Results & Reports

May 20th : Our second County Cup match of the year was against Wingrave. Excellent bowling from all four triples, 2 home, 2 away, gave us wins in all four games, which meant a maximum 14 points to add to the 12 scored last week. 

26 out of 28 is a very healthy haul. Our next game is against Aston Clinton on the 3rd June.

 

 

May 18th: Mixed fortunes for our entrants in the National Competitions. Lorraine and Del recorded a good win in the Mixed Pairs at Aston Clinton by 29 shots to 12, but had to give best to a strong pair from Amersham in the 2nd round. In the Foundation Pairs, Del and Roger Lawson visited Aston Clinton and went down by one shot on the third extra end - frustrating! Del played Paul Reynolds at Amersham in his first Champion of Champions match and came away with a hard fought 22 -13 win after 27 ends. Next opponent is Roger Crick (Broadway) at Princes Risborough on June 1st. Del and Tony Liggins enjoyed a good run in the Senior Pairs last year, but came unstuck in their first game this year, losing to Dave Coles and Andy Savin from Marlow. Meanwhile, Mark Baxter and Graham Barlow, in their first foray into the Nationals, visited Gerrards Cross and scored a great win in the Senior Pairs, albeit by just a single shot, 16 - 15. They now face a trip to either Richings Park or Wendover. Finally, in the Senior Singles, Del will play Arwyn Bailey at Wendover on 27th May.   

 

 

May 16th : Five triples set off for Wendover to fulfill our oldest fixture against our Chilterns friends, first contested in 1937. Club friendships may be close, but the result, on this occasion, was definitely not. Wendover had a clean sweep, winning on all 5 rinks, for an aggregate score of 119 - 54. Maybe we can do better in the return fixture at Home on the 9th September.

 

 

May 15th : Our ladies had a nailbiting finish to their second game of the season at Chesham. Both triples were level after 17 of the 18 ends had been played, but the Home team scored one shot in both games on the final ends to card a 31 - 29 win. Bad luck, ladies!

 

 

May 13th :  We began our Bucks Cup campaign against Cheddington. Under the usual format of 2 triples at Home and 2 Away, we got off to a very encouraging start, winning 3 of the 4 games with just a narrow defeat in the other. The final shot tally was 82 - 48 and under the points scoring system it was 12 - 2 in our favour. 

Well bowled everyone.

 

 

May 9th : The first leg of the Jubilee Cup fixture against old rivals Chesham was played on their green. After 9 ends across the five triples, Chesham led by 2 shots. A welcome cup of tea/coffee was taken but the short break did us no favours. The ensuing 3 ends saw Chesham take 28 shots to our 9 and things didn't improve for us at all, resulting in Chesham taking a 46 shot advantage into the 2nd leg at Princes Risborough on June 28th. The final score was 107 - 61 to the home team. Our best triple was Stuart Ray, Lorraine Dare and Del Behenna, who managed a 16 - 16 draw.

 

 

May 7th:  Our second Mid Bucks League fixture saw Waddesdon pay us a visit. With three of our five triples all recording wins by 10 shots, we picked up a welcome 8 points to 2 victory. The overall shot tally was 91 - 74.

Our third game will be at Aylesbury Town on Thursday 2nd July.

 

 

May 2nd : A new fixture on the card saw Broadway Bowls Club (Chesham) pay us a visit, the first of many we hope. Good bowling and close games on all five rinks, but Broadway just prevailed, taking the match by 83 shots to 75. Our best triple was Stuart Ray, Clive Walters and Ray Rouse who carded a 23 - 12 win. We look forward to the return fixture in August.

 

 

May 1st : Our ladies welcomed two triples from Thame for their first friendly of the year, but the six visitors proved too strong on the day aynd went home very pleased with a win by 58 shots to 22.

 

 

 April 30th : Our Mid Bucks League campaign got off to a poor start when old adversaries Long Crendon were our visitors. They got off to a good start and led the match throughout, taking 8 1/2 points to 1 1/2 points by winning 3 rinks, drawing 1 and losing 1. Our winning triple were Stuart Ray, Alan Butler and Ray Rouse with an 18 - 13 win.