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- Lil Bell & Donna Parker – Ladies Pairs
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- Richard Lovell & Ian Townsend – Men’s Pairs
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- Richard Bartram & John French – Australian Pairs
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- Clive Bryceson & Gill Bryceson – Mixed Pairs
2025 SINGLES CHAMPIONS
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- Linda Wallis – Ladies Champion
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- Terry Buck – Men’s Champion
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- Nadine Evans – Ladies 2 woods
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- Terry Buck – Men’s 2 woods
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- Judy Smooker – Ladies’ Handicap
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- Terry Buck – Men’s Handicap
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- Jim Andrews – Veterans
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- Lee Dawkins – Levi Cup/Carey Trophy
Late season friendly matches
What a couple of friendly matches. Fierce competition and even better sportsmanship! Our club hosted two friendly fixtures against Teignbridge and Beech Hill, and while the scoreboard didn’t fall our way, the praise from both teams was a true victory. Teignbridge brought a formidable side and clinched all six rinks, but the matches were played in such a friendly atmosphere that the final score felt secondary. We can’t wait for the next time we face them to get our revenge!
YOUTH ACADEMY VISIT
We were delighted to welcome Dorset bowls youth academy recently. They have produced several England internationals at under 18 and under 25 level and one of their team; Millie Tuck is the National singles champion both indoors and outdoors. Another of their members who played against us this time played in the England team at the under 18 British Isles Championships. So, we knew we were up against it and definitely the underdogs!
It was wonderful to see such enthusiasm for the game and they lived up to their reputation, beating us on 2 rinks, drawing one and losing on the other. We were therefore grateful that when all the points were added up we managed to scrape a win!
Where our teams finished
We are now at the end of our competitive league season and this is how we finished.
Saturday Triples Division One Winners; Clive Bryceson, Terry Buck, Linda Wallis, Richard Lovell, Mark Sheppard, Phil Cockman, Dave Wright, John Brudenell, Gill Bryceson.
B&D Saturday morning mixed triples league:
Swans were winners of section 1, thus won the league overall.
Dolphins were second in section 4, thus gaining promotion to section 3.
Seagulls finished fifth in section 5.
Puffins finished fourth in section 6.
B&DWBA Ladies’ league Div.1:
The ladies finished fifth in this Thursday afternoon two rink triples league.
Bowls Dorset Men’s League (East Div.1)
The men finished fifth in this Monday evening three full rink league.
Edna Paisley (Mid division)
The Ladies finished third in this Wednesday morning two rink triples league.
Percy Baker Trophy League:
E2, the men finished third in this Thursday two rink triples league.
E4, the men finished first in this Thursday two rink triples league and qualified for the ‘play-offs’.
June Culpin Competition:
The Ladies progressed through to the semi-finals in this, two full rink, knockout competition.
Curry evening 30-08-25
Richard keeping his audience enraptured at the recent curry evening. The was Curry supplied by Nihal Spice and was followed by games of ‘play your cards right’ and ‘stand up bingo’. Another very pleasant evening.
£736 CHEQUE PRESENTATION TO RNLI
Phil Cockman, men’s Captain was delighted to be able to present a cheque to RNLI Swanage. He wanted to say “a big thank you to all bowls club members and the many local Swanage businesses who contributed raffle prizes to make this such a successful day”.
Our men’s Captain was joined by Treasurer Jo-Ann Padley in presenting the cheque for £736 to Swanage Lifeboat crew; Navigator Steve and Coxswain Gav.
Swanage Lifeboat Launch Video
REGATTA DRIVE SUCCESS
A well attended Bowls Drive during Swanage Carnival week raised £140 towards the Carnival collection for local charities. Congratulations to our winners; Jenny Hawker from Wymsewold in Leicester and Martin Stow from Bournemouth. Jenny plays for her local Club and Martin plays for Moordown. Well done both of you.
