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Everyone loves to play at Devizes Bowls Club and so once again the County Championship Finals come to Devizes.
Last weekend some brilliant exhibitions of the sport were seen , next weekend Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th you have the opportunity to see more exciting finals DON’T MISS IT !
The Mens Fours final between Spencer Moulton and Wootten Bassett and the winners receive their trophy.
Well done Wootten Bassett !
Marianne Menzies and Ian Riach delivered an interesting session both theory and practice and for all those who attended you might find the following useful
Communication of information by the Marker
Only answer questions asked by the player in possession of the rink, remembering that possession of the rink passes to the opponent as soon as a bowl comes to rest, allowing time for marking that bowl as a toucher.
Only answer the question asked and be concise. For example, if you are asked “Am I holding shot” – then answer “Yes”.
In general, don’t provide information that has not been asked for! Equally, use common sense. For example: if you are asked “Am I holding shot” and the player is holding two shots, you should say;
“Yes, you are holding two”.
If you are unsure which is shot bowl, don’t be afraid to say that it is a measure. Don’t be forced into making a decision when you are unsure.
It is important to have an understanding of the type of questions which players are likely to ask and to be able to anticipate the information that they are looking for – you are their eyes at the head.
For example, if a player asks “Is that bowl jack high?” and the bowl is not exactly jack high, tell the player how far short or past jack high it actually is.
Be as accurate as you can when giving distances. For example, if a bowl is 45 centimetres (18 inches) short do not say that it is 60 centimetres (two feet) short -players will quickly lose confidence in you if you do.
Bowls Wiltshire Ladies will be playing in the Semi-Final of the Walker Cup at Leamington on Sunday 11th September after beating Worcestershire 45 – 31 in the morning session and followed that with a win over Devon 41 – 27 in the Regional Finals played at Kingswood & Hanham. At Leamington they will be playing the either Cumbria or Yorkshire from the Northern Group.
The second success came about in the Johns Trophy when the ladies had success over Dorset 119 – 87 in the first round, In the second round beat Somerset 129 – 107 to progress to the Regional Final where they were successful over Cornwall 146 – 113.
Gerald Webb
Please click here to visit the Galleries page for photographs of the 2022 Amy Rose Competition
Congratulations to Margurite Alexander, Denise Howard, Bev Lilley and Sheila Garlick on reaching the semi finals of the county ladies pairs county competition held at Amesbury.
Congratulations also go to Ellen Stiles, Sue Reeves, Lynn Williams and Ali Cross who qualified to play in the semi-finals of the south area senior fours county competition. This game will be played in the morning of 16th of July when they play the winners of the north area at Avon bowls club.
It all happened on Sunday 3 July
See report below
On Sunday the club had the honour of hosting the Bowls England Regional Final of the Amy Rose Competition. The club was chosen from eighty five clubs applying to host one of the twenty four Regional Finals across the Country. We welcomed teams from Gloucestershire, Somerset, Worcestershire and Wiltshire to the club to play the semi-final, with the winners going on to represent the Southwest at the National Finals at Leamington on the 27th August. The results were Somerset beat Wiltshire and Worcester defeated Gloucestershire and went on to win the Final against Somerset.
The Management Committee would like to say a huge thank you to all the members who gave up their time to make the event a great success, we received so many comments such as fantastic venue, great greens. Club members have certainly pulled out all the stops but I think we should look at the quote from the Bowls England representative Edna Bessell MBE sent to Ali Cross:-
” I just wanted to say a big thank you to you and all your helpers at Devizes Bowls Club for making the above event a success. Your members were so helpful, friendly and made us very welcome throughout the whole day which was much appreciated. I must say your green was impeccable which is a credit to your greenkeeper.
Once again, very many thanks for your hospitality and organization of the whole event”.
We should all be very proud to be a member of Devizes Bowls Club.
Well done everyone
Management Team
