It was a lovely sunny day to welcome our visitors Wealden down to the coast. What a great start to our summer season of friendly matches. All 6 rinks were filled with triples. A big thank you to the subs who came in to fill the places of last minute withdrawals. At least one of you put on the club bowls stickers for the first time !

At tea the overall score was 61:41 with an especially strong 17:6 start for Captain of the day Paul Hales supported by Joan Robertson & Doris Wickenden. Wealden had started strongly on rink 6. On the other rinks most teams were enjoying closer tussles. 

After refreshment it was to be John Robertson with our 2025 Easter Cup Champions Judith Brook & Richard Tedder who went into tea at 13:4 up to take top rink with 28:5 ! 

Rinks 1 & 6 had been down at tea but Egerton ended the match winning all 6 triples. Thanks on rink 1 to Anita Jones, Tink Hart & David Jarrett picking up a useful 7. On rink 6 Marie Burton, James Stevenson and Mick Burton had been down 7:13 at tea but put in a brilliant second half to win 22:16. The final score was 132:79.

Our Wealden friends took their defeat in great spirit afterwards in the bar & challenge us to repeat our smashing performance on their home turf !  Please put Thursday August 28th in your diary & sign up for the away game. Without away teams there will be no more great matches like this.

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“The Winners”

Ken Brook, Judith Brook & Richard Tedder (Skip).

2025 Easter Tournament

The annual Chris Perry – A.F.Beach Cup tournament was played on Good Friday and Easter Saturday this year.
12 teams of three bowlers each enjoyed four games of six ends each day, with the usual sociable breaks for teas and lunches. Points were awarded for a win (2) a draw (1) and a point for each end won.

One bowler unable to play the first day resulted in Terry donning bowling shoes and helping his team to fourth place. When two more called in sick the second day Terry press ganged Vanessa and Bithig to play, our thanks to them both, to Terry for organising a demanding but fun two day competition and the Ladies that fed and watered us.

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Ann Hamilton Trophy Tournament 26th – 27th October 2024

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Well done to all who played, it was close right until the end but the reigning champions were team I, made up of Harold Nutting in lead, Lorraine Murphy as number 2 and her husband Jim as skip. Special thanks to Ann’s daughter, Leanne for coming down and presenting the winners with the Trophy.

Tournament Winners Harold Nutting, Lorraine Murphy and Jim Murphy presented with the Trophy by Ann’s daughter, Leanne.

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Eastbourne Friendly (Home) Saturday 5th October 2024

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Egerton welcomed local rivals Eastbourne to the Park on Saturday 5th October. Eastbourne had difficulty fielding a full side for this fixture, which resulted in Triples being played on only four rinks.
Eastbourne started slightly stronger of the two sides and by the half time break they were leading 22-24. After the break Eastbourne enhanced their lead and came out worthy winners 49-65 by winning three of the four rinks.

Rink 2 Denis Parkinson, Alison Watt, James Stevenson  17-14

Rink 3 Harold Nutting, Kaye Parkin, Paul Hales  10-17

Rink 4 Pat Tedder, Chris Webley, Richard Tedder  13-19

Rink 5 Chris Browning, Trish Webley, Ray Batsford  9-15

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