Posts by Claire Joll

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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Ross Owen announced as part of Team Wales Athletes Commission Board

April 3, 2023 | Comments Off

Ross Owen has been announced as part of Team Wales Athletes Commission board. Ross will join athletes from a range of other sports as they work over the next four year cycle towards Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games. His role will include inputting valuable athlete opinion and experiences to ensure that Team Wales can prepare all athletes for the next Commonwealth Games. Ross has competed at the highest level for Wales over the last few years having won British Isles titles and medalled at the Atlantic Championships twice. He competed at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and went on to
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The 2023 British Isle Indoor Bowls Council Championships

March 17, 2023 | Comments Off

The 2023 BIIBC Championships were held from 13th – 15th March in Abbeyview, Scotland. The champions of each respective discipline from the Channel Isles, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales competed to be crowed British Champion. It was a great success for the Welsh Ladies, with Lowri Powell making it to the Ladies Singles finals while Lauren Gowan was crowned BIIBC Junior Ladies Singles Champion. The championships ended in more silverware for the Welsh Ladies, with Marion Purcell, Amy Williams, Kerry Packwood and Kelly Packwood being crowned the BIIBC Ladies Fours Winners. Well done to all of the players representing Wales
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Chris Ashman and Anwen Butten announced as Welsh Team Managers for the 2023 outdoor season

March 9, 2023 | Comments Off

Experienced Welsh international bowlers Chris Ashman and Anwen Butten announced as Welsh Team Managers for the 2023 outdoor season. Both are seasoned international players themselves having medalled at European and Commonwealth Games respectively. Chris Ashman began his bowling career at the age of 6 but states that he “was not allowed to play my first game for Porthcawl until I was 10.” Since then he has gone on to represent Wales at numerous events winning individual and combination titles at national, international and European level. He noted that his biggest achievement within his bowling career “would be winning the Carruthers
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WCGBA – New President Profile – GETTING TO KNOW YOU….A LITTLE BETTER

March 1, 2023 | Comments Off

GETTING TO KNOW YOU….A LITTLE BETTER. In the fourth of Crown Green’s profiles this seasons, we have one of the games true veterans, Jack Hunt. Jack was born in Nantwich, Cheshire and moved to Wales in 1976. On leaving school he studied construction and engineering going on to be a Civil Engineering Draughtsman before being called up for National Service. Following this, Jack studied Design and Technology becoming a teacher in Manchester, Cheshire and Wales schools. He was also an adviser for schools. He was introduced to bowls and was coached by his father at the tender age of five.
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