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

Champion of Champions Defeat

June 7th - This evening Neil hosted Belmont in the National Champion of Champions competition. With some close drawing early on it was the Belmont bowler who took control, dominating the game to win 21 - 9. More