Congratulations Tina, Nadine, Cathy & Ann H who are through to the Middlesex Fours Final v West Ealing.

Today, the Club team lost to West Ealing in the R&B League 1-2 on rinks but we did try very hard!  A lucky in-off from Dawn provided a 17-16 win. good leading by Elaine with some added crackers from Caroline and Gym at 2 and 3 !

Thanks to Alasdair and Karen who were at the Club for quite a long time again looking after the Coaching Examinees as well as us.
Thanks to Elaine, Joan & Tricia who cleared up and washed up.

Good team work everyone.

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

Unfortunately, Hurlingham Club couldn’t get a team out for this Tuesday, so the fixture has been moved to Tuesday 29th July.

New sign up sheet on the board later today for this fixture as well as all the fixtures up to the end of July.

Well Middlesex won by a good clear margin. 4 winning , 1 losing and 1 drawn rink. Next match in 21st June away v Kent

Many thanks to Karen who bought all the food and had a good hand in the preparation with Marie working like a Trojan all afternoon with Ann H and Jacqui mucking in when they weren’t on keeping track of rink scores every 5 ends!

Thanks to Alasdair who manned the bar all day joined post match to hydrate the hordes!

Thanks as well to Tony and Brian who set up the green for us  and to Ron and Paul who were the official umpires.

There was about 10 mins of sunshine and 2 hours of solid downpour  – we were soaked. Bowlers are tough cookies!

It’s really brilliant to get a win in the first of our three round robin matches!

 

Within the playing Middlesex team , we have Tina, Karen, Cathy, Nadine and Dawn, Ann B with Jacqui on the subs bench. It was Karen’s debut appearance and she was in a winning rink  Nadine, Tina along with Tonia (Brentham) and Liz from Grovelands took top rink with a very convincing win

 

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 also enjoyed the tours to Potters in the early 2000’s.
He very nearly beat a top ranked bowler in the first round of the Planet Bowls (now Open Singles Circuit) at CP. It was a very close match and John certainly made his opponent sweat!

John had to stop playing a few years ago due to mobility and transport issues, but he invited me over last year as he had a gift for the Club … namely a complete Umpire’s Kit in a leather case. It was a very generous gift and as the Club’s umpire’s set was falling apart with bits missing, this was a very welcome gift and gratefully received and is in full use.

john’s funeral is on Tuesday 17th June at Hanworth Crematorium at 2:40 pm.

RIP John.

Busy day as several ladies are playing the second round of the County Pairs. Some are home, some away, some mid afternoon, some evening!
This evening sees the Over 60’s team for the Tony Allcock Trophy play The Mill in Ruislip starting at 6:00.

Good luck to all. Hope the current rain stops soon. (Got absolutely soaked on Tuesday in the County match!)

Message for Competition Secretary, Peter C …

 

Cambridge Park are proud to host the first inter-county Johns Trophy match with Middlesex Ladies taking on Sussex.
6 full rinks. Spectators and supporters welcome for both teams.
Some of the Cambridge Park girls will be playing and representing Middlesex so won’t be available to help around the Club.
Please see Karen if you can give a hand at all throughout the afternoon even if it’s just for a hour.
There will be 60-65 players and officers in attendance to what should be a cracking game. If you can offer to make teas/ coffees from midday onwards, set tables for the meal as well as make everyone welcome, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Alas, the Ladies didn’t make it first past the post on Saturday in the Middlesex Double Rink. Still, it frees up next Saturday morning for getting some extra comp matches in!

On the other hand, the Men won their Club Two Fours v Ashford A on Sunday morning. Well done!

Yesterday also had good results with the Open Day being well attended by both members and visitors. Good to see so many out on the green.

This week, Karen is playing in her first County match of the year at Bush Hill Park. Other CP members are also playing.

On Wednesday, several of our girls are playing in the Middlesex Pairs and on Thursday, the Men are playing West Ealing in the National Top Club at 6:00. Supporters very welcome.

There was a good turn out for the Open Day today with ages ranging from about 5 to 75 having a go!

Julian, Karen, Scott, Tony O’B, Brian LM, and others were keeping an eye on the adults and giving guidance whilst Ange had the youngsters playing with the Bowls Buddies sets of soft (but biased) bowls aiming at assorted targets. Definitely some potentially talented bowlers amongst the visitors. There was a lot of laughter and cheers when bowls landed close to the jack!
Peter J was looking after the bar and Jacquie came to the club before heading off to Strawberry Hill and Teddington to see how they were doing with their Open Days before returning to help at CP. Marie came along as well.
A group of members also attended and played in the rinks alongside.
Well done and thanks to everyone who worked so hard before, during and after the event.