No, I'm not talking about the 3 April and the start of our bowling season! Do you think that crown green bowling and Huddersfield is ready for this? https://www.thebowlsclubldn.com/ Anyone interested in making it happen contact me! ...
The end of the Associations 53rd year brought our 52nd Annual General Meeting reporting on the 2022 season and looking forward with optimism to 2023. Alan Stephenson, our Treasurer gave a conservative outlook saying we should break even at the end of this financial year after...
At today's AGM of the Association it was announced that the late Peter Muff, a Life Member of our Association had left the association 1/50th of his estate. Peter was well known in bowling circles as the bowling correspondent of the Huddersfield Examiner. Not only did...
The 2023 veterans bowling calendar has been added to the site. Click here https://www.hvba.co.uk/2022-calendar-fixtures-comps-and-finals/ or find under Association tab....
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...