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 winning the actual competition he was competing in then his name would feature somewhere in...
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...
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 increasing to 14 this year. Defending champions New Mill...
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...
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 competitions reaches the Round of 32 in June, the other two teams that...
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...
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 which is not scheduled to be held...
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 announced. The pair were drawn together when general secretary John Pearman...
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 opening fixtures commencing on 7th April 2025. Marsh United A are the defending champions and...
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 the clubs remaining in Division 5 – they finished fourth in 2024,...