In July 2022 the Management Committee agreed to balance the divisions from the 14,14,12,12 and 10 format of previous seasons and informed clubs of this decision. We advised clubs that 2 promotions from each division would be honoured and that it was likely that more...
Alan Hirst has stepped down as our President a couple of weeks before he was due to hand over the chain of office to Frank Greenwood at the AGM on 20 February. This has been Alan's second spell as President after joining the Management Committee in...
The fixtures for the Yorkshire Inter-District Veterans League have now been published on Bowlsnet. 2023 sees the return of Leeds to the fold so we have a league of 8 districts without any byes this year. The fixtures for Huddersfield are: Friday 5 May versus Skipton Friday 19...
Steve Lee, our new Competitions Secretary will be looking to revitalise the individual and pairs competitions this year to reverse the decline in numbers and attract more entrants. Some of the changes will be: The period between preliminary rounds and the final will be condensed to...
Our fixtures for the 2023 season will be published on Bowlsnet at 9 am on Friday. We’ve tried to find a celebrity for the launch but David Sykes comes in cheaper! ...
Meanwhile, back at Meltham, the deliberations about the league structures continued. In my last report I said that 5 x 12 team divisions were likely but the committee were considering another solution when snow stopped discussions. The committee felt this this was the ‘simple’ solution but...
The Management Committee were due to meet today at Meltham to start planning for the veterans bowling season. There was a full turnout including our new Competition Secretary Steve Lee and John Pearman who has come forward with a view to taking over as General...
HVBA wish all our bowlers and officials at club and association level a very happy and healthy 2023. Each of the last few years has brought it's own challenges and we expect 2023 will do so as we endeavour to maintain our pre-eminence as one of...
Our Association is donating £400 to Kirkwood Hospice. The hospice is the chosen charity of John Hoyle's family. 2022 is the second year that we have run the John Hoyle Trophy in memory of our President who passed away in 2020. The trophy has replaced the...
The Yorkshire Veterans' Crown Green Bowling Competition, aka the Hickson Trophy after the original sponsors, will have a new format for 2023. The 2021 competition was hosted and won by Huddersfield whilst the 2022 event was hosted by Skipton and won by Sheffield. It has traditionally...