Bowls eh? It never stops surprising us. And yesterday at Netherton Con, we were treated to one of those truly special days, a final that was everything that’s brilliant about bowls – drama, tension, underdogs, and glorious comebacks. John Hodgson is the 2025 Veterans League Rose...
The closing date for the Over 70's Individual Trophy has been extended to Sunday 4th May. Entry costs £4 with entry forms available HERE . Rounds take place on 9th May and 12th June....
Holmfirth Bowling Club are in need of bowlers for their 10-man teams in Division 3 and Division 5. If there is anyone out there who would like to get some regular games please let Phil Woodthorpe of Holmfirth know. Phil will be please to hear from...
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 familiar to many plauers/clubs and is well received as a fun and sociable approach to...
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 bowlers from the 10-man league and team handicaps have reflected those restrictions. Easing the restrictions over the past...
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 this year the averages information available in Bowlsnet will be used to award...
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 winner was a big challenge for our judge Nick Blackburn of Well Bowled. Howard's scorecard...
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 the competition, these had since been gathered up, polished and engraved. Not...
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 in Division 5 of the Huddersfield Veterans ten-man league competition and for Crosland...
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 handicap. We returned to Brockholes, the traditional home of the Bistro...