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This morning's taster session was once again a tremendous success with 15 bowlers taking to the green including 5 of the new bowlers who have joined Wimbledon Park in 2015. At the end of the session we welcomed our latest two club members, Claire and Matthew, who have enjoyed the weekly taster sessions so much that they have become the 12th and 13th new ...
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This evening Neil travelled to North Sheen to play in the Quarter-final of the Surrey Zone in the National Champion of Champions competition. Having got stuck in traffic and arriving 25 minutes late Neil was confronted with a quick green which took a while to settle to. After 6 ends he was 3 - 12 down, before rallying to lead 13 - 12. The next few ends were ...
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This evening Jonathan made the trek down to deepest darkest Tongham, on the Surrey/Hampshire boarder, to play the semi-final of the Surrey Unbadged Singles. Starting well and playing some of the best bowls that he has played, Jonathan built up a 13 - 4 lead which he maintained at 17 - 7. His opponent from Mytchett then rallied, narrowing the gap to 18 - 14, ...
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Barry/Neil began defending the Wimbledon and District Men's Pairs title that they won in 2013 and in 2014 with a match against South London this evening. With their opponents playing tidily throughout and the opposition skip converting a number of ends, the home pair needed some big counts one of which came on the third end when they picked up a count of 7. ...
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This afternoon Wimbledon Park was the place to be for celebrations. First at 1pm we welcomed County Men's President, John Tucker, to the green as he presented the club with their Bowls England award for being Regional Winners and 3rd place in England in the 2014 'Club of the Year' Competition. This is a tremendous achievement for Wimbledon Park as ...
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This afternoon, which turned out to be a very hot and sunny one, Wimbledon Park travelled to Colliers Wood for their latest league match. Ralph, Helen, Pete and Martin were the first rink to finish and having won 15 ends to 6, came off with a 27 - 13 victory. Luke, Betty, Jonathan and Neil managed to win 13 ends to 8, but it still proved not to be enough ...
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Following Jonathan's success last week in the District Singles, this evening Neil also played Heathfield in the Men's Singles. Level after 6 ends at 8 - 8, Neil opened up a 6 shot margin to lead 16 - 10 at 11 ends, only for his opponent to win the next 5 ends to go ahead 18 - 16. The final three ends however went to Neil and he just edged home 21 - 18.
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This afternoon Wimbledon Park took on league leaders Raynes Park in the Mid-week triples. Playing away, due to the tennis, Alf, Betty and Barry found themselves 1 - 12 down after 5 ends before an amazing run saw them win 12 of the remaining 13 ends to seal the game 21 - 15. Ron, Vernon and Jonathan were 0 - 11 after 4 ends, before rallying to trail 8 - 11 ...
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The hottest day of the year and two significant events took place in the Wimbledon Park 2015 season. Firstly this afternoon we hosted Riversdale Primary School for a taster session as requested by the Wimbledon Foundation who had provided us with a grant to support the schools' work. A huge thank you to Anne, Gay, Angela (who cancelled a number of work ...
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Congratulations to Jonathan who played his first match in the Wimbledon and District Men's Singles away at Heathfield this evening. Playing well from the beginning Jonathan booked his place in the last 16 with a 21 - 8 win.
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