Fancy a change of venue (because a change is as good as a rest!)? We’re a few players short for the mixed friendly v Staines on Wednesday 13th at 2/30 at Staines. Please sign up at the club or let Alasdair, Gym B or Jane know so they can add your name to the list. …
Congratulations to Peter J winning the County Officers’ Cup and commiserations to Elaine who reached the Final of the Middlesex Ladies’ Over 55 Singles but was runner-up on this occasion
County Fours: Tina, Nadine, Cathy & Ann County Two-Bowl Champion: Jacqui L County Runners-Up but still off to the National at Leamington: Jacqui & Karen
Good luck today to Karen & Jaqui in Pairs, Tina, Nadine, Cathy & Ann in Fours, Tina and Jacqui in Two Bowl Singles; and tomorrow to Elaine in Over 55 Singles and Peter J in Officers Cup. Play starts at 10:00 am both days at Ladygate BC in Ruislip and supporters very welcome.
Congratulations to our Tony Allcock Over 60’s Mixed Double Rink team who beat Egham in the last 32 of the competition. Final 16 match is against Gerrard’s Cross on a neutral green by 9th January. Besides the team above, other members who played in earlier rounds contributing to our results so far are Peter J …
As Ashford cannot provide a team on Saturday due to County Finals, we have agreed to postpone to later in the season. Date yet to be confirmed. This means that all rinks booked for that match are now free for play. Thanks
Karen won the Middlesex Area Final of the Over 60’s National Singles v Hannah from Bush Hill Park. Great result! Karen now faces an opponent from Herts in the last 32 on a mid-neutral green. Onwards and upwards.
Congratulations to our Tony Allcock Over 60’s Mixed Double Rink squad who won the Area Final v Bush Hill Park last night. Tina, Dawn, Brian LeM & Steve G and Karen, Elaine, Norman & Dave P Thanks to North London BC for lending us their green and for their hospitality for the evening. We play …
Thank you for all the work you’ve put into the competitions. You’ve done a great job. Update: As of this morning, Sunday, Paul Scullion & Karen are now Competition Coordinators. Thanks to both of them for taking this on.
Message from the Board To all members: We have recently had an EPOS (till) system upgrade, necessitating the replacement of all existing Membership Cards, because we have changed from magnetic stripe swipe cards to a touch card system and the old cards are incompatible with the new hardware. This will be a simple and seamless …
Good luck to Tina, Nadine, Ann H & Cathy in the quarter (and hopefully) semi-finals of the Ladies Fours this morning over in Bounds Green. Good luck to our R&BL team playing West Ealing at home starting at 3:00 pm
We learned today that Life Member John Linnell passed away last week. John and his mother bowled at Cambridge Park for several years. He was probably one of the first people to use a ‘bowling arm’ at the Club. He participated in various Club competitions and signed up for most of the Friendly matches. He …
Thanks to Steve B for the first league table after two rounds.
Congratulations to: Elaine G, Jean S, Peter J & Dave P and Tina C, Dawn S, Norman & Steve G on their win in the first round of the Tony Allcock Over 60’s Mixed Double Rink v Ashford. Good wins on both rinks! Competitions later this week: Thursday – Middlesex Ladies Fours – assorted venues …
The Club Finals are on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September as per the Fixture List. Please ensure you have those dates in the diary and not the ones on the Club Comp Entry Forms, which will be amended. Thanks
Please go to the Members Page to find a letter from the Board concerning the Club’s new playing colours. The first opportunity to show them off will be at the R&B League match on Saturday 10th May at Cambridge Park v Mid Surrey starting at 14:30. We had a lot of names for this match …
Message from Competition Secretary, Peter C … Entry Forms for the Club Competitions will be available at the Club from this Friday. 9th May. Closing date including fees Saturday 31st May. Monday Afternoon Leagues start on Monday 12th May. Friday Night Leagues start on Friday 16th May.
Karen has advised those who have ordered the new club shirts will be able to collect them from Tuesday onwards. Money payable over the bar to Jane between 10:30-3:30 Monday to Friday. Outside of those times, please speak to Karen to make a shirt liaison meeting! Thanks. Looking forward to stunning the opposition next Saturday!
Steve B has been putting pen to paper, using his abacus and digging out his Logarithm tables from his schoolbooks. When he awoke from that nightmare, he realised that he could use his computer and 21st Century technology (without help from a virtual AI assistant) to produce the Friday Night League Table. The result being …
There are now sign up sheets for the roll ups on the next two Saturdays starting at 2:30 pm; for the first couple of R&B League and Mixed Friendly matches as well as the Middlesex Ladies Double Rink comp. Please take a look and get your names on the lists! We haven’t got fixed dates …
IMG_3024 A good morning’s work with mud shuffling to enable the ditch mats to be laid; moss removal (don’t get a pathway with bricks – it looks nice but …); tables and chairs to go out and some mowing and weeding. Tony O’B masterminded and got his hands dirty along with Alasdair, Jacqui L, Jackie …
Congratulations to Jacqui – Middlesex Ladies Champion. Tina & Teresa – Middlesex Ladies Pairs Champions. Tina, Tricia, Mike & Steve – Middlesex Mixed Fours Champions. What a brilliant end to the Indoor Season for them and the club like it too!
When you’ve finished entering all the outdoor comps for this summer (phew!), the entries for next indoor season’s National Competitions are open! For individual comps e.g. singles, pairs, triples, fours, mixed pairs, mixed fours – all age groups, please log in (or register if you haven’t already) to your own account at eibacomps.co.uk I will …
If any of you would like to enter the South West Middlesex Outdoor Competitions, please select from those below and let Karen know by 11th May. entry fees – please either pay the CP bank account direct with ref SWMComps*** where *** = your name The other option is put the entry fees in an …
Thanks to Kevin K, Men’s Captain for this info. CAMBRIDGE PARK INDOOR FIXTURES 2024/25 DATE VENUE TIME OPPONENTS FORMAT COMP RESULT FOR AGAINST October 2024 Sun 6th Away 13:00 King George Field 4 Mixed R Friendly WIN 70 42 Sun 13th Home 14:00 Bishop Duppas 3 Mixed R Friendly WIN 77 50 Sun 20th Home …
A huge thanks to Stella for organising the competitions with her strong support team of Dave R ( whizz on spreadsheets); Brian Cr both in organising and his baking and kitchen skills; and to Jaqui L on assisting both on the Triples and Finals weekends. Stella is handing over the Competition Organiser to Jacqui …
Please see the following email from Andy Docker (Chairman MCIBA) sent to all clubs who play indoors in Middlesex regarding the future of the MCIBA. Good Afternoon, In the first instance can I ask the Clubs to forward this email to their Members. The future of Middlesex County Indoor Bowling Association needs to be decided. Since …
From David Hale
Today, Saturday, we take on friends from Masonians starting at 2:00 pm An afternoon of bowls and fun ahead . Tomorrow we face Bounds Green in the Middlesex League starting at 11:00 . Two mixed rinks at home and two away supporters and spectators welcome at both venues
Thanks to Kevin K, please go to the Calendar page and you can see the forthcoming fixtures, together with the results from when the season started.
Indoor Carpet Replacement After 20 years, the indoor carpet has reached the end of its life and needs to be replaced this year, probably in early September (after the wall repairs have been completed). The cost of this, including remedial work to level the floor in several areas and new underlay, will be in the …
Thanks to Peter J, Alasdair and others who have managed to set up a stronger WiFi at the Club CPBC Members – Passcode in Members’ section or ask when you are next at the Club.
From Alasdair on behalf of the Board
Congratulations to: Jacqui Ladies Champion; Karen runner up. Anthony H & Peter T (not pictured) Mixed Drawn Pairs Champions. Paul A & Elaine G runners up Anthony H 75 Shots winner. Peter C runner up Paul A & Peter J Men’s Pairs Winners. Brian Cr & Peter C runners up. Not pictured. Allan G Men’s …
Congratulations to Peter J & Paul A who beat Competition Organiser Peter C & Brian Cr this afternoon in the Club Men’s Pairs. Updated Finals Schedule below with (hopefully now) the correct players in the Mixed Drawn Pairs on Saturday morning!
Please see message below from Alasdair on behalf of the Board. Hand your vote in in person or by email by 1st September.
They made it through to the Middlesex Pairs Final and Leamington to represent Middlesex along with Vicki & Lisa from Ashford! Both pairs have to contest the Final on Saturday 21st July.
Membership News courtesy of Sarah H … Thank you to all the members who have returned their membership renewal forms. This has been really helpful in sorting out the share register. For combined, social and outdoor only members, if you have not already returned your form please do so by Friday 26th April to allow …
For those of you who have collected your envelope with details of subs etc, it refers to our GDPR policy. This has now been uploaded to the Updated Policies tab on the website. You need to have read this to be able to tick the box on the Membership Form. Other policies will go up …
Subscriptions and Membership Renewal This year we have updated the membership form to comply with GDPR and to collect data requested by Bowls England and the EIBA. From now on, we will require existing members to complete a renewal application form every year, to ensure that we keep your contact details up to date. For …
Greg Harlow was greeted at the Club this morning by Brian delivering a wrong bias with the new set of bowls he’d bought from Greg at Potters last month! Brian asked who had ‘sneaked’ on him and Greg said it was him! Not every Wrong Bias Club bowler can claim to have a certificate signed …