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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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WELSH CROWN GREEN BOWLING ASSOCIATION CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS 2022

October 3, 2022 | Comments Off

The ultimate event in the Welsh Crown Green calendar was played Sunday 2nd October at Johnstown BC. This event is a unique opportunity to bring together those winners of major tournaments held in Wales for the prestigious title of Champion of Champions. Among the contenders were the Men’s Welsh Merit, Ladies Welsh Merit and Welsh Vet’s winners together with the holders of a host of open competitions drawing players from across the UK. The day was hosted by President, Simon Walker with members of the WCGBA management on hand to run the competition. The hard working Referees included DT Evans,
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Independent review of bowls in Wales: Focus Group update

September 27, 2022 | Comments Off

On behalf of BowlsWales and the National Governing Bodies for the Indoor, Outdoor, Short Mat and Crown Green forms of the game, we are pleased to be hosting a series of group discussion as part of this independent review. This is a wide ranging review, covering multiple areas including: · Governance · Structure · Communications · Safeguarding  · Development · Performance · Coaching and officiating · PR and marketing · Equality, diversity and inclusion Counsel Ltd (www.counselltd.com) is the company conducting this review.  This review represents a very important opportunity for those with an interest in bowls in Wales to articulate
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WCGBA- WELSH CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2022.

September 21, 2022 | Comments Off

The Welsh Club Championship 2022 was played on Sunday 18th September at Brymbo Bowling Club. Referees on the day were Peter Hughes, Arthur Peake and Tom Lockyer. There were four teams in contention for the title – one from each area of North Wales and each the winner of their respective Area Cup. They were; Flintshire Area – represented by Mold Rec. BC, Glyndwr represented by Colwyn Bay British Legion, Gwynedd by Beaumaris BC and Wrexham by Cunliffe BC. The eight-a-side competition got underway with the players in the first half very evenly matched for most of their games. Good
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Para Home Nations

September 6, 2022 | Comments Off

Wales started well against a strong England team on the pleasant Clarence Park greens and at one stage we’re ahead in 4 of the 7 games but in the end had to settle for 2 points after securing one win. It was a similar scenario in the second game against Scotland where Wales were looking good but once again, we faltered in the closing stages and instead of winning 9-5 we lost by that margin. The second day saw us put in a good performance against England to draw 6-6 and in the final set of matches against Scotland we
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WELSH CROWN GREEN BOWLING ASSOCIATION- Welsh Qualifier for the British Centenary Mixed Pairs Comp. 2022

August 30, 2022 | Comments Off

The Mixed Pairs qualifier and Welsh final day was held at Craig-y-Don BC on Sunday 28th August 2022. Referees on the day were, DT Evans, Alan Davies, Arthur Peake and Richard Haywood. Entry was substantially higher this year with 17 mixed pairs contending on the day. The early rounds got underway with Nicola Boulton and partner Tom Loundes taking an excellent win 21-11 for their first game. Paul and Marie Hallett also progressed to the next round along with Gary and Sian Maddox, and Linda Williams with partner Ritchie Jameson. These four eventually made the semi final stage. Here Linda
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WELSH CROWN GREEN BOWLING ASSOCIATION- British Junior Champion 2022

August 23, 2022 | Comments Off

The BCGBA Junior Individual Merit was held on Saturday 20th August 2022 at Ashton Cricket Club, Greater Manchester. Wales may be only one part of the Crown Green world in Britain, but we punch well above our weight when it comes to talent. Our two representatives Ryan P Williams – Llanfair PG BC. ( 2022 Welsh Junior Merit Champion ) and Finley Hormbrey – Fron Park BC and 2022 Runner-up faced a field of other talented youngsters from across the world of Crown Green bowls. Ryan had a comfortable 21-10 win in his first match against Jack Brannon of Cheshire.
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