Category: APBC Seniors

The visit on the 19th July was the first occasion that we have held a competition at this venue and it certainly did not disappoint in terms of the condition of the green and the clubhouse facilities. Twenty eight bowlers arrived at 10am for tea/coffee in overcast conditions with rain arriving shortly after the 10.30am start time. Two rounds of pairs bowling were achieved before a slightly late buffet lunch with drinks available from the bar. The weather through the afternoon continued to improve with a further two rounds being achieved on time.
Final results were very tight as shown below:
1st John with 40 points
2nd Graham with 38 points
3rd tied between Ann and Steve on 37 points
Graham managed to win the raffle with some barracking taking place from the hostile crowd!!.
Thanks go again to Jim, Dave and Steve for the organisation and Peter for the buffet.
The next away day is at Owley Wood, Weaverham

To those of you who knew Colin Stanton, as well as a memorial bench at Alexandra Park opposite the small pavilion, you might like to know that there is one at Walton Gardens in his memory too.

Colin was head gardener at Walton Gardens for many years.

Situated by the pond it’s a nice spot for a few minutes rest when exploring Walton Park, a lovely reminder of a great friend and a wonderful bowler

It was a warm sunny day on our annual day out at Croft BC and for the first time we had made this a full day competition to fall in line with our other away days. There were 30 bowlers in attendance comprising of members of our 3 seniors league teams as well as social bowlers. It was also nice to see a couple of ladies joining us for the first time.

The competition was based on the usual format with 2 rounds before lunch and 2 rounds afterwards. The buffet lunch was enjoyable and just the ticket on a hot day.

In the final analysis the winner was Denis and there was a 4 way tie for second between John, Brian, Arthur and Geoff.

On a fabulous Spring day 30 bowlers took part in the 4×8 ends pairs competition followed by buffet in the main Pavilion. It was a tightly fought contest with the overall prize winners as follows:

• Winner: Norman
• Runner Up: Stuart
• Third: Ray
• Fourth: Jenny

The buffet followed the bowling and was enjoyed by those present.

Our thanks for the organisation, catering, etc go the John, Jim and Peter .