On Sunday 4^th June, around one hundred people were at Swanage bowling club to watch or play in the Dorset County Ladies senior fours knockout quarter and semi-finals.

Teams involved were from seven clubs:

SWANAGE (S. King, J. Smooker, L. Wallis and skip S. Bird).

POOLE PARK (S. Pinson, T. Cordial, J. Leake and skip B. Hodder).

DORCHESTER (H. Lannon S. Lawley, F. Dyer, and skip S. Willis).

SHERBORNE (D. Rock, C. Hart, S. Ford and skip A. Streets).

BRANKSOME PARK (V. Baxter, S. Harris, U. King and skip C. Assal).

BRIDPORT (F. Hewitt, L. Kennedy, A. Tibble and skip C. MacKenzie)

LYME REGIS had two teams qualify for the quarters (A. Allman, H. Dowling, L. Broom and skip P. Weech) and (M. Haseman, J. Parson, N. Discoll and skip E. Sarson).

Quarterfinals:

Poole Park played ‘out of their skins’ and comfortably beat Swanage. Lyme Regis team skipped by P. Weech, pulled away from their club mates in the latter ends of this game. Sherborne beat Dorchester by scoring more than singles when winning an end. Branksome Park beat Bridport with the last wood of the game, winning by one shot.

Semi-finals:

Poole Park were on fire against Lyme Regis and won this semi by 28 shots to 5 and progress to the finals.

Sherborne  left it late to win this game against Branksome Park, taking it by two shots on the last end 19-17.

Bournemouth and District Saturday Triples results 27^th May.

Swanage Swans (section 1)

Played Argyll ‘B’ away, winning on both rinks scoring 39 shots to 24 and gaining 6 points, this result is the fourth win on the trot and puts them top of the league.

Swanage Dolphins (section 5B)

Played Poole Park ‘D’ away, winning on both rinks scoring 59 shots to 15 gaining 6 points, this again is the fourth win on the trot and puts them top of their league.

Swanage Puffins (section 5A)

Played Fordingbridge Fire at home, lost overall 37 shots to 29, winning on one rink and loosing on the other, scoring 1 point and ending up 7^th in their league.

Swanage Seagulls (section 5A)

Played Wimborne Charlie at home, loosing 36 shots to 21, scoring no points, this is their first loss and are currently 5^th in their league.

Report from Clive Bryceson

All four Triples Squads had their first game on Saturday (two at home and two away) and all four won as below.

Sec 5B  Dolphins:  Captain Julie L-S  – Won on both rinks with 37 shot difference.  Top of their leagues with 6 points.

Sec 5A  Puffins: Captain Roger S – Won on both rinks with 23 shot difference. Second in league with 6 points.

Sec 5A  Seagulls: Captain Barrie T – Won one rink with 4 overall shot difference. Fourth in league with 4 points.

Sec 1   Swans: Captain Clive B – Won one rink with 5 overall shot difference.  Fifth in league with 4 points.

Seagulls had to play with one man down due to illness the night before but still managed an overall win.

But it proves that you can play with just two on a rink and still get an overall win.  The rules give detailed instructions on how the bowls should be delivered in such cases.

I hope everyone enjoyed their first game and were back home by lunchtime/early afternoon to enjoy the rest of the day.

Roger has a problem with a shortage of drivers for away matches but intends to manage this as best he can.

All the results can be found on the B&D website.

A long way to go but a very good start.

Club President, Mike Keats, raised £1,520 for Cancer Research UK. This grand amount was raised through club raffles, donations and a special open raffle for a ‘Steiff Replica 1926 Clown Bear’, a collector’s item donated by Mike.

Mike was pleased to present the cheque, on the season closing day, to Jim Rosewarn, the local representative of Cancer Research, who was a former player at the Isle of Purbeck IBC in Swanage.

Jim thanked Mike and the club and gave an insight into the ongoing work of Cancer Research. Mary Rosewarn made the draw for the ‘Steiff Bear’, the winner being Dominic Cockcroft of Branksome Park Bowling Club, who has been notified.

President Mike thanked all who took part in this successful fund raising.

Mike Keats presents cheque to Jim Rosewarn of Cancer Research UK

Steiff Bear winning number

Club Captains Jan Cherry and Tony Bell were thanked for the £390 raised on their Captain’s Charity Day, by Terry Buck from ‘Friends of Swanage Hospital’. Terry said he had been so inspired by the gardening work carried out at the bowling club by Ben Cross and his team and so this money would be handed on to the hospital gardening team, led by Dave George, to create a special bed in the new patient’s garden. This is visited by patients to give them ‘fresh air’ and enhance their wellbeing, and by staff as a place away from the bustle of the workplace, helping with stress and mental health issues.

The club ran a ‘Regatta spoons drive’ during Carnival week and raised a sum of £120, which was passed on to be distributed by the Carnival Committee to local charities and causes.