & Recreation Club, NSW, Australia. The World Indoor Bowls Championships will begin with the Mixed Pairs event, followed by the respective singles competitions. Daniel is an experience Welsh international player having played at all major bowling events both indoor and outdoor. He is a two time Commonwealth Games pairs Gold medallist with numerous other medals to his name including Atlantic
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The Indoor Para Home Nations Championships 2023

April 18, 2023 | Comments Off

The Welsh Para Team will be in action this weekend at Newport IBC, competing in the Indoor Para Home Nations Championships 2023. The first match starts on Friday 21st at 1:30pm against England before hosting Scotland Friday evening starting at 6:30pm. The format for both games are 2 x VI Singles and a VI pairs match along with 2 x PD triples and singles matches with a total of 14 points are at stake in both matches. The following day sees the format change to all pairs matches with 12 points up for grabs in both games against
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