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

A Marathon in the Surrey Singles

June 9th - This evening Neil visited Wandilea in the Surrey Men's Singles. Starting strongly, Neil led 10 - 2 after 8 ends, 10 ends later however and the scores were very different as the lead had been cut to 2 shots at 13 - 11. On the 27th end, with Neil leading 19 - 17, but 3 down on the green, a running bowl carried ... More

Mixed Fortunes in the Surrey Pairs

June 8th - This evening Pete and Martin hosted Heathfield in the Surrey Pairs. In a very close game everything came down to the final two ends where Wimbledon Park trailed 15 - 20. Picking up a count of three on the 20th end set up a nail-biting finish, with the green becoming more erratic everything hinged on a final ... More