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Desborough Bowling Club has once again got National Champions on their honours board as Jan Frost, Gill Jones and Mary Price won the Ladies Over 50 Triples for 2019/20 at Nottingham. These finals were rescheduled because of the pandemic and they began with a preliminary round against Wellingborough followed by subsequent wins against Lincoln, Northampton and Madiera. It then all culminated with a final against North Wilts which they won 21 – 12 to earn their title. .

Sometimes you must put some games of bowls down to experience as Desborough found when they travelled to Whiteknights for the National Top Club. They were no match for their talented opponents but I’m sure that our players learnt some valuable lessons for future matches.

Simran Thaman representing Desborough BC played Morgan Merryweather (Island Bohemian) in the County Junior singles final at Tilehurst last week-end. Simran played well but the more experienced Morgan proved too good for her, winning 21-13.

After the disappointment of not playing the game against Suttons because of the weather, Desborough welcomed Hurst to Green Lane for the final game of the outdoor season which took place under floodlights. It was a tense game which could have gone either way as the 6 rinks were shared but at the end Desborough won by 111 shots to 92. The rinks skipped by Eric Sharp and Tony Buckley returned winning scorecards but there was no doubting the top rink as Marina Bignell, Dave Turner and Linda Harvey won 32 – 6.

Rink scores

The rink will now be put to bed and we look forward to all the players now moving to our indoor rinks. Do remember that every Monday and Wednesday there is an organized indoors roll up from 9:30am until 11:30am. Everyone must arrive by 9:15am and you will be selected into a team. Any indoor member of Desborough Indoor Bowling Club may turn up and they will have a game. Enjoy

The weekend was a culmination of a long journey for Andrew Essex in reaching the County Unbadged Singles final at Bracknell B C coming up against a tough opponent in Colin Carson from the Royal Household and it proved to be one step too far as he went down 21 – 17.

It was a fabulous game to watch and well supported from Desborough and too close to call for much of the match. Well played Andrew.

Andrew Essex in action against Colin Carson

Supporters for Andrew

During the week Desborough welcomed local rivals from Maidenhead Town to Green Lane for the 2nd leg of the Hot Dog Trophy holding a 21 shot cushion from the first encounter. Although the six rinks were shared, with the benefit of the shot cushion from the 1st leg and sterling performances from the rinks skipped by Mark Peachey (once again!!), Mark Essex and Bruce Adams led Desborough to claim the title with ease. Desborough look forward to the renewal in 2022.

Desborough held their End of Season Bash on Saturday which was a combination of bowls followed by a barbecue. The rinks skipped by Andrew Essex and Michael Hobson ended up on equal scores but on countback it was declared that Andrew, Val Wyatt and Peter Braddock were the winners. However on an occasion the result doesn’t matter as the real winner was the game of bowls and everyone enjoyed the food along with the convivial atmosphere.

To log in to BOWLR you will need your member number which is available from reception along with more detailed instructions of how to log in. Or just give it a go! Your password is the first letter of your Christian name your surname and your membership number again, all lowercase and no spaces. BOWLR is the place you can book rinks, see league results and tables and follow the club competitions although of course those preferring to avoid the ‘technology’ can achieve the same using the club notice boards and with the help of reception.

Please note if you book a rink provisionally it will be removed after 72 hours but the reception team can override this if an opponent is taking longer to accept a date for a match.