It grieves me to report that David Sykes sadly passed away in his sleep overnight. David, our current League Secretary and former Competition Secretary has been a stalwart of our Association for the past 10 years and lived and breathed the HVBA. He was on the...
Tomorrow, 21 July, we have two finals being played out on one day at Golcar Liberal Club starting 1.30 pm. This is one of the most pleasant days in the Association calendar starring bowlers usually, but not always, playing in the lower echelons of our leagues....
Walter Pell has sadly passed away at the grand old age of 92. He was a stalwart of the Marsh United 10 man B team as recently as last year, in addition to bowling in the clubs Colne Valley Evening League team. There weren't that many...
On Friday 11 July Leeds won the Hickson Trophy that they first won in 2024. The qualifying rounds had been played the previous Friday (as previously reported) and the semi-finals matched Harrogate against Sheffield and East Coast versus Leeds. Harrogate and East Coast are 'new kids...
The qualifying rounds of the Hickson Trophy were played out in Sheffield on 4 July. Huddersfield were drawn against Skipton in the first round playing at Swallowsnet and avenged their defeat the previous Friday winning 233-187. Meanwhile two of the big guns, Leeds and West...
Several weeks ago we posted an item about the Skelmanthorpe Windmill 'Battle of the Sexes'. The club organised an event that took place on Sunday 29 June at their green raising funds for Kirkwood which has been added a massive £240 to the associations Kirkwood fund. It...
Huddersfield kick off their 2025 campaign in Sheffield versus Skipton who only last week conjured up a win against us and dented our hopes of a league title. This, however, is cup tie bowling and everything is at stake in the first round match being...
Friday 27 June is the last match for Huddersfield until August and we're facing the same opponents as the first round tie of the Hickson Trophy taking place in Sheffield on 4 July. The home team play at Linthwaite Hall starting 1 pm and the team...
On Tuesday 17 June I had the pleasure of presenting an HVBA Certificate of Achievement to Dennis Hirst of Milnsbridge Bowling Club. The occasion was a Division 2 game Thongsbridge vs Milnsbridge. It was some two weeks since Denis' 90th birthday on 2 June. This was...
Round 4 of the Yorkshire Inter-District Veterans league is on Friday 13 June with a starting time of 1.00 pm. Huddersfield take on Wakefield. Huddersfield are handily placed in third in the league on 91 points, 14 points below Leeds whilst Wakefield are eighth out of...