Congratulations to Laurence who was awarded his Middlesex Indoor County Badge on Friday by the President, Andy Docker. As you can see, Laurence is very happy! (Happier than he was when he gave George H his wrong bias certificate!!) Laurence will be sewing it on his blazer himself but we will check it’s the right …
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Betty after a fall at her home. Betty was a longstanding member of the club and could always be found with a wide and welcoming smile and sense of fun whether it be bowls, pouring tea or catering for various meetings. She was …
Start polishing up those outdoor bowls (if you have a separate set) as the outdoor season is on its way. Friday night leagues start on 10th May, with starting time of between 5.00 & 5.30 pm. 18 ends, followed by fish and chips, for those who would like to order on the night. For everything …
7.00 pm start. More details will be posted here and at the Club w/c 25th February i.e. after Dawn’s play has finished running!
Well, what a brilliant day from start to finish! Dick & Di battled through 4 matches and 6 hours of play to come out tops on the green whilst Prostate Cancer UK are now £1,000 better off due to Ann M’s raffle (£500), donation of entry and green fees, sales of lunch and cakes. A …
Teams: Scott, Audrey, Frances & skip Laurence Ray V, Steven K, Ann D & skip Archie Sarah, Roy E, Amanda & skip Barry Joan H, Corale, Bob D & skip Ron B Reserve: Ranjani Captain: Laurence Match Fee: £9.50 including pork steaks and all the trimmings, dessert Whites with club/white shirts
This year’s Mid Week Festive Break runs from 25th-29th November. There’s a list to sign up and booking forms to complete at the club. Please return both – one form per person and deposit of £40 per person by end February latest. Any questions, see Dawn or Laurence Many thanks. You may be able to …
Please collect yours from behind the bar. Pop the money (cash or cheque) into an envelope and give to Jane, Laurence or Dawn. Thanks We may order some more, depending on how many spares we have left, as some members have now decided to purchase two.
Ray V, Linda M, Joan O’N and skip Laurence Bernard, Alan B, Sheila M & skip Dawn Joan H, Ranjani, Ange & skip George Ann B, Gerry, Reg & skip Ken W Captain: Laurence Reserve: Terry M. Brian N is playing for BD this time! Match Fee £9.50 Whites with club/white shirts
Teams: Laurence, Linda M, Joan O’N & skip Dawn Bernard, Sheila M, Reg & skip Ken W Graham D, Gerry, Richard D & skip George Ray V, Ranjani, Ann & skip Gym Match Captain: Laurence Match Fee £9.50 inc hot meal Whites with club/white shirts
Well played everyone. It was a good win on Sunday afternoon and (for a small ‘fine’) our resident Italian vocalist, Luigi, entertained us with a couple of songs after the meal. Ann, Archie & Ange will never look at Luigi in the same way again!! A wrong bias from one of the Welsh team and …
Well done to Laurence & Peter T who had a very very close match Kevin K & Bill R in the National Men’s Over 60s Pairs. A great match!
I’ve updated the Fixture List and posted it on the Calendar page. There were a few changes from the original list. Happy New Year!
The Club will close at 2.00 pm on New Year’s Eve and open again at normal time on Wednesday 2nd January
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 …
It’s Christmas Party time at the club on Sunday. Tickets still available as well as the Christmas Raffles Join us for Festive food and fun – wear what you like!
We’re back and had a great week overall! Accommodation, food and entertainment were brilliant as last year. A big thanks to Laurence who organised the extra curricular activities and without whose help with the spreadsheet, I would have been unable to work out all the discounts etc. He also went to the bank to get …
Just an update to say the shirts should arrive by mid January. Thanks
Check out the draws. A few matches need to be played by 22nd December. The Men’s Drawn Pairs is to be re-done due to missing an entry.
Thank you for all the clubs that have entered. The draw is now up on the website and was emailed out to all participating clubs on Sunday 5th November. Go to Calendar then find the Leonard Denny Memorial page.
IMG_0026 As you will see from the video (hope it works – thanks Audrey!), no, it didn’t! Margaret B did a fantastic job co-ordinating the whole event with support team in the kitchen Of Beryl B & SHirley O, Alan B and Brian C out under umbrellas and what-have-you manning the BBQ and Laurence and …
It all started on Friday when the Middlesex Ladies took on Surrey across all 6 rinks. The groundsman assisted with extra watering from Jane, Terry & Laurence during the previous fortnight, had the green in a fantastic condition with 90% grass visible and only the odd patch of brown. There were up and down scores across …
We received the sad news that Rita Fenton passed away this morning. She had been unwell for quite a while and, although she had hoped to bowl indoors again this season, just wasn’t able to make it. Rita & Martin devoted many, many hours to the club in a multitude of capacities. They were always …
Ann, Jean, Nadine and Cathy headed off to Heathrow armed with England uniforms and warmish clothes having seen the Belfast weather forecast!) and joined the other members of the England squad for the British Isles Championship. The uniforms look great! Our girls had a good win in the Preliminary round on Friday morning against …
We are very pleased that after a wealth of matches between 43 clubs, HUNTINGDON (last year’s winners); BARKING & DISTRICT, EGHAM and WHITEKNIGHTS (last year’s runners up) are through to the Semi-finals. There will be some great matches and precision bowling, so do come along and watch – even if you can only spare an …
Winners marked in red! Men’s Challenge Cup – Brian N v Peter J; marker Terry Ladies Challenge Cup – Di v Jean; marker Ann D Men’s Triples – Ian D, Archie & Peter T v Laurence, John L & Dave W’son Men’s Drawn Pairs – Dave B & Steve H v Laurence & John L …
It proved to be a very successful day both in bowling and fund raising terms. After battling it out in the 1.5 hour sessions, Jean & Norman took on scratch pair Barry & Audrey (whose partners had had to drop out at the last minute) in the Final. Barry & Audrey took the title by …
Opening on Monday, the new ABC Sports Injury Clinic will be launched. Stiff muscles, sore back, creaky knees? Book an appointment with one of the highly-skilled therapists. Special rates for CP members but the clinic is also open to non-members. More information from scottcumine@yahoo.co.uk or 07794 304 336 or 07973 654 877 ABC Cambridge Park …
The first round on 3rd February went extremely smoothly with two matches going to a nailbiting extra end with George and Archie’s teams wining through to the next round on 4th March. Victor, Cliff & Evelyn, Archie & Ann, Alan B, Lesley O, Alan W, Dave Wilson, Barbara, Peter T, Bob, Dave N, Eric, …
A few last minute changes as Norman was still suffering from ‘flu and Terry had to look after Ann, also suffering from ‘ flu. We hope they get better soon. It was a great afternoon of bowls and banter and an isolated wrong bias by former member Barry Whippe! It was 2-2 in rinks with …
It was an early bath for our lads against King George Field. Although the away team of Laurence, Bob, Barry & Peter T managed to win, the score wasn’t high enough to cover the deficit of the home team of George, David S, Brian & Dave B. The latter leapt in at the last minute …
The team sheet is now up on the noticeboard. Match captain is Kevin Keown. Match Fee £9.50 including hot meal by Kim.
We have another Mixed Drive this Saturday. We’ve advertised it as Triples but if there are more than 24 people, it’ll be a mix of triples and rinks. Tea and crumpets – match fee £4.50. Wear greys/casuals, whichever you prefer. Amanda & Barry Miltenburg will be running the afternoon – thank you to them in …
We enjoyed two very good mixed drives at the weekend with quite a few of the 30 new members coming along to join in and meet ‘old timers’ as we were kindly classified! Monday 8th and for 4 weeks, two rinks will be available on Monday evenings (unless there’s a competition match) for all newcomers …
They have been selected to play for Middlesex in the Home Counties match v Berkshire on Sunday 14th January. A well deserved honour for both of them!
Everyone (members, family and friends) is welcome to come along to our January Social Evening on Friday 26th January where Pauline and Brenda will be providing “posh” nibbles to go with Peter Twell’s Best Bingo Calling! Tickets are £5.00 each available from behind the bar. Any questions? Please contact Pauline Barnes at the club.
We’ve have been informed that Gwen Kemp, a truly lovely lady and loyal club member for several years along with her husband, Con, passed away just before Christmas. Funeral details will be announced as soon as known.
We hope you had a good Christmas and New Year celebrations and didn’t succumb to any of the bugs that seem to be around at the moment or got snowed in unexpectedly. Both West Ealing and Hayes have pulled out of the weekend matches o 6th & 7th but we will still have …
Teams are up on the noticeboard and I’ll post on here later.
What a great afternoon and lovely to see three of our new members joining us and they ertainly did not disgrace themselves! Well done to Ron B, Rita and who scored +12. Thanks to everyone who dived into the kitchen and washed and cleared up afterwards – absolutely brilliant work! Thanks to Ann M working …
We had a great week at Potters and were a bit heavy headed on this our last morning – Congratulations to Steve G, Tricia G, Barry & Teresa F who WON the whole competition – fantastic bowling! Thanks to Laurence for organising the: Table Football competition – winners Laurence & Ann M Kerling competition – winners …
Frances and Bob have produced wonderful draw sheets on the large red noticeboard adjacent to hte Men’s changing room. Please arrange the date to play within 10 days and put date on sheet. (You don’t have to play the first round within 10 days just fix the date to play it) If you’re not …
Unfortunately London Irish couldn’t get a team together this time. Next year they’ll be back.
Allow extra travel time as there’s rugby on again We’ll adjust the format depending on how many come along. Wear what you like. Tea & Crumpets for afters.
A Lot of fun and banter was shared on Sunday afternoon. Our Match Captain Peter T enjoyed winding the oppostion up – he could do that as he usually plays for them. He also managed to get top rink with Laurence, Ann B & Alan B, after a slow start. Well done to George’s team …
Jill G will took about £200 for the RNLI, yesterday and wants to thank everyone for their support.so do bring some extra pennies to support the cause. It was a win for the Ladies – yippee! The afternoon was played with great banter and competitive spirit with lots of winding the opposition up. Poor Laurence was given …
For those new members who wish to come along and have another go at bowls and learn some skills, the coaching session will be from 10.30 am – 12.30 pm on Saturdays 11th, 18th, 25th & 2nd December. We have three coaches attending – Ann, Sheila and Alan – plus some club members to help. …
The deadline for entries for this season’s competition are due next week. Full details on the Leonard Denny tab on our website
It is with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of long time member and former Cambridge Park President, Arthur Carter, yesterday. Arthur and Betty had enjoyed a lunch together for Betty’s birthday, when it was time for him to depart this earth. Although he hadn’t played for the last couple of years, Arthur …
What a fantastic turn out by club members helping all our visitors last week. Thank you so much. We have some new members and some taking up the offer of coaching sessions before committing to membership. The coaching sessions will be on Saturday 11th, 18th, 25th November and probably the last one on 2nd or …
Check in your pigeon holes for communications from the team captains. (Springfield members – this will follow later in the week – sorry)
With the slow start to the indoor season, it has been difficult to get teams out for the first few National competitions. Everyone who played has played their best but we’ve come up against strong opposition and we need more practice! Egham Mixed Trophy – Lost to Wey Valley Denny Cup – Lost to King …
Well done and thank you to everyone for their support
Great to see so many people on Saturday and Sunday getting out their indoor bowls and trying hard not to put so much physical effort into delivering shots up the green! Saturday’s mixed drive saw 22 members take to the green whilst Sunday’s Men v Ladies numbers went up to 30, although we had …
The nights are drawing in and there are just a few outdoor matches and leagues left. Actually it’s pretty wet and chilly. What’s happened to our ‘normal’ Indian Summer?! Thinking ahead to indoors, if any outdoor bowlers want to move indoors please let us know. If anybody knows anyone who would like to have a …
A great weekend in glorious sunshine – makes a change from the usual monsoon finals weekends in previous years! Every match was well fought with none of them being particularly one-sided. Well done to Margaret Barnes & Anthony Headland for scoring a hot shot in the Mixed Pairs Final, a feat that they couldn’t repeat in …
Cambridge Park Team – photo by Roy Ebinezer The sun shone on us on Saturday as we headed over to play The Royal Household. The green was very fast and not without difficulties as we tried to accustom our bowls to what our head was telling them! There were wins for Steve G and …
Despite all players doing their best to emulate the Fours’ success, it wasn’t to be. Dawn went out to Cornwall in the first round of the Singles Ann, Jean & Cathy went out in the first round of the Triples to Sussex Ann went out to Ellen Faulkner from Cambridgeshire in the first round of …
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FAB FOUR! Ann Halliday, Jean Staples, Nadine Mullins & Cathy Taylor. Winners of the Ladies Fours at the National Championships at Victoria Park, Leamington Spa on Thursday 10th August Although no strangers to the National Championships, having reached the quarter-finals in 2010 and the semi-final in 2012, the Cambridge Park Fab Four started …
What a fun afternoon, although it’s a shame that only Barry, Amanda, Joan H & Victor won for us! We were up against some strong teams with lots of banter. Fantastic effort by Ken W, Audrey, Ray V & Sheila M who were neck and neck up to about the 18th end when BT put …
Another full sign up sheet! Some of us are providing a rink for R&B so we can have a full game. Teams: Brian N, Joan O’N, Sheila C & skip Laurence Bernard C, Terry M, Dave S & skip Ken W Frances, Sheila M, Bob & skip Ron B Gerry, Brenda D, Amanda & skip …
There will be a small working party endeavouring to tidy up the outside area and around the green to save doing it at the last minute. Anyone who can spare a hand will be very welcome. It might be litter picking, weeding, painting or cutting the ‘wild grass’. Those wanting to play in the 10.00 …
Well done to the CP team who drew 2-2 in rinks but won by several shots over Hampton. As anticipated, the local rivalry was encouraged by friendly banter and whoops of delight across the green at the three wrong biases! This is now going to be a repeat fixture for future indoor seasons. Joan H, …
A good afternoon of triples, in which Strawberry Hill came out on top! Well done to Ann B and her team and for baking some lovely cakes which we all enjoyed. Roy E, Bernard & skip Laurence Linda M, Ranjani & skip Richard D Ray V, Brian N & skip Joan O’N Gerry, Graham D, …
