NEWS

23rd & 25th July 2024
Ladies had two more losing results but a much improved set of losing results!   We have had 2 close games which everyone enjoyed . This included a friendly ink against Portishead in which Yvonne has her first foray into skipping and they were very happy to win.
Winscombe v Portishead
Carol Hopes   Joan Hunt, Angie Ainsworth 12 – 17;Pauline Pow   Eve Watts Margaret Howel 12    13; Pam Rolls      Barbara Smart   Chrissie Bryant   19    20 ; Result 43 – 50 to Portishead
Friendly Rink Jane Bolton Lin Coombes    Yvonne Greenwood    18    13
Wnscombe v Ashcombe
This were all close games, with teams changing leads all the way until Ashcoombe pulled away in the last couple of ends’
Sue Hares Eve Watts Sue Lowis 12 – 18; Carol Hopes Yvonne Greenwood Chrissie Bryant 12- 23;
Tina Darkin Pauline Pow Margaret Howell 13 – 13 Result    37       54

24th July 2024
Over 55’s Originals v Isle of Wedmore
Another solid performance by the Originals secured another win maintaining their 100% record & resulted in a 31 shot overall victory against Isle of Wedmore.

They won on 4 rinks and by 126 shots ( 17 points ) to 95 shots ( 3 points).This win takes the Originals back to the top of the table leading Crusaders by 12 points & with a game in hand.

Keenan Dorrington Watts 28-15 ;Fletcher Smart Heeley 23-13;Brown Andrews Coombe 13-20;Greenwood Bryant Curtis 15-15;Rowe Tape Adams 26-16;Sprouting Lacy Ellis 21-16

Monday 22nd July 2024
Marjorie Stewart Inkstand

Winscombe v Madeira at Exmouth
Well, we brought the trophy back, winning 123 – 114.This was very unexpected considering the lack of available players. We even had to borrow a player from our hosts.
Good wins by Bill Andrews rink and Mal Dorrington’s covered our deficit to win by 9 shots.
W Ainsworth,M Williamson,M Dorrington 24-18; M Newing,D Peakall, B Andrews 32- 14; M Mildon, P Fredersdorff 17-22; Jon Smith ( Madeira), L Collier, M Adams 18-20; D Johnson, L v Haaren, C Bryant 14-23; T Poole, R Lowis, B Paul 18-17

Saturday 20th July 2024
SCL C v St Andrews B
A hard-fought away win over St Andrews – 8 points to 4! Puts us back to a reasonable mid-table position.
It was the Jim Coleman rink that won the day abley supported by close games on the other two rinks.
M Mildon,A Keenan,L Collier, J Coleman 28 -12; M Trenchard,M Williamson,D Barrington-Light,W Ainsworth 14 – 22; T Poole,I Phillips,L v Haaren,M Nash 15 – 19 Overall; Winscombe C 57(8pts) v St Andres B 54(4pts)

Saturday 20th July 2024
SCL B v Congresbury B Away

Overall: Winscombe B 54(1pt) v Congresbury B 65 (11pts)

Saturday 20th July 2024
SCL A v Ilminster B Home

The A team won on all 3 rinks against Ilminster.

A Rowe, C Bryant, A Watts, M Adams 29 – 6;
M Fletcher, M Smart, M Dorrington, M Curtis
26 – 16;
G Keenan, D Brown, W Andrews, G Coombe
23 – 19

Overall : Winscombe A 78 (12pts) v Ilminster B 41 (0 pts)

Thursday 18th July 2024
Ladies v Clevedon Prom Away in Wessex League
Our ladies lose against top of table Clevedon Prom. Chrissie’s rink stopped it being a complete white wash by coming from behind to get a draw. The rest of us couldn’t compete against heavy straight bowls – and very skilful skips.
Rink 1 Carol Hopes Shelley Carson    Eve Watts Margaret Howell     4 – 31
Rink 2   Pam Rolls      Sue Hares     Yvonne Greenwood   Chrissie Bryant    18 – 18
Rink 3   Jane Bolton    Maureen Sprouting    Joan Hunt    Angela Bougourd   8 – 26
Result 30 75

Wednesday 17th July 2024
PARROT SHIELD 2nd Leg
A happy Captain retained the Shield and the bragging rights for one more year. We were 6 shots down after the 1st leg at Winscombe but good wins by Mike Adams,Steve Heeley and Rob Lacy secured enough shots to overcome the deficits on the other two rinks

The winning margin was 15 shots which meant that Winscombe had won over the 2 legs by 9 shots. The Shield returned to its place on the Winscombe Pavilion wall!

Men’s Triples Tournament Sunday 14th July 2024 Sponsored by Avoncrop Amenity Products

An excellent Tournament played on a beautiful sunny day.
Sadly we held a minutes silence in memory of Simon Pascoe ,Secretary at Yatton and Captain of the 49ers Team who passed away suddenly on Friday 11th July. His wife and son together with the two remaining members of his team attend in the morning in his memory.

The winners of the A group were pCity of Wells who pipped The Motley Crew on shot difference and the winners of the B group were ‘The Force'(Angoves)who were 1 point ahead of Paulton.
The Final was closely contested betweem The Force -Three St Andrews members Jack and Si Angove and Ian Allchorne won all four group games then beat City of Wells in the final.
City of Wells.Tony Denning, T. Blair (honest), P. Hayes runners up 3rd and 4th place final between Paulton (who won)and The Motley Crew.:Graham Millard,Phil Villas, Darrell Johnson.Prize money and the Trophy was presented by Neil Westlake on behalf of the sponsors Avoncrop Amenity Products

Saturday 13th July 2024
SCL A Team v North Petherton Home.

The A team won on one rink, drew one and lost one to lose the game by 7 shots and give North Petherton their first win of the season.

D Johson, M Smart, K Bolton, M Curtis 14 – 30; G Keenan,D Brown,B Andrews,G Coombe 20 20 ; T Rowe, C Bryant,T Watts, M Adams 22 -13
Overall 56(3pts) – 23 ( 9 pts)

Saturday 13th July 2024
SCL C v Bristol C Away
The C Team lost on all 3 rinks.
R Price,J Claxton,P Cast,J Coleman 11 -25;D Holt,T Poole,L Collier,L v Haaren 13 – 22; T Atkinson,M Bravery,R Lowis,R Kibble 12 – 27 Overall 36 – 67(12pts)

B Team v Portishead RBL C Home
The B Team won on all 3 rinks
A Pow,M Nash,D Peakall,G Neville 20 -13;M Newing,M Mildon,M Fletcher,B Paul 22 – 17; J Sprouting,W Ainsworth,K Horler,C Greenwood 22 – 18 Overall 64 (12pts) – 48

Friday 12th July 2024
Fear Cup v Yeovil

This was a great game, played in a relaxed atmosphere. We lost by 10 shots to a much bigger club and felt a lot happier with our overall performance. Winscombe 43 v Yeovil 53
Rink 1 Pam Rolls    Jane Bolton       Yvonne Greenwood      Margaret Howell     19   19
Rink 2 Pauline Pow Maureen Sprouting   Joan Hunt   Chrissie Bryant 15   15
Rink 3 Carol Hopes Gill Webb   Barbara Smart    Sue Lowis 9 19

Thursday 10th July2024
SCL Originals v Yatton
The Originals maintained their 100% record with a 42 shot win over Yatton. Good wins on the rinks skipped by the Captain, Mike Adams & Tony Watts secured the win by

124 shots ( 16 points ) to 82 shpts ( 4 points ) to take Originals back to the top of the table by 15 points over Ashcombe Crusaders

Brown Andrews & Coombe (Cpt) 34-9; Keenan Bolton & Watts 21-10 ;Sprouting Paul Ellis 15-20; Johnson Fletcher Smart 12- 16; Greenwood Bryant Curtis 16-15; Rowe Tape Adams 26-12

Thursday 9th July 2024
Ladies v Clarence NSTL

Winscombe lost heavily on all 3 rinks to lose the match 22 – 65.

Least said about our Wessex game away to Clarence. Most people despondent about result after a couple of positive games.

Rink1 Carol Hopes Joan Hunt Angela Ainsworth 7 21
Rink 2 Pauline Pow Yvonne Greenwood Chrissie Bryant 9 25Rink3 Jane Bolton Eve Watts Sue Lowis 6 19 Result 22 65

Thursday 9th July 2024
Turnbull Cup -disappointment .

We were so close to winning this. Two shots ahead on the last end and on the rink that was winning by 12 shots. You would bet your house on them. But no. A lucky wick and a good last wood by their skip gave them two shots and the match was drawn – but Winscombe had lost the extra end so lost the match by one shot.

Winscombe 61 v Street 61(won on extra end)
Keenan,Greenwood,Watts,Smart 13 – 12; Johnson, Paul,Dorrington, Curtis 15 – 16; Brown, Peakall, Coombe,Heeley 10 – 20; Rowe,Bryant,Tape,Adams 23 – 13

Monday 8th July 2024
Over 55’s Pioneers v Clevedon Prom
The Prom brought a strong team to Winscombe and the Pioneers were outplayed on the majority of rinks. However, Pioneers big winner at Mark Moor did it again. Adrian Pow,Larry v Haaren and Dennis Barrington – Light won by 5 shots. Overall Pioneers lost 66(2pts) – 144(18pts).
A Keenan,R Lowis,B Kibble 11- 27;C Byles, T Poole, K Horler 16 – 18;K Whatling, L Collier, M Nash 8 – 22; D Holt, T Atkinson, W Ainsworth 7 – 31; A Broadbent,R Bennett, J Coleman 9 – 28; A Pow,L V Haaren, D B -Light 21 -16

Saturday 6th July 2024
SCL Winscombe C v Wedmore C Home

The C team won on two rinks of the3 rinks but this was not enough to secure the overall win .
They lost 50(4pts) – 67(8pts)

Atkinson,Webber,Claxton,Cast 24 – 17; Price,Bennett,Poole,Coleman 20-15;
Williamson,Lowis,Barrington – Light, Van Haaren 6 – 35

Saturday 6th July 2024
SCL B v Banwell B Home

The B Team Lost on 2 rinks to 1 with only the rink skipped by Bill Andrews securing 2 points.
Overal Winscombe B 54(2pts) v Banwell B 62(10pts)

W Ainsworth,C Byles,B Paul,G Neville 15 – 27; J Sprouting G Poynter,K Horler, B Andrews 27 – 12; M Newing,M Mildon,M Nash,D Peakall 12 – 23

Thursday 4th July 2024
Over 55’s Pioneers v Mark Moor Away
Pioneers win by 10 shots and collect 12points !

It was a very difficult green and a very strong wind blowing which made the match more against the green than Mark Moor. After 10 ends the Pioneers were well ahead overall but had some dramatic loses in the second half. The best winning rinks were skipped by Dennis Barrington – Light who won by 19 shots and Jim Coleman with a 7 shot victory.
Overall Pioneers 114(12 pts) – Mark Moor 104 (8pts)

A Keenan,P Cast ,L v Haaren 21 – 22;A Pow,J Claxton,D B Light 27 – 8;M Williamson,R Lowis,T Poole 13 – 24;A Broadbent,R Bennett,J Coleman 20 – 13;R Bolton,T Atkinson, W Ainsworth 19 – 21;K Whatling,L Collier,M Nash 14 – 16

Winscombe Ladies played 2 games this week.
Both tough games in the NSTL against opposition they had recently beaten.
v Long Ashton
Rink 1   Maureen Sprouting    Sue Lowis     Chrissie Bryant     8 -15
Rink 2   Pauline Pow       Barbara Smart      Angela Ainsworth 10 – 20
Rink 3   Carol Hopes      Yvonne Greenwood    Margaret Howell   13 – 21 Result 31 – 56
v Clevedon
Clevedon brought a much stronger team to our home game and came out the winners but 2 rinks certainly gave them a run for their money.
Rink 1 Tina Darkin Barbara Smart Margaret Howell    17 -21
Rink 2 Carol Hopes    Angela Bougourd    Sue Lowis    7 – 24
Rink 3 Pam Rolls       Yvonne Greenwood   Chrissie Bryant 20 – 15 Result 44 – 60

Wednesday 3rd July Parrot Shield 1st Leg

Winscombe lost the 1st leg by 6 shots
rink scores:

A Rowe,T Poole, C Bryant, M Adams 35-16; G Keenan,D Brown, G Coombe R Lacy 24- 14; M Newing,G,Neville, D Peakall, W Ainsworth 13-32; D Johnson, M Smart, C Greenwood, M Dorrington 16-19; J Sprouting, BPaul,B Andrews,A Watts 10-23

Overall 98- 104

Tuesday 2nd July – Turnbull Cup 3rd Round
Winscombe Away at City of Wells
A narrow but well fought back win for us.
At one stage we were 15 shots down, with Mike Adams trailing 0 – 8. Mike Smart came from 6 – 10 down to win and, whilst Mike Curtis trailed by ten shots, he pulled back 5 shots on the last three ends.Eventually, Geoff Coombe did not deliver the last wood because we led 63 – 61.

Monday 1st July 2024
Over 55’s Originals v Ashcombe Knights

The Originals secured a decisive 72 shot victory over the Ashcombe Knights to take them to the top of the table by 15 points over Ashcombe Crusaders. Games played 9 each.

They won on 5 rinks to 1 and by 155 shots ( 18 points ) to 83 shots (2 points ). Good wins by the rinks skipped by Tom Ellis , Tony Watts and Mike Adams were well supported by wins on 2 of the remaining 3 rinks.

Sprouting Lacy Ellis 35-6; Newing Bolton Watts 34-9;Greenwood Bryant Curtis 14-20; Johnson Andrews Brown 20-15; Rowe Tape Adams 30-7; Peakall Smart Coombe(Cpt) 22-15

Sunday 30th June 2024
Greenkeeper wins Greenkeeper’s again!

Lew Collier and Greg Keenan beat Graham Neville and Mal Dorrington in the final. Jill Westlake presented the trophy.
This is the second time Lew has won this 2 wood pairs competition – this time playing lead!

Thursday 27th June 2024
Over 55’s Originals v Portishead RBL

Originals maintained their unbeaten record by defeatimg Portishead RBL by 32 shots and winning 4 rinks to 2.

Good wins by the rinks skipped by Tom Ellis & Mike Curtis,supported by another good comeback win by Mike Smart ,resulted in an overall score Originals 122 shots ( 16 points) RBL 90 shots ( 4 points ).

Keenan Andrews Watts 19-14; Newing Paul Neville 17-19 ; Sprouting Lacy Ellis 25-6 ; Johnson Greenwood Curtis 25 – 14 ; Brown Coombe Heeley 14-21 ; Rowe Tape Smart 22-16

Thursday 27th June 2024
Winscombe v Clevedon Away in Wessex League

Result. 58-44
All rinks battled for our first 10 pointer of the season. We were playing not only the opposition but also a very difficult green. All rinks were behind at the halfway point but all pulled back and then into the lead during the last few ends.
A really good and well deserved win.

Rink 1   Carol Hopes, Maureen Sprouting,Barbara Smart,Sue Lowis 16 – 11
Rink 2   Pauline Pow,Shelley Carson ,Yvonne Greenwood ,Angela Bougourd 21 – 16
Rink 3   Sue Hares, Eve Watts, Joan Hunt , Margaret Howell 21 – 17

Wednesday 26th June 2024
Over55’s Pioneers v Victoria Vikings Away

The Pioneers beat the Vikings on our green and it started well at The Vic with The Pioneers ahead on 5 of the 6 rinks in the early stages. However, The Vikings fought back and finished up winning the day 4 rinks to 2.

M Mildon,L V Haaren,K Horler, 13 – 19;A Pow,J Claxton,D Barrington-Light 18 -17;K Whatling,L Collier,M Nash 19 – 13; A Broadbent,B Bennett,J Coleman 10 -25;A Keenan,M Williamson,T Poole 14 – 21;D Holt,J Hart,W Ainsworth 14 – 21
Pioneers 88 (4 pts) v Vikings 116 (16pts)

Monday 24th June 2024
Ladies v Long Ashton Home NSTL

A well contested game against a team which soundly beat us last year resulted in a win on 2 rinks and by 17 shots overall.

Rink 1    Maureen Sprouting,Eve Watts, Margaret Howell 16-21
Rink 2    Carol Hopes,Barbara Smart, Angela AInsworth 21- 12
Rink 3    Pauline Pow , Yvonne Greenwood , Angela Bougourd 21-8 Result    58-41

Saturday 22nd June 2024
SCL C v Mark Moor Away
WBC 39 v Mark Moor 77 (12pts)
Not the result we wanted, though not through lack of effort – despite the lack of experience in the team.The captain’s rink came closest to a win, narrowly missing out on the last two ends.

Overall :39 v 77(12pts)
Next up Isle of Wedmore at home July 6th, and look forward to bounce back!

P Williamson,M Trenchard,R Bennett, M Williamson 13 – 30; K Webber, C Byles, L Collier,D Barrington-Light 12 – 28; D Holt,J Claxton,R Bolton,L Van Haaren 14 – 19

Saturday 22nd June 2024
SCL Matches -Only one win this week!
A v Taunton Deane at Home
WBC 70(10pts) v Taunton Deane 65(2pts)
A good win for the A Team by 5 shots to collect another 10 points.
Keenan,Brown,Coombe, Lacy 21-16;Fletcher, Smart, Watts, Dorrington 19-26; Johnson,Greenwood,Bryant,Curtis 30-23

B v Portishead at Home
WBC 47 v Portishead 70(12 pts).
Tne B Team lost by 23 shots to bring their winning run to an end.
M Mildon,G Poynter,M Nash,B Paul 16 -22;M Newing,A Pow,K Horler,W Ainsworth 12 -25; D Leach,T Poole,P Fredersdorff,G Neville 19 -23

Thursday 20th June
Top Club v Clevedon Prom Away
A disappointing end to our run in this years competition. We lost both singles matches.Won the pairs and the rink and unfortunately had to concede the triples as we were one player short.

Thursday 20th June
Ladies v N Petherton at Home in Wessex League
Our Ladies drew at home

Pauline Pow,Joan Hunt,Eve Watts ,Chrissie Bryant 20-12;
Carol Hopes,Jane Bolton ,Barbara Smart, Angela Bougourd 12-18
Pam Rolls,Gill Webb,Yvonne Greenwood,Margaret Howell 15-17

Result 47-47

Wednesday 19th June 2024
Over 55’s Originals v Burnham at Home

The Originals maintained their unbeaten league form with 16 shot win over a tenacious Burnham side.Winning on 4 rinks to 2 and by 112 shots ( 16 points ) to 96 shots ( 4 points ) . All rinks were close but the rink skipped by Mike Smart won by 12 shots & that proved decisive.

Ainsworth Tape Smart 26-14;Fredersdorff Andrews Watts 19-13;Sprouting Lacy Ellis 16-15;Greenwood Bryant Curtis 18-15;Newing Paul Neville 15-19;Fletcher Brown Coombe 18-20

Friday 21st June 2024
Men’s Match v Pontyclun Tourists

Ladies – Wessex League Matches
Our Ladies played the top 2 teams in the Wessex League and the results have been nost encouraging. We won 2 points against Clevedon Prom but the scores were much closer than in previous years and with a draw against Victoria, with Yvonne leading the team for the first time.
Winscombe v Clevedon Prom
Pam Rolls ,Shelley Carson,Yvonne Greenwood, Margaret Howell14-12 ;Carol Hopes, Eve Watts, Gill Webb,Angela Bougourd 6- 20;Pauline Pow,Carol Mildon,Jane Bolton,Barbara Smart 11-13
Winscombe v Victoria
Shelley Carson,Chris Byles,Eve Watts, Angela Bougourd 14-16;Carol Hopes , Maureen Sprouting, Yvonne Greenwood, Angela Ainsworth 11-11; Pauline Pow, Gill Webb,Barbara Smart,Chrissie Bryant 16-14

Tuesday 18th June 2024
Mixed Match v Oxford UniversityTourists
The overall score was a win for Winscombe by 99 shots to 63.

17th June 2024
Over 55’s KO Cup at Clevedon Prom

Shock 1st round exit for 2023 winners!

Originals lost to Clevedon Prom in the Over 55’s Cup losing on 4 of the 6 rinks. Overall score Originals 89 Clevedon Prom 115 shots.

A special mention should go to Dave Brown & Tom Ellis who skipped the winning rinks and especially Tom’s last end where he drew 4 shots !

15th June 2024
Scl Div 3 North C v Chew Stoke B Away

The C team just scraped home at Chew Stoke by 1 shot to collect another 10 points having won on 2 of the 3 rinks.

Overall : Winscombe C 58(10pts) v Chew Stoke B57(2pts)
D Holt,K Webber, M Williamson,B Kibble 29 – 21; J Hart,K Bolton,L van Haaren,L Collier 14 – 25; M Trenchard,P Cast,D Barrington-Light,R Pike 15 -11

15th June 2024
SCL Div 2 North B v Ashcombe C Away
A decisive win by the B Team at Ashcombe to continue their unbeaten run and collecting another 10 points. Winscombe won on 2 rinks and lost by 1 shot on the 3rd after leading 11-2.
Overall :Winscombe B 72 (10(pts)v Ashcombe C 35 (2pts)
W Ainsworth,C Burrell, M Nash,P Fredersdorff 17 – 18;D Leach,C Byles,K Whatling,D Peakall 23 – 13; A Pow,A Keenan,K Horler,J Coleman 32-4

15th June 2024
SCL PREM 2 A v Congresbury Away
Our A Team came of second best at Congresbury on all 3 rinks.They fielded a mixed age team including a 10 year lad who played very well.
Overall Winscombe A 47 v Congresbury 78 (12 pts)

T Poole,D Brown,A Watts,R Lacy 16 – 29; M Newing,D Johnson,C Bryant,M Curtis 17 -26; J Sprouting, C Greenwood,G Neville,M Smart 14 -23

11th June 2024
Ladies v Clevedon Away NSTL
A great win for our Ladies at Clevedon by one shot!
A very close result with the 2 rinks that had finished watching the final end of the last rink to work out the score.
It was the Captain’s rink who carried the day winning by 11 shots to counter the small deficits on the other two rinks by just one shot.. Well done Margaret. A great effort from everyone with particular mention for Barbara Smart skipping in a league game for the first time.

Pauline Pow, Joan Hunt, Barbara Smart 12-14
Carol Hopes , ue Hares,Angela Ainsworth 10-18
Jane Bolton,Yvonne Greenwood,Margaret Howell 24-13 Result: Winscombe 46 (6 points) v Clevedon 45(4pts)

11th June 2024
Over 55’s Originals v Ashcombe Crusaders Home

The Originals beat top of the table Ashcombe Crusaders to maintain their unbeaten run.
The difference was 20 shots and they won on 4 rinks to 2 with good wins on the rinks skipped by Dave Brown, Tom Ellis (on his first outing of the season), Graham Neville and the Captain Geoff Coombe.The Originals won 120 shots ( 16 points) to 100 shots (4 points).

M Rolls, D Tape, M Adams 12-22; D Peakall, K Bolton, M Curtis 17-22; D Johnson, B Andrews, D Brown 20-11; M Fletcher, M Smart, G Coombe 22-16; C Greenwood, R Lacy, T Ellis 24-15; G Keenan, P Fredersdorff, G Neville 25-14

11th June 2024
Over 55’s Pioneers v Nailsea Away

The Pioneers again met tough opposition and were out bowled on two rinks. There was again some good performances particularly from Mike Nash who maintained his good form to win . Keith Horler’s rink were very dissappointed to lose an 8 after being 13 – 2 up and then 5 shots on the last end to concede a draw from a very healthy winning position .

A Broadbent,R Bennett,J Coleman 15 – 19;M Mildon,L Van Haaren,K Horler 20 – 20; A Pow,C Burrell, M Nash 18 – 14; D Holt,J Hart,W Ainsworth 12 – 19; M Williamson,K Whatling,L Collier (capt) 6 – 34; K Webber,J Claxton, M Trenchard 4 – 28 Overall 75- 134

9th June 2024
Bowls England Top Club

This is a National Competition to find the Top Club in England. Each club side consists of 11 players and they play five disciplines as follows:
Two‐Bowl Singles (21 ends)- Dave Brown won 16-13
Four‐Bowl Singles (21 shots)- Steve Heeley won 21-17
Four‐Bowl Pairs (18 ends)- Greg Keenan, Mike Smart Lost 11-21
Three‐Bowl Triples (18 ends)- Terry Poole,Mike Curtis, Mal Dorrington tied 23-23
Two‐Bowl Fours (18 ends)- Dave Johnson,Chris Bryant, Tony Watts, Keith Bolton Won 22-10
Winscombe beat West Backwell at Winscombe by three elements to one, with one match halved. Because the match was already won the tied rink did not play on.

All Somerset Clubs play in a KO competition, it then goes Regional and the last eight play in the Finals in August.A long way to go but a great start for Winscombe.

8th June 2024
SCL A v Wedmore Away

On the face of it this is a disappointing result but Steve Heeley’s rink came back from 5 – 10 after ten ends to win 18 – 15 and Mike Adams’ rink came back from 7 – 20 after thirteen ends to win 26 – 20.

Overall : 59(4pts) – 61(8pts)
M Fletcher, D Brown, G Coombe, S Heeley 18 – 15; G Keenan, C Bryant, M Curtis, M Adams 26 – 20; R Lacy, M Smart, K Bolton, M Dorrington 15 – 26

8th June 2024
SCL B v Nailsea B at Home

This was only the B Teams second game and their 2nd win putting them in 4th place in the league with games in hand.The performance of the day was the Captain’s losing rink which picked up 10 shots in the last 5 ends to secure victory by just 2 shots and 10 points to 2.

Overall 57 (10pts)- 55(2pts)

D Leach,B Kibble,B Andrews, C Greenwood 24 – 14; W Ainsworth,D Johnson,M Nash,B Paul 19 – 15; J Sprouting, K Horler,D Peakall(capt), A Watts 14 – 26

6th June 2024
Ladies v Clarence NSTL Home

A frustrating afternoon for Winscombe Ladies in the North Somerset Triples League.

Every rink made a poor start but battled back to come so close, eventually losing by just 5 shots.Special praise to rink 2 who picked up the shot on the last end to win their game .

Rink 1   Shelley Carson, Gill Webb, Margaret Howell 13-17;
Rink 2   Carol Hopes, Yvonne Greenwood, Chrissie Bryant 18-17;
Rink 3   Pauline Pow, Barbara Smart, Angela Bougourd 17-19

5th June 2024
Over 55’s Pioneers v Mark Moor

This was a match we should have won. We did win on rinks 3 -2 with one drawn but it is shots that count and we were 8 short.
Match Result: Pioneers 93 (7 pts) v Mark Moor 101(13 pts)

A Pow, D B Light,P Cast 21 -12;A Broadbent.R Bennett,J Coleman 15 – 15;K Whatling.L Collier, MNash 14 – 16;D Holt, J Hart,W Ainsworth 16 – 10; L VanHaaren,M Williamson,R Pike 8 – 30 ; K Webber,M Rolls,K Horler 19 – 18

5th June 2024
Over 55’s Originals v Victoria Saxons Away

In yet another close game reminicent of last years Cup game the Originals came from behind to secure a narrow 3 shot win against Victoria Saxons.

Good wins for the rinks skipped by Tony Watts & Rob Lacy supported by narrow defeats on the others resulted in a 103( 12 points) – 100(8 Points) victory.

G Keenan , M Smart,A Watts 27-14;J Sprouting,B Andrews,R Lacy 23-9;C Greenwood,C Bryant,M Curtis 13-15;M Newing,DTape, M Adams 12-25; M Fletcher,D Brown, G Coombe 16-19;D Johnson,B Paul,G Neville 12-18

4th June 2024
Ladies Friendly V Mark Moor

It was a bit of a mix up when Winscombe arrived at MarkMoor as they were expecting Triples and we had brought rinks. After a rapid change around including a pairs match it was an overall win for Winscombe 56 – 51

Triples: Pauline Pow, Jane Bolton,Angie Ainsworth 14-8; Sue Hares,Joan Hunt,Margaret Howell 17-8; Carol Hopes,Eve Watts,Barbara Smart 6-20;

Pairs: the 2 Winscombe players beat the Winscombe/Mark Moor duo 22-15

2nd June 2024
Tourist match v Brixham St Mary’s

A disappointing day at the office today. We lost two rinks to four and by 99 shots to 88. On the plus side, the visitors were good company, had a drink afterwards and insisted we organise a raffle.

30th May 2024
Ladies v Wedmore Friendly

A change from Rinks to Triples at short notice meant alterations to teams . It also meant a few players trying out new positions in the teams- and they all did well. We won 2 rinks and lost 1 ,with particular praise for rink 1 who came from 0-8 down to win by 1 shot especially as Sue Hares was by now heavily bandaged on a leg and an elbow after a heavy fall on a wooden surface.

Carol Mildon,Sue Hares,Chrissie Bryant 15-14;
Jen Atkinson,Maureen Sprouting,Gill Webb 5 – 21 Tina Darkin, Lin Coombe, Angela Bougourd/ Margaret Howell who replaced Angela when her injured shoulder became painful. 13-10
Overall 33 – 45

30th May 2024
Over 55’s Pioneers v Clevedon Prom

The Pioneers lost again this time away at The Prom. Once again one player did not turn up and 2 points and 10 shots were lost before the game began. To add insult to injury the non counting rink won as did the Captain’s rink again . The rink skipped by new member Jim Coleman came back from 0-8 to go into the last end 2 shots ahead only to be cruelly deprived of victory when the home team picked up 3 shots to win by 1 shot. Wilf Ainsworth’s rink also came close but overall the deficit was 69 – 101
K Whatling,L Collier,M Nash 15 -11;D Holt,T Atkinson,W Ainsworth 13 -15,M Trenchard,R Lowis,J Coleman 21 -22;A Pow,DB Light,P Cast 10 – 23;L V Haaren,J Hart,R Pike 10 – 20 (only 5 rinks)

30th May 2024
BE 2 x 4’s Competition at Bath

Lost at Bath this evening by 23 – 33. Not a disgrace because we were against Bath’s Prem 1 team, including an England international and several Middleton Cup players.

In fact, we won the same number of ends as Bath, it’s just that we were scoring ones and twos whilst they were scoring the occasional 3, 4 or 5.

G Keenan,M Smart, D Tape, M Dorrington 9 – 12; D Brown, C Bryant, R Lacy, C Curtis 14 – 21

29th May 2024
Over 55’s Originals Win at Yatton

In a hard fought contest the Originals came from 18 shots down at halfway to overcome a very competetive Yatton team by just 4 shots. Dave Brown came for 9 down to win by 9 ! Rob Lacy won by 7 & on the Captains rink there was a win by just 1 shot to make it 3 rinks apiece . Originals 99shots ( 14 points ) Yatton 95 shots ( 6 points )

Newing Tape & Adams 15-16; Peakall Paul & Neville 13-22; Johnson Andrews & Brown 23-14; Sprouting Bryant & Curtis 11-14; Fletcher Smart & Coombe 22-21; Keenan Watts & Lacy 15-8

28th May 2024
Ladies played Portishead RBL at Home in NSTL
‘oh what it could have been’ afternoon.

The rain kept off and we started well but the final result was very disappointing. Rink 1 battled so hard but could not contain the member of England’s fours who only stepped in at the very last minute when a member of the team didn’t turn up. Our other 2 triples were nearly over the finishing line but both came off second best on the last end to both lose by one shot.
Overall 30 – 47
Pauline Pow, Eve Watts, Angela Ainsworth 6- 21
Carol Hopes, MT Mooney, Chrissie Bryant 12-13 Jane Bolton , Sue Lowis, Margaret Howell 12-13

28th May 2024
NSBA KO CUP at Clarence Park

No excuses we lost on 4 rinks and drew on one. The green bowled well and we didn’t. The match was played in persistent drizzle but it wet both sides.
Overall Winscombe 63 v St Andrews 101

Mike Newing,Dave Johnson,Mike Nash, Tony Watts 9 -28; Terry Poole,Chris Bryant,Dennis Tape,Mike Adams 18 – 18; Greg Keenan,Jim Coleman,Keith Bolton, Mike Curtis 12 – 22; Dave Brown, Ray Pike,Geoff Coombe,Mal Dorrington 14 – 15; Wilf Ainsworth,Keith Horler,Lew Collier,Rob Lacy 10 – 18

26th May 2024
Fixed Jack Competition

Greg Keenan and Gordon Poynter won the Fixed Jack with Brian Paul and Dave Johnson coming a close second Only 6 shots difference between the two teams. 143 points was the first place score.
The lowest team obtained 74 shots

24th May 2024
Over 55’s KO Cup 1st Round
Pioneers v Portishead RBL at Home

This was always going to be a difficult one to win. Our new team against RBL from the 1st Division. We gave a good account of ourselves on 3 rinks , losing on Peter Cast’s rink by 5 and Ray Pike’s by 3 shots. The Captain’s rink skipped by Mike Nash did even better winning 22 -17 against a very experianced rink skipped by D Gregory. Overall : 73 – 134

T Poole,R Lowis,C Williamson 9 – 23; D Holt, K Webber, W Ainsworth 8 – 29; K Whatling, L Collier (capt),M Nash 22 – 17; A Pow, D B Light, P Cast 16 – 21; R Bolton, K Horler, R Pike 13 – 16; C Byles, M Trenchard, B Kibble 5 – 28

21st May 2024
Over 55’s Pioneers v Clarence at Home

A better performance this time against our first opponents in this new League. Unfortunately 4 rinks were still out bowled but 2 rinks secured wins . The Captains rink had a decisive 27 – 12 win and Peter Cast had a narrow victory too.
Overall Pioneers 82 (4 points) v Clarence 126 (16 points)

A Pow, D B- Light,P Cast 17 – 15; K Webber,J Hart, R Pike 9 – 29; T Poole,C Williamson,K Horler 12 – 20; K Whatling,L Collier(capt),M Nash 27 – 12; M Mildon,L V Haaren,W Ainsworth 7 – 24; M Trenchard,M Williamson,B Kibble 10 -26

20th May 2024
Ladies v Yatton Friendly Away

Our first friendly of the season showed our enthusiasm but not the stamina to finish the games off. Two rinks were holding their own until the last 3 ends when the opposition piled on the pressure to allow Yatton to win all rinks. A useful practice on an unforgiving green.

Sue Hares, Lin Coombe, Yvonne Greenwood, Sue Lowis 13 – 21
Shelley Carson, Lorna Whatling, Trish Van Haaren, Margaret Howell 13 – 20
Pam Rolls, Chris Byles, Eve Watts, Joan Hunt 9 -24
Winscombe 35 v Yatton 65

19th May 2024
NSBA 4 Dimensions v Victoria Home

Not a good day today, we lost 0 – 4. The singles and pairs were very one-sided and the rinks was quite close. The triples was the interesting rink. We fought back from 2 – 9 down to lead 13 – 9 but Victoria scored 9 on the last three ends to seal victory.

18th May 2024
SCL Div 3 North C v Bristol C Home
Our C Team lost their first match of the season mainly due to the fact that, one Bristol player failed to turn up. We,(perhaps naively), ‘loaned’ a Winscombe player – namely M.T. Mooney who became our ‘nemesis – playing better than anyone on that rink! Despite docking 25% off their rink score, they still finished well ahead. In retrospect, a lesson learned for sure! The game was beset with intermittent thunderstorms and torrential rain which slowed play, but undaunted we completed the match.
A Pow, M Williamson,J Hart, C Bryant won 19 – 15; T Poole, L Van Haaren, L Collier, R Pike lost 14 – 21; D Holt, C Byles, M Trenchard, D Johnson Lost 9 -32 (24-25%) Overall 42(2pts) – 60(10pts)

18th May 2024
SCL League : B v Victoria C Away

Good all round performance with Dave Brown standing in for an injured Gordon Poynter. Chris Greenwood’s rink came up against a particularly annoying skip who kept destroying their holding ends.

Score Winscombe B 59 (10 points – Victoria C 47 (2 points)
W Ainsworth, M Rolls,B Paul, C Greenwood Lost 8 -25; J Sprouting, K Horler, D Peakall, A Watts won 24 -12; M Newing,M Nash, D Brown, G Neville won 27 – 10

16th May 2024
Bowls England Men’s 2 x 4’s v Chew Stoke at Home

In a very closely fought contest Winscombe beat Chew Stoke on both rinks.The score was 34 – 28 and our next opponent is Bath A at Bath, to be played by 2nd June.
Rink 1 Rink 2
L Tony Rowe L Mike Fletcher
2 Tony Watts 2 Chris Bryant
3 Dennis Tape 3 Geoff Coombe
S Keith Bolton S Malcolm Dorrington
Won 16 – 14 Won 18 – 14

16th May 2024
Ladies win first match of the season against Congresbury
Winscombe Ladies won their first match of the season at Home against Congresbury in the Wessex League.
Winscombe actually lost on 2 of the 3 rinks,but the rink skipped by Captain Margaret Howell, including vice captain Yvonne Greenwood, led by Pauline Pow with MT Mooney scored enough shots to secure the win by 6 shots. It’s a team game and the other two rinks kept their deficits down to just 7 shots. A good start to the season.

Rink 1 : Carol Hopes, Pam Rolls, Joan Hunt. Chrissie Bryant 15 – 17
Rink 2 : Shelley Carson, Maureen Sprouting, Trish Van Haaren, Angela Ainsworth 16 – 21
Rink 3 :Pauline Pow, MT Mooney, Yvonne Greenwood, Margaret Howell 22 – 9
Overall 53 – 47

15th May 2024
Over 55’s Pioneers v Victory Vikings

The Pioneers gained their first win of the season by 29 shots and 4 rinks to 2 at home also for the first time.
Good wins onthe rinks skipped by Bob Kibble,Mike Nash,Keith Horler and Ray Pike secured the much needed win.

Pioneers 122 – Vikings 93. Pioneers 16 points – Vikings 4 points

D Holt,A Broadbent,W Ainsworth 15 – 20; A Pow, J Hart, B Kibble 30 – 10; M Milden,K Webber, K Horler 17 – 13; K Whatling, L Collier, M Nash 25 – 5; C Byles, D Barrington- Light, P Cast 11 – 31; T Poole,R Lowis, R Pike 24 – 14

14th May 2024
Over 55’s Originals v Burnham

A great comeback win for the Originals at Burnham . Down by 30 shots midway all rinks showed resilience and fought back to secure a narrow 4 shot win on avery difficult green.

Originals 102 shots ( 14 points ) Burnham 98 shots ( 6 points ).

Good wins for Dave Brown & Graham Neville plus a last wood save by Steve Heeley playing his first game proved pivotal.

Rowe Greenwood & Tape 8-24;Keenan Bolton & Watts 9-20;Johnson Andrews & Brown 28-5;Fletcher Coombe & Heeley 21-20;Rolls Bryant & Curtis 16-20;Newing Paul & Neville 20-9

13th May 2024
Winscombe v Abercarn
A mixed Winscombe team took part in our first international tour in living memory, one day to Abercarn in Wales. Despite our captain, Chris Greenwood, being held up in traffic and arriving as the match was due to start a very enjoyable day was had, until a thunder and lightning storm stopped the match after a couple of hours. As we were ahead on one rink, behind in another and two were finely poised the match was declared a draw, and we retired to the clubhouse for traditional Welsh hospitality.

11th May 2024
Winscombe A v West Backwell Home
SCL Premier Division 2

A good and exciting game today. Keith Bolton’s rink was last to finish and on the last end we were one shot down across the green. With the last bowl, Keith converted holding one to win by two for an overall victory of 60 – 59 and 8 pts to 4 pts. However, none of this would have mattered without a good win on Mike Adams rink.

Rink Scores

Rink 1 T Rowe, C Bryant, M Curtis, M Adams 32 – 16 ;
Rink 2: D Johnson, C Greenwood, T Watts, K Bolton 15 – 26
Rink 3: M Fletcher, D Brown, G Coombe, M Dorrington 13 – 17

May 2024
Winscombe C v Wedmore C Away
SCL Division 3 North

Another good win for Winscombe
We lost on two rinks – both by just one shot – but our third rink skipped by Wilf Ainsworth won handsomely and helped the overall 11 shot win and 8 points – 4 points.

Rink Scores

Rink 1: M Rolls, M Nash, R Kibble, D Peakall 19 – 20
Rink 2 : D Leach, L V Haaren, B Paul, W Ainsworth 25 – 12
Rink 3 : M Newing, M Williamson, R Lowis, R Pike 17 -18

9th May 2024
Over 55’s Pioneers v Banwell Home

This was the first home game for the newly formed Pioneers. Once again they came up against a club with only one team in the Over 55’s League. Banwell had been relegated last year from Division One.They proved to be too strong for most of the Pioneers rinks but the Captains rink fought back well to lose on the last end with Alan Vickery’s last bowl gaining the shot with The Pioneers holding 3 shots. Overall 56 -147

Rink 1 D Holt,T Atkinson, W Ainsworth 8 – 18; T Poole,R Lowis,R Pike 15 – 22; K Whatling, L Collier(Capt) , M Nash 19 – 21; A Pow,M Tenchard,R Kibble 5 – 31; B Bennett, D Barrington – Light ,P Cast 7 – 32; M Mildon,C Williamson, G Poynter 7 – 23

7th May 2024
Winscombe v Bath Away
Sydney Gardens Trophy

This annual two match fixture resulted in a win by the Home side by 8 shots. Not an unsurmountable target when they come to Winscombe in August.

Rink Scores

Rink 1 Ken Whatling,Brian Paul,Mike Adams 19-19 ;Rink 2 Terry Poole,Lew Collier,Tony Watts 21- 12; Rink 3 Dave Brown,Ray Pike,Geoff Coombe 11-23;Rink 4 Mike Newing, Larry V Haaren, Chris Greenwood 18-18;Rink 5 Wilf Ainsworth,Mike Nash,Chris Bryant 16-23 ;Rink 6 Dave Johnson,Dave Peakall,Graham Neville 23-21

3rd May 2024
BE Men’s 2x 4’s v St Andrews Away

We win on both rinks in the 1st Round of this National Competition at St Andrews 38 – 28.
Next round Home to Chew Stoke A.

4th May 2024
SCL – C Team v Burnham on Sea
The first game of our newly formed third team in North Division 3 saw us secure a great win by 50 shots and a maximum 12 points. We were helped by the B Team not having a game which enabled the C Team to be strengthened with a few B Team regulars.
Winscombe 86 (12pts) v Burham 36 (0pts)

Rink 1: D Leach, L V Haaren (Capt),B Paul,C Greenwood 23 – 14
Rink 2: G Poynter,A Pow,M Nash,G Neville 34 – 6
Rink 3 : M Newing,D Johnson,L Collier, R Pike 29 – 16

4th May 2024
SCL – A Team v Williton
First Game in Premier Division 2

The Club Captain Chris Bryant commented:-
“Not a good start but three teams lost by bigger margins so no reason to despair just yet.
We lost by 47 – 61 and 2 – 10.”

29th April 2024
BE – NATIONAL MIXED TONY ALCOCK

We visited Frome Park in the 1st Round of this over 65’s Mixed National Competition. It is a two rink match and we shared the rinks. However,we lost overall on shot difference 28 -34.

A disappointing result.

30th April 2024
Over 55’s Pioneers v Portishead Away

The Pioneers second match was also away , this time at Portishead. 3 substitutes were borrowed from the Originals but this only produced a result on one rink! However, overall performance was much improved with The Pioneers winning on 3 of the 5 counting rinks. Once again they were one man short and dropped 10 shots and 2 points. Overall it was still a loss on shots 77 – 100 but much closer without the 10 shot penalty.

1st May 2024
Over 55’s Originals v St Andrews Home

Originals maintained their winning start to the season overcoming a strong St Andrews side. Rinks were shared but good wins on the rinks skipped by Mike Adams & Mike Curtis & a last wood win on the Captains rink, offset the 3 losing rinks. Originals 100 shots ( 14points) St Andrews 90 shots ( 6 points )

Saturday 20th April

First Match of The Season Results in Loss!

A close game on 4 rinks with Winscombe just missing out on 3!
Well done Keith Bolton (and the Captain’s rink) in nicking a win on his first match for his new club.

Overall Banwell won 4 rinks – 1

Thursday 26th April

Over 55’s – Originals Get Off To Great Start

On a cold afternoon at Winscombe The Originals scored a very good win over last years league winners – Victoria Saxons .

Winscombe won on 5 rinks to 1 and by 109 shots (18 points) to 81 shots (2 points).

Thursday 26th April
Pioneers Meet Tough First Match Opposition

The Pioneers played their first game away at Clarence and immediately lost 10 shots and two points as they conceded a rink. Clarence now only have one team and this was the ‘Blues’ team relegated from Division One last year.
They were just too good for the newly formed Pioneers team .

Opening Day Saturday 13th April 2024

The President’s wife Lorna Whatling opened the 2024 Season by sending down the first wood.
Members also had a spider raising £70 for the Club’s Charity – SW Children’s Hospice.
The match betwen the President and The Captains finished with an outstanding win for the President by 23 shots

A WIN FOR WINSCOMBE AT TORQUAY

A party of 36 bowlers had a successful weekend in Torquay.
They played against Puriton who had put up a trophy for the match and Winscombe won a narrow victory over two days.

A collection by the Winscombe team raised £100 which was donated to the Club’s charity, South West Children’s Hospice.