Category: Fixtures/Match Reports

The second SE Region Event was held at Horsham Indoor Bowling Club where Geoff Kentish, his members and staff made everyone feel very welcome. Continue reading “S. E. Region Event – Horsham IBC”

DBE National Indoor Pairs Report 2017

The entry response to this first National Pairs event was exceptional, with the maximum of sixteen team places being filled within the first 3 weeks of the entry forms being sent out. The entry was open to all members of DBE irrelevant of disability.
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Disability Bowls England Annual Trip to ‘Potters’

28^th November – 2^nd December 2016.

This year a group of 41 bowlers, friends and family travelled from all areas of the country to Potters Leisure Resort, for the ‘Bowls International’ sponsored ‘Festive Week’. This would be at least our 12^th year for this Potters Festive week. Continue reading “DBE Potters Festive Week”

Masters Singles – 19^th & 20^th November 2016

Top bowlers from four different disability bowls groups played in the elite 16-person event. The groups represented were BWBA (for wheelchair bowlers), CPSport (for bowlers with cerebral palsy, strokes and head injury), VIBE (visually impaired) and EALABA (for amputee’s and other disabilities). Each disability group nominates 4 top bowlers, they are then drawn into 4 pools consisting of one bowler from each disability group. They play a round robin in their pool, the winners of each pool determine the semi-finalists.

The previous year’s champion has automatic selection for the following year, in order that they may defend their title, this year it was Bob Love.

Representing

BWBA were;  Simon Wright, George Ridgeon and Steve Bigg

EALABA Bowlers;  John Rogers, Neil Smith, Chris Gray and Mike Robertson.

VIBE Bowlers;  Ron Homer, Sarah Marshall, Liz Ward and Gareth Harwood.

CP Sport Bowlers;  Alastair Domville, Steve Angus, Kieran Rollings and Jonathan Stokes.

The pool play this year produced clear winners, Simon Wright, George Ridgeon, Chris Gray and Bob Love.

The semi-finals saw Bob Love, (Birmingham) take on Simon Wright (Hornsea) in a very well contested game, Bob being the eventual winner, 17 shots to 11.

The other semi-finalists, George Ridgeon (Gloucs) and Chris Gray (Kettering) had a real tussle with George going 8 shots up in four ends. Chris then picked up 10 shots in the next 6 ends, George had a better short spell but then Chris won the last four ends. The eventual score finishing 19 – 13 to Chris, a real ‘see saw’ of a game.

Congratulations to all of the players for a wonderful display of bowling over the whole weekend.

This year the trophies were presented by Paul Brown, DBE Chairman.

A ‘big thank you’ to the Gedling IBC members who helped over the weekend, they were, as always, brilliant!

Margaret Smith, DBE Sec and tournament organiser.

Continue reading “Celebration Evening 5th November 2016”

Response to the North Region Taster/Training Day at York IBC on 1st October 2016 was a very positive one with 15 people coming to bowl along with 8 volunteer coaches and helpers. Continue reading “North Region Taster/Training Day – 2016”

DBE “TOP REGION” Team Tournament, sponsored by Sporting Highlights. Sunday 18th Sept 2016 at Daventry Town BC. Continue reading “DBE “TOP REGION” Team Tournament”

Report from match against Berkhamsted on 24th Aug 2016

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Gedling Open Pairs, played for the Joan Blaney Memorial Trophy – 6th & 7th August 2016.

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Didcot Bowls Club was host to a 6 rink match kindly arranged by Bowls England President Michael Jennings against Disability Bowls England on 31st July 2016.

Continue reading “Disability Bowls England v Bowls England President Michael Jennings Select Team”