A place to make and meet friends
The Club’s Annual Pre Season meal was held on Sunday 8th February, at the Longlands Hotel.
Twenty two members enjoyed good food and great company.
Vera Alderson, Club Captain presented Peter Wightman with the Most improved player award for 2025.
Congratulations Peter.
Over the ‘off season’ months, members of HBC have enjoyed various social activities.
This started with our Autumn fundraiser ‘The Dominoes and Hotpot Supper’ held on Saturday 18th October. Once again this was a successful evening. A good time was had by all!
Thank you to all the members who supported this event.
On Saturday 15th November, members enjoyed the ‘Fish n’ Chip’ supper and games evening. Thanks again to Martin and John ‘HBC Deliveroo’ for collecting our supper and to Colin for organising the games. What a wonderful night!
Sunday 7th December, members gathered in the club house for our Christmas social. Mulled wine, minced pies and other festive treats were enjoyed throughout. Mike entertained us with Christmas music and songs followed by a Christmas Quiz. Another successful event in our social calendar.
‘Lets go for Coffee’
Since October our Heversham Ladies have met up once a month at various venues for a coffee and a catch up.
HBC AGM took place on Sunday 25th January in the Bowling Club.
The elected offices are as follows:
Chair person – Martin Tomlinson
Secretary – Tom Grindey
Treasurer – Margaret Nelson
Club Captain – Vera Alderson
Committee – Joyce Hayton, Alison Warwick, Colin James, Adrian Tayler
Green keepers – Ian Telford and Mark Hutchinson
September Round Robin
Vera, our Club Captain writes:-
On Sunday 21st September, a bright and sunny day, we held our last Round Robin of the season. Following the random selection of the teams each pair played four matches of eight ends. They scored two points for a win and one point for a draw. There was some excellent bowling resulting in some close matches.
The final winners, by one point, were Susan Ellis and Martin Tomlinson. Runners-up were George Handley and Mike Warwick.
The afternoon was enjoyed by all and the cakes, sausage rolls, and nibbles were much appreciated.
Below on the left are Susan and Martin receiving their prizes and on the right are Mike and George.
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The popular dominoes evening with hotpot supper and raffle will be back again in the Athenaeum on Saturday 18th October @ 7pm. Tickets will be available by the end of the week from committee members at a cost of £12.50 each.
Ladies’ and Men’s Singles
Vera Alderson, our Club Chair, writes:-
On Sunday 7th September we held the Ladies’ and Gent’s Singles competitions. The green was in excellent condition, but sadly the weather was very wet. Despite the persistent rain the standard of bowling was very high in such challenging conditions.
The Ladies’ final was between Louise Tomlinson and Julie Wharfe with Louise winning with a score of 21/9. Louise was presented with the Rose Bowl Trophy, along with some roses and a bottle of sparkling wine, by Margaret Nelson. Margaret is the sponsor of the Ladies’ Trophy.
The Men’s final was between Colin James and Adrian Tayler – Colin won the game with a score of 21/14. Margaret also presented Colin with the trophy of a decanter and a bottle of whisky. Peter and Gillian Shaw, previous members of the club, sponsored the Men’s Trophy.
The runners-up, Julie and Adrian, were each presented with a bottle of wine.
The afternoon was enjoyed by all, despite the weather, and the cakes provided by Louise were much appreciated. This was the last trophy competition of the season and now we can look forward to next season.
Below on the left you can see Louise being awarded with the Rose Bowl and on the right is Colin James receiving the decanter and whisky.
Below are Julie and Adrian receiving their prizes as runners-up.
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August Round Robin
On Sunday 24th August 15 club members plus Lorna Shields, a visitor from Silverdale Bowling Club, took part in the August Round Robin. The sun was shining, and it was a hot afternoon, but those taking part battled through the heat playing seven rounds of six ends per round. It was especially nice to see Shirley and John Cross who came to enjoy the sunshine, and hopefully the bowling.
The winners were Susan and Charles Ellis with Joyce Hayton and Mike Warwick the runners up. Thanks once again to John Smith for organising the event. Pictured below are Susan and Charles receiving their prizes from Vera Alderson, our Club Captain.
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End of Season Fun Evening
AKA What do we do now? Or, What did he say?
On the evening of Thursday 21st August members from our teams in the Kendal League, the South Westmorland Seniors League, and the Rural League gathered for an evening of extraordinary bowling challenges devised by Ian Telford. Ian himself kept out of the challenges under the pretext of keeping the scores. Members were subjected to playing the jack with the non-dominant hand and then the bowls with the dominant hand; playing the jack with the dominant hand and the bowls with the non-dominant hand; sending the bowls first and then sending the jack; and bowling one bowl with the dominant hand and the other with the non-dominant hand – I think!! The mental gymnastics were as difficult as the games. No wonder the most often heard questions were, “What do we do now?” “What did he say?”
At the end of the evening Robin Wharfe gained 10 points and Louise Tomlinson 9 points. Everyone else was pleased to forget their score as they returned to the club house for refreshments.
Thanks to Ian and the team captains for organising things.
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The Leasgill Trophy
Sunday August 3rd saw fourteen club members competing for the Leasgill Trophy. The shield was kindly given to the club by Maureen and Gordon Coleclough, former members and keen and successful bowlers. The competition is a mixed singles. Striking a blow for the equality of women in bowling three women were in the semi-finals and two in the finals. The semi-finalists were Mike Warwick v. Louise Tomlinson, (seen below on the left), and Susan Ellis v. Julie Wharfe, (seen below on the right). After a long afternoon’s bowling Louise and Susan went through to the final, with Louise winning the Trophy. Congratulations Louise!
On the left below is Susan receiving her prize as the runner-up from Vera Alderson the Club Captain; and on the right is Louise receiving the Leasgill Shield.
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July Round Robin
On Sunday July 27th sixteen club members took part in the July Round Robin. As he introduced the event John Smith once again gave a prediction – that tea would be taken at 3.10pm. As you can see from the photo on the right at precisely 3.10pm Vera was enjoying a chocolate éclair with her tea.
At the end of the afternoon Susan and Robin, on the left below, were the winners, while Margaret and George, on the right, took home the booby prize.
Thanks once again to John Smith for organising a pleasant afternoon of friendly bowling. If you click on the photos below they will open in a carousel.
Open Competition
Our Club Chair, Robin Wharfe, writes:
We did it again! The club should be very proud following our second ever Mixed Doubles Competition on Saturday 26th July.
Following last year’s inaugural event, this year’s was just as, if not, better than last year. For a start we were blessed with fine weather from the off and the matches got under way on time, with 7 couples from the club amongst the 32 entries, with some great local bowlers returning this year, and with some new faces.
3 of our couples, Vera and and John, Martin and Louise and Robin and Julie progressed to the second round, with Martin and Louise getting through to one of the semi finals.
The weather stayed fine and competitors, friends, family members and other supporters enjoyed a day of excellent bowling with some close games.
The semi finals were fought out between Will and Alex Harrison and Sam and Lesley Blackstone, with Will and Alex wining through to the final. The other game saw Martin and Louise Tomlinson fall to David Platt and Linda Valentine.
An excellent final rounded off a great day’s bowling with Will and Alex maintaining the momentum for most of the game. David and Linda fought back in the last few ends to ensure a close finish with Will and Alex coming out on top, winning 21 – 19.
Martin concluded a great day for the club by thanking our sponsors, Willacy’s, Drew Ford, No.3 Curry House and Panararmer, the green team, John Smith for putting together the programme and keeping the score sheet running, the markers and scorers, and everyone who provided refreshments for another top spread, and all those who helped in the kitchen and run the raffle.
He then presented Will and Alex with their prizes and trophies.
Well done to everyone. Many favourable comments were received throughout the day, and since, with requests that we hold another competition next year.
On the left below you can see Linda and David, the runners-up, receiving their prize, and on the right is Martin awarding the semi-finalist prize to himself and Louise.
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