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Jonathan played for a place in the Divisional Semi-final of the Unbadged Singles this evening against South London. With both players finding the drawing lines tricky Jonathan found himself 6 - 14 down after 12 ends. Three ends later when support arrived he was 10 - 16 adrift; I can't take any credit for the change in fortune but a run of 1, 1, 4, 3 and 1 ...
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This evening Barry, Jonathan and Neil visited Colliers Wood in the Surrey Triples. Playing on what proved to be a very tricky green, home advantage told early on as Colliers Wood took a 9 - 2 lead after 5 ends. 3 ends later the deficit had been reduced to 2 shots before Colliers Wood picked up a 5! Despite battling back and reducing the lead to just 3 ...
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Barry, Jonathan, Martin and Neil played the next match in the Surrey Fours over at Norbury this evening. On a green that was decidedly unpredicatable, and made considerably more so by the heavy rain shower, Wimbledon Park took control, winning the first five ends to lead 7 - 0. Containing their opponents, and winning 13 ends to 7, Wimbledon Park booked ...
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This afternoon saw Wimbledon Park Primary School, winners of the inaugural 2014 Merton Primary Schools Bowls Championship, take to the green in Wimbledon Park for the first of their two 2015 coaching sessions. The children were a delight to work with and their enthusiasm and interest in taking up a new challenge was reward in itself for all the club ...
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This morning Neil and Jonathan played Colliers Wood in the National Family Pairs. Starting strongly, they led 7 - 0 after 4 ends and 13 - 4 after 11 ends. Dropping 5 shots in the next 3 ends saw the shot difference down to 4, before a run of 5 winning ends took them to 21 - 9 at which point their opponents conceded with two ends to play. A place in the ...
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Neil took on Wandilea this evening in the Surrey Singles. After close exchanges early on, Neil took the lead, only for his opponent to peg it back and go ahead himself. With the green proving tricky to get a really close draw, it was Neil who came off second best, eventually losing 16 - 21.
Also at home, Barry took on Southwark Sports in the Surrey ...
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Barry and Neil played Wandilea at home this evening in the 3rd Round of the Surrey Pairs. Playing tidily throughout, along with some good fortune, Wimbledon Park took control of the game, limiting their opponents to just 4 singles in the 14 ends that were played. Final score 18 - 4 and a place in the last 8 of Division 1, Area 1 awaits next week.
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This afternoon Wimbledon Park hosted last year's League Champions Raynes Park in the second match of the Mid-Week Triples League. Unfortunately for us, Raynes Park proved too strong with Derek, Ossie and Vernon losing by 12 - 17 and Ron, Hector and Barry going down by 10 - 17. Match result a loss 0 - 8 (22 shots to 34).
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Jonathan played the Surrey Unbadged Singles this evening away at South London. In a high quality game with bowls touching the jack again and again, Jonathan fell behind early on to trail 2 - 9 and again a few ends later 4 - 13. Continuing to draw well, Jonathan slowly got back into the game, levelling at 15 - 15 before going on to book his place in the ...
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Barry, Jonathan and Neil played South London at home this evening in the Surrey Triples. After dropping a two on the second end to go 1 - 2 down, Wimbledon Park bowled tidily to win the next 14 ends, finishing with a 22 - 2 victory and a place in the last 8 in Area 1 Division 1.
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