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This evening Barry, Martin and Neil took on Streatham Park for a place in the semi-final of the District Triples. Drawing consistently from the start the home side were 9 - 2 ahead after 7 ends. Whilst Wimbledon Park continued to draw, Streatham Park opted for a different game plan, playing heavy bowls to try and disturb the heads that had been built up. ...
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This morning, Vanessa (Mitcham) and Neil played Heathfield in the quarter-final of the District Mixed Pairs. A strong start saw them 19 - 1 up after 6 ends and with further consistent drawing their opponents shook hands after 16 ends with the score at 32 - 5. Thanks to Sid, Babs and Ken (Mitcham) for their support.
Wimbledon Park now have representati...
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This evening Luke, Ralph, Pete and Jonathan travelled to Chessington for the quarter-final of the District Men's Fours. After a slow start, which saw them trail 6 - 11 after 8 ends, they found their form and 8 ends later were leading 19 - 12. Losing four out of the remaining five ends led to a nervous finish but WPBC did enough to book the club's 3rd ...
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This afternoon Wimbledon Park welcomed Wandilea for their latest league match. With three of our regular skips unavailable, we owe our thanks to Pete, Vernon and Jonathan for stepping in to skip today's rinks as well as to Helen for captaining the team. George, Rosalind, playing in her first league match, Sabrina and Jonathan pulled off a tremendous 32 - ...
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This morning's taster session saw 14 people take to the green including some new visitors, all under the leadership of Pete and Sabrina - a big thank you to them for taking charge and doing such a great job.
Following the taster session we had our latest bowls party and once again our thanks go to Pete and Sabrina for setting things up and handing the ...
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This afternoon a rather soggy Vanessa (Mitcham) and Neil played Wandilea at home for a place in the Quarter-final of the District Mixed Pairs. With heavy rain falling from the start, conditions were far from ideal but it was Wandilea who got off to the better start winning two of the first three ends to lead 4 - 2. Some tidy drawing from Vanessa/Neil saw ...
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This morning Neil played the quarter-final of the District Men's Singles against Wandilea. Playing at home Neil got off to a slow start and was 2 - 7 down, before beginning to make an impact. Although drawing well Neil wasn't scoring regularly as his opponent time and again played a telling last bow to save, draw shot or take out Neil's shot bowl. Not to be ...
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A great day for Wimbledon Park started this morning with Luke and Jonathan playing away at Magdalen Park in the District Men's Pairs. The game didn't start too well for Wimbledon Park, with the home team picking up a five on the fourth end to give them a 7 -1 lead. By end 12 however the tables had been turned and WPBC led 16 - 10. Not to be outdone, ...
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This morning Jonathan and Neil represented Surrey Area 1 in their local match at West Wimbledon against Area 2. Jonathan led on one rink which finished 7 shots down to Area 2, whilst Neil skipped his rink to a 19 - 18 victory, overturning a ten shot deficit in the process. Overall Area 1 took the victory by a narrow four shot margin.
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A busy day for Wimbledon Park began with Luke, Pete and Jonathan playing Wandilea in the District Men's Triples. Unfortunately for the home side their opponents proved too strong with Wandilea winning 19 - 7. Overlapping with the game was today's taster session which saw 11 people take to the green including 3 first time visitors.
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