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Time to grab your partner – qualification rule waived!
Once again we have a busy calendar of events planned throughout the 2025 Huddersfield Veterans Bowling Associations summer season. All the competitions that ran last year are again taking place this y
04 April, 2025
Eddie Haigh – always a top bowler
EDDIE HAIGH, who passed away on Sunday 23rd March, was a top-class bowler in the Huddersfield Veterans Bowling Association (HVBA) winning the major competitions on numerous occasions. And, if not winn
27 March, 2025
Over 70’s Pairs – Revised format
At the AGM in February our club representatives indicated they were overwhelmingly in favour of trying a ‘drawn pairs’ format for the Over 70’s pairs competition. This is a format fa
25 March, 2025
It’s A to B for Waterloo
In line with the 6-man league structure the Julie Fuller Trophy has seen an increase in the number of teams competing in the competition in 2025. This has led a Preliminary round of nine ties in 2024
09 February, 2025
2025 Julie Fuller team handicapping improved
Handicapping for the 6-man Julie Fuller competition has now been published. The 6-man league was established as a lower divisions competition with restrictions that effectively excluded top ranking bo
09 February, 2025
Bistro: Mixed fortunes for 2024 finalists
THE draw for the 2025 Bistro competition saw last year’s winners Kirkheaton Con A drawn to face Denby Dale in the preliminary round. Beaten finalists Longwood will face Golcar Lib A when the competiti
08 February, 2025
2025 Handicapping – a new approach
A new approach to individual handicapping has been introduced for 2025. In previous years handicaps were based on a bowler’s division and every bowler in a division had the same handicap. Starting thi
07 February, 2025
Late start for beaten finalists
NETHERTON CON B who were beaten finalists in the 2024 competition have been handed a bye in the preliminary round draw of the Sub Team Knock out cup. They will face Brockholes B in the Round of 16 whi
05 February, 2025
Defending Champs feature in tie of the round
DEFENDING Team Knock-out champions Longwood will face 2024 Division 1 Champions Lowerhouses in the tie of the round – if not the competition – as the 2025 Team Knock-out draw for the opening round is
04 February, 2025
SIX MAN OPENING FIXTURES ANNOUNCED
The Huddersfield Veterans Bowling Association 6-man competition has had a revamp ahead of the 2025 season with five teams joining. That has seen the competition extended over four divisions with the
26 January, 2025
BROCKHOLES AIM FOR FIRST CLASS START
RELEGATED Brockholes B 10-man team will be hoping for a first-class start to their season which opens on “the postage stamp” – Kirkheaton Con B team being the hosts. Dalton are the highest-placed of t
26 January, 2025
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR PIP HILL?
WITH Outlane having dropped out from the 10-man league there has been a late promotion for Primrose Hill Lib who finished third in Division 5 last term. The Pip Hill club will make the short journey t
26 January, 2025HOME STARTS FOR DIVISION 3 NEWCOMERS
MARSH LIB A will start their 10-man Division 3 campaign with a home encounter against Paddock I & C. The home side gained promotion from Division 4 at the end of the 2024 season as champions and w
26 January, 2025
ELLAND CLUBS FACE OPENING DAY TRIPS
ELLAND C&BC were just four points shy of gaining promotion to the top 10-man division at the conclusion of the 2024 season so will be looking to get their season off to a good start when they trav
26 January, 2025CHAMPIONS IN HEAD-TO-HEAD CLASH!
DEFENDING Huddersfield Veterans Bowling Association champions Lowerhouses have been handed a home fixture when the 10-man season starts on Tuesday 8th April 2025. They will face a Meltham A outfit w
26 January, 2025
2025 League structure confirmed
The 2025 league structures for both the 10-man and 6-man competitions was confirmed by the Management Committee of the Huddersfield Veterans Bowling Association on Monday 20th January. The committee w
20 January, 2025
SUMMER BOWLING TASTER 2
The Inter-District matches kick off 2 May when Huddersfield will try and regain their preeminence in the competition having last won the grouse trophy in 2021 and sinking as low as 5th in last seasons
19 January, 2025
SUMMER BOWLING PREVIEW
One of the highlights of the veterans bowling season is the Hickson Trophy, last won by Huddersfield in 2021. Thirteen 12 person district teams compete for Yorkshire Veterans’ Crown Green Bowlin
11 January, 2025
New season promises exciting times
The officials and committee of the Huddersfield Veterans Bowling Association would like to wish everyone connected to veterans bowling a happy, successful and prosperous 2025! We are now headin
01 January, 2025ROLAND SWALLOW
Kirkheaton Con bowler Roland ‘Ron’ Swallow passed away in December, just three months after he had picked up the Bistro Trophy on behalf of his teammates. Although not well enough to play in th
19 December, 2024
ANOTHER MYSTERY
This photo has been found in the Armitage family archives and we only have one name and that’s our father Ronnie who is second left partially hidden. What we know is that there are two ten-man t
15 December, 2024
Fightback of the Year 2024
Congratulations to Howard Crowther of Shepley BC who is the Well Bowled 2024 Fightback of the Year winner. There were many outstanding entries in this year’s competition and picking an outright
03 November, 2024
FRANK GRIFFIN
It is with great sadness that we have to report the passing of one of the stalwarts of Huddersfield bowling – Frank Griffin who died on 1 November. There is no doubt that the Huddersfield Bowlin
02 November, 20242024 End of season presentations
We had our traditional presentation of trophies at the 2024 half-year General Meeting which took place on 14th October. Whilst the competition trophies were all presented to the winners on the day of
16 October, 2024
A PAUL ENGLISH PROFILE – BOB BOOTH
This is the first of a series of profiles written by Competition Secretary, Paul English. ANYONE reading this article with a good memory may well think “we’ve been here before” and it’s true, because
09 October, 2024
THIRD TIME LUCKY FOR TIM
FINALLY! Clayton West bowler Tim Poulter won the 2024 John Hoyle Trophy after twice being the beaten finalist in this competition. Poulter was beaten 21-14 by Mick Cox in the inaugural final of this c
01 October, 2024
CHRIS SYKES WINS LOWER DIVISIONS TROPHY
SLAITHWAITE bowler Chris Sykes won the https://www.print-pod.com/ Lower Division Trophy with a comprehensive display in heavy rain at Ravensknowle Park. Chris had previously won in 2019 when he defeat
30 September, 2024
FINAL 27 SEPTEMBER
What has become the finale of the HVBA season takes place tomorrow 27 September at 1.30pm. It’s the fourth year of the John Hoyle Trophy, hosted by Huddersfield Recreation at their Moldgreen Con
26 September, 2024
LOWER DIVISIONS INDIVIDUAL TROPHY
Thursday 26 September, 1.30pm at Ravensknowle Park The Lower Divisions Individual Trophy is a relatively new competition for the association for bowlers playing in Divisions 3, 4 and 5 of the 10-man l
24 September, 2024
GRAHAM HIRST RETAINS ROSEBOWL
LOWERHOUSE bowler Graham Hirst retained the P & J Muff Rosebowl with a dominant display in the 2024 final against Garry Senior of Kirkheaton Con at Netherton Con. Hirst had won the Rosebowl in 202
20 September, 2024ROSEBOWL FINAL
Thursday 19 September, 1.30pm at Netherton Con. The Rosebowl is the HVBA’s most coveted individual trophy. Initially called The Examiner Rosebowl and now the Peter & Judith Muff Rosebowl aft
18 September, 2024
CARL BURGESS NOTCHES 90
Today I had the pleasure of presenting an ex-teammate his Certificate of Achievement from the HVBA for reaching 90 and still bowling competitively. Many bowlers will know Carl not as a bowler but as a
17 September, 2024QUALIFYING ROUND 20 SEPTEMBER
The Qualifying Rounds are being played on Friday 20 September at Huddersfield Recreation (Moldgreen Con) The following bowlers will bowl in the morning session commencing 11am: Stuart England, Clayton
17 September, 2024
Over 70s Pairs Final – results and photo gallery
DEREK FROST and MICK WENZEL head off the challenge of Waterloo’s Alan Stephenson and Robert Mudd to claim the Over 70’s Pairs Trophy at Lowerhouses. The pair, who play for David Browns Sports i
15 September, 2024
ENTRY CLOSING DATE EXTENDED
The closing date of entries has been extended to Friday 13 September. Details can be found on our earlier post https://www.hvba.co.uk/call-for-entries-the-seasons-finale/. In addition to a flurry of e
08 September, 2024
Bistro Final – Results and photo gallery.
The final of the long running Bistro competition culminated in two Division 1 teams slugging it out at Brockholes, Kirkheaton Con A had a 3 handicap whilst Longwood had a slight advantage with a 6 han
07 September, 2024BISTRO FINAL
Friday 6 September, 1.30pm at Brockholes Bowling Club. The Bistro competition is one of the HVBA’s most popular team competitions with all teams in the 10-man league starting the long road to th
05 September, 2024Lower Divisions Individual Trophy first round details
LOWER DIVISIONS TROPHY Following late withdrawals this competition is now down to eight entries and so the Preliminary Round scheduled for Thursday 5th September is no longer required. The remaining
03 September, 2024Libs overcome Cons with breath-taking fightback
IT looked all over a victory for Division 5 side Netherton Con B at the halfway stage of the Subsidiary Team Knockout Final at Broad Oak. They went into the final with a 23-point start on the handicap
31 August, 2024SUB-TEAM KNOCKOUT FINAL
Thursday 29 August, 1.30pm at Broad Oak Bowling Club. It’s just 40 years since our HVBA forebears had the prescience to initiate a trophy specifically for teams in the lower echelons of our leag
28 August, 2024CALL FOR ENTRIES – THE SEASON’S FINALE
2024 will see the fourth running of the John Hoyle trophy which has become the finale to the HVBA season. Not only is it the final individual competition of 2024 but it’s also our community even
26 August, 2024
MORAL BOOST AT END OF DISAPPOINTING SEASON
David Armitage, the Home team manager writes… The Huddersfield vs Aire & Wharfe fixture on Friday 23 August saw good wins for both home and away teams. The home side won 24 – 4 and the
26 August, 2024Over 70s Pairs venue and bowler draw details for 30th August
We can now confirm that Slaithwaite and Springwood clubs will be the venues for the Over 70s rounds to be played on Friday 30 August. The bowlers have been drawn to the venues shown below and are aske
25 August, 2024FINAL FIXTURE vs NEWBIES AIRE & WHARFE
Huddersfield’s last match of the season is versus new opponents – Aire & Wharfe who entered the league for the first time this season. Huddersfield are currently sitting fourth in the
19 August, 2024
A reminder for team captains as we approach September
With September fast approaching team captains are reminded of the following rules: Team captains in the 6-man League need to make sure they do not select an ineligible player for the final four
18 August, 2024ROSEBOWL DRAW
Entries for our flagship individual competition have now closed and the draw made for the preliminary and first round draws. The P & J Muff Rosebowl, previously referred to as the Examiner Rosebow
15 August, 2024
Fight-back of the Year Competition 2024
“Fight-back of the Year” is back, bigger and even better than before, with fantastic bowling luggage and accessories up for grabs. We’ve seen some excellent entries to date and all very hard to
08 August, 2024MUST WIN MATCH vs BRADFORD
Bradford give us another crucial match in the Yorkshire Veterans Inter District League on on Friday 9 August 1pm. Playing away at Asa Briggs the team is: T Poulter, R Stopford, E Haigh, P Hopkinson,
05 August, 2024