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18/12/2019

Liberty Trophy:

Worcestershire Indoor Bowlers went out in the Second Round of the Liberty Trophy when they traveled to Wellingborough on Saturday [14th] to face a strong Norfolk team.

Worcestershire who had a number of late withdrawals showed great team spirit and held their own after 15 ends across the board with just 8 shots in the game 91 to 83. Norfolk though took control in the last part of the game to win 136 shots to 102 to go through to the Quarter-Finals.

Neil Smith won his Rink by 3 shots over Sam King. Mark Atkins led his team to a 2-shot success over former World Champion Mervyn King and Brian MacNamara managed a draw on his Rink against Ric Summers. Shaun Jones lost a 2 on the last end to lose by a single shot. Other losses suffered were by Chris Barton by 20 shots to James Segolo and Richard Moule by 18 shots to current England International Wayne Wilgress.

18/11/2019

Worcestershire Indoor Bowling Association traveled to Avon Valley IBC in what was to be Ann Tees's first game as Senior Vice President. Worcestershire faced a very strong Warwickshire team and were unfortunately beaten comfortably 152 shots to 102. Peter Stokes, ably supported by Kenn Sutton, Geoff Tee, and Stuart Bond were the only rink to return a winning card on this occasion. Congratulations also go out to Jim Knowles, former President, who received his 150th game badge.

Worcestershire's next friendly match is on Sunday 24th November vs. Herefordshire at Leominster IBC.

Also, please note Worcestershire is now a unified County and all nominations are welcome.

04/11/2019

Worcestershire bowlers had a record win in their Liberty Trophy game against Bedfordshire winning by a massive 80 shots at Bromsgrove. Leading the way was County President Mark Atkins losing only 3 ends for a 38-shot win. England international Shaun Jones skipped his rink to 30-shot win losing just 6 singles. Further wins were recorded by Neil Smith by 11 shots and John Cracknell and Richard Moule by 7 shots each.

Worcestershire will now play Norfolk on December 14th at Wellingborough in the next round.

26/10/2019

Good luck to everyone playing in the Liberty Trophy 🏆 this morning, let's bring on a win! 👍🏻

25/10/2019

Worcestershire Indoor Bowling Association will take on Bedfordshire in the Liberty Trophy 1st Round tomorrow starting at 10.00am at Bromsgrove & District Indoor Bowls Club.

There will be 4 new Liberty Trophy players making their debuts - John Cambridge, Dave Magness, Joe Peplow from Malvern and Jim Collins from Bromsgrove.

All spectators are welcome to come along and support the players.

Full Team:

Terry Drake
John Cambridge
Brian MacNamara
Neil Smith

Joe Peplow
Martin Griffiths
Ian Crowe
Mark Atkins

Jim Collins
Simon Perruzza
Steve Morris
Richard Moule

Adam Bond
Keith Alders
Derek Bond
John Cracknell

Thomas Holmes
Dave Magness
Mike Holmes
Shaun Jones

Ray Kellard
Sam Perruzza
Darren Mallin
Peter Bryan

Good luck tomorrow!

08/10/2019

Worcestershire County bowlers had a good start to their season when they defeated a combined Bromsgrove Ladies and Vice Presidents team at Bromsgrove by 61 shots overall.

Former County President Jim Knowles, ably supported by John Campbell, Geoff Smith, and Tony Keeling led the way with a massive 40 shots win over the Tony Carter [VP's rink] with Rick Sippitts also winning comfortably by 18 shots. Mike Cooper recorded a well-earned 12 shots win with Chris Jenkins winning a close match by 6 shots.

Losses were suffered by Ann Tee by 5 shots and by new debutant Bob Hanks who faced a formidable Ladies Rink skipped by former English Singles Winner Gill Cliff recovering from a large deficit to come back to lose by 10.

Teams:

Christine Kelly, Alan Kelly, Keith Hawkes, Bob Hanks
Lost 14-24

Peter Cliff, Mark Atkins, Ian Crowe, Chris Jenkins
Won 16-10

Dave Freeman, Chris Smith, Tony Buckley, Mike Cooper
Won 25-13

Tony Keeling, Geoff Smith, John Campbell, Jim Knowles
Won 41-1

Mike Hawkins, Joy Hawkins, Alan Jones-Bratt, Rick Sippitts Won 29-11

Ken Donald, John Rose, Dennis Wood, Ann Tee
Lost 16-21

17/04/2019

County Competition Update:

The Worcestershire Over 60's Pairs saw two Bromsgrove Pairings contest the Final with two-time winners Lew Whitehouse and Ray Kellard taking on Graham Arnold and Peter Bryan. The game was closely fought with the scores level at 4 all at 7 ends. Arnold and Bryan were 9-8 up 6 ends later. Arnold and Bryan then scored a crucial 3 and then a 2. Whitehouse and Kellard replying with a single on the 16th end which meant Arnold and Bryan wrapped up their victory with 2 singles to win 16-9.

In the last Worcestershire Indoor County Final, the pairs fixture with the experienced pairing of seven-time Winner Adie Burbridge and Chris Barton faced their Bromsgrove Club mates Brian Lees and Peter Bryan. The pairing of Lees and Bryan took control going up 14-0 at 7 ends. Burbridge and Barton fought back to score a 1 and 2 on the next 2 ends, however, Lees and Bryan scored a 4 on the next end for an early finish to the game.

Thank A huge thank you to everyone who entered the competitions this year, your support is greatly appreciated. 👍👍👍

Congratulations to all the winners, and for the rest of us, there is always next year! 😳

09/04/2019

County competition update:

Congratulations to the Malvern quartet of Martin Smith, Edric Vorsterman, Brian MacNamara and Marcus Smith who have won the EIBA National Over 60's Fours title. On Wednesday Martin Smith will be hoping for further success when he plays with Martin Griffiths in the Over 60's Pairs.

Also playing in the Over 60's Pairs is the Bromsgrove Pairing of Graham Arnold and Peter Bryan, fresh from their success in the Worcestershire Over 60's Pairs.

On Saturday sees Brian Macnamara play in the Over 60's Singles against England Outdoor Manager Martyn Sekjer. Tom and Mike Holmes play in the Family Pairs.

In the Worcestershire County Triples Final, the Bromsgrove trio of Peter Bryan, Brian Lees and Steve Morris started well winning the first 4 ends to go 6-0 up. Bromsgrove were playing against a Malvern triple skipped by young Harvey Griffiths with Neil and Marcus Smith, who replied scoring a 3 on the next end. However, the Bromsgrove triple seized control winning the next 6 ends to complete a commanding 17-3 lead. Malvern scored on the next end, but this wasn’t enough and Bromsgrove took the triples title.

In the Worcestershire County Indoor Singles Final Mark Atkins of Malvern played Brian Lees of Bromsgrove. Atkins, runner-up for the previous 2 seasons was in top form and with accurate drawing to the jack went 19-0 up. Lees bravely fought back scoring 2 singles, but Atkins scored on the next 2 ends to seal the victory 21-2.

02/04/2019

Important:

The Worcestershire Indoor Bowls Association AGM will take place tomorrow evening at Bromsgrove Indoor Bowls Club at 7 p.m.

This is a very important meeting as nominations and interest are required for the positions of President, Treasurer, and Fixture Secretary. Your attendance is very welcome, Your County Needs you...

01/04/2019

Bromsgrove suffered disappointment losing to Plymouth by 24 shots at the semi-final stage of the Wessex League played yesterday at Rugby Thornfield.

Brian Lees returned the only winning card winning by 16 shots with Luke Lane managing a draw.

Defeats were suffered by Adrian Burbridge and Richard Moule both losing by 20 shots respectively.

Plymouth will now play Clarrie Dunbar in the final who won their game against Bournemouth 85 shots to 62.

Retaining a trophy is always a tough task, well done Bromsgrove on another excellent campaign.

31/03/2019

County competition update:

The Worcestershire Under 25 Singles Final was played at Bromsgrove with Harvey Griffiths [15] of Malvern IBC taking on Matt Leedham [21] of Bromsgrove IBC.

In a sets match, Griffiths [who has just been selected by the EIBA for an Under 18 International trial] started well and won the first set 12-2 [7 ends]. In the Second Set Leedham scored a 2 on the first end, however, Griffiths took control again to go 8-2 up 3 ends later. Leedham battled back to score on 2 of the next 3 ends, however, Griffiths stayed on task and scored the single shot needed on the 8th end to secure victory 12 shots to 5 and the Trophy for the second year running.

27/03/2019

County Competition Update:

In the Worcestershire Mixed Pairs Final Bromsgrove's Steve Morris, with substitute Kirsty Richards deputising for Helen Simmonds who was unable to play defeated the Malvern pairing of Mark Atkins and Julie Morgan.

The game was finely balanced at 2 shots each after 3 ends but then the Bromsgrove pairing took control winning the next 5 ends to take a commanding lead of 15 shots to 2.

Malvern won the next 4 ends to reduce the deficit to 15-7, however Bromsgrove enhanced there lead winning 4 of the next 5 ends to complete their victory by 22 shots to 8.

18/03/2019

County competition update:

The Worcestershire County Indoor Mixed Pairs Final will take place this Wednesday, 20 March at 6.30 pm at Bromsgrove IBC with Steve Morris and partner playing Mark Atkins and Julie Morgan.

Wessex League:

The holders of the Wessex Bowls League Bromsgrove are through to the Semi-Finals after defeating Westlecot, Swindon by 5 shots. Martin Heitzman led the way at home skipping his rink to a massive 21 shots win with Brian Lees drawing his game. Away the rinks of Graham Arnold lost by 12 shots and Richard Moule by 4 shots.

Bromsgrove will now play Plymouth for a place in the Final on March 31st at Rugby Thornfield Indoor Bowls Club.

18/03/2019

County competition update:

The Malvern Rink of Joe Peplow, Martin Griffiths, Harvey Griffiths, and Mark Atkins are the winners of the Worcestershire County Rinks Trophy 2019 after defeating the Bromsgrove rink of James Collins, Dicky Banks, Chris Barton and Adie Burbridge in the Final held at Malvern.

The Malvern Rink started the game well and were 9-1 up at 5 ends and 15-2 up 5 ends later. The Bromsgrove team fought back to score 9 shots over the next 3 ends, however, Malvern reasserted control scoring 3 consecutive 3's to win the game 24 shots to 11.

Congratulations to the Malvern team and commiserations to Bromsgrove.

11/03/2019

County competition update:

The Worcestershire Indoor Bowling Association Rinks Final will be held this Friday - March 15th starting @ 6.30pm at Malvern Hills IBC between Bromsgrove and Malvern.

The Bromsgrove Rink consisting of Chris Barton, Dickie Banks, Derek Sanders and Jim Collins recently defeated Richard Moule, Derek and Adam Bond and Cayman Dredge 16-12 in their Semi-Final. They will now play last year's winners Mark Atkins, Harvey Griffiths, Martin Griffiths and Joe Peplow [last week winning the National Disability Bowls Singles Title] who defeated Neil Smith, Marcus Smith, Brian MacNamara and Terry Drake 23-13.

26/02/2019

In a winner takes all final league game in the Mercian Region of the Wessex Bowls League a qualification battle took place for the last 16 knock out stage. Bromsgrove, last year's winners managed a convincing 54 shots win over their local rivals Malvern Hills. At Malvern, Peter Bryan led his rink to a 31-7 win over Mike Holmes with Brian Lees also returning a winning card with a 10 shot win over Marcus Smith.

At Bromsgrove, with the help of a last end 6 count, Richard Moule defeated former Scottish International Edric Vorsterman 39-18. Malvern youngster Harvey Griffiths gained a consolation 1 shot win over Bromsgrove team Captain Adie Burbridge.

Bromsgrove will now play in the last 16 of the Competition on March 10th.

20/02/2019

County competition update:

The Worcestershire Indoor Over 60's Pairs has reached the Semi-Final stage with holders Martin Smith and Jim Knowles of Malvern having a good win at home against Martin Hill and Bob Jones of Bromsgrove losing only 2 ends to win 23 shots to 3. The pair will now play Bromsgrove's Peter Bryan.

In the other half of the draw, the all Bromsgrove affair of Ray Kellard and Lew Whitehouse enjoyed a 17 shot to 10 success over Chris Jenkins and Ian Crowe and will now progress to play Adie Burbridge and Dicky Banks. Burbridge and Banks won their corresponding match comfortably with a 29 shot to 10 result over Alan Lee and Roger Street.

08/02/2019

County competition update:

Last year's winners of the County Indoor Pairs, Malvern's Shaun Jones and Mark Atkins have gone out of this year's competition to the experienced Bromsgrove pairing of Adie Burbridge and Chris Barton. Jones and Atkins led 12-4 at 8 ends but Burbridge and Barton fought back to take the next 5 ends to go 13-12 up. The game seesawed and going into the last end the Bromsgrove pair were 17-15 up with Malvern holding 3, Burbridge reduced the shot count to 1 which Jones was unable to alter enabling the Bromsgrove Pair to go through by 1 shot. They will now play clubmate James Collins.

Martin Griffiths and Joe Peplow of Malvern had a good win at Bromsgrove over Richard Moule and Dickie Banks, leading throughout the game to win 17-5. The pair will now go on to play Brian Lees and Peter Bryan who defeated Chris Jenkins and Richard Davies 18 shots to 3.

In an all Father and Son clash Simon & Sam Perruzza defeated the 2017 Champions Derek & Adam Bond in a closely fought game 16 shots to 15.

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