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July 29th - This afternoon we played away at South London in our latest Wimbledon and District League fixture. In a shortened format, brought about by the wet weather, Rosalind, Betty, Vernon and Martin found their opponents in fine form eventually succumbing to a 2 - 36 defeat. Anne, Helen, Sabrina and Barry also found the going tough finishing at 6 - 17. ...
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July 26th - This afternoon we welcomed Streatham Park for our latest mid-week triples match. Helen, Vernon and Barry put in a strong second half performance, capped off by a brilliant last end which saw Barry trail the jack for shot bowl when he was 4 down, to overturn a 5- 12 deficit, going on to win 19 - 16. Ange, Ossie and Neil conceded 6 shots in ...
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July 27th - This evening Anne and George visited Streatham Park to take on the 2016 District champions in the District Mixed Pairs competition. Unfortunately for Wimbledon Park, Anne and George got off to the worst possible start, dropping 7 shots on the first end. Their response to this however was tremendous as they took the next seven ends to lead 10 - ...
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July 24th - This evening Barry travelled to Heathfield to continue the defence of his Over 60s District Singles title. In a close fought encounter however, it was his opponent who prevailed, booking a place in the Quarter-final with a 21 - 17 win. Back at Wimbledon Park Neil took on Belmont in the Champion of Champions competition. Starting poorly Neil ...
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July 24th - This evening Wimbledon Park took on a strong Heathfield side in the Quarter-final of the District Top 10 competition. The Singles, played away at Heathfield was the first discipline to finish and saw Neil win 21 - 11. Back at home the Pairs and the Triples finished together with George and Vernon putting together a great recovery to win 21 - 16, ...
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July 23rd - This afternoon, whilst dodging the showers, the Ladies played the Golden Jubilee Round-Robin Competition. At the end of the Round Robin format Alison emerged as winner with 9 points (18 shots), closely followed by Mary, 9 points (11 shots). Ange was in 3rd, 8 points (13 shots), followed by Maggie, 8 points (12 shots) and Claire 6 points (5 ...
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July 23rd - This morning Martin and Neil represented Area 1 away at Wallington BC as they took on Area 3 in the second leg of the Walter Cross inter-area competition. Martin led for his rink who narrowly lost 18 - 23. Neil skipped his rink who finished as Top Rink winning 24 - 20.
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July 22nd - This afternoon, on what turned out to be a dull and wet one, we visited Merton BC for our latest league fixture. With both sides agreeing to play 15 ends per rink, to avoid a prolonged soaking, a close match ensued. Wimbledon Park started well enough and after 9 ends Claire, Ange, George and Barry were tied at 9 - 9, Mary, Betty, Ossie and ...
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July 23rd - This morning's taster session saw an incredible 23 people take to the green, including those attending Helen's skills' session (Thank you Helen!) and 9 first timers from a language school in Wimbledon (We hope to see you again soon!) If you missed the session, don't worry, we are back again next Saturday from 11.00-12.30.
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July 20th - Barry and Neil have received a walk-over in the District Men's Pairs competition, following the concession from their Mitcham opponents. The Quarter-final will see an all Wimbledon Park tie against Pete and Martin, playing for a place in the Semi-finals.
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