29 Ends Played and Then A Surrey Badge

Jonathan played the Area Final of the Surrey Unbadged Singles this evening up at South London. In a close game against Croydon, Jonathan found himself behind early on to some tidy draw bowling from his opponent. Having got to 8 - 13, Jonathan picked up his game and edged ahead 17 - 14, only for his opponent to level at 18 ... More

Fantastic Success at the Primary Schools’ Tournament

Today over at Merton Park Bowls Club, there was the culmination of the 2015 Merton Primary Schools' bowls Tournament. Unfortunately following the late withdrawal of one of the schools only Cranmer, Joseph Hood (with two teams) and Wimbledon Park were available to take part. Following a number of rain showers the ... More

Great company – tough bowling!

This afternoon our latest league game took place at South London. With all three Wimbledon Park rinks finding the going tough Luke, Betty, Pete and Martin were the first to finish. Having kept the scores close at 7 - 11 after 9 ends, South London put a run of nine winning ends together to move to 30 - 7. A fight back over ... More

Successful Surrey Skipping

This morning Jonathan skipped one of the Surrey Under-25 rinks for the first time as the Surrey Juniors took on Oxford in the latest Junior Home Counties League match. With a Surrey side missing 7 of their 8 top bowlers, the competition was going to be a tough one, however Surrey put on a fine show with Jonathan skipping ... 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

Another Semi-Final

This evening Barry and Neil played the Area 1, Division 1 Semi-Final of the Surrey Men's Pairs Competition. Playing away at Colliers Wood, honours were shared early on before Colliers Wood picked up a 4 and a 1 to lead 8 - 3. A four to Wimbledon Park brought Barry and Neil right back in to the game, only for their ... More

A Place in the Area Final?

This evening Jonathan went to Heathfield to play the semi-final of the Area 1, Division 1, Surrey Unbadged Singles. Picking up two counts of 3 early on, Jonathan moved into a 9 - 3 lead, which a few ends later was maintained at 15 - 9. Not to be outdone his opponent continued to draw well and levelled the game at 17 - ... More

Congratulations Wimbledon Park

Congratulations to Wimbledon Park who, after four league wins and one defeat, are top of the Wimbledon and District League. More

Surrey Secretaries Spectacle

This evening Barry took on Belmont for a place in the County Quarter-final of the Surrey Secretaries Competition. In a game in which the lead changed hands on multiple occasions Barry came from 6 - 11 down to lead 14 - 12, only for his opponent to sneak back ahead, leaving Barry 14 - 15 behind. Another rally from Barry ... More