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. The Competition Sub-Committee have since been looking at the practicalities of trying this in 2025 and now, with the administration...
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,...
WITH Outlane having dropped out from the 10-man league there has been a late promotion for Primrose Hill Lib who finished third in Division 5 last term. The Pip Hill club will make the short journey to Lockwood Park to face Huddersfield RUBC – it’s...
