Buckinghamshire
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The Single Mat League Winter League Has been completed, with Widmer End A as the winners Congratulations to them.
The Association’s AGM will be held on 28th April at Handy Cross Sorts Centre at 8.00 pm. The calling notice and the agenda is on the Committee page. The minutes of the 2009 AGM have been retained for reference.
Bob Hine had a good end to a very successful season when he and his wife Ann won the doubles tournament during a week with Bellingdon at Potters. See the report under the “News From The Clubs” tab.
The final of the ICC consolation cup was played at the Catherine Chisholm School on Sunday 7th March between Bucks and Cheshire. Unfortunately Bucks came second to a very strong Cheshire side. However they played well and are to be congratulated in reaching the final of a national competition.
As usual full details and some pictures of the day are on the ICC page.
The Bucks team have managed to continue their winning ways, beating Norfolk in the semi final of the Inter Counties Consolation Cup. We now meet Cheshire in the final on Sunday 7th March 2010. Congratulations to the team. As usual full details on the ICC tab by following “Norfolk @ Northants” button.
The JR Cup results have been added to the Vale Friendly League page. Follow the link on the VFL page.
The Bucks team won their quarter final on the consolation KO tournament. For a full report follow the “Suffolk at Northants” tab on the ICC page. As a result Bucks will now meet Norfolk on Saturday 27th February at the Catherine Chisolm School.
We have registered with the Buck Sports Portal of Bucks & Milton Keynes Sports Partnership To view our profile on this site follow the link on the “Links” tab.
The “round robin” phase of the ICC is now complete. Bucks did not qualify for the latter stages of the competition so have entered the consolation cup. We had a bye in the preliminary round and will be playing in the quarter final on Saturday 13th February
The National play offs were completed on 17th January and are likely to be our last competition at the Polish Club. The Bucks squad now have a new home venue, Handy Cross sports stadium in High Wycombe. This venue may also be used for such events as the three wood pairs and the National trials. In order to familiarise the members of the squad with the playing conditions at Handy Cross a “spoon drive” was organised for Saturday 6th February. Husbands, wives and partners were welcome to participate and some 30 bowlers took part. There were three prizes on offer for the day, one for the highest morning score, won by Arnie Jaffe, one for the highest afternoon score won by Linda Coker and one for the highest aggregate score won by Paul Knight. Two pictures of the general scene, courtesy of Bob Hine, can be viewed with by clicking “Spoon Drive”.
The Bucks 3 Wood Pairs Competition took place on Sunday 22nd November at the Polish Club. The winners of the £50 first prize were Linda and Peter Coker. Second prize of £30 went to Joan Northcott and Jack Rutley, third prize of £20 to Thelma Leslie and Don Barber with the fourth prize of £10 being won by Keith Patrick and Chris Fillery.
For a full list of all results, provided by Brian Latham, click “3 Wood Pairs”.
Widmer End made their annual pilgrimage to Warners, Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. Pictures and report from Arnie Jaffe on the “News From Clubs” tab, providing an item not from Homer Green.
David Gander has produced an updated contact list for the Vale Friendly League. Pending
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Wendover have joined the BSMBA, taking the total registered membership past 500. For Wendover contact details see Member Clubs.
Bucks now has a second umpire to relieve some of the pressure on John Holland. Brian Latham has passed the umpires examination. Congratulations to Brian.
The Vale Short Mat Bowls Friendly League now has it’s own web site. Follow the link on the “Links” tab.
Following the ESMBA AGM this year there was the inevitable rules revision meeting. This year the meeting did actually agree on some changes and some new rules. These new and amended rules came into force on 1st September 2009, so all our league and ICC matches this season will be played under these rules.
To see these changes click “Rule Changes”.
