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.
Work party on the green
Clive leading the greens work party to reduce the ‘leather jacket’ infestation.
Captains Day 2025
What a fantastic day we had on the first sunny Sunday in June! Captains Linda and Phil kicked off our mixed team match, welcoming over 40 participants. The traditional ‘spider’ followed, setting a fun tone for the afternoon. Many guests and spectators arrived a little later to watch and join in the fun.
It was a nail-biter of a game, with both teams playing brilliantly, and we ended up with a well-deserved draw!
The bowling was followed by a delicious hog roast, and then the real fun began off the green! We had a quick game of ‘Pay Your Cards Right’ before drawing the Grand Raffle, which received incredible support from the Swanage community. An auction of some wonderful artistic works rounded off our fundraising efforts, raising an impressive £738 for the RNLI!
A huge thank you to everyone who took part and contributed!
Friendly v Fleming Park 11/5/25
Friendly played in extremely good spirits on a sunny Sunday. Many of our opponents had stayed or were staying in Swanage and area before and after the match. Interesting that bowling was helping to stimulate our local economy.
Fleming Park triumphed 111-93. All Swanage team members were presented with a Fleming Club badge before starting. Hope to see them again.
Fleming Park 11/5/25
Fleming Park 11/5/25
Friendly v Fleming Park, Sunday11th May 2025:
DEFIBRILLATOR
Swanage Community Defibrillator Partnership was formed 10 years ago with the aim of placing 4 public access defibrillators in Swanage, maintaining them and ensuring people knew how to use them.
Today there are almost 50 across Purbeck. Each one is registered with The British Heart Foundation and checked and cleaned by Guardians every 2 weeks. We are proud to say a defibrillator is sited at the entrance to the Club’s green.
Yesterday the guardians enjoyed a cream tea on the veranda of the Bowls Club as a thank you for their ongoing work to ensure the defibrillators are registered as Rescue Ready for the ambulance service to deploy to the public.
On Tuesday 13th May after the internal Triples Games, Mary Buck will bring the training kit to the club and demonstrate how to access and use the machine. This will take 30-45 minutes.
TOP CLUB NATIONAL KNOCKOUT COMPETITIONS
Both our Ladies’ and Men’s sections have entered the Bowls England national knockout competitions ‘TOP CLUB’, the initial rounds are played at a county level and then progress throughout the country. In the initial round both sections play at home Vs. Poole Park.
The Ladies’ competition consists of 4 rinks of separate disciplines, as follows: Four Bowls Singles (21 shots), Four Bowls Pairs (18 ends), Three Bowls Triples (18 ends) and Two Bowls Fours (18 ends). The winner will be the club who win the most disciplines, if these are tied, the overall highest shot count will declare the winner, if this is still a tie an extra end will be played in the Pairs, Triples and Fours.
The Men’s competition consists of 5 rinks of separate disciplines, as follows: Two Bowls Singles (21 ends), Four Bowls Singles (21 shots), Four Bowls Pairs (18 ends), Three Bowls Triples (18 ends) and Two bowls Fours (18 ends). No discipline can be drawn, so extra end played, the winner will be the club who win the most disciplines.