Epsom Bowling Club Finals
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Club Finals - Day 2 (rainy to start, cloudy but became sunny & warm)
Once again another excellent day of bowling. In the morning there were two games. The Ladies' Triples was a very close game between Sue Needham, Lyz Warren & Eileen Mills against Ruth Nixon, Dolly Snow & Jan Allum. Eileen's team was behind right up until the 16th end when they took the lead 14 - 13. They held on to win 16 - 13. Sue won her very first Trophy in this game.
The other game saw Tessa Hurworth winning her first Club trophy. She beat Trish Tewfik 22 - 13 in the Ladies' Junior Singles.
In the afternoon 5 games took place. Traditionally the second day always sees the Ladies' and Men's Championship Finals. This year for the first time in many years it was definite that there would be new names on the Cups.
Ladies' Final was a one sided affair when Maggie O'Sullivan dominated the game right from the start against Jan Allum. She raced into a 16 - 0 lead, but then Jan scored 3 shots to get going. However, Maggie finished strongly and won 21 - 5 in just 12 ends to become Ladies' Champion for the first time.
The Men's Final was a much closer contest between Brian Kenyon and David Sowdon. After 10 ends Brian was ahead 8 - 4 but the scores were level 9 - 9 after 15 ends. Brian then had a couple of good ends and went ahead 19 - 12, but David came back strongly with a 3 on the 25th end followed by a 2 on the next end to make it 19 - 17 to Brian. Brian then scored 2 singles to become Men's Champion for the very first time.
The Men's Pairs Final was between Len Philpott & Geoff Purrott against Bill Lawrence & Martin Harbottle. Martin was hoping to make it three wins out of three this weekend, but Len & Geoff came through to win 21 - 16. The game was really decided in the second half when Len & Geoff scored 13 shots to Bill & Martin's 5 shots.
The Men's Lower Handicap Singles game was contested by two of Epsom's newer members, Bob Lister & Derek Martin. This turned out to be an excellent game. Bob led 17 - 7 after 13 ends, but Derek fought back well to close the gap 20 - 15 after 20 ends. However, Bob finished well winning 24 - 19 to win his first Trophy at Epsom Bowling Club.
The final game was the 100 Up Cup. This was the second year of this Competition and once again we had an extremely good contest between Stefan Tomm & John Hart. There was never many shots between the two, but Stefan finished strongly to win 100 - 90.
Presentations of cups were made at the end of each session.
All other relevant records on this Web Site have now been completed.
Many thanks to everyone who made the weekend so successful. Special thanks go to Competitions Secretaries George Sperring and Betty Day for all their hard wok and to everyone who helped with the food and bar.
Club Finals - Day 1
The Club Finals on Saturday 4th September 2010 have been completed. The highlight of the day must be the come back made by Stefan Tomm in the Ward Cup. Playing against Graham Pilbrow Stefan was 19 - 4 down, but won the game 21 - 19.
Congratulations goes especially to Janet Newman who won her very first trophy since joining the Club. She won the mixed pairs with Martin Harbottle and to Ruth Nixon who won her first trophy in the Ladies' Pairs with Maggie O'Sullivan. For the men John Huxford won his first major trophy, the Fours. (John has won the Windeler Cup)
Details of Day 1 (a lovely, warm, sunny day)
Four games took place in the morning.
The Ladies' Two Wood Plate was won by Maggie O'Sullivan who beat Anne Hoffmann 16 - 12 in a very close game. Maggie winning on the 20th end.
The Men's Triples Handicap turned out to be a comfortable win for Ken Rogers, Alan Wybrow & Martin Harbottle who beat Derek Jones, Ernie Phipps & David Sowdon 23 - 10
In the Ladies' Handicap Singles Gill Sperring had to get 28 shots to win against Tessa Hurworth. This turned out to be an excellent game with Tessa playing well. However, Gill went on to win 28 - 14.
The remaining game for the morning was the Men's Fours. This was also a comfortable win for John Huxford, David Ruston, Cyril Newman & John Warren who beat Derek Hoffmann, Len Philpott, Eric Brown & Pat Buckley 29 - 16. John won his very first Trophy at Epsom Bowling Club in this game.
There were five games in the afternoon.
The Ladies' Handicap Pairs turned out to be an excellent game. Ruth Nixon & Maggie O'Sullivan beat Tessa Hurworth & Anne Hoffmann 21 - 16. However, the last few ends were very exciting as Tessa & Anne closed the gap to just 2 shots with three ends to go. This win gives Ruth her very first Trophy at Epsom Bowling Club.
The Ladies' Two Wood Final was between Gill Sperring & Eileen Mills. These two ladies have met on numerous occasions in competitions throughout the years and this year Gill won 16 - 6 after 17 ends.
The Mixed Pairs gave Janet Newman a first taste of playing in a Club Final. This turned out to be an excellent game with all four players playing very good bowls. With just a few ends to go the scores were level, but Janet & Martin Harbottle came through to win 23 - 19 against Sandra Huxford & John Hart. This win gives Janet her very first Trophy at Epsom Bowling Club.
The Mixed Singles (Ward Cup) turned out to be quite a remarkable game of bowls. Graham Pilbrow got into his stride straight away drawing consistently to the jack and raced into a 19 - 3 lead. Stefan Tomm then scored 1 shot and immediately gave the jack to Graham. (this rule will not apply from 2011). Suddenly Stefan started to draw in bowl after bowl and Graham began to drop many bowls short. Stefan continued to give the jack to Graham and he crept closer to Graham's 19 eventually drawing level 19 - 19. On the 21st end Graham was holding shot and Stefan drew in with the result being so close the Umpire was called on to measure. The Umpire could not separate the bowls resulting in a tied end. Stefan won the game scoring two singles on the final ends. Amazing come back.
The Men's Two Wood Singles was won by David Sowdon who beat Pat Buckley after 19 ends.
Congratulations to all players for an excellent day of bowling.
Ladies Friendly
The Ladies played against Purley on Tuesday 31st August 2010 and lost on 2 rinks and won on the other. They lost 43 - 71 overall.
Details:
Rink 3 Tessa Hurworth Eileen Godfrey Maggie O’Sullivan Jan Allum lost 13 - 19
This rink had a poor start and were 5 - 13 down after 10 ends. They had a much better second half, but still lost by 6 shots.
Rink 4 Ruth Nixon Sue Needham Anne Hoffmann Gill Sperring lost 10 - 39
Epsom were outplayed throughout the afternoon. They were well down at 10 ends, 6 - 24 and only scored 2 more shots finally losing by 29 shots.
Rink 4 Audrey Jones Eileen Mills Sylvia Pearce won 20 - 13
Epsom led 10 - 7 after 10 ends and dominated the second half to win by 7 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 43 Purley 71
Past Times History
Originally this competition was called The Times Herald Competition and was started by this Newspaper in the same format as it is today (1 rink home, 1 rink away). The first recorded result for Epsom Bowling Club is in 1966 when the Club won the first round 52 - 40, but the opponents are not mentioned. In the second round Epsom lost 32 - 33 to Croydon.
For the next few years records are patchy, but in 1975 Epsom won the trophy by beating Mellows Park 35 - 34 in the final. No scores are recorded, but present members Len Philpott, Laurie Garrett and Graham Pilbrow were members of this winning team. (A photograph of the teams can be viewed in 'Photos'.)
In 1980 Epsom lost in the final 33 - 36 to Leatherhead. Both rinks lost 17 - 19 & 16 - 17. Len Philpott played in this game.
In 1985 Epsom began the present trend of entering two teams into the competition. In 1990 Epsom 'A' lost in the final to Old Coulsdon. To get to the final Epsom 'A' overcame Epsom 'B' in the semi final. In this final current members Les Owen, Len Philpott, Clive Banderet and Graham Pilbrow played. No current members were in the 'B' team.
In 1997 Epsom lost to Supreme in the Final 27 - 50. George Sperring, Les Owen, Martin Harbottle, Peter Miller and Graham Pilbrow represented Epsom. Both rinks lost 10 - 26 & 17 - 24.
During seasons 1998/2000 Epsom entered 3 teams. In 2001 there was no competition as the Times Herald Newspaper stopped being published.
The competition was revived in 2002 and renamed The Past Times Trophy and is now run by Mike Colvin from Purley Bowling Club. Since 2002 Epsom have lost in 3 semi finals. In 2004 Epsom 'B' lost to Cheam 35 - 37, in 2008 the 'B' team lost to Old Coulsdon on the extra end and in 2009 Epsom 'A' lost 32 - 38 to Cheam.
To date Graham Pilbrow has represented the Club 62 times, Les Owen 36 times, Peter Miller 34 times, George Sperring 32 times and Jim Scott 24 times.
This year 2010 is the first time Epsom have reached the final of the Past Times Competition.
Past Times Competition
Epsom 'B' team reach the final of the Past Times Competition by beating Wallington 44 - 27. The home team won 22 - 12 & the away team won 22 - 15. Epsom now play Sutton in the Final on Saturday 11th September 2010. This game will be played at Purley and will start at 10.00am
Details:
Home Rink: Brian Kenyon John Warren Ron Mew Jim Scott won 22 - 12
This game was very close up until the 15th end. After 10 ends Epsom held a 1 shot lead, 7 - 6 and the scores were level 12 - 12 after 15 ends. Epsom finished the game strongly scoring 10 shots without reply to win by 10 shots.
Away Rink: John Hart Terry Hoye Les Owen Grahm Naish won 22 - 15
This was also a very close game with Epsom leading 11 - 9 after 10 ends and were still ahead by 1 shot, 14 - 13 after 15 ends. As with the home rink this team scored well over the last few ends. They scored a 3 on end 18 followed by 4 shots on end 19. Having received the final score from home this rink did not play the 21st end.
Final Score: Epsom 44 Wallington 27
Secretary's Team v President's Team
The above Annual event took place on Sunday 29th August 2010 and turned out to be an excellent fun afternoon. The afternoon was organised by the Club Secretary, John Warren and Derek Hoffmann , Club Senior Vice President. They were assisted by Lyz Warren and Anne Hoffmann.
The President, Maureen Trumble, was unable to play as she had fallen a week ago and damaged her knee. She was able to attend to present the prizes after the match.
This organisation of the afternoon was different from previous years.
For the first 7 ends 100 Up competition rules applied, the second 7 ends was played with all short bowls removed and the final 7 ends were played by casting the jack after all bowls had been delivered. This created great fun amongst the 46 players who had turned up to play.
Secretary's Rink 1 Sid Bailey Derek Martin Anne Bailey John Warren
President's Rink 1 Janet Newman Bill Gates Eileen Mills Derek Hoffmann
First 7 ends 43 - 27 Second 7 ends 9 - 0 Third 7 ends 13 - 2 Final Score 65 - 29
Secretary's Rink 2 Trish Tewfik Vic Phillips Gill Sperring
President's Rink 2 Audrey Jones Roy Doughty Cyril Newman
First 7 ends 37 - 33 Second 7 ends 1 - 10 Third 7 ends 8 - 4 Final Score 46 - 47
Secretary's Rink 3 Eddie Needham Derek Jones Anne Hoffmann Pat Buckley
President's Rink 3 Sue Needham Roger Phillips Sandra Huxford Les Owen
First 7 ends 43 - 27 Second 7 ends 9 - 4 Third 7 ends 10 - 2 Final Score 62 - 33
Secretary's Rink 4 Bill Norman Vi Upward John Huxford Lyz Warren
President's Rink 4 Tricia Phillips Diana Taylor Tony Jackman George Sperring
First 7 ends 40 - 30 Second 7 ends 4 - 7 Third 7 ends 5 - 5 Final Score 49 - 43
Secretary's Rink 5 John Southam Olive Phillips Len Philpott Brian Kenyon
President's Rink 5 Betty Grant Ken Rogers Arthur Upward Bill Ellis
First 7 ends 35 - 35 Second 7 ends 10 - 2 Third 7 ends 6 - 5 Final Score 51 - 42
Secretary's Rink 6 Audrey Norman Heather Pigden Ruth Nixon Alan Wybrow
President's Rink 6 Tony Dunn Eileen Godfrey Ron Snow Jo Ellis
First 7 ends 25 - 45 Second 7 ends 5 - 4 Third 7 ends 5 - 5 Final Score 35 - 54
Winners:- First 7 ends - President's Rink 6 (+20)
Second 7 ends - President's Rink 2 (+9)
Third 7 ends - Secretary's Rink 3 (+8)
Overall winners - Secretary's Rink 1 (+36)
Final result: Secretary's Team 308 President's Team 248
Light refreshments were put on after the game.
Ladies' Friendly
Epsom Ladies played Ashtead on Tuesday 24th August and won on all 3 rinks winning the match 68 - 37.
Details:
Rink 1 Ann Bailey Dolly Snow Jo Ellis won 18 - 17
Epsom held a 2 shot lead at 10 ends, but Ashtead drew level 15 - 15 after 15 ends. Epsom won by just the 1 shot.
Rink 2 Tessa Hurworth Maggie O’Sullivan Gill Sperring won 21 - 14
This rink got off to a good start and led 13 - 8 after 10 ends. They continued to hold the lead throughout the game and won by 7 shots.
Rink 3 Audrey Jones Lyz Warren Eileen Mills won 29 - 6
This rink had an excellent afternoon dominating the game right from the start. They held a 19 - 3 lead after 10 ends, went further ahead 25 - 5 after 15 ends and won comfortably by 23 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 68 Ashtead 37
Yonwin Cup
Epsom reached the Final of the Yonwin Cup for the 9th time on Sunday 22nd August 2010. They won on the extra ends against Chessington after the scores were tied 65 - 65. An extra end was played on all 3 rinks with Epsom winning 2 - 1. The last time Epsom were in a Yonwin Final was 2003 when they beat Malden & Coombe.
Epsom also won the Yonwin Cup in the following years - 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1995. They lost against Chipstead in the 1982 Final.
Details:
Rink 3 John Hart Terry Hoye George Sperring Graham Naish lost 23 - 27
Epsom made a good start in this game and led 14 - 10 after 8 ends. They then dropped a 6 and Chessington held the lead for the rest of the game. The rink finished losing by 3 shots.
Rink 4 Brian Kenyon John Warren Jim Scott Graham Pilbrow lost 16 - 24
Epsom had a poor start on this rink and was 5 - 12 down after 10 ends, 10 - 20 down after 15 ends but managed to close the gap to 8 shots by the end.
Rink 5 Martin Harbottle Ron Mew Pat Buckley Les Owen won 26 - 14
After 11 ends Epsom held a 1 shot advantage, 8 - 7, but then they won 5 ends in a row scoring a total of 14 shots to go ahead 22 - 7. Chessington scored 7 shots over the last few ends, but Epsom won comfortably 26 - 14.
The scores being level each rink went out to play an extra end. Rinks 3 & 4 won the end and Rink 5 lost the end. These scores meant that Epsom won a very close match.
Epsom now play Cheam in the Final
East Surrey League
Epsom Men & Ladies played against Cheam Fields in the East Surrey League on Sunday 22nd August. The men won but the Ladies lost. The Ladies lost 31 - 50 (1 - 3), and the men won convincingly 127 - 52 (5 - 1).
Ladies
Rink 4 Maggie O'Sullivan Dolly Snow Lyz Warren Sylvia Pearce lost 5 - 32
This rink was outplayed all afternoon. They were 3 - 15 down after 10 ends, 4 - 24 after 15 ends and were soundly beaten by 27 shots.
Rink 3 Freda Starkey Anne Hoffmann Jan Allum Gill Sperring won 26 - 18
This was a completely different story from rink 4. Epsom was well in control and led 15 - 6 after 10 ends, 24 - 11 after 15 ends and went on to win by 8 shots.
Final Scores: Epsom 31 shots Cheam Fields 50 shots Epsom 1 point Chessington 3 points
Men
Epsom dominated this match on 3 rinks and for the 6th time this season scored over 100 shots in a match. The win gives Epsom their best win over Cheam Fields since the League began (75 shots). With this win Epsom have now scored more points in a season since the League began (57˝) and won more games than in any other season (11 out of 13). There are 2 more games to be played - against Caterham & Chipstead.
Details:
Rink 1 Geoff Purrott Bill Lawrence John Warren Graham Pilbrow won 32 - 13
Epsom got off to a great start and led 17 - 6 after 10 ends. Cheam Fields came back into the game and were only 4 shots behind after 14 ends. However, Epsom finished strongly and won the last 7 ends to win by 19 shots.
Rink 2 Brian Kenyon Derek Hoffmann Ron Mew Les Owen won 37 - 10
Like rink 1 Epsom got off to a very good start and led 21 - 6 after 10 ends. They dominated the rest of the game finally winning by 27 shots.
Rink 5 John Hart John Huxford George Sperring Graham Naish won 39 - 7*
Epsom outplayed Cheam Fields on this rink. Cheam Fields only won 5 ends and Epsom led 26 - 3 after 15 ends and went on to win by 32 shots.
Rink 6 Ron Snow Len Philpott Martin Harbottle Pat Buckley lost 19 - 22
The scores were level 10 - 10 after 10 ends, but the second half belonged to Cheam Fields. After 15 ends there was an 8 shot gap in favour of Cheam Fields, but Epsom fought back well but still lost by just the 3 shots.
Final Scores: Epsom 127 shots Cheam Fields 52 shots Epsom 5 points Cheam Fields 1 point
* Highest winning rink
East Surrey League
Epsom Men & Ladies played against Shirley Park in the East Surrey League on Saturday 21st August and both sides won. The Ladies won 43 - 36 (3˝ - ˝), and the men won convincingly 85 - 66 (5 - 1).
Ladies
Rink 5 Audrey Jones Anne Hoffmann Jan Allum Gill Sperring won 26 - 19
This rink got off to a dreadful start and was 14 - 2 adrift early on in the game. However, they pulled back well and were only 1 shot down, 15 - 16, after 15 ends and finished strongly to go on to win by 7 shots.
Rink 6 Sandra Huxford Dolly Snow Lyz Warren Sylvia Pearce drew 17 - 17
This rink started well and was 11 - 8 ahead after 10 ends, 14 - 12 ahead after 15 ends, but failed to hold on to secure a win.
Final Scores: Epsom 43 shots Shirley Park 36 shots Epsom 3˝ points Shirley Park ˝ point
Men
This was the third year in a row that Epsom have beaten Shirley Park, and this is only the second time they have won 5 - 1 in this League against this opposition.
Rink 1 Geoff Purrott John Warren Jim Scott Graham Pilbrow won 17 - 15
Epsom held the lead throughout this game up until end 19. They led 10 - 6 after 10 ends, 13 - 11 after 15 ends, but Shirley Park levelled the scores 15 - 15 after 19 ends. The last 2 ends were very close and the game was decided on a very close measure on the final end. Epsom won the measure to win by 2 shots.
Rink 2 John Hart Terry Hoye George Sperring Graham Naish lost 20 - 24
Epsom held the lead 11 - 9 after 11 ends, but Shirley Park then had 4 good ends scoring a total of 10 shots to go ahead 19 - 11. Epsom fought back well to level 20 - 20 after 18 ends. Shirley Park finished strongly by winning the last three ends to win by 4 shots.
Rink 3 Martin Harbottle Ted Ray Pat Buckley Peter Miller won 24 - 18
The scores in this game was 9 - 9 after 9 ends, but Epsom then had 5 good ends to go ahead 18 - 9. They continued to play well winning by 6 shots.
Rink 4 Brian Kenyon Derek Hoffmann Ron Mew Les Owen won 24 - 9 *
This rink dominated play throughout the afternoon and led 11 - 4 after 10 ends, 22 - 5 after 15 ends and won comfortably 24 - 9
Final Scores: Epsom 85 shots Shirley Park 66 shots Epsom 5 points Shirley Park 1 point
* Highest winning rink
Men's Friendly
Epsom played the Surrey Patrons on Sunday 15th August lost on 3 rinks and won on 3 rinks. Epsom lost the match overall 86 - 141.
Details:
Rink 1 Bill Lawrence Ivor Merrifield Len Philpott Martin Harbottle won 19 - 18
This was a very even game throughout the afternoon. The Patrons led 11 - 10 after 10 ends, but Epsom took the lead 15 - 13 after 15 ends. The last few ends were very close and the scores were even 18 - 18 going into the last end. Epsom just managed to keep shot to win the game.
Rink 2 Vic Phillips Alan Wybrow Roy Ward Geoff Purrott lost 14 - 26
Epsom got off to an excellent start on this rink and led 11 - 8 after 10 ends. However, they became stuck on 12 shots for 9 ends with the Patrons scoring a total of 18 shots. They eventually lost by 12 shots.
Rink 3 David Ruston John Huxford John Warren Les Owen won 16 - 15
Epsom had the better of the Patrons during the first half of the game and led 10 - 6 after 10 ends. The Patrons had 3 good ends in the second half and levelled the scores going into the last end, 15 - 15. Epsom won the last end to secure a 1 shot victory.
Rink 4 Derek Jones Clive Banderet Roy Doughty Ron Mew lost 5 - 42
Epsom was totally outplayed in this game and only scored on 3 ends. They were soundly beaten by 37 shots.
Rink 5 Bill Ellis Tony Jackman Cyril Newman George Sperring won 19 - 16*
This turned to be a very close game throughout, but Epsom held the lead all the afternoon. They were 9 - 8 up after 10 ends, 14 - 11 ahead after 15 ends and finished winning by 3 shots.
Rink 6 John Southam Ron Snow Eric Brown Peter Miller lost 13 - 24
After 10 ends the Patrons led 11 - 7 and were still ahead by 5 shots after 15 ends. The Patrons finished strongly scoring 8 shots on the last 5 ends to Epsom's 1 shot to win by 11 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 86 shots Surrey Patrons 141 shots
* Highest winning rink
Ivor Merrifield played in his very first game for Epsom in this match.
East Surrey League
Epsom played away at Bletchingley in the East Surrey League on August 14th 2010 and won on all 4 rinks. They won 104 - 51 ( 6- 0). This is the 5th time this season that Epsom have scored over 100 shots in a match and today's result means that Epsom have now scored over a 1000 shots in games this year. This is only the second time Epsom have scored in excess of a 1000 shots in a season. The other occasion was last year - 2009 when they reached 1315 shots.
Details:
Rink 1 Geoff Purrott John Warren Jim Scott Graham Pilbrow won 22 - 17
After 10 ends this rink was well in control and led 18 - 7. However, the second half belonged to Bletchingley who won ends 14 to 20 and closed the gap to 4 shots going into the last end. Epsom held out, won the last end and secured a 5 shot victory.
Rink 2 John Hart Terry Hoye George Sperring Graham Naish won 33 - 9*
This rink got off to an excellent start and led 25 - 2 after 10 ends. During the second half Bletchingley won 6 ends, but scored only 7 shots and failed to make any impression on the overall score. They went on to win by 24 shots.
Rink 3 Brian Kenyon David Sowdon Ron Mew Les Owen won 22 - 13
This was a very close game up to the 10th end when Epsom led 9 - 7. Epsom played well in the second half scoring 13 shots to Bletchingley's 6 shots thus winning by 9 shots.
Rink 4 Martin Harbottle Ted Ray Pat Buckley Peter Miller won 27 - 12
Bletchingley had the upper hand in the first half of this game and led 9 - 5 after 10 ends. Epsom then won 8 ends in a row scoring a total of 20 shots to take the lead 25 - 9. They eventually won by 15 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 104 shots Bletchingley 51 shots Epsom 6 points Bletchingley 0 points
* Highest winning rink
Men's Friendly
Epsom played a Triples Friendly match at home on Wednesday 11th August against Carshalton and won on 2 rinks, lost on one and drew the fourth. Epsom won overall 76 - 56.
Details:
Rink 3 Arthur Upward Ron Snow John Warren lost 13 - 15
This turned out to be a very close game. After 10 ends it was 10 - 10. Epsom took the lead at 15 ends, 13 - 12, but lost the last 3 ends eventually losing by 2 shots.
Rink 4 Derek Jones Eric Brown David Sowdon drew 15 - 15
This was also a close game, but Carshalton picked up 7 shots over ends 9 - 11 to go ahead 13 - 9. Epsom fought back well to earn themselves a draw.
Rink 5 David Ruston Brian Kenyon Les Owen won 28 - 14*
Epsom started well, but Carshalton levelled the scores, 10 - 10 after 11 ends. Epsom finished strongly scoring a total if 18 shots to Carshalton's 4 shots over the last 7 ends. This included scoring 7 shots on the very last end.
Rink 6 John Huxford Derek Hoffmann Terry Hoye won 20 - 12
This rink made a very good start and led 12 - 6 after 10 ends. Epsom won 5 of the last 8 ends to win by 8 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 76 Carshalton 56
* Highest winning rink
Ladies Friendly
The Ladies played away against Bookham on Wednesday 11th August 2010 and won on 2 rinks lost the third and lost by just 1 shot overall 56 - 57.
Details:
Rink 2 Ann Bailey Tessa Hurworth Anne Hoffmann Eileen Mills lost 11 - 28
This rink struggled all afternoon and was 4 - 14 down after 10 ends, still 11 shots adrift after 15 ends and lost heavily by 17 shots.
Rink 3 Freda Starkey Sue Needham Lyz Warren Gill Sperring Won 25 - 13
A very good game for Epsom as they were ahead throughout the afternoon - 11- 7 up after 10 ends, 21 - 10 ahead after 15 ends and won comfortably by 12 shots.
Rink 3 Audrey Jones Heather Pigden Maggie O’Sullivan Sylvia Pearce won 20 - 16
This rink also played well and led 11 - 8 after 10 ends, 13 - 11 after 15 ends and went on to win by 4 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 56 Bookham 57
Chrystie League 2010
Last years figures in brackets.
The 2010 season has been completed successfully with all games being played. This year Epsom won 5 (5) and lost 5 (5) the same number of games as last year and ended up with 20 points 3 more than last season - 23.
Epsom finished in equal 3rd (4th) place with Leatherhead.
In all 18 (17) members represented Epsom in the Chrystie League in 2010. The following are some significant appearances:-
Derek Martin, Ken Lacey & Fred Read 7 Bob Lister, David Ruston & Alan Wybrow 6
Peter Humphreys, Derek Jones, Vic Phillips & Ken Phillpot 5
Here are some facts that you find interesting:-
Number of rinks won - 9 (13) Number of rinks lost - 8 (7) Number of rinks drawn 3 (0)
Epsom won 1 (4) of the games 4 - 0 and lost 2 (1) games 4 - 0.
Against individual Clubs Epsom lost 2 (0) games on both rinks.
The best match win was 39 - 21 (+18) against Pippbrook on the 27th July and the worst defeat came against Brockham 22 - 47 (-25) on the 15th June.
The best rink win was a 23 - 7 victory against Leatherhead on 5th July & the worst defeat on a rink was the 7 - 29 defeat against Brockham on 14th June. The highest total shots scored in a match was on 12th July against Esher when the combined score was 70 shots (28 - 42). The lowest combined total of shots scored was 55, (16 - 39), in the match against Bookham when Epsom lost on the 3rd August
All the facts on the Chrystie League can be viewed on our Web Site. These include all the teams for each game played since 2001. It also includes the number of appearances made by each member over this time. Go to 'Results' - Chrystie League and follow the links.
To date since 2001 Ken Lacey has played in 62 matches, Fred Read 53, Bill Lawrence 39, & Peter Humphreys 38.
The number of members who have played in the Chrystie League since 2001 is 35.
A little bit of history:-
Since the Chrystie League began in 2001 Epsom have played 93 matches. Of these 53 have been won, 37 lost, 3 drawn and 7 cancelled. 3037 shots have been scored for and 2811 shots against.
The highest number of shots scored in a season was in 2004 (386) when Epsom were the Champions. The most shots scored against in a year was in 2010 - 327.
Since 2001 Epsom have a very good record in this league, winning in 2004, and 2nd in 2003, 2005 & 2006.
Chrystie League
Epsom played their last game in the Chrystie League at home against Leatherhead on Monday 9th August 2010 and lost overall 27 - 40.
Details:
Rink 1 David Ruston Bill Lawrence Alan Wybrow Roy Doughty won 16 - 11
After 5 ends it was level 5 - 5 and Epsom led 10 - 7 after 10 ends and held out to win by 5 shots.
Rink 2 Ken Phillpot Arthur Upward Vic Phillips Peter Humphreys lost 11 - 29
Epsom had a poor start and were 1 - 9 down after 5 ends, 5 - 13 behind after 10 ends and were soundly beaten by 18 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 27 Leatherhead 40 Epsom 1 point Leatherhead 3 points.
This result means that Epsom finish in 3rd position level with Leatherhead both on 20 points.
Men's Friendly
Epsom Men played a Triples friendly match against Raynes Park on Saturday 7th August 2010 and lost on 3 rinks, won on the fourth and lost the match overall 67 - 81.
Details:
Rink 1 Bill Lawrence John Huxford Alan Wybrow lost 20 - 23
This turned out to be quite a close contest. The score was 11 - 17 after 10 ends, 17 - 22 after 10 ends and the rink eventually lost by 3 shots.
Rink 2 Bill Norman David Ruston Roy Doughty won 23 - 14
This game was very close until the last few ends. It was 12 - 11 to Epsom after 10 ends and 18 - 13 after 15 ends. Epsom finished strongly winning by 9 shots.
Rink 3 John Southam Derek Hoffmann Len Philpott lost 14 - 25
This rink also had a very close first half, but 5 shots dropped on end 11 put Raynes Park in the driving seat and they went on to win by 11 shots.
Rink 4 Arthur Upward Clive Banderet Ron Snow lost 10 - 19
After 10 ends the score was 5 - 11 and the rink went further behind, 7 - 18, after 15 ends. Epsom failed to make much more impact in the game and lost by 9 shots.
Final Scores: Epsom 67 shots Raynes Park 81 shots
Past Times - 'A' Team v 'B' team
The Epsom 'A' team played against the Epsom 'B' team on Thursday 5th August 2010. The 'B' team won on both rinks. This means that the 'B' team have reached the semi final of this competition.
Details:
Rink 3 Epsom 'B' John Hart Terry Hoye Les Owen Graham Naish won 31 - 7
Epsom 'A' Bill Lawrence Cyril Newman Ted Ray Peter Miller
Epsom 'B' got off to an excellent start and raced into a 13 - 0 lead after just 5 ends. They continued to dominate the game scoring well with Epsom 'A' scoring on only 6 ends.
Rink 4 Epsom 'B' Brian Kenyon John Warren Ron Mew Jim Scott won 17 - 16
Epsom 'A' Geoff Purrott Derek Hoffmann David Sowdon Graham Pilbrow
This turned out to be an excellent game of bowls. The 'B' side got off to a good start, but lost the lead, 10 - 8, after 10 ends. The 'A' side still held a 1 shot advantage after 15 ends and the last few ends turned out to be very even. Going into the last end the scores were level 16 - 16, but the 'B' side scored 1 shot win.
Final Score Epsom 'B' 48 shots Epsom 'a' 24 shots.
Thanks to George Sperring & Martin Harbottle for providing excellent refreshments after the match.
Past Times
'A' Team
Past Times
'B' Team
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Ladies Friendly
The Ladies played a Triples match away against Epsom Park on Thursday 5th August 2010 and won on all rinks.
Details:
Rink 1 Heather Pigden Maggie O'Sullivan Maureen Trumble won 17 - 16
Epsom made a poor start finding themselves 6 - 10 down after 10 ends. However, they pulled back well and took the lead 14 - 13 after 15 ends and went on to win by just 1 shot.
Rink 2 Ruth Nixon Dolly Snow Sylvia Pearce won 17 - 13
Epsom held a 4 shot advantage after 10 ends, but Epsom Park levelled 13 - 13 after 15 ends. Epsom then had 3 very good ends to win by 4 shots.
Rink 3 Ann Bailey Tessa Hurworth Lyz Warren won 15 - 14
Epsom turned around a 6 - 12 deficit after 10 ends and were still behind after 15 ends, 9 - 14. However, this rink also had 3 very good final ends to win by 1 shots.
Rink 4 Freda Starkey Anne Hoffmann Eileen Mills won 20 - 8
This turned out to be an excellent afternoon for Epsom. They led 8- 4 after 10 ends, went further ahead 20 - 4 after 15 ends and went on to win comfortably by 12 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 69 shots Epsom Park 51 shots
Chrystie League
Epsom played against Bookham on Monday 2nd August 2010 and lost heavily 16 - 39.
Rink 1 Derek Jones Derek Martin Bob Lister Fred Read lost 5 - 19
This rink was behind throughout the game being 5 - 13 down at 15 ends and ended losing by 14 shots.
Rink 2 David Ruston Ron Snow Vic Phillips Ken Lacey lost 11 - 20
This rink was also behind throughout the evening being 8 - 19 down after 15 ends losing by 9 shots.
Final Result Epsom 16 shots Bookham 39 shots Epsom 0 points Bookham 4 points
Ladies Friendly
Epsom Ladies played away at Ewell on Tuesday 3rd August and won on all three rinks.
Details:
Rink 1 Sue Needham Maggie O'Sullivan Jo Ellis won 17 - 15
This rink, a Triples, was behind right through the game being 7 - 13 down at 10 ends, 13 - 14 down at 15 ends, but fought back well to win by 2 shots.
Rink 2 Ruth Nixon Tessa Hurworth Jan Allum Sylvia Pearce won 32 - 21
This rink held a 2 shot lead after 10 ends but went ahead 24 - 18 after 15 ends finally winning by 11 shots.
Rink 3 Ann Bailey Dolly Snow Maureen Trumble Eileen Mills won 26 - 11
An excellent afternoon for this rink as they held the lead throughout the game. They led 12 - 6 after 10 ends, 23 - 7 after 15 ends and won comfortably by 15 shots.
Final result: Epsom 75 shots Ewell 47 shots.
DEREK BARNES
1928 - 2010
Sadly I report the death of Derek Barnes after a long illness. He was a much respected and popular member who first joined the Club in 1987.
Derek did much work in all areas of the Club, was a member of the Men’s Committee for several years, with special responsibilities for the maintenance of the property and remained involved until very recently.
In 1993 he set up and edited the Club Newsletter which he produced for the next ten years. A new venture, this proved a very special means of keeping the membership informed and improving relationships between the sections.
In recognition of his services to the Club, he was made an Honorary Life Member in February 2003, an award rarely granted.
On behalf of all Club members, I offer our sincere condolences to Pamela and family; our thoughts are with you.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Tony Jackman
Immediate Past President.
Ron Crayden
The Club has also been informed that Ron has passed away. Ron, with his wife Jean, were members of Epsom Bowling Club for many years.
Epsom Bowling Club offers sincere condolences to Ron's family and friends.