Sussex Ladies League away versus Wealden

The Girls have a tough day !

Thank you to Captain of the day Phyllis Stevens & her team. 

Thank you to everyone who supported this game. 

There are those games where your wood skims past the jack missing it by millimetres & then on the next try it shoots off sideways to waiting opposition woods. One wood short the next long & so it continues. Where is that third wood that of course would have been perfect? The harder you try the less lucky you are. The relaxed opponent bowls elegantly then shows that there was a line in. Sadly rather too many of us will identify with this little paragraph today ! This should not take any praise away from an opposition who simply out-bowled most of us.

We cannot blame their “Wick Inn” as no alcoholic beverages were consumed until after the match. Perhaps that was our mistake? Thank you to our drivers who could not drown their sorrows. Commiserations to Sue Cooper’s team who had to bravely play on 40 minutes after the rest of us had finished as the opposition skip seemed at time to freeze on the mat. 

There were positives & points gained. We fielded a team. We supported each other & had a few laughs. We will keep going !

Well done to our top rink (the only winning rink for our ladies) 

Pattie Stephenson, Linda Ilsley, Shirley Hudson & Maggie Carpenter 

who were victorious with a 21:14 win  2 points to Egerton

the overall score was 59 to Egerton Park & 111 to Wealden 

“Failure is success in progress”  Albert Einstein 

We will give you a good game on our home green Wealden see you on January 7th 2026

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Saturday 1 November 2025

Egerton Park hosts 3 National Competitions in one morning 

 all were close finishes 

Thank you to Peter Copper who was our home umpire, to Doris Wickenden marker for the singles, to Terry Hodd & Lily Lawton for match managing, to our loyal supporters & to our catering team for keeping us fuelled 

The Men’s Denny double rink was on our rinks 2 & 3

The Ladies Yetton Plate was on our rinks 4 & 5

The Ladies Champion of Champions was on rink 6 

Yetton Plate (Ladies National) versus Denton Island

The format of this knockout National competition is for two ladies rinks to play at home at the same time as two rinks play on the opposing sides green. The result depends solely upon the combined scores of all four rinks for each team with the winner being the side with the highest number of shots.

This competition was close on all rinks !

The key end of the match was on Captain Phyllis’ rink 4 mid-game. Egerton were holding 7 shots when the opposition skip on her last wood bowled heavy into her own teams short woods. The ensuing wick came in for shot. This was a turn around of 8 shots in favour of Denton ! Rink 4 had initially a good lead but on the 18th they were 9 : 18 down desperately needing to get back into the game. Lesley held shot when the opposing skip fired the jack out killing the end. The replayed end started too well for Denton with their lead now on the jack. Lorna with her first wood exposed the jack & with her second drew shot winning the end & the mat for Egerton. They did not allow the opposition another shot fighting back to just a 4 shot deficit. Would this be enough?

Our away teams were together 9 shots down at 15 ends 

& by end 18 both our rinks were each 2 shots down so were catching up

At home on rink 5, when rink 4 finished, they were just finishing their 18th with a score of 19 :19

An updated away score was eagerly awaited. They were down when Maggie touched the jack. 

It was close. The umpire was called & yes Egerton had shot ! Seven shots required to force an extra end & 8 to win with 3 ends to play & the score yet to come through from the away teams.
End 19 started well for Denton with their bright orange wood on the jack until Sue came in with a perfect shot. As the skips came to bowl the final away score came through. The away teams had pulled up to 39 Egerton & 40 Denton. The pressure was now on Maggie’s ladies to get 5 shots & they were holding at least one… until the Denton skip fired & down we went 2 shots. There was still hope & 2 ends to play. The final end was very tense. There was no option to kill an end for either skip as they had run out of match time. The master scoreboard was now wrong as afternoon players had reset rink 4 & had started to play. Our leading 2 both bowled just behind the jack, whilst Denton had drawn to the jack or were short. Was this an excellent team strategy for our back end players to take the jack back for the 5 needed ? This didn’t come off. Denton Island still held shot so why did their skip look so anxious holding her last bowl ? Oddly she went to look at the head when her supporters were calling out “just take it”. We then realised that she had looked up at the fictional overall score that now read 62:61 in our favour as we had imported an end from our social bowlers competing in our “Conquerors Cup” who had deleted our rink 4. 

Denton were not behind they had won by 8 shots overall !

Well done to all of our ladies 

especially to our top rink Kay, Alison, Christine & Ann who won away

Good luck to Denton Island in the next round 

Rink 4 home  Lesley Beale, Christine Trendle, Lorna Hilton, Phyllis Stevens 14 : 18 

Rink 5 home Anne Grant, Mandy Cross, Sue Cooper, Maggie Carpenter  21 : 24 

away  Trish Webley, Christine Stirling, Ali Evans, Alison Watt  17: 20

*away  Kay Parkin, Alison Collard, Christine Waghorne, Ann Pole  22 : 20 

* top rink   overall loss Egerton Park 74 : Denton Island 82

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Champion of Champions (Ladies National) 

Isabelle “Tink” Hart Egerton Ladies Champion versus Jo Watt Falaise Ladies Champion 

This is a knockout competition for ladies club champions. Joanna Watt, the current Falaise ladies champion started bowling at 12 years of age & was one of Egerton’s most talented juniors. 

In more recent years Jo has been ladies champion of Egerton Park 4 times. Tink was giving her an advantage of about 45 years in age & has quite a few years less bowling experience ! 

This was a tough draw for Tink & for Alison Watt who is Tink’s pairs partner & also Jo’s mother. Alison was unable to support either player as she was otherwise occupied being Egerton’s skip for an away rink in the Yetton Plate. 

Jo put her woods onto the rink with impressive “English National Championships” stickers  

It turned out that the bowls were previously owned by Martin Heitzman the current EIBA National 2 bowls singles champion ! Jo herself has played for England under 25 on outdoor greens.

Tink dropped a 3 on the first end but over the next 26 ends it was “nip & tuck” with only 1 or 2 shots for either player. Marker Doris jokingly grumbled she was using up too much chalk. Tink accidentally bowled a wood without wiping off the chalk only for it to take the jack from Jo saving a little chalk for Doris. When one had a nice looking toucher the other would tickle the jack off & take shot ! This was mostly a drawing game with both players carefully putting in back woods just in case the other was tempted to use weight. Doris commented that there were only 2 ends where any woods were more than a yard from the jack in spite of a great variety of mat positions & jack lengths. 

After just over 2 hours play Jo was victorious gaining 1 shot on the 27th end

final score Isabelle “Tink” Hart 17 to Joanna Watt 21 

Good luck to Jo with her next round playing Florence Eager of Denton Island 

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Sussex Ladies League away versus Falaise

The Girls earn maximum points !

Thank you to Captain of the day Phyllis Stevens & her team. 

Thank you to everyone who supported this game. 

Sadly not all the Egerton ladies who were selected were able to play. Just a few days before the game Falaise informed us that they could only find players for 4 rinks so one rink score of 2 points was conceded. This meant a last minute change to our teams. 

Thank you for the understanding of our ladies who were disappointed. We wish our Falaise ladies well & hope that they are all back to good health soon. There were some very nasty coughs amongst those who played today.

The layout at Falaise adds an element of interest to the game. They have 3 rinks on each side of the building. Today we played 2 rinks each side. The overall score was helpfully displayed. However, there was some running to & fro to see how our friends were faring as part of the trips to the loo! 

RINK 1  Isabelle Hart, Christine Stirling, Jo Hearsum, Sue Cooper 20 : 16

RINK 3 Lesley Beale, Jenny Edwards, Shirley Hudson, Phyllis Stevens 23 : 11

RINK 4 Joan Pullen, Alison Collard, Ali Evans, Alison Watt  19 : 17

RINK 6  Trish Webley, Celia Morgan, Sheila Wright, Ann Pole  24 : 7

At 9 ends a hot drink was served. It was most welcome on icily cold rink 1 ! 

Our rink 1 was the only rink losing. They dropped a 4 as the drinks were being served 

They were revived & picked up a useful 7 on the next end & never then looked back.

The crucial end for rink 3 was the 15th when skip Phyllis had just one wood left & they were well down. Her wood steamed down the rink taking the jack back. Her opposition had no ammo left to reply & they took a 6 ! Rink 4, the 3 Alisons with Joan had a nip & tuck game throughout. Rink 6 were our golden girls winning against Maxine on her favourite rink. They were already up 9 : 3 on end 9. They were our top rink winning 24 : 7. 

 All 4 rinks to Egerton – 8 points & 2 points for the rink Falaise conceded without play 

overall final score of 86 to Egerton & 51 to Falaise  2 points to Egerton
gaining them all 12 points. Well done ladies !

Good luck in the next game which is away at Wealden next Tuesday 

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Saturday 25^th & Sunday 26^th October 2025

Ann Hamilton Trophy

Ann Hamilton was both a well respected Egerton Park bowler as well as a member of staff. 

Some of our members may recall Ann serving behind our bar. Others will have benefitted from her support of the youth section. The cup named in her honour was initially awarded to the younger members of the club. In recent years a weekend competition open to all playing members is named in her honour. 

The format of this competition is that points are awarded not just for a win or a draw of a mini game of 6 ends but for each end won. This ingenious rule means that skip tactics need to be amended as 6 points of 8 for each game solely depend upon who has shot. It also can lead to some surprising results & an exciting last game finish. 

This tournament there were 12 teams of triples who each played 8 games over the 2 days

Well done to Terry Hodd organising this smoothly & coping with last minute changes due to withdrawal due to illness. Thank you to Ray Batsford for coming in at the eleventh hour. 

Thank you to Lily for all of her hard work. The rink marker letters were changed so swiftly between games we thought that the magician may have arrived early for our magical evening event !

Thank you to Kate, Emma & the catering team for excellent & efficiently served food. All tastes & appetites were catered for. The social part of this club event is as important as the results.

The final scores were very close 

The top 3 teams all had won 29 ends & lost 19. The winners had won 6 games, 1 drawn & 1 lost 

In the silver medal position 5 won, 1 draw & 2 lost & bronze 5 won & 3 lost

Congratulations to Bronze  Lesley Duff, Sue Cooper & Ray Batsford 

Congratulations to Silver Paul Brett, Isabelle “Tink” Hart & Maggie Carpenter

Congratulations to Golden winners  Christine Stirling, Judith Brook & Kevin Felts 

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Mason Trophy (National) versus Eastbourne & District A 

Prelim Round

The format of this knockout National competition is for one rink of ladies to play at home at the same time as another team of four plays on the opposing sides green. The result depends solely upon the combined scores of both rinks for each team after 18 ends with the winner being the side with the highest number of shots.

Selection in the past has been a delicate process as players all have to have reached the age of 60. It has been known for someone to have been selected only for them to have to point out that they were still too young to play! Our selectors were wise this year to invite players to sign up if they were both over 60 & free on the date of the first round. 

We drew tough opponents & our neighbours fielded their decorated “all stars”.

This competition was close with some excellent heads

Thank you to Peter Copper who was our home umpire. Thank you to Doris Wickenden who match managed at home & Lily & Lara who on their days off went to support our girls & liaised from Eastbourne. 

Our home team was Trish Webley, Chris Trendle, Sheila Wright & Ann Pole skip. 

After the trial ends our ladies were focussed. Trish had her first wood just inches behind the jack & followed this up with a toucher. As the 5th end was being played the first score came through from the away team. There was a gasp as the overall score went onto the main board it appeared to be 127 shots to Egerton & 7 to Eastbourne. Opposition skip Mandy Carrie first looked shocked then followed this expression with peals of laughter. A Gremlin had visited the control room. 

Our away team was up 4 shots to 3 at 5 ends. The scoreboard was swiftly corrected to show we led 11 to 7 overall. This match was well humoured as well as hotly contested: a great atmosphere.

Our away team were Rosamund Wood, Shirley Hudson, Ali Evans & Maggie Carpenter skip.

On the 14th end at home Egerton Park were holding 5 when Eastbourne’s number 3 drew shot. Our skip Ann Pole was quick to congratulate the excellent shot. This was just one example of not only skilful bowls but of good sportsmanship on both sides. The home score at 15 ends was 13 Egerton to 15 Eastbourne. Their team were gaining momentum. Whilst the away team had been 12 to 4 up at 10 ends this lead was being eroded. At 15 ends they were now 14 to 11. It was close overall with 27 to 25. Both home & away had an exciting finish !

Away it was 14 all with one end to go. Eastbourne were holding. Skip Maggie sent down her last bowl on target to take the jack out of the rink for a dead end. Re-spots are not used in this competition. The final end was replayed and our away rink won 15 to 14. This score came through just before play of the 18th end finished at Egerton Park. The finish at home was dramatic. Needing a 4 a 5 was picked up on the last end! Our home team won 19 to 17.

It was a very exciting game with two well matched teams at each venue:  nip & tuck until the end. Egerton Park were warmly congratulated by Eastbourne & District. 

Egerton Park had a final shot tally of 34 & a win over Eastbourne with 31 

Good luck to our ladies in the next round to be played home & away on the morning of Friday 14th November against Falaise .

Please come & support our teams both at home & at Hastings 

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Egham Trophy (National) versus Denton Island

The format of this knockout National competition is for two rinks each of 2 ladies & 2 men to play at home at the same time as two rinks play on the opposing sides green. The result depends solely upon the combined scores of all four rinks for each team with the winner being the side with the highest number of shots.

This competition was close just an 8 shot difference over 21 ends (672 woods bowled) 

Thank you to Peter Copper who was our home umpire for the second day running giving up his chance to bowl. Thank you to Terry Hodd who acted as match manager at home collecting & conveying the scores. Thank you to our opposition who phoned across the scores away. 

Rink 2 at home Trish Webley, Tink Hart, Tim Jeffery & Kevin Felts started strongly & were 12:2 up on 5 ends but by end 18 the gap had narrowed to 18:16. On end 19 Denton went ahead with the score at 18:21. Egerton pulled back to 21 all on the penultimate end but then lost by one shot on the last !

Rink 3 at home Chris Browning, Ali Evans, Maggie Carpenter & Ray Batsford were troubled by a strong Denton Island four from the start. They fought back especially in the last few crucial ends for a final score of 15 : 23. 

With a 9 shot loss at home it was a hard task for our away teams. 

Very well done to Chris Trendle, Sue Cooper, Barry Jones & Denis Parkinson 

They stormed ahead from the start & won their game 26 : 11. 

Sadly Sharon Nicoll, Alison Watt, Chris Webley & Chris Talbot had a tough game losing 14 : 28.

This gave Egerton Park a final shot tally of 76 to 84 for Denton Island 

We wish Denton Island good fortune going forward in the competition

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Preliminary Round Denny Cup (National) versus Denton Island

The format of this knockout National competition is for two rinks of Men to play at home at the same time as two rinks play on the opposing sides green. The result depends solely upon the combined scores of all four rinks for each team with the winner being the side with the highest number of shots.

Thank you to Peter Copper, our home Umpire. Thank you to Kieran Jay, who acted as match manager away, phoning the scores across.

Travelling to Denton, our first rink of Chris Browning, Steve Mead, Barry Jones, skipped by Chris Talbot, were victorious with a final score of 22 – 12. Our second away rink consisting of Keith Jay, John Boon, Denis Parkinson and Kevin Felts also won on their rink with a score of 18 – 10.

Tighter games were fought at home, on Rink 4 we had John Denton, Chris Webley, Phil Harrod and Phil Wade, behind 7 – 19 on their 15th end, they did an amazing job to get the score to 20 – 19 at the start of the last end. Ultimately the score was a respectable 20 – 23. Over on Rink 5 Terry Adams, Tim Jeffery, Richard Tedder and Ray Batsford were behind 11 – 16 on the 13th end, but brilliantly got the score to 21 – 18.

Overall score was 81 – 63

A big well done to our men, a number of whom hadn’t played in a match of this nature before, they now face local side, Gullivers in the first round. The match will be played home and away at 10am on Saturday 1st November, supporters encouraged!

Preliminary Round Yetton Trophy (National) versus Falaise

The format of this knockout National competition is for two rinks of ladies to play at home at the same time as two rinks play on the opposing sides green. The result depends solely upon the combined scores of all four rinks for each team with the winner being the side with the highest number of shots.

This competition was nail bitingly close ! Thank you to Peter Copper who was our home umpire. Thank you to Lily Lawton who acted as match manager at home collecting & conveying the scores. Thank you to Doris Wickenden who went to Falaise to phone scores across. The overall score on the last few ends is crucial for the skips. If your home or away is down you don’t just think about who has shot. You may even sacrifice a lovely wood on the jack & fire on your own head in the hope of picking up more shots! Alternatively if you are winning overall you may not bowl your last wood if there is risk.

In spite of the competition this was a very good natured game with a few smiles. A neighbouring “roll up” rink sent over a few wrong biases. Our home supporters were anxious at the start. On home rink 2 Ann Pole’s ladies were down 1 to 9 on 7 ends. They showed courage & determination picking up a 4 on end 9, by end 19 of 21 it was 16 all. They went on to win 19 to 17 ! 

Well done to Anne Grant, Mandy Cross, Lorna Hilton and Ann Pole.

On home rink 3 there was an exciting close match with some excellent play from our Egerton four of Lesley Beale, Chris Trendle, Jo Hearsum & Sue Cooper. The opposing skip Alice Phillimore is well known to us & played her usual superb game saving her side on many an end. At 9 ends Egerton were 9 to 8 up. It was 17 all at 18 ends. The final score was 18 to Egerton to 20 Falaise. Well done so close!

Congratulations to our away rink of Sheila Smith, Sharon Nicoll, Ali Evans & Maggie Carpenter who won with a score of 22 to 17. Our other away rink bravely faced skip Denise Hodd who is back to indoor play after brilliant successes outdoors including skipping a victorious England team. Well done to Kay Parkin, Christine Friday, Jan McIntosh & Alison Watt.

 Your score of 11 to 27 is good against an on form Hoddy !

We are very proud of our Egerton ladies. The score in rinks was a draw but the all important shot score of 70 to 81 was a win to Falaise. Good luck to the ladies of Falaise in the next round

 & good luck to Egerton ladies who now go on to compete in the Yetton Plate. 

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Sussex Ladies League away versus Eastbourne & District

The Girls are Back in Town !

Thank you 

to Phyllis Stevens supported by Jo Hearsum, Ali Evans & Doris Wickenden who have worked so hard to put our new team together. 

to Lily Lawton who has encouraged us & provided support from the office.

to all who played, especially to the drivers

to our supporters who came to cheer us on

to all those who sign up to play in ladies league matches

Egerton Park has not fielded a team in the Sussex league since November 2022 when we struggled to recruit players & drivers for away games. Both Falaise & Egerton Park ladies withdrew from the league in this season.

We were pleased to be able to play in “club colours” grey trousers rather than “whites”. Eastbourne looked very smart in their “maroons” & gave us all a warm welcome.

We have a fresh new team. There was an especially good turn out of our “golfing ladies” with a keen eye for a good line & a good competitive team spirit. Many of our players had never played a match with “threes up”. They were undaunted playing with courage & enthusiasm.

Trish Webley is a popular skip. Even though this is not her favourite position Trish is a trooper & got on with leading her team of Joan Pullen, Sharon Nicoll & Ali Evans to a victory & gaining us 2 points. 

Alison Watt had a dramatic finish. Her team were down by 2 shots on their last end when she successfully “killed it”. When 3 Christine Waghorne was asked which end they would like to replay from she answered the one which means we don’t have to carry our woods so far. Actually her choice was of course more carefully considered as she had worked out which side of the rink swung widest & favoured her team more ! With Sue Ford & Chris Trendle completing the four they won the last end & another 2 points for Egerton.

Congratulations to the top rink for our Ladies who were Linda Ilsley, Mandy Cross, Shirley Hudson & Phyllis Stevens with a 19 shots to 12 victory. 

The overall score was  3 rinks to Egerton & 2 to Eastbourne

with 2 points per rink this gave us 6 points & 4 to Eastbourne 

they won overall with a final score of 69 to Egerton & 99 to Eastbourne

gaining them 2 points to bring the points score to 6 all 

Well done ladies !

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Home Game versus Sidley Martlets

Captain Richard Tedder welcomed Captain Chris Webley & his team. 

Of course many of the Martlets were very much at home on our green. We not only welcomed those who play for both clubs. Special praise should be given to their players who turn up for this good humoured match only playing “inside” once a year for this fixture!

When we paused for tea. Egerton were ahead 57 to 39 & were winning on 5 of 6 triples. The second half belonged to Sidley Martlets but it was not enough to bring them into the lead.

The final score today in rinks was 3 apiece with Martlets having 2 equal top rinks skipped by Captain Chris & by Mike Cross. 

Our top rink honours went to Sharon Nicoll, Steve Hutchinson & John Elliott with an impressive 29 to 5 win. 

Egerton had a home win today of 103 to 95 shots

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Thank you to 

Terry Hodd for organising our annual fun match, to Bithig Thaker for coming in as a last minute sub & to Paul Hales for starting us off. Sorry Paul that it was rather noisy when you were trying to remind us of the fire exits etc. There was plenty of catching up to be done with friends who hadn’t seen each other over the summer.

There was some confusion at the start. Although the ladies were playing at home & had the first jack their score went on the right. We then realised this is because Terry knows that they are always right !

Congratulations to the top rink for the Ladies 

who were Mary Elliot, Lesley Beale & Ali Evans winning 17 to 11 

Congratulations to the top rink for the Men 

who were Ken Brook, Chris Webley & Mick Burton winning 24 to 7 

the overall score was  67 for the men to 49 for the ladies 

Well done men !

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Captain Richard Tedder welcomed Captain Derrick & his team. There was a good atmosphere as many old friends greeted each other. The first match of the season is very much a “friendly” with so many players having recently returned indoors after the summer season. A few early woods were in the ditch!

When we paused for tea Egerton were ahead on 3 of 5 triples, on one the visitors were in the lead & the 5th was a draw. Some very keen measuring took place with even skips down to measure on one game to try to decide on an end that was eventually tied. 

The overall score was 43 to 27 in our favour.

The second half was narrowly in Eastbourne’s favour as they adapted to our green with a score of 38 to 40. Some final scores were not close but the overall feel was that the game  was an enjoyable close opener to the season.

Our top rink honours went to Captain of the day Richard Tedder with Babs Frostick & Barry Jones achieving a score of 24 to 4. In his speech, opposing Captain Derrick thanked whoever had put the sedative into his tea! 

The final score today in rinks was 2 decisive wins & 3 losses. 

Egerton had a home win today of 81 to 67 shots

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It had been a struggle for Egerton Park to field a full team in spite of our volunteer drivers offering lifts. Thank you once again to those who kindly drove & to those who support the away games. 

With 2 players pulling out at short notice we were very grateful to Peter Copper stepping in at the last minute. We were also grateful to David Head of Mote Park for playing for us.

The sun was shining and there was an “end of term feeling”. We had a great welcome from Captain Wendy Borer. We tucked into the excellent “snacks” & shopped for jigsaws. That hot dog was enormous Denis. I hope that wife Sue does not read the match reports !

Mote Park has a splendid 8 rink surface, so with 6 triples today no one could grumble about the ditch – well one to the side that is. When we stopped for tea Egerton Park was losing on 4 rinks & lagged behind overall by 38 to 52 shots. 

Were we guilty of overindulgence in retro biscuits? The selection included fig rolls & “squashed flies” aka Garibaldis. Whilst our 2 winning rinks continued to make progress after the break sadly the others were well beaten. Well done to our top rink of Iain McCormack, Steve Mead & Paul Hales for a 22 to 11 win.

The home game against Mote Park in August had been close with an overall win for Mote Park of 2 shots. Today was not be that close ! The final score was a loss of 79 to Mote Park’s 122.

Captain Chris Browning thanked everyone, not forgetting the 2 ladies catering & then thanked the bar staff to amused applause as they were the same ladies who multitask. He wished everyone a good winter season & said that he was off to Barbados ! 

Both Captains wished us a safe journey. Road accidents reported in the vicinity of the A21 & closer to home in Bexhill. The drivers then had to face multiple road closures especially in Bexhill itself. 

I hope that everyone is home safely.

In spite of the score this was a most enjoyable last game of the summer season.

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The air conditioning at Adur was almost too cool for those acclimatised to Egerton Parks’ summer heat.

With minutes to go before the match was due to start Captain Chris Browning appeared having been delayed by a road closure. He had the match cards & list but due to a office autosave malfunction there was a small delay and reorganisation was required. The cards were quickly handed out so the match could go ahead near to time. On with the friendly match.

The home game against Adur in July had been during the heatwave.  It finished with Egerton Park winning on 4 of 6 triples & by 106 to 85 shots. We could afford to “drop” 20 shots overall.

When we stopped for tea at 10 ends Egerton Park lagged behind by 41 to 59 shots. We were winning on 2 rinks & a draw on a third. This looked hopeful. Did we eat too many biscuits? 

The final score was a loss on 5 of 6 triples & our top rink achieved a draw. Well done to Chris Browning, Doris Wickenden & John Elliott. 

Captain Chris was able to award himself a pen that was swiftly passed on to his Oppo. 

He apologised to Adur Captain Roger for the delay at the start of the game. He also commended Kay Rawlings for stepping in to play at the last minute & for playing so well on her debut on a “foreign” green.

The final score was a loss of 73 to Adur’s 116. 

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Home Game versus Eastbourne & District

The weather for the match today was very different to the hot dry sunshine of just a few weeks ago when we visited Eastbourne. However the heavy rain had passed through before most of the arrivals. The away game final score on August 12th was a loss for Egerton on 4 of 6 rinks & an overall loss of 72 to 118 shots. We needed a good win today to make up the 46 shot deficit ! 

Captain Richard Tedder welcomed Captain Dave & his team.

It was very close when we paused for tea. Egerton were ahead on 4 of 6 rinks. The overall score was 42 to 38 in our favour. Our visitors were playing well on our green with the exception of rink one where John Elliott’s team already had a strong lead. Would they overtake us after the break?

After having a narrow 2 shot lead at tea Joan Robertson, Roger Sinclair & Denis Parkinson stormed forward for a 29 to 9 shot win. They were to be denied the top rink honours by our early leaders Chris Browning, Doris Wickenden & John Elliott with a 24 to 3 final score. 

The final score today in rinks was an even 3 all. 

Egerton had a home win today of 99 to 73 shots

The overall score over both away & home matches was close with Egerton losing by 20 shots.  There is always next year !

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Away Game versus Wealden IBC

Thank you again to our drivers & to those who played. The club is still struggling to fill away fixtures. Please do support your club. There will no home games for you to enjoy without us travelling. 

We as always received an excellent welcome today. The games are enjoyable. These outings are not just good bowls they are social events where you not only meet other bowlers but get to know each other better. Several of our drivers kindly stop at a pub on the way home for a meal & banter.

We had a strong start to our summer season in May with a win against Wealden of 132 to 79. They had a score to settle with us. This was all in good humour in keeping with the spirit of a club who names their bar The Wick Inn. Should we run a competition to name our bar ? 

The overall half-time score was 40 to Wealden & a strong 53 to Egerton Park. Just before tea Marie Burton, Tim Jeffery & Mick Burton picked up an 8. This was followed shortly after tea by a 6. They finished with a win of 27 to 9. They were on rink 6 but coming up fast on outside lane 1 was Chairman Parkinson et al. !

Paul Hales our captain of the day congratulated John Robertson, Doris Wickenden & Denis Parkinson who were top rink with a win of  25 to 5. 

The final score was a win on 4 of 6 triples & a score of 

118 to 71

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Today’s match with Mote Park was a close run event, with Mote Park running out winners 76 to 78, after an exciting afternoon of bowls. 

Rink 1, Steve Hattersley, Joan Robertson, and Ron Ambler fought a close match all afternoon losing by just one shot 12-13.

Rink 2, Norman Scott, the effervescent Ray Batsford and Paul Hales, had a tough game against strong opponents, losing 10-20.

Rink 3, Christine Sheppard, Bob Budd and Richard the ‘Teddy Boy’ Tedder were up against a very good left-hand skip, who denied them many holding shots during the afternoon, finally losing out 11 – 21.

Rink 4, John Robertson, Chris Browning and Tim Jeffrey were the star performers of the afternoon, with a resounding victory 24-8.

Rink 5, Harold Nutting, Ludmilla Scott and Kevin Felts, were leading 16-9 on the 14th end, only to give away a six on the 15th making it a close run finish but were relieved to run out overall winners 19-16.

Final score 76 – 78

A very enjoyable afternoon for the players and the audience, Hard Luck Egerton.