Another Close Call in the Family Pairs

June 17th - This evening over at Belmont BC, Neil and Jonathan played Wandilea for  a place in the semi-final of the Surrey/Sussex zone of the National Family Pairs competition. On a rink that proved to be quite tricky, the game was always tight but it was Neil and Jonathan who managed to get to the final end with a one ... More

8th New Member Joins

June 17th - Another great taster session this morning saw 3 visitors on the green on what was the hottest Saturday yet. Two first time visitors enjoyed trying bowls and Stephen, making his third visit, enjoyed it so much that he joined the club, becoming the 8th new member to join in 2017. This afternoon we hosted ... More

Too Little, Too Late

June 16th - This evening Neil welcomed South London to Wimbledon Park for the Surrey Singles. After the opening ends left the scores at 8 - 9, Neil had a poor run of ends to go 8 - 18 behind. A change of mat length brought the desired result and the gap closed to 17 - 18. The final ends saw some quality drawing from both ... More

Down to the Last End…Again!

June 15th - This evening Pete and Martin played Southwark Park in the Surrey Men's Pairs. With a place in the Area 1 semi-final at stake the game was nip-and-tuck throughout. After 14 ends the scores were level at 14 - 14, three ends later and again they were locked at 17 - 17. After 20 ends the score remained tied at 19 - ... More

Surrey Secretaries’ Success

June 13th - This evening at Wimbledon Park Barry played against Dulwich Constitution for a place in the Area semi-final of the Surrey Secretaries' competition. Drawing well from the start, Barry was 8 - 0 up after 3 ends and 15 - 1 up after 7. After 12 ends the game was over with Barry having won by 21 shots to 3. More

A Second Successful Schools’ Afternoon

June 12th - This afternoon we welcomed Garfield Primary School for the second of their coaching sessions ahead of next Monday's 'Merton Primary Schools' Tournament.' Once again the children had a really enjoyable session led by Barry and assisted by Anne, John P-W, Maggie and Vicki. Thank you to each of the club members ... More

Oh So Close!

12th - This evening Barry, Pete, Martin and Neil hosted Norbury in the semi-final of the Area 1 Surrey Men's Fours. The game turned out to be a game in which each team dominated as WPBC went from 3 - 0 at two ends to 3 - 10 at 8 ends before coming back to lead 12 - 10 after 12 ends. From then on the remaining ends saw ... More

3rd Weekend League Match

June 11th - This afternoon we welcomed Merton BC to Wimbledon Park for the third league match of the season. With a few of our regular players elsewhere it was great to have Christine and Claire making their 2017 league debuts. Claire, Ange, Anne and Barry had a close tussle in a game which saw the lead change 4 times in ... More

Surrey Two-Woods Competition

June 11th - This morning the early rounds of the Surrey Area 1 '2-Woods' Competition took place up at South London. In the first game Neil was drawn against one of the home bowlers and in a tight game it was the South London bowler who opened up a short lead early on. Despite Neil's attempts to close the gap, each time ... More

Another Great Saturday Taster Session

June 10th - This morning's taster session saw 15 people having a fun time on the green, including 2 people visiting for the first time. During the morning John B, having won first prize in the recent 'Open Day' raffle, collected his prize - a year's membership of Wimbledon Park Bowls Club. Congratulations John! We look ... More