Middleton Cup Call Up

June 1st - Congratulations to Jonathan who heard today that he has, following his trial for the Middleton Cup team, been called up to represent Surrey in their first two games. We wish him well! More

National Mixed Pairs – Round 2 Result

May 27th - this evening Sabrina and Neil played Gonville in Round 2 of the National Mixed Pairs. In a game which had lots of interesting ends, including one no end and another in which not two but three bowls all ended up touching the jack, Sabrina and Neil played tidily throughout the game, managing to advance to ... More

National Mixed Pairs – Round 1 Success

May 21st - This morning Sabrina and Neil had their first game in the National Mixed Pairs competition, away at Belmont. A strong start saw them 13 - 3 up after 9 ends, however dropping a couple of big counts brought Belmont to within three shots at 16 - 13, four ends later. Tidy drawing over the final ends proved enough to ... More

Tight game in the National Family Pairs

May 15th - Jonathan and Neil played the second match of the National Family Pairs this afternoon against Colliers Wood. Having started strongly to lead 6 - 1, Jonathan and Neil saw the Colliers Wood pair up their game to level the scores before edging ahead. In a high quality drawing game it was Colliers Wood who prevailed ... More

National Family Pairs – A Very Close Match

May 6th - This evening Jonathan and Neil played Wandilea in the first match of the Surrey/Sussex section of the National Family Pairs Competition. Edging away to lead 18 - 10 after 17 ends, the next three ends saw some very tidy Wandilea bowling as the score was reduced to a single shot. The final end saw Wimbledon Park ... More

Oh so close!

This evening Neil travelled to North Sheen to play in the Quarter-final of the Surrey Zone in the National Champion of Champions competition. Having got stuck in traffic and arriving 25 minutes late Neil was confronted with a quick green which took a while to settle to. After 6 ends he was 3 - 12 down, before rallying to ... More

Another Busy Saturday at Wimbledon Park!

This morning started with our third 'Bowls 4 Fun' session and once again it was good to see club members, returning visitors and new attendees on the green. At noon Jonathan and Neil played Wandilea in the National Family Pairs for a place in the last 4 of the Surrey/Sussex zone. In a close fought match the scores were ... More

Mixed Fortunes in Tonight’s Competitions

At home this evening Ossie, Pete, Jonathan and Barry took on Heathfield in the second round of the Surrey Area Top 4 Competition. With Heathfield getting off to a strong start WPBC found themselves 1 - 10 down after 7 ends. Picking up two 3s in the next three ends helped the home bowlers, unfortunately dropping a 6 didn't. ... More

Double Success on Sunny Sunday

This morning Neil and Jonathan played Colliers Wood in the National Family Pairs. Starting strongly, they led 7 - 0 after 4 ends and 13 - 4 after 11 ends. Dropping 5 shots in the next 3 ends saw the shot difference down to 4, before a run of 5 winning ends took them to 21 - 9 at which point their opponents conceded with ... More

Double Success on Friday Evening

Neil visited Wandilea this evening in the National Champion of Champions competition. Playing on a tricky rink, the early exchanges were fairly even with the scores tied at 6 - 6 after 9 ends and 9 - 9, 3 ends later. Both bowlers drew tidily, but it was Neil who just edged ahead to record a 21 - 11 win. Over at ... More