For many years our Association has awarded certificates of achievement to bowlers who have reached their 90th birthday and are still active. I have already awarded two this year to two bowlers who are very active bowlers and both winning most of their matches and...
WHILST most eyes will be on the outcome of the General Election on July 4 ten bowlers from the Huddersfield Veterans Bowling Association leagues will start their campaign to win the 2024 Over 80s individual competition. Thirteen bowlers have entered the competition so three bowlers have...
Huddersfield's next match is against Wakefield on Friday the 28 June commencing at 1.00 pm. The Away venue is Outwood WMC and the team is as follows: D Pollard, T Poulter, A Cooper, G Senior, M Gilbert (c), R Stopford, D Hewitt, T Butterfield. Reserves: E Haigh, P...
Another finals day and another afternoon of blue skies to welcome bowlers and spectators to Kirkheaton Con for the 2024 team Knock Out final. Both finalists, Longwood BC and Cowcliffe BC, were no strangers to team finals. Longwood were hoping to add the Team Knock Out...
The HVBA's first team final of 2024 takes place at Kirkheaton Conservative Club on Friday 21 June, start time 1.30. Longwood playing off 9 versus Cowcliffe Libs off 5 are not new to finals but neither has lifted this trophy before. The programmes are printed with a...
Only one more week to go before entries close on 24 June for this competition which is always fought keenly by our octogenarions. The present entries are shown on Bowlsnet and the prelims/first round will be on polling day, 4 July. Competitors will only be asked...
Report by David Armitage, the Huddersfield home team manager. A good win for the Huddersfield home side beating Halifax by 20 points to 8. 3 winners and 1 loser in each half. Good wins for Andy Carter and Peter Kain and a brilliant comeback for Stephen Haigh who...
Our Huddersfield Inter-District team is currently lying third in the table on 96 points and breathing down the necks of leaders Bradford on 102 and second placed Halifax on 101 who we play this Friday 14th June. Playing to an away/home format the away fixture is...
For the second year running we were facing a season without a Competition Secretary. In 2022 it was only possible to put on a full complement of competitions thanks to the generosity and hard work of Dave Sykes who took on the roles of both...
Reported by David Armitage, manager of the Huddersfield Home team. A much better result for Huddersfield in third round of Yorkshire County Vets League. Home side winning 26-2 and away side losing 12-16 and an overall score of 38-18. However this result was bettered by Bradford who...