An Eventful Day for Wimbledon Park

6.7.19 - This morning Alison and Neil played the District Over-55 Mixed Pairs up at Heathfield. With both of their opponents drawing well the going was tough and after 7 ends Wimbledon Park trailed 3 - 14. 7 ends later and the margin was the same at 8 - 19. Hands were shaken at 20 ends with Heathfield progressing with a 23 ... More

A Great Result in the League as we Defeat the Unbeaten League Leaders

29.6.19 - This afternoon we visited league leaders, Streatham Park for our latest league match. Playing the league leaders, unbeaten in 2019 and with only 10 bowlers available, things were going to be tough, but what a response from the Wimbledon Park bowlers. Despite the heat which had reduced the game to 16 ends, in ... More

Terrific Performance in our Second League Match of the Weekend

23.6.19 - This afternoon we welcomed South London to the green for our second league match of the weekend. Matthew, Christine, Anne and Pete held their own until 10 ends when they were 8 - 10 down, the second half however belonged to the visitors who won the game 24 - 11. Claire, Johnny, George and Sabrina got away to a ... More

Result From Our 3rd Weekend League Match

22.6.19 - This afternoon we welcomed league newcomers Magdalen Park to the green for our 3rd league match of the year. Playing against 3 players Claire, Ralph, Richard and Neil got off to the worst possible start dropping a 6, 7 and 3 in the first three ends. Despite battling hard throughout things went from bad to worse ... More

Strong Performance in Today’s League Match

2.6.19 - This afternoon we hosted Colliers Wood in our second home league match of the season. Claire, Richard, Vernon and Martin got off to a flying start leading 14 - 3 after 8 ends, before Colliers Wood closed the gap to 16 - 11 after 13 ends. Wimbledon Park continued to bowl well over the final ends going on to win the ... More

Rain Stopped Play

23.9.18 - In truth rain didn’t even allow play to start! This morning should have seen us take on Belmont in the Final of the Wimbledon  and District Top 10 competition, but with the rain having been falling for hours the green at Heathfield was turning into a lake with pools of standing water growing by the minute. ... More

Wet, wet, wet!

22.9.18 - After this morning’s taster session and this afternoon’s bowls’ party were both rained off, we travelled to Bolingbroke for the penultimate league match of 2018. First to finish, after the shortened 16 end match format had been agreed, were Luke, Maggie, Vernon and Pete. In a low scoring game it finished 10 ... More

A Strong Showing in the Latest League Fixture

19.8.18 - This afternoon we welcomed Wandilea to the green for our latest league fixture. With a full team, we had the advantage as our opponents had 10 players available. Luke, Anne, Pete and Martin started strongly to lead 10 - 1 after 8 ends. At 14 ends the gap had narrowed with the score at 15 - 7, but the final third ... More

Close Match Against the League Leaders

4.5.18 - This afternoon we welcomed league leaders Mitcham to the green for our latest league match. First to finish were Maggie, Rosalind, Pete and Martin who found the opposition in fine form going down 12 - 25. Second off were Claire, Ange, Ossie and Neil who were behind 9 - 12 after 15 ends, but won the remaining 6 ... More

Win in the Weekend League

29.7.18 - This afternoon, on what turned out to be a wet and windy one (and we haven't been able to say that for a while), we welcomed Bolingbroke to Wimbledon Park. Bolingbroke unfortunately played with 9 in their team meaning that, as with us yesterday, their Triples lost 25% of their shots at the end of the game. F... More