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Published on: 9 Jul, 2019
Updated on: 9 Jul, 2019

Merrow Village Bowls Club report by David Raison

For our match on Wednesday, July 3, we played host to Mayford Hall for a friendly of four triples.

Brian and Pauline read out their teams.

Once again, we were blessed with a lovely hot, sunny afternoon, made more bearable by a light breeze.

Our captain Brian was unable to play due to a hand injury, so he just had to get the match started. Once the match got under way, Merrow’s bowlers started to take control, with all rinks playing strongly.

Lorna gets a bowl away.

There was a welcome break for tea at the half-way mark, with a delicious selection of cakes made by Lorna. It’s always a treat to sit out in the sunshine with a cup of tea!

Enzo delivers for Mayford Hall.

After tea the match resumed. Fortunately, the break had not affected Merrow’s performance, and we had a great result, winning on three rinks, and losing narrowly on the fourth, with a final score of 74-55.

Our top rink was Jarek, Andy, and John with a tremendous score of 23-9. Well done to them, and all the other rinks.

My, there’s a lot of bowls about! Merrow verses Mayford Hall.

On Saturday July 6, Merrow hosted Stoke Park for a friendly of four triples.

As has been the norm of late, it was hot and sunny, with just the occasional bit of cloud coming over.

Merrow verses Stoke Park.

All rinks started well, with Merrow putting up a good showing. On the captains’ rink, Merrow was starting to drop behind at the break, so we were glad of some tea and a chance to regroup.

Thanks go to Debbie, Lorna, and Sally for making lovely cakes, and Sophie for helping out.

Checking the scores…

Following the restart, Stoke Park started to move ahead on two rinks, while Merrow held their own on the other two. At the finish, each side had won two rinks but Stoke Park won on overall points, with a score of 57-70.

Congratulations to our two winning rinks: Tony, Lorna, and John with a score of 22-10; and Mark, Brian, and Bob who won 14-13.

Burpham Bowling Club report by Ian Mackrell

After quite a few weeks of exceedingly good results, not all matches have gone our way this past week.

At least on Tuesday, July 2, in the Guildford, Woking & District League, visitors Albury suffered a loss, with Burpham winning 48-34.

But the next day, July 3, our visitors Windlesham, in a friendly game of five triples, brought their “A” game, and we lost 61-92 – quite the largest defeat we’ve suffered for ages.

The club night on Thursday, in absolutely glorious weather, saw a large number of club members play, as well as several internal competitions, and members of Guildford U3A having free coaching from our trained coaches.

Star lead David Hart in action on July 4.

Glenda Mogg, also on July 4, displaying why she’s highly rated.

Can you believe it, but Saturday, July 6 didn’t see the tide turn either for Burpham. Yes, we went down away at Godalming by 16 shots – not quite such a loss as the previous Wednesday, but still a loss.

Well this coming week we travel with some 48 players to Southbourne for what is becoming an annual match. We’re determined to turn the tide – watch next week for the full report!