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28.6.19 - This evening members were involved in three competitions. Up at South London Neil was playing for a place in the Area Final of the Surrey Men's Singles. Getting off to a great start Neil led 9 - 2 after 5 ends. 10 ends later and his opponent had found his rhythm and taken the lead himself 12 - 11. Continuing to bowl more consistently than Neil ...
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27.6.19 - This evening Pete and Neil headed to South London for the Surrey Men's Pairs. As the game got underway, South London settled quickest and began to build a lead. 11 - 4 after 10 ends became 16 - 9 with 17 ends gone. A change of jack length following WPBC's single and the final three ends saw a 2, 4, 1 finish to see Wimbledon Park squeeze through ...
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26.6.19 - This evening, Pete, Richard, Martin and Neil travelled down to West End BC, near Woking, for the Quarter-Final of the Surrey Over-55 Men's Fours. Starting well against Knaphill, in the 18 end format, Wimbledon Park won 7 of the first 11 ends but only found themselves 11 - 10 ahead. In the second half, they continued to draw well but were faced ...
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24.6.19 - The week got off to a terrific start as we welcomed the older children from Riversdale Primary School to the green. Thanks to Barry for leading the two sessions supported by Anne, Ange, Derek, Rosalind and Vicki. The children had a great time discovering how much fun bowls is and we hope they return soon to enjoy it some more!
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23.6.19 - This afternoon we welcomed South London to the green for our second league match of the weekend. Matthew, Christine, Anne and Pete held their own until 10 ends when they were 8 - 10 down, the second half however belonged to the visitors who won the game 24 - 11. Claire, Johnny, George and Sabrina got away to a flying start leading 11 - 1 after 5 ...
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22.6.19 - This afternoon we welcomed league newcomers Magdalen Park to the green for our 3rd league match of the year. Playing against 3 players Claire, Ralph, Richard and Neil got off to the worst possible start dropping a 6, 7 and 3 in the first three ends. Despite battling hard throughout things went from bad to worse and dropping an 8 on the final end ...
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22.6.19 - This morning Pete and Neil played the Quarter-Final of the Surrey Section of the National Over-55 Men's Pairs. Starting strongly they led 13 - 5 after 8 ends as they played North Sheen. 6 ends later the scores were level at 15 - 15, but that was as close as things got as a flick on the jack from Neil transformed the 16th end costing Wimbledon ...
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21.6.19 - In this evening's Surrey Men's Singles Neil welcomed Magdalen Park to the green. With the opening exchanges being close, Neil found himself 4 - 6 down after 8 ends. The next four ends proved pivotal as Neil took them all to lead 12 - 6. Seven ends later it was all over , with Neil going through to the Area semi-final with a 21 - 13 win.
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20.6.19 - This evening Pete and Neil visited South London for the next round in the Surrey Men's Pairs. With the home side getting off to a strong start Pete and Neil were 1 - 9 down after 5 ends. A change of jack length brought a timely count of 6 and after 10 ends Wimbledon Park had edged ahead 11 - 10. The second half saw WPBC continue to draw well going ...
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19.6.19 - This afternoon on yet another rainy day, we travelled to Streatham Park for the return mid-week triples match. Anne, Ange and Ossie started well leading 10 - 3 after 11 ends. Unfortunately for Wimbledon Park the next three ends proved decisive as the hosts picked up counts of 3, 3 and 5 to lead 14 - 10. The final ends were shared with Streatham ...
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