Category: General News

The Devizes Dragons 2023 team, comprising of Kelvin & Pam Nash, Chris & Dave Pretty, John Scoffield, Lynne Williams, Kevin Hannam, Nicky Mackay and Doug Hendry finished runners up in the Wiltshire Central League. The shield was presented at the Wiltshire Short Mat County and National Qualifiers in Chippenham on Sunday.

John, Pam and Kelvin played against the County’s best players and gave them all a run for their money!

Kelvin reached the quarterfinals, and was very narrowly beaten to a place in the semifinals! 

Devizes Bowls Club has numerous opportunities for its members to participate in competitive bowling in men’s and ladies leagues across Wiltshire, as well as arranging friendly matches across the county and beyond. There are also club activities to help develop bowling skills, and prepare newer bowlers for league play.

To find out more, and to declare your preferences, please CLICK HERE

The Short Mat has begun, and is available to all members from late September through to Easter.

There are evening and daytime sessions, and the chance to play other clubs… either friendlies or more competitively in the Wiltshire league.

Cheers, Terry, Angie, Colin & Kelvin

What a team!

This year we had the challenge to complete the Autumn Renovations for the 2 greens, seeking windows of opportunity in the weather and relying on the team spirit of  a group of more than 18 volunteer members of our club.

This week we tackled both greens, moving 10 tonnes of top dressing by hand and that was just the beginning. Spreading fertiliser and grass seed followed by the top dressing and levelling with the lute. In all we spent over 12 hours to complete this task and even managed to put into storage the benches and ditch mats for the winter.

This was a fantastic achievement demonstrating what it means to be a true member of a club.

We hope you will enjoy the result of this work next season !

The Social Group’s first event was an end of season race night, and what a fabulous success it was. A sell out crowd of 82 guests, dined on excellent pizzas from Woodland Pizza kitchen, had 8 great races with some nail biting finishes, and a roaring crowd that shook the rafters.

All of this couldn’t have been done without the help of our volunteer group, so a huge thank you goes out to the Tote staff of Julie, Nicki (who made our rosettes as well), Nigel, Mike & Jill, plus Kelvin on “tech support”, Dave on transport, and the multitude of other members who have been behind us 100%.

Lastly a huge thank you to the group’s other half’s who have been to hell and back putting up with the four of us!

Next stop, The Christmas Party on 30^th November!!

Babs, Chris, Darren & Wendy

Congratulations to Colin Smith for maintaining our floral displays!

Your work has earned us 2nd place in the Clubs & Societies category…

Accompanied by our President, Colin received the award from Deputy Mayor, Cllr Jennie Britten at the Town Hall.