Mole Valley Cup
Epsom lost to Epsom Park in the Semi Final of the Mole Valley Cup on Friday 16th March 2012, 9 - 13.

Team:  Tony Dunn  Jan Allum  Jo Ellis Peter Miller.

Epsom lost by just 4 shots to Epsom Park, but had a great chance of winning on the last end.  Needing 4 to win on the last end there was a shot on for Peter, but unfortunately the jack went off the rink.  This meant one shot to Epsom Park.

Well done to everyone who took part in this competition.

Jubilee Cup
Epsom lost against South London in the quarter finals on Friday 16th March 2012. They did very well for most of the evening, but fell away on the last 6 ends on one of the rinks, eventually losing the match 31 - 44.  Overall this was a good performance against a very strong South London side.

Details:

Rink 4  Ted Ray  Roy Doughty  David Sowdon  Les Owen  drew 20 - 20

This turned out to be a close game up to 10 ends, but then Epsom fell behind 11 - 18 after 15 ends.  They played very well over the last 6 ends and went into the last end 19 - 20.  However, they managed to secure the draw with a 'lucky' bowl.

Rink 5  Martin Harbottle  John Huxford  Sylvia Pearce  Ron Mew  lost 11 - 24

Epsom competed very well for 15 ends in this game when the score was 11 - 11.  Epsom then fell away badly losing the remaining 6 ends dropping a total of 13 shots.

Final Result  Epsom 31  South London 44

Thanks to all the players who played in this tournament.  Overall Epsom had a very good tournament.

Mole Valley Cup
Epsom played their last game in the Round Robin stage of the Mole Valley Cup tonight and won comfortably 19 - 10 against Ashtead.

Details:

Team:  Bill Lawrence  Ruth Nixon  Jo Ellis  Les Owen  won 19 - 10

Epsom dominated this game throughout.  They led 6 - 3 at 5 ends, extended the lead to 12 - 5 after 10 ends finally winning by 9 shots. (only 16 ends played).

Epsom play in the Semi Final on Friday 16th March 2012 at 6pm.

Mole Valley Cup
Epsom win their third game in the Mole Valley Cup on Friday 24th February 2012 by beating Bookham 22 - 10.

Team:  Tony Dunn  Jo Ellis  Jan Allum  Peter Miller

Details:

Epsom was in control of this game all evening.  They lead 6 - 1 after 5 ends and continued to play well.  After 15 ends they led 18 - 10 and went on to win by 12 shots.

This win leaves Epsom top of the section with one more game to play.

Jubilee Cup
Epsom beat Raynes Park 26 - 25 on Monday 20th February 2012 to qualify for the quarter finals to be played on Friday 16th March 2012 at 6.30pm.

This turned out to be a very exciting game with Epsom winning on the very last end on rink 5 when they scored 5 shots.

Details:

Rink 4  Martin Harbottle  John Huxford  Terry Hoye  Ron Mew  won 11 - 8

This rink found themselves 3 - 6 behind after 8 ends, but then won the next 5 ends scoring a total of 8 shots.  They dropped 2 shots over the last 2 ends to win by 3 shots.

Rink 5  Ted Ray  Roy Doughty  David Sowdon  Les Owen  lost 15 - 17

This rink was behind all evening due to the fact that the Raynes Park skip was bowling very well.  After 10 ends they were behind 7 - 12 and had a bad penultimate end when they dropped 4 shots.  The last end turned out to be very crucial.  When Roy played his second bowl Epsom were 2 shots down.  However, Roy touched the jack over to 2 Epsom bowls.  David then drew another for Epsom to hold 4 shots.  The Raynes Park skip missed the head narrowly with his first bowl, but Les then drew a 5th shot.  The Raynes Park skip played an identical bowl to his first and slid through the same gap to leave Epsom holding the 5 shots for an overall victory by just 1 shot.

Final Result  Epsom 26  Raynes Park 25

Epsom now play South London in the quarter finals.

Details:

Maggie O'Sullivan  Jan Allum  Peter Miller  Ron Mew won 17 - 11

Epsom got off to a slow start & found themselves 1 - 4 behind after 5 ends.  After 10 ends the scores were level 7 - 7.  Epsom had the better of the rest of the game going up 12 -  9 after 15 ends and finally winning by 6 shots.

There are 2 more games to be played in the round robin stage of this competition.

Jubilee Cup
Epsom beat West Wimbledon on Friday 17th February 2012 on both rinks.  This was an excellent win against a very strong side.

Details:

Rink 2  Martin Harbottle  John Huxford  Sylvia Pearce  Jim Scott  won 16 - 14

Epsom held control over the first 10 ends when they held a 12 - 9 shot advantage.  Epsom then had a loose end when they dropped 5 shots to trail 12 - 14.  They fought back well winning the remaining 2 ends to secure a 2 shot overall victory.

Rink 3  Ted Ray  Roy Doughty  David Sowdon  Les Owen  won 13 - 9

After 10 ends Epsom held a slender 1 shot lead, 8 - 7.  West Wimbledon drew level, 9 - 9 after 12 ends, but Epsom won the last 3 ends scoring a total of 4 shots to secure a 4 shot win.

Final Score:  Epsom 29  West Wimbledon 23

Epsom now play Raynes Park on Monday 20th February 2012 at 6.30pm in a must win situation to qualify for the next stage.

Ladies' Match v King George
The Ladies' played a friendly 2 rink match against King George this week and lost on both rinks. Most of the Epsom Ladies do not play regularly indoors and this was a very good performance against a very strong King George team.

Details:

Rink 2  Audrey Jones  Maureen Trumble  Dolly Snow  Jo Ellis  lost 10 - 30

This rink struggled all through the game and only scored on 6 ends.

Rink 3  Maggie O'Sullivan  Sue Needham  Ruth Nixon  Gill Sperring  lost 16 - 24

After 12 ends Epsom was 4 shots behind, 4 - 10, but then King George scored a total of 12 shots over the next 4 ends to take the lead 22 - 7.  However, Epsom fought back well over the remaining ends out scoring King George 9 -2.  They eventually lost by 8 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 26  King George 54

Mole Valley Cup
Epsom made a winning start in the Mole Valley Cup on Friday 27th January 2012 by beating Hook & Southborough 20 - 19.  The rules of this Competition  state that there must be two ladies & two men in the rink, and that at least one of the players must not be a member of an Indoor Bowling Club.  In this game Sandra & Peter do not play for an Indoor Club.   As the score suggests this was a very close game.  However, Epsom raced into a 11 - 1 lead after 5 ends.  They were soon pegged back by their opponents who went into the lead, 11 - 13 after 10 ends.  Epsom continued to struggle falling further behind after 15 ends, 14 - 18.  Epsom rallied well and had 2 excellent ends to take the lead, 20 - 18 going into the last end.  Hook & Southborough scored just one shot on the final end leaving Epsom with just a 1 shot victory.

Team:  Sandra Huxford  Peter Miller  Jo Ellis  Les Owen

Final Score:  Epsom 20  Hook & Southborough 19

Epsom have three more games in the Round Robin stage of this Competition.

Club AGM
The Club AGM was held in the pavilion on Friday 13th January 2012.  60 members attended.  Before the meeting began those assembled were asked to observe a short period of silence to remember past members who passed away in 2011.

At this meeting Arthur Upward stood down as Treasurer after 14 years service.  A presentation of Gardening Vouchers was presented to Arthur in recognition of his services to the Club.  Lyz Warren became the first Lady Member to hold the post of Club Secretary.

Brian Kenyon, Geoff Purrott & Ron Snow were elected to become Honorary Vice Presidents of Epsom Bowling Club in recognition of their hard work over 12 years.

George Mitchell & Bill Truckle, Auditors for many years also stood down at this meeting and were replaced with David Huchison & Derek Martin.

Amongst several items discussed at the meeting it was decided to raise the Annual Subscription to £140 (from £130).

Social Membership will be £18 & Associate Membership £12.50.

The next AGM will be held on Friday 11th January 2013.

Jubilee Cup
Epsom played Chessington 'A' on Friday 6th January 2012 and lost on both rinks.

Details:

Rink 2  Graham Pilbrow  Roy Doughty  Terry Hoye  Les Owen   lost 7 - 15

This was a very close game for 8 ends, but Epsom then went behind 5 - 9 after 10 ends.  They were outplayed over the remaining 5 ends eventually losing by 8 shots.

Rink 3  Maggie O'Sullivan  Sylvia Pearce  Ron Mew  Jim Scott  lost 10 - 11

Chessington were always in front in this game.  After 10 ends Epsom were 5 - 10 behind, but fought well over the remaining ends to eventually lose by just 1 shot.

Final Score  Epsom 17  Chessington 'A' 26    Epsom 0 points  Chessington 'A' 4 points

Cyril Newman
After 44 years & 7 months Cyril has retired from the water industry, 37 years with Thames Water and 7 years in Epsom Water Department. This will now give him more time playing bowls and doing those maintenance jobs that need completing around the Club & at home.

Epsom Bowling Club wishes Cyril a long and happy (busy) retirement - the Water Board will not be the same!!

Indoor match v Mole Valley
Epsom travelled the short distance to play against Mole Valley on Sunday 4th December 2011.  This was the second game of three that Epsom play over the Winter months.  These games include many Epsom players who do not play indoor.  Epsom lost the match 73 - 89.

Details:

Rink 1  Clive Allum  Bill Ellis  Geoff Purrott  David Sowdon  lost 20 - 22

This rink recovered well from being 4 - 15 down after 10 ends to only lose by 2 shots.

Rink 2  Brian Kenyon  Eddie Needham  Peter Miller Jo Ellis    lost 17 - 28

This rink competed well for the first 10 ends when the score was 9 - 9.  Unfortunately they were outplayed in the second half and lost by 11 shots.

Rink 3  Bill Lawrence  Sue Needham  Cyril Newman  Jan Allum   lost 17 - 18

After being behind 6 - 10 after 10 ends this rink competed well with the Mole Valley rink over the second half and only lost by the 1 shot.

Rink 4  Janet Newman  Eileen Mills John Huxford  John Warren    lost 19 - 21

This rink also had an even first half when the score was 8 - 8 after 10 ends.  They eventually lost by 2 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 73  Mole Valley 89

Thanks to John Warren for looking after the match.

Jubilee Cup
Epsom played their first game in the Jubilee Cup on Monday 21st November 2011 against Ashtead and won on both rinks, winning the match 36 - 23

Details:

Rink 4 Graham Pilbrow  Roy Doughty  Terry Hoye  Ted Ray    won 18 - 9

This was a very even game for 6 ends when the scores were level 4 - 4.   The rink went ahead 12 - 4 after 10 ends, but Ashtead came back to narrow the lead to 12 - 9 after 13 ends.  Epsom finished with 2 shots on end 14 and 4 shots on the 15th end to win by 9 shots.
Rink 5 Maggie O'Sullivan  John Warren  Sylvia Pearce  Ron Mew    won 18 - 14

This rink got off to an excellent start and led 12 - 0 after just 6 ends.  Ashtead then scored 10 shots over the next 4 ends to close the gap to 12 - 10.  The last few ends were evenly contested, but Epsom went on to win by 4 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 36    Ashtead 23

Roy Doughty played in his very first game in this Competition.

Sutton & District Bowling Association Annual Dinner
The Annual Dinner for the above Association took place on Friday 4th November 2011 at Sutton Bowling Club.  Presentations were made to the

Winners of the St Raphael Mixed Pairs and

Runners Up in the Yonwin Cup from Epsom Bowling Club.

Top photograph - Epsom's Captain, Les Owen with the Randolf Cups - Runners Up Yonwin Cup

Lower photograph - Sandra Huxford & David Sowdon - Winners of the St Raphael Mixed Pairs

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Green Maintenance October 14th 2011

Every year in October a team of helpers visit the Club on many occasions to prepare the green for the next season. A huge amount of work is undertaken to ensure that the Club has a excellent bowling surface. The Club would like to thank these members who give up a great deal of their time to do this work. The Club hires the firm Ground Force to do the initial spreading with their specialised equipment.
The whole process started on Monday 10th October 2011 when scarifying was undertaken both ways on the green. On Tuesday 11th October 2011 Solid Tining was undertaken also both ways. On Thursday 13th October 2011 the seeding of the green took place together with sweeping. On Friday the task was to spread 4 tons of earth over the green before the other tasks were completed.

A big thanks to:- Tony Dunn David Sowdon  Roy Doughty Robert York  Brian Kenyon   George Sperring
John Warren  Geoff Purrott  Peter Miller  Alan Wybrow & Terry Hoye
You can view photographs taken on Friday 14th 2011 by visiting 'Photos'- '2010/2011 Photographs' - 'Maintenance Work 2011'

Indoor Match v Donyngs
Epsom travelled to Redhill on Sunday 9th October 2011 to play in a Friendly Indoor match v Donyngs Indoor Bowling Club.  They lost the match 53 - 74.  Playing in these fixtures is always a huge challenge to Epsom as the majority of the players do not bowl indoors.  However, Epsom did have one winning rink.

Details:

Rink 4  Anne Hoffmann  Roy Doughty John Warren  Peter Miller  lost 12 - 30

Epsom got off to a poor start and found themselves 19 - 0 down after 7 ends.  They picked up well & started to get on the scoreboard.  They eventually lost by 18 shots.

Rink 5  Brian Kenyon  Lyz Warren  John Huxford  Les Owen   lost 11 - 31

Epsom struggled all afternoon to find the speed of the green and were well beaten by 20 shots.

Rink 6  Bob Blaker  Vic Phillips  Derek Hoffmann  David Sowdon  won 30 - 15

After 10 ends Epsom led 23 - 0, but in the second half Donyngs picked up a few shots to get on the scorecard.  Epsom went on to win comfortably by 17 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 53  Donyngs 74

Miller's Triples
A very successful evening was held at the Club on Wednesday 5th October 2011 to have a meal & present the trophy to the winners of Miller's Triples.

Thirty six members turned up for the meal & presentation when they enjoyed Cumberland Sausages, Mashed Potatoes & Baked Beans.  This was followed by Apple Strudel & Ice Cream.  After the meal Peter Miller presented the winners trophy to Thee Guys & A Doll - Eileen Mills, Graham Naish, Pat Buckley & Tony Dunn.

Many thanks go to Peter for organising the Competition & for putting on an excellent meal.  Thanks also go to all the helpers on the evening.

Full details on this competition can be viewed by going to 'Results' - 'Miller's Triples'.

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Awards Evening
Awards Evening was held at the Club on Saturday 1st October 2011.  64 members, family & friends turned up and had an excellent night.  Trophies and Certificates were presented to the Winners & Runners up after a very good meal.

A big thanks go to Betty Day & George Sperring for organising the evening.

Miller's Triples
Eleven teams competed in Miller's Triples in 2011.  The winners were Three Guys & A Doll - Eileen Mills, Graham Naish, Tony Dunn & Pat Buckley.  The Runners Up were John Warren, Lyz Warren, Tony Jackman & David Ruston (Bird Dogs).  The winners played 9 games, won 6 & lost 3. Their best 5 games total was 137.
The Runners Up played 10 games, won 5, lost 4 & drew 1. Their best 5 games total was 127.

In total 78 games were played and coincidentally 37 games were won & 37 games lost.  There were 4 draws.

September Open Event
The Event took place once again this year and was organised by Bill Ellis.  This Competition dates back to 1986 and over the years 35 different Clubs have participated. Three new Clubs took part this year.  These were East Horsley, Newdigate & Purley Wanderers.  (Full details of this competition can be viewed by going to 'Results' - 'The Event').

On the 11th September the following teams qualified:- Bookham, Epsom 'A' (Geoff Purrott, Cyril Newman, Pat Buckley & Peter Miller), Supreme, Leatherhead, Epsom Park & Purley Bury.  Epsom won 21 - 10 against Chessington.

On the 18th September the following teams qualified:-

Sutton, Wallington, Newdigate, Carshalton Beeches, Purley Wanderers, & Old Coulsdon.

The Final was held on Sunday 25th September and the winners were Supreme.  Purley Wanderers were runners up & Epsom Park third.  Money prizes & medals were presented to all three teams.  Epsom 'A' drew 19 - 19 against Wallington.

There have been 11 individual Clubs that have won this competition.  Wallington have won it on four occasions.

Over the three weeks a large number of Epsom members helped to make the Competition a success.

Mixed Friendly v The Piscatorial Bowling Society
Epsom completed their season with a friendly mixed match against the Piscatorials and won the match 111 - 87.  They won on 3 rinks & lost on two.

Details:

Rink 1  Audrey Jones  Maureen Trumble  Roy Doughty  Terry Hoye  lost 19 - 20

After 10 ends Epsom was 7 - 12 behind, but levelled the scores, 15 - 15 after 15 ends.  The remaining ends were keenly contested and Epsom led 19 - 17 going into the last end but dropped 3 shots on the 21st end to lose by just the one shot.

Rink 2  Vic Phillips  Anne Hoffmann  Brian Kenyon  David Sowdon  won 19 - 18

After 10 ends Epsom was 6 - 10 behind and went further behind, 9 - 16 after 15 ends.  They had the better of the remaining ends and won a very close game by just 1 shot.

Rink 3  Tony Dunn  Sandra Huxford  Len Philpott  Les Owen  won 30 - 12

Epsom got off to a very good start and led 13 - 5 after 10 ends.  The Piscatorials narrowed the gap to 3 shots, 13 - 10 after 12 ends, but Epsom finished strongly scoring 15 shots to 1 against over the last 9 ends to win comfortably by 18 shots.

Rink 4  Derek Jones/Bob Blaker  Bob Lister  Eric Brown  Eileen Mills  won 28 - 12

Epsom was ahead all throughout this game.  They led 10 - 6 after 10 ends, 23 - 7 after 15 ends and won by 16 shots.

Rink 5  Olive Phillips  Derek Hoffmann John Huxford  Ron Mew  lost 15 - 25

Epsom struggled in this game all afternoon finding themselves 7 - 11 down after 10 ends, 11 - 14 behind after 15 ends and had a poor last 6 ends to lose by 10 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 111  Piscatorials 87

After tea the Piscatorials did their normal raffle when they give kippers as prizes.  The raffle raised £122 for good causes.

Click here for a brief history on the Piscatorials and what they do.

2011 - A short Summary on all games played  (More comprehensive details can be viewed by going to 'Results' & following the links)

Coincidentally Epsom played & won the same number of games as last year - 68 played, 40 won.  They lost 2 less games - 25, but drew 2 more - 3.  Disappointedly there were 10 games cancelled - 4 more than last year.

Shots difference was 364 compared to 309 in 2010.  Overall the mixed friendly games were the best of the games played as Epsom only lost 2 of the 11 games played.

It was pleasing that 48 (men & ladies) played in the mixed matches in 2011.

Sutton & District Bowling Association - St Raphael Pairs Final
Sandra Huxford & David Sowdon win the St Raphael Pairs on Saturday 24th September 2011.  This is the very first time that Epsom have won this trophy.  Sandra & David beat a pair from Ashtead. They won 22 - 13.  Congratulations Sandra & David.

Sutton & District Bowling Association- Yonwin Cup Final

Epsom lost against Cheam in the Yonwin Cup for the second year in a row.  This was an extremely disappointing end to the season, but Epsom did do a little better than last year.

Details:

Rink 1  Brian Kenyon  Terry Hoye  Peter Miller  Les Owen  won 25 - 10

This rink had an excellent afternoon with all four bowlers playing very well.  After a close start they led 11 - 7 after 10 ends and stretched the lead to 19 - 8 after 15 ends.  They won comfortably by 15 shots.

Rink 2  Stefan Tomm  Martin Harbottle Pat Buckley  Jim Scott  lost 9 - 38

Cheam totally dominated play all afternoon going into a 14 - 1 lead after just 6 ends.  Epsom failed to make any progress in the game and when holding shots the Cheam skip played excellent bowls to give Cheam the initiative end after end. They finally lost by 29 shots.

Rink 3  John Hart  Cyril Newman  George Sperring  Graham Naish  lost 17 - 20

Epsom held a 3 shot lead, 8 - 5 after 8 ends, but then dropped 5 shots to go behind.  Epsom regained the lead, 15 - 13 on the 15th end, but Cheam finished well and Epsom lost by 3 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 51  Cheam 68

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Fish & Chip Supper
A Fish & Chip Supper took place at the Club on Friday 23rd September 2011 and turned out to be a very enjoyable & successful evening.

Over 50 members & friends attended and enjoyed an excellent supper supplied by The Frying Squad, a mobile Fish & Chip van parked on the premises.

The results of the Friday Club night were announced after the supper and the prizes went to the following:-

Ladies - joint winners Audrey Jones & Janet Newman, wooden spoon to Sue Needham

Men- joint winners Pat Buckley & John Huxford, wooden spoon to John Warren

Over the season 20 ladies & 42 men joined in the Club nights.

During the season 'dodgy' prizes were awarded after each Club night and this continued after the Fish & Chips.  Prizes ranged from washing up liquid, chocolates, and bottles of wine.

A big thanks goes to Cyril Newman for organising, not just the Fish & Chip evening, but the whole season's Friday night Club Nights.  Thanks also go to the many helpers who made the evening very successful.

Ladies' Friendly v Carshalton
The Ladies played their last friendly match away at Carshalton on Thursday 22nd September 2011 and won on 1 rink, lost on 2 rinks and lost the match overall 34 - 51.

Details:

Rink 3  Audrey Jones  Maureen Trumble  Gill Sperring  won 16 - 8

After 10 ends this rink were 8 - 10 behind, but Carshalton failed to score again and Epsom won by 8 shots. (16 ends played).

Rink 4  Sue Needham  Maggie O’Sullivan  Lyz Warren  lost 7 - 19

This rink were only 2 shots down, 5 - 7 after 10 ends, but Carshalton won 7 of the last 8 ends to win comfortably by 12 shots.

Rink 5  Ruth Nixon  Dolly Snow  Eileen Mills lost 11 - 24

This rink were outplayed all afternoon.  They were 6 - 13 down after 10 ends, but staged a small recovery to narrow the gap to 4 shots after 13 ends.  Carshalton then scored heavily over the remaining 5 leaving Epsom losing by 13 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 34  Carshalton  51

Summary 2011 - Last year’s figures in brackets

Of the 22 (22) scheduled games 17 (22) were played.  Epsom won 10 (9), lost 7 (9), drew 0 (0) and 5 (4) were cancelled.  In total 789 (842) shots were scored for and 727 (858) against.

In all 22 (22) Ladies represented Epsom in the Friendly matches in 2011.

The number of rinks won were 25 (28), lost 21 (20) and drawn 0 (2).

The best match win came against Ewell 82 - 24 (+58) and the best rink win was in the same match, 36 - 5 (+31).

These are the most significant appearances in the Friendly matches by the Ladies:

Lyz Warren played in all 17 matches. Jo Ellis, Eileen Mills & Maureen Trumble in 12, Audrey Jones, Gill Sperring & Ruth Nixon in 10, Sue Needham in 9, Maggie O’Sullivan, Maureen Morris, Anne Hoffmann & Sylvia Smart in 8, Dolly Snow in 7, Sylvia Pearce & Tessa Hurworth in 5.

Men’s Matches 2011 - Summary - League, Friendly & Chrystie League

In 2011 Epsom played 34 matches and won 20, lost 11, drew 3. Three matches were cancelled and 2367 shots were scored for & 2138 shots against.
The results were slightly down compared with 2010, but what is most disappointing is that 3 matches had to be cancelled. Two of these were down to our opponents being unable to raise teams and the other was cancelled because of poor weather.
In total 39 men members were selected to play in these games.

Friendly Matches
The statistics for the Friendly matches are identical to 2010 except for shots for & against.
10 games were played, 6 won, 3 lost, 1 drawn & 2 cancelled. 828 shots were scored for & 800 shots against.

League Matches
Compared with last season when Epsom only lost 2 games the Club had a disappointing season in 2011. Considering they had won 7 out of 8 games right at the start it was a big let down to lose 4 matches by the end of the season
15 games were played, 10 won, 4 lost, & 1 drawn. 1261 shots were scored for & 1074 shots against. They ended up with 60½ points (68½ points in 2010) & finished 4th*.

*to be confirmed

Chrystie League
The Chrystie results were also quite similar to those in 2010.
9 games were played, 4 won, 4 lost, 1 drawn & 1 game was cancelled.  278 shots were scored for & 264 against.
They finished 3rd in the League with 21 points. (1 more that 2010).

Men's League v Chipstead
The Men played away at Chipstead on Saturday 17th September 2011 and lost the match.  This was a disappointing result for the Epsom Men after an excellent first half to the season.  It was also the worst defeat against Chipstead in the history of the East Surrey League.

Details:

Rink 2  Brian Kenyon  Derek Jones  Terry Hoye  Peter Miller    lost 21 - 23

Epsom was behind all throughout this game right up to the 17th end when they went ahead 20 - 18.  Unfortunately they lost the lead immediately and finally lost by 2 shots.

Rink 3  Bill Lawrence Len Philpott  Ron Mew  Pat Buckley  lost 7 - 31

This was a really poor game for Epsom as they found themselves 2 - 17 down after 10 ends, 2 - 23 adrift after 15 ends and finally lost by 24 shots.

Rink 4  Geoff Purrott  Roy Doughty  Cyril Newman  David Sowdon  lost 15 - 31

Epsom was behind all afternoon on this rink.  They were 5 - 15 down after 10 ends, 9 - 23 behind after 15 ends and lost by 16 shots.

Rink 5  John Hart  Eric Brown  George Sperring  Graham Naish  won 20 - 19

Epsom played well over the first 10 ends and held a 2 shot lead, 10 - 8.  Leading 12 - 9 going into the 14th end they dropped 6 shots to go behind 12 - 15.  However, they finished well to win 20 - 19.

Final Score:  Epsom 63  Chipstead 104   Epsom 1 point  Chipstead 5 points.

Full details of the season will appear here shortly.  All the facts relating to the East Surrey League can be viewed by going to 'Results', 'East Surrey League' and follow the links.

Summary of the 2011 Season

All 15 (15) games were completed as scheduled.  Of these 11 (13) were won, 4 (2) lost and 1 (0) drawn.

1261 (1412) shots were score for and 1074 (975) against.  Epsom gained 60½ (68½) points and ended up 4th (2nd ) in the League.

The best win was the 114 – 64 result against Caterham, +50, and the best rink win was the 40 – 11 victory against Godstone.

Of the 60 rinks played 40 (42) were won and 20 (18) lost. 

In all 27 (25) members played in the League this year.

Significant appearances:-

Pat Buckley, John Hart, Bill Lawrence, Peter Miller & Graham Naish played in all games.  Brian Kenyon, Cyril Newman &  George Sperring in 14.  Ron Mew in 13,  Les Owen in 12, Terry Hoye & Geoff Purrott in 11 & David Sowdon & John Warren in 10.

Ladies' Friendly v Cuddington
The Ladies played a Triples match against Cuddington Ladies away on Thursday 15th September 2011 and won the match 62 - 46. They won on 2 rinks & lost the third.

Details:

Rink 1  Maggie O’Sullivan  Maureen Trumble  Eileen Mills  won 22 - 8

Epsom dropped 5 shots on the very first end of this game, then dominated play throughout the rest of the afternoon.  After 10 ends they led 9 - 7 and from end 14 to 18 they scored a total of 9 shots without reply to win by 14 shots.

Rink 2  Sylvia Smart  Anne Hoffmann  Lyz Warren  lost 21 - 23

Epsom held a 1 shot lead after 10 ends, 13 - 12, and led 18 - 16 after 15 ends.  Going into the last end Epsom were 2 shots ahead, but dropped a 4 to lose the rink by 2 shots.

Rink 3  Ruth Nixon  Maureen Morris  Jo Ellis  won 19 - 15

This rink dominated play for 12 ends when they led 17 - 5.  However, Cuddington won ends 14 - 18 scoring a total of 10 shots to close the gap, but Epsom still won by 4 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 62  Cuddington 46

Men's Friendly v Oxshott
The Men played away at Oxshott on Wednesday 14th September 2011 and drew the match 74 - 74.  Last year was the very first time that Epsom had played against Oxshott so they were looking to repeat the win last season.  However, Oxshott finished the match strongly on all rinks to force the draw.

Details:

Rink 1  Arthur Upward  Bob Blaker  Roy Doughty  John Warren  won 16 - 14

Oxshott had the upper hand right up to the 15th end when they were 13 - 10 ahead, but Epsom finished strongly to win by 2 shots.

Rink 2  Tony Dunn   Derek Hoffmann  Brian Kenyon  George Sperring  won 22 - 17

Epsom was fully in control of this game when they led 14 - 8 after 10 ends and 20 - 11 after 15 ends.  However, they let Oxshott back into the game over the last 6 ends, but they still won by 5 shots.

Rink 3  Eddie Needham  Derek Jones  Alan Wybrow  Eric Brown  lost 16 - 21

This rink was behind throughout the afternoon.  They were 6 - 8 down after 10 ends, 9 - 12 adrift after 15 ends and finally lost by 5 shots.

Rink 4  Bill Lawrence  David Ruston  Len Philpott  Ron Snow  lost 20 - 22

Epsom played well over 15 ends when they led 16 - 14, but Oxshott came back well to snatch a 2 shot win.

Final Score:  Epsom 74  Oxshott 74

Ladies Friendly v The Insurance Ladies
The Ladies played the Insurance Ladies at home on Tuesday 13th September 2011 and won the match 58 - 43. They won on two out of the 3 rinks and lost the third.  The game started late because of rain so it was decided to play 18 ends only.

Rink 4  Audrey Jones  Ruth Nixon  Dolly Snow  Lyz Warren  won 21 - 10

Epsom struggled over the first 10 ends when they found themselves 7 - 9 behind.  However, they soon got into the game and went ahead 17 - 9 after 15 ends.  They went on to win by 11 shots.

Rink 5  Sandra Huxford  Trish Tewfik  Maureen Trumble  Gill Sperring  won 27 - 13

This rink had a very impressive start and led 13 - 1 after just 5 ends.  They remained in control all afternoon and leading 23 - 11 after 15 ends they finally won by 14 shots.

Rink 6  Sue Needham  Maureen Morris  Sylvia Smart  Eileen Mills  lost 10 - 20

This rink struggled to get into the game and were 3 - 13 down after 10 ends.  They came back well up to the 15th end when they were 9 - 14 behind.  However the Insurance Ladies finished strongly and Epsom lost the rink by 10 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 58  Insurance Ladies 43

With just 2 games to play the Ladies have won 9 out the 15 games played so far.  This equals the number of games won last year.

Ladies League - Summary (last year's figures in brackets)
There were 8 (8) games scheduled and 8 (8) played.  Of these 3 (3) were won and 5 (5) lost.  264 (287) shots were scored for and 282 (322) against.  The Ladies gained 11½ (12½) points.  (The position in the League is not known at this stage)

Of the 16 rinks played 5 (5) were won, 10 (9) lost and 1 (2) drawn.  The highest rink win was 27 – 7, +20, at Caterham on 11th September 2011. 

13 (14) Ladies played this year in the League.

Anne Hoffmann, Audrey Jones & Gill Sperring played in all 8 games.  Dolly Snow, Lyz Warren & Eileen Mills played in 6 games, Jan Allum in 5 games and Sylvia Pearce, Sandra Huxford & Jo Ellis in 4 games, Maggie O'Sullivan in 3 games.

East Surrey League v Caterham
Epsom Men & Ladies travelled to Caterham on Sunday 11th September 2011. 

Men

Having beaten Caterham in the last two years on both occasions 6 - 0 Epsom men were looking for a similar result.  This was not to be as they were well beaten by 16 shots overall and lost 3 of the 4 rinks.  This was an extremely disappointing performance.

Details:

Rink 1  Bill Lawrence  Ron Snow  Terry Hoye  Pat Buckley  lost 16 - 24

After 10 ends this rink were in control and led 11 - 6.  They extended their lead to 15 - 6 after 12 ends, but then Caterham took control and dominated the next 8 ends scoring a total of 18 shots without reply.  The rink eventually lost by 8 shots.

Rink 2  Brian Kenyon  Eric Brown  Peter Miller  Les Owen   lost 12 - 18

This rink found themselves 4 - 10 down after 10 ends, but fought back to level the scores 10 - 10 after 15 ends.  Caterham had the better of the remaining ends to win by 6 shots.

Rink 3  Stefan Tomm  Roy Doughty  David Sowdon  Jim Scott  lost 14 - 18

This was a very close game with the scores level 6 - 6 after 10 ends and Epsom one shot behind, 10 - 11 after 15 ends.  Caterham finished well and Epsom lost on this rink by 4 shots.

Rink 5  John Hart  Cyril Newman  George Sperring  Graham Naish  won 18 - 16

Epsom held a 3 shot advantage, 11 - 8 after 10 ends and a 4 shot lead, 15 - 11 after 15 ends.  The last few ends were evenly contested, but Epsom won by 2 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 60  Caterham 76       Epsom 1 point   Caterham 5 points

Ladies

Details:

Rink 4  Audrey Jones  Ruth Nixon  Sylvia Pearce  Eileen Mills  won 27 - 7

Epsom was in control of this game all afternoon.  They led 14 - after 10 ends, 16 - 6 after 15 ends and finished strongly going on to win by 20 shots.

Rink 6  Sandra Huxford  Jo Ellis  Anne Hoffmann  Gill Sperring  lost 8 - 22

Quite the opposite happened on this rink with Caterham having the upper hand.  Epsom trailed 5 - 12 after 10 ends, 7 - 17 after 15 ends and eventually lost by 14 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 35  Caterham 29    Epsom 3 points    Caterham 1 point.

This was last League game of the season for the Ladies.  A full report of the season will appear here shortly.

Mixed Friendly match v Esher
Epsom travelled to Esher for this Mixed Friendly match and won on 3 rinks, lost on one rink and won the match overall 69 - 59.

Details:

Rink 2  Sylvia Smart  Derek Jones  Derek Hoffmann  Jo Ellis  won 19 - 8

Epsom was 9 - 3 up after 10 ends and continued to play well to go on to win by 11 shots.

Rink 3  Audrey Jones  David Ruston  Brian Kenyon   won 21 - 9

This rink played with one player short, but led 10 - 6 after 10 ends and went on to win by 12 shots.

Rink 4  Eddie Needham  Vic Phillips  Sandra Huxford  Geoff Purrott  won 20 - 19

This rink were involved in a very hard game all afternoon.  They were 5 - 9 down after 10 ends, but fought back well to secure a win by just 1 shot.

Rink 5  Sue Needham  Olive Phillips  Arthur Upward  Eric Brown  lost 9 - 23

This rink struggled all afternoon and found themselves 4 - 13 behind after 10 ends.  They continued to be outplayed and lost by 14 shots.

Final Result:  Epsom 69  Esher 59

With just one match left this season Epsom have won 6 out 8 matches, losing just 2.

Club Finals - Sunday 4th September 2011

Men’s Handicap Singles: John Hart  v  John Warren

John Hart was in control of this game from the start.  He led 10 - 6 after 10 ends, 15 - 10 after 15 ends and won 23 - 10 after 18 ends.
Ladies’ Handicap Triples:  Audrey Jones, Jan Allum & Gill Sperring  v 

                                             Sue Needham, Maureen Trumble & Eileen Mills

Eileen and her team were ahead all through this game.  They led 4 - 12 after just 5 ends, extended their lead to 19 - 7 after 10 ends and completed the win 25 - 11. (Gill & her team conceded after 15 ends).
Men’s Handicap Triples:  Derek Martin, Roy Doughty & Pat Buckley  v

                                            Ken Rogers, Cyril Newman & Graham Naish

After 10 ends Graham's team led 11 - 6 and continued to dominate the game going on to win 20 - 13.
Ladies’ Handicap Singles:  Sandra Huxford  v  Anne Hoffmann

Sandra was in control all through this game.  She led 7 - 4 after 5 ends, extended her lead to 18 - 4 after 10 ends.  She completed the win 21 - 12 after 18 ends.
Mixed Singles:  Brian Kenyon  v  David Sowdon

This was a very close, excellent game of bowls.  Brian led 9 - 6 after 10 ends, but David went ahead 13 - 11 after 15 ends.  Brian then came back to take the lead 18 - 15.  The last few ends displayed a very high standard of bowls from both players with David snatching a win 21 - 19 on the 24th end.
Ladies’ Two Wood Singles:  Lyz Warren  v  Maggie O’Sullivan

Maggie led throughout this game right up to the 18th end when she led 13 - 10.  Lyz finished strongly scoring one single and two 2's to win 15 - 13.
Men’s Championship Singles:  Les Owen  v  Graham Naish

Graham went into this game looking for a fourth title in Finals Weekend.  However, he was outplayed by Les who dominated the game right from the start.  Les led 12 - 5 after 10 ends, 20 - 6 after 15 ends and completed an outstanding win 21 - 7 on the 17th end.  This is the third time that Les has won the Men's Championship singles.

Ladies’ Championship Singles:  Gill Sperring  v  Jan Allum

Gill outplayed Jan all afternoon.  The game was all over after just 13 ends with Gill winning 21 - 4.  This is the 5th time Gill has won the Ladies Championship singles.
Ladies’ Junior Singles:  Audrey Jones  v  Maureen Morris

Audrey was looking for her second title of the weekend.  She had an excellent game and led throughout the afternoon.  She led 10 - 6 after 10 ends, 14 - 8 after 15 ends and won comfortably 23 - 10.
100 Up Cup:  John Hart  v  David Sowdon 101 - 99

The Finals Weekend was finished off with the 100 Up Final.  This was a very close game with David winning 101 - 99.

A big thank you must go to all the organisers of the Weekend.  Thanks goes particularly to Betty Day & George Sperring who organised the day and all the timetable of events.  Thanks to everyone else who helped with the Barbeque (Peter Miller & Ron Mew) & those who provided tea & cakes.

Club Finals - Saturday 3rd September 2011
Men's Two Wood Singles - John Hart v Graham Naish

Graham was always in control of this game.  He led 8 - 4 after 10 ends, 11 - 6 after 15 ends and won 14 - 7.

This was Graham's first Trophy at Epsom Bowling Club.

Men's Lower Handicap Singles - David Hutchinson v Bob Blaker

Bob played very well in this game and led 9 - 1 after just 5 ends.  He continued to dominate the game finally winning 21 - 8.  This was Bob's first trophy at Epsom Bowling Club. 

Men's Handicap Pairs - Derek Martin/David Sowdon v Alan Wybrow/Stefan Tomm

Although David & Martin led after 5 ends they were soon overtaken and dominated by Alan & Stefan for the rest of the game.  After 15 ends Alan & Stefan were in control and led 23 - 10.  This was due to them scoring a total of 17 shots without reply over 8 ends.  Alan & Stefan won comfortably 29 - 11.

Ladies' Handicap Pairs - Audrey Jones/Anne Hoffmann v Ann Bailey/Gill Sperring

This was a very close game after 10 ends when Audrey & Anne held a 3 shot advantage.  After 17 ends the scores were level 16 - 16, but Audrey & Anne won the last 3 ends to win 20 - 17.  This is Audrey's first competition success at Epsom Bowling Club.  This was Audrey's first Trophy at Epsom Bowling Club.

Men's Handicap Fours - Derek Martin/Len Philpott/Geoff Purrott/Graham Naish v

                                          Tony Brydges/Tony Jackman/Ken Lacey/Pat Buckley

This was a close game up to end 14 when Pat's team were 13 - 9 ahead.  Graham's rink then won the next 5 ends scoring a total of 15 shots to win 24 - 13.

Ladies' Two Wood Plate - Jo Ellis v Eileen Mills

Jo was in control of this game right from the start.  She led 8 - 1 after 8 ends, 12 - 6 after 14 ends and went on to win 16 - 9.

Mixed Pairs - Sylvia Smart/Cyril Newman v Gill & George Sperring

The handicap difference in this game gave Sylvia & Cyril a 12 shot start.  They went on to go ahead 27 - 0, but Gill & George came back slowly, but could not score more that one or two shots per end.  They were still behind 14 - 30 after 15 ends and they finally conceded on the 18th end giving Sylvia & Cyril a 35 - 15 shots win.  This was Sylvia's first Trophy at Epsom Bowling Club.

Congratulations to our first time winners.

Ladies Friendly
The Ladies played away at Cheam Fields on Thursday 1st September 2011 and won on 1 rink, lost on the other 2 and lost the match overall 48 - 59.

Details:

Rink 1  Sylvia Smart  Maureen Trumble  Anne Hoffmann  Gill Sperring won 20 - 15

This rink was ahead throughout the game.  They led 11 - 5 after 10 ends, 14 - 12 after 15 ends & went on to win by 5 shots.

Rink 2  Sue Needham  Dolly Snow  Lyz Warren  Eileen Mills  lost 14 - 22

This rink got off to a poor start and were 1 - 6 down after 5 ends.  After 15 ends they were 9 - 16 behind and lost the game by 8 shots.

Rink 3  Audrey Jones  Heather Pigden  Maureen Morris  Jo Ellis  lost 14 - 22

Epsom was behind all through the afternoon.  They were 4 - 16 behind after 10 ends, 9 - 17 adrift after 15 ends and lost by 8 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 48  Cheam Fields 59