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...
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 home with a stellar line-up of bowlers. 32 bowlers bowled down to the...
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 league. First played in 2007 and aimed at encouraging bowlers in the lower echelons...
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 2023 with a narrow success in last year’s final over Ray Whitwam...