On Friday 26 April I had the honour of honouring one of my own teammates for achieving the age of 90 and still actively bowling. Jeffery Oldroyd was 90 in February but he's had to wait until the bowling season started to earn his Certificate...
The 2025 Yorkshire Inter-District Veterans Bowling League starts this coming Friday 2 May with Huddersfield facing the 2023 champions, Leeds. The home team have chosen to start their campaign on the Meltham No.2 green and the team is: Andy Carter, John Bloomer, Tony Cross, Mick Chapman, Robert...
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 competition. It was felt that last year the draw gave Huddersfield...
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 Bowling Competition, aka the Hickson Trophy after the original sponsors. In 2025 the honour for...
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 the final at Brockholes his teammates insisted on him collecting the trophy. Roland...
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 teams playing in an HVBA competition, presumably a final....
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 Bowling Association will rank Frank as one of their most prolific...
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 Thongsbridge bowler Bob Booth was featured in May 2023 when he celebrated...
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 competition in 2021 and lost by the narrowest of margins to Kirkheaton...
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 defeated Farnley Tyas player Geoff Sykes at Outlane, Unfortunately a number of bowlers had to pull out of the...