21.6.21 Home Defeat in the Surrey Men’s Fours

This evening Barry, Pete, Martin and Neil took on Shirley Park in the opening round of the Surrey Men’s Fours. With the visitors in fine form, and with WPBC not at their best, it was Shirley Park who progressed to the next round with a 19 - 9 win. More

20.6.21 Another Close Game in the District Men’s Pairs

This morning Pete and Martin hosted Streatham Park in the Wimbledon and District Men's Pairs. In a fairly even game Streatham Park picked up a 5 early on and in the latter stages kept getting one bowl close, which led to them edging out WPBC 22 - 17. More

19.6.21 A Game of Two Jack Lengths

This afternoon Neil headed to Mid-Surrey for the quarter-final of the Surrey Area in the National Over-55 Men’s Singles. With his opponent starting strongly, Neil found himself at 0 - 11 before getting on to the scoreboard. A change of Jack length saw Neil close the gap before going on to take the lead at 16 - 11. ... More

18 6 21 A Close Match in the District Mixed Pairs

This evening Claire and Martin were over at Wandilea in the Wimbledon and District Mixed Pairs. Starting strongly Wimbledon Park built up a 14 - 8 lead after 14 ends, only for Wandilea to level at 16 - 16. With the rain beginning to fall, it was Wandilea who edged the final two ends to win 18 - 16. More

18 6 21 A Clean Sweep in This Week’s Surrey Competitions

This evening Neil welcomed Heathfield to the green for the final Surrey competition of the week, the Men's Singles. In an evenly matched game, it was Neil who edged ahead to lead 14 - 4 after 9 ends, going on to win 21 - 10, to complete a clean sweep for WPBC in this week's Surrey competitions. More

17.6.21 A Real Soaking in the Surrey Men’s Pairs

This evening, Barry and Neil were up at Heathfield in the Surrey Men’s Pairs. In the 18 end game, Wimbledon Park battled well early on to lead 13 - 6 after 10 ends. 5 ends later and Heathfield had levelled at 13 - 13. A single and a four, in the next two ends proved decisive and despite the weather pouring its worst on ... More

15.6.21 What a Turnaround!

This evening Barry, Richard S and Neil were away at Belmont in the Surrey men’s Triples. 5 ends in and they were facing an uphill struggle at 0 - 8. 3 ends later and they were back in it at 7 - 8. With the Belmont skip continuing to bowl well, WPBC found themselves 11 - 16 down with 2 ends to play. A score of 3 and 2 on ... More

14.6.21 Wimbledon and District Results

This evening, Neil was over at Mitcham in the Men’s Singles. In a game that was not really a reflection of the score, Neil went through to the next round with a 21 - 4 win. In the District Mixed Triples, Sara, Barry and Neil’s opponents from Heathfield unfortunately had to concede the game due to one of their team’s ... More

13.6.21 Club Handicap Pairs

This afternoon 6 pairs took to the green. Each pair was drawn with a more experienced bowler playing with a less experienced bowler. After each pair had played each other over short 6-end games, using 2 bowls and with 3 points for a win, 2 for a draw and 1 for a loss, the results were very close. Christine & Anne and ... More

13.6.21 Not to be in the National Over-55 Men’s Pairs

This morning, Barry and Neil took on South London in the National Over-55 Men’s Pairs. After 12 of the 18 ends had been played Wimbledon Park led 15 - 8. With South London taking all of the remaining ends, the game went to the visitors 20 - 15. More