The order of play for the finals weekend has been published. Good luck to all the players, play well and enjoy it; and to those who are not playing, come and support the competitors and enjoy the time on the sideline. Peter B and Martin will be preparing bacon sandwiches [...]
On 28 August, in an amazingly impressive performance our senior fours team of Wanda Grzegorczyk, Lisa Hamby, Sue Hunter and Lola Cashman, beat teams from Essex and Somerset to progress to the quarter-finals of the Bowls England national championship. That placed them among the best eight teams in the whole of England! [...]
In the men's junior pairs finals, Josh and James won their morning match against a team from Lincolnshire. In the second match of the day, they came up against a pair from Gloucestershire, Dylan and Finley Williamson, who are considered having a very good chance of winning the overall competition. [...]
Steve Hassell and Alex Krohn - the winning pair in the bank holiday fun event, an afternoon where 24 members were bowling. Two sets of pairs won all their games. Steve and Alex, plus Toby Clark and Janet Stokes. The decider was the shot difference which gave Steve and Alex [...]
Richard won the men's singles competition of the Finchley & North London Bowls Association at Finchley Etchingham today. In an exciting match Richard beat Rhys Lewis from Oak Hill Bowls Club. Congratulations!
On Thursday morning our fours team won its first-round match in the national finals against a team from Lancashire. This placed them in the best 32 teams in the whole of England, and they were awarded their badges. In the afternoon, things did not go as well and our fours [...]
For the first time in 11 years, NLBC has won the Prentice Cup. In a total of six rounds our squad proved better than any of the other participating clubs. In the final, we beat Bounds Green on shots.
Many thanks to Gill Scott for photos and layout!
At the all-day event we hosted for Middlesex, this cake was served and eaten in record time. The amazing baker - Fran. We urge her to make it again very soon! And news from the bowling itself, one of the NLBC pairs is going through to the semi-finals in Cambridge [...]
The following teams are through to the national finals in Leamington (for the full schedule click here): Fours, playing on 15 August am: Kembra Healy Yasmin Ajmal Lisa Hamby Angela Frankland Triples, playing on 17 August pm/eve: Kembra Healy Sue Hunter Angela Frankland Senior fours, playing on 27 August pm: Lola Cashman [...]