Second Success in the District Singles

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 ... More

Hard Won Points in the Mid-week Triples

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 ... More

What a Wonderful Wednesday!

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 ... More

The District Competitions Get Underway!

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. More

What an Ending!

This afternoon Wimbledon Park hosted league leaders Streatham Park in their latest Wimbledon and District League match. Starting strongly Luke, Ange (making her league debut), Vernon and Barry led 20 - 6 after 14 ends, however the last 7 ends saw their opponents score 15 shots without reply, including a final end 6, ... More

Tough Triples – No Triumph

This afternoon Wimbledon Park travelled to Bolingbroke for the latest Mid-week Triples fixture. Playing against a strong Bolingbroke team it proved to be a tough ordeal with Betty, Vernon and Jonathan managing to win 4 of the 18 ends amassing 14 shots to their opponents 33. Alf, Cherry (making her triples debut) and Barry ... More

29 Ends Played and Then A Surrey Badge

Jonathan played the Area Final of the Surrey Unbadged Singles this evening up at South London. In a close game against Croydon, Jonathan found himself behind early on to some tidy draw bowling from his opponent. Having got to 8 - 13, Jonathan picked up his game and edged ahead 17 - 14, only for his opponent to level at 18 ... More

Fantastic Success at the Primary Schools’ Tournament

Today over at Merton Park Bowls Club, there was the culmination of the 2015 Merton Primary Schools' bowls Tournament. Unfortunately following the late withdrawal of one of the schools only Cranmer, Joseph Hood (with two teams) and Wimbledon Park were available to take part. Following a number of rain showers the ... More

Great company – tough bowling!

This afternoon our latest league game took place at South London. With all three Wimbledon Park rinks finding the going tough Luke, Betty, Pete and Martin were the first to finish. Having kept the scores close at 7 - 11 after 9 ends, South London put a run of nine winning ends together to move to 30 - 7. A fight back over ... More

Successful Surrey Skipping

This morning Jonathan skipped one of the Surrey Under-25 rinks for the first time as the Surrey Juniors took on Oxford in the latest Junior Home Counties League match. With a Surrey side missing 7 of their 8 top bowlers, the competition was going to be a tough one, however Surrey put on a fine show with Jonathan skipping ... More