LOWERHOUSES duo Graham Hirst and Les Holmes are the Huddersfield Veterans Bowling Association's 2025 Over 70s Pairs champions taking the title on home soil. The quarter-finals saw Hirst and Holmes with a -1 start due to plying on their home green against Cowcliffe duo Derrick Hewitt...
Thursday 18 September sees the delayed finals day of the Over 70's pairs at Lowerhouses. The competition sponsored by the late David Hollas of Brockholes bowling club is a relatively new competition in our portfolio having started as recently as 2019 and with a two...
Huddersfield's home team topped the 'home' league with 8 wins out of 8 games with table topping points of 164, our closest rival West Riding trailing by 22 points. This was a fantastic achievement by all the players bearing in mind that the team line-up...
We have been fortunate to be able to re-arrange this year's Rosebowl Final to Thursday 2 October thanks to the co-operation of our hosts Netherton Con and our sponsor Paul Rangeley. It had been intended that the Final, which had been washed out last week, would...
Thursday's Peter & Judith Muff Rosebowl at Netherton Con was abandoned with the green waterlogged. An heavy downpour initially delayed the start but with thunder and lightning close by and further heavy downpours that contained hail a decision to rearrange the final was quickly agreed. The eight...
The final of the HVBA's flagship individual trophy takes place on Thursday 11 September at Netherton Con starting at 1.30 pm. Originally sponsored by the Huddersfield Examiner it has recently been renamed in memory of Peter and Judith Muff. Peter was very well known in bowling...
Our picture shows the away team squad for the final fixture at Hightown Libs where the team played West Riding. It was another difficult day for the team recording only one winner. Huddersfield finished fourth in the final league table, one position better than in...
For our final match in the Yorkshire Veterans Inter District League our opponents are West Riding who have 5 points more than Huddersfield and are currently in second place. For this match on the 5th September commencing at 1300 the Home team are returning to Brockholes...
ONE of the topics overheard being discussed by Elland WMC bowlers after defeating Lindley Lib A in the Bistro at Brockholes was "let's go on and do the double". It would be a brave man who made any bet against the current Division 2 leaders on...
The Bistro Shield is always one of our best finals with top clubs competing in the 5 pairs format and traditionally played at Brockholes at 1.30 pm. Tomorrow 28 August is the date this year. The two clubs who have both battled through 5 rounds to...