Eric Hingston Cup
Epsom played in the Eric Kingston Cup against King George Field on Tuesday 19th March 2024. They won on 2 rinks, lost on 2 rinks & won overall 59 - 54. Epsom win the Eric Hingston Cup for the third time.
After 10 ends across the 4 rinks Epsom led 32 - 29 & were 9 shots ahead (52 - 43) on ends 15. They won by 5 shots.
Details:
Rink 2 Mick Cooper Trish Southgate Barry Jordan Brian Collis won 19 - 11
Epsom were 0 - 7 down after 5 ends, but led 9 - 7 after 9 ends. They won 6 of the last 9 ends to win by 8 shots.
Rink 3 Stefan Tomm Mary Green Norman Mann Martin Harbottle lost 10 - 16
The scores were level 7 - 7 after 9 ends, but they were 10 - 11 down on end 14. They lost the last 4 ends to lose by 6 shots.
Rink 4 Terry Mears Sandie Harvey Wayne Thornton David Fearn lost 10 - 19
Epsom were 4 - 8 down after 9 ends & 8 - 17 behind on end 14. They lost by 9 shots.
Rink 5 Keith Roberts Lynn Phillips Fi Drinkall Les Owen won 20 - 8
Epsom led 10 - 3 after 9 ends & 14 - 7 on end 15. They scored 5 shots on the last end to win by 12 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 59 King George Field 54
Lynn Phillips played in her first Indoor match for Epsom Bowling Club.
History of the Eric Hingston Cup
Eric was a member of Epsom Bowling Club from 1988 until his death in 2001. He was the Club Treasurer 1989 1997. He was also President of King George Field I B C.
In the 1980/1990s during the winter months Epsom had several fixtures with Indoor Bowling Clubs. Even travelling to as far as Brighton & had in some years had 8/10 fixtures.
One of these was at King George Field Indoor Bowling Club & our first recorded fixture was in 1985.
Most of the Epsom players at this time did not belong to Indoor Clubs, but saw these games as an opportunity to experience Indoor Bowling.
After Eric passed away his wife Ivy donated a Cup to be competed for when Epsom played King George Field I B C appropriately named The Eric Hingston Cup.
Since 2001 there have been 14 meetings between the Clubs with Epsom winning on 3 occasions. The wins came in 2013, 2022 & 2024.
In 2001 & for a few more years the game involved 7 rinks which certainly stretched Epsom Bowling Club hence the results. It should be noted that all the King George Field members were all regular Indoor players.
Apart from last year for some reason unknown the last time this fixture took place was in 2014 & involved just 3 rinks.
Wayne Thornton with the Eric Hingston Trophy
Eric Hingston Cup
Jubilee Cup
Epsom played their fourth game in the Jubilee Cup on Monday 18th March 2024 against West Wimbledon. They won on 1 rink, lost on 1 rink & lost overall 25 - 27 (2 - 4). After 12 ends across both rinks the scores were level 17 - 17, but Epsom lost by 2 shots.
Details:
Rink 4 Phil Sims Trish Southgate Wayne Thornton Jim Scott lost 6 - 18
Epsom were 0 - 9 down after 8 ends & 5 - 14 behind on end 15. Going into the last end Epsom led overall by 1 shot, but this rink dropped 3 shots to lose the rink by 12 shots.
Rink 5
Ted Ray David Fearn Fi Drinkall Les Owen won 19 - 9
Epsom led 9 - 5 after 9 ends & 15 - 7 on end 15. They won by 10 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 25 West Wimbledon 27 Epsom 2 points West Wimbledon 4 points
Spitfire League
Epsom played in the Semi Final of the Spitfire League on Wednesday 13th March 2024 against Banstead Neville. They drew on 2 rinks, lost on 1 rink & lost overall 23 - 32. The Semi Final & Play Offs for 3rd were 10 ends.
Semi Final Details: Epsom v Banstead Neville
Rink 4 Mick Cooper Liz Hind Phil Sims David Fearn Drew 9 - 9
After 5 ends the scores were level 3 - 3, but Epsom went into the last end 7 - 9 down. They scored 2 shots to tie the rink.
Rink 5 Stefan Tom Trish Southgate Fi Drinkall Les Owen Drew 9 - 9
Epsom led 5 - 2 after 5 ends, but were 6 - 9 down going into the last end. They scored 3 shots to tie the rink.
Rink 6 Sandy Cooper Norman Mann Barry Jordan Martin Harbottle Lost 5 - 14
Epsom were 1 - 8 down after 5 ends & lost by 9 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 23 Banstead Neville 32
The other Semi Final was between Redhill & Caterham - Caterham won.
Play Off Details: Epsom v Redhill
Rink 4 Sandy Cooper Norman Mann Barry Jordan Martin Harbottle Lost 6 - 10
Epsom were 3 - 5 down after 5 nds & lost by 4 shots.
Rink 5 Mick Cooper Liz Hind Phil Sims David Fearn Won 14 - 11
Epsom led 11 - 5 after 5 ends, but going into the last end this rink was last to finish. The overall scores were level at this time & David's rink were facing 3 shots down when David played his last bowl. He ran the jack into the ditch to score 2 shots winning by 3 shots & securing an overall win for Epsom.
Rink 6 Stefan Tom Trish Southgate Fi Drinkall Les Owen Won 16 - 13
Epsom dropped 7 shots on the first end & were 8 - 13 down on end 7. They won the last 3 ends picking up 8 shots to win by 3 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 36 Redhill 34.
Caterham won the final.
Did you know
History of the Spitfire League
Epsom first entered the Spitfire League held at Donyngs Indoor Bowling Club in the 2014/15 season.
They reached the final only to be beaten by Purley Bury 19 32.
Of our present members Stefan Tomm, John Hart, Eileen Mills, Peter Miller, Anne Hoffmann, Brian Kenyon, Audrey Jones & John Warren played in this final.
The game played in the Semi Final became the 50th match that Epsom have been involved in. Since then Epsom have won 21, Lost 30 & scored 2016 shots for & 2196 have been scored against. Since 2014/15
63 members of Epsom Bowling Club have played in the Spitfire League.
This season Epsom have played 8 games, won 3 & lost 5. They have scored 26 points for & 34 points against.
Jubilee Cup
Epsom played their third game in the Jubilee Cup on Thursday 7th March 2024 against Ember. They won on both rinks & won 68 - 8 (6 - 0).
Details:
Rink 2 Ted Ray David Fearn Fi Drinkall Les Owen won 37 - 3
Epsom won 16 of the 18 ends. They led 20 - 1 after 9 ends & 31 - 3 on end 14. They won by 34 shots.
Rink 3 Phil Sims Trish Southgate Wayne Thornton Jim Scott won 31 - 5
Epsom won 14 of the 18 ends. They led 18 - 2 after 9 ends & 28 - 3 on end 14. They won by 26 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 68 Ember 8 Epsom 6 points Ember 0 points
Did you know
Epsom have played Ember 4 times in this Competition -
1995/6 won in the Semi Final & went on to win the Competition.
2006/7 won in the round robin stage.
2013/14 won in the round robin stage.
2024 won in the round robin stage.
Jubilee Cup
Epsom played their second game in the Jubilee Cup on Friday 23rd February 2024 against Hook & Southborough.
They won on both rinks winning 32 - 24 (6 - 0). Epsom led 18 - 10 after 9 ends across the 2 rinks, but the scores were level 22 - 22 on ends 15. However, Epsom finished strongly & won by 8 shots.
Details:
Rink 4 Phil Sims Trish Southgate Wayne Thornton Jim Scott won 16 - 13
The scores were level 7 - 7 after 11 ends, but Epsom were 9 - 13 down with 2 ends to play. They scored 7 shots over these 2 ends to win by 3 shots.
Rink 5 David Fearn Mary Green Fi Drinkall Les Owen won 16 - 11
Epsom led 11 - 4 after 8 ends, but lost the next 6 ends dropping 6 singles. They won 3 of the last 4 ends to win by 5 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 32 Hook & Southborough 24 Epsom 6 points Hook & Southborough 0 points.
Spitfire League
Epsom played their 6th match in the Spitfire League against Redhill on Wednesday 7th February 2024. They won on 1 rink, lost on 2 rinks & lost overall 33 - 50 (2 - 8). Because of previous results Epsom qualify to play Banstead Neville in the Semi Final. After 9 ends across the 3 rinks Epsom led 25 - 17, but rinks 5 & 6 dropped several shots over the last 6 ends leaving Epsom losing by 17 shots.
Details:
Rink 4 Stefan Tomm Sandie Harvey Trish Southgate Les Owen won 16 - 8
Epsom led 10 - 1 after 7 ends & 11 - 8 on end 12. They won the last 3 ends to win by 8 shots.
Rink 5 Liz Hind Mick Cooper Fred Read Phil Sims lost 8 - 23
Epsom were level 7 - 7 after 7 ends, but lost the next 7 ends to go 7 - 21 down. They lost by 15 shots.
Rink 6 Paul Maskell Sandy Cooper David Fearn Martin Harbottle lost 9 - 19
Epsom led 9 - 4 after 10 ends, but lost all the remaining ends to lose by 10 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 33 Redhill 50 Epsom 2 points Redhill 8 points.
Jubilee Cup
Epsom played their first game in the Jubilee Cup on Thursday 25th January 2024. They won on 1 rink, lost on 1 rink & lost overall 31 - 43 (2 - 4).
Details:
Rink 2 Ted Ray Trish Southgate Mary Green David Fearn won 20 - 17
Epsom led 10 - 9 after 9 ends & 20 - 14 on end 16. They lost the last 2 ends & won by 3 shots.
Rink 3 Sandy Cooper Mick Cooper Fi Drinkall Jim Scott lost 11 - 26
Epsom led 10 - 8 after 9 ends, but lost the next 8 ends to go 10 - 26 down. They lost by 15 shots.
Final Score: Epson 31 Southey 43 Epsom 2 points Southey 4 points
Sandy Cooper & Mary Green played in their first game in this Competition.
Spitfire League
Epsom played their fifth game in the Spitfire League on Wednesday 24th January 2024.
They won on 2 rinks, drew on the third & won overall 46 - 35 (9 - 1). After 8 ends across the 3 rinks Epsom led 32 - 15 & went on to win by 11 shots. Epsom lost earlier in the season against Purley Bury.
Details:
Rink 4 Stefan Tomm Sandy Cooper Norman Mann Phil Sims won 18 - 11
Epsom led 14 - 5 after 8 ends & 17 - 9 on end 13. They won by 7 shots.
Rink 5 Liz Hind Mick Cooper Fred Read Les Owen won 14 - 10
After 8 ends Epsom led 9 - 5 & won by 4 shots.
Rink 6 Fi Drinkall Trish Southgate Barry Jordan Martin Harbottle drew 14 - 14
Epsom also led 9 - 5 after 8 ends on this rink. However, they were 10 - 14 down on end 14. They scored 4 shots over the last 2 ends to tie the rink.
Final Score: Epsom 46 Purley Bury 35 Epsom 9 points Purley Bury 1 point.
Spitfire League
Epsom played their fourth game in the Spitfire League on Wednesday 13th December 2023. They won on 2 rinks, lost on 1 rink & won overall 44 - 30 (8 - 2). After 9 ends across the 3 rinks Epsom led 29 - 20 & went on to win by 14 shots.
Details:
Rink 4 Sue Skinner Fi Drinkall David Fearn Martin Harbottle won 17 - 6
Epsom led 11 - 1 after 8 ends & went on to win by 11 shots.
Rink 5 Brian Kenyon Terry Mears Trish Southgate Norman Mann lost 12 - 15
Epsom led 11 - 10 on end 11, but were outscored 1 - 5 over the remaining ends to lose by 3 shots.
Rink 6 Liz Hind Mick Cooper Fred Read Barry Jordan won 15 - 9
Epsom were 1 - 6 down after 6 ends, but won the next 6 ends to go ahead 15 - 6. They won by 6 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 44 Reigate Priory 30. Epsom 8 points Reigate Priory 2 points.
Terry Mears played in his very first Spitfire League game.
Indoor Friendly
Epsom played against Mole Valley in a mixed friendly match on Sunday 3rd December 2023. They won on 1 rink, drew on 1 rink, lost on 2 rinks & lost overall 64 - 73.
Details:
Rink 1 Sandy Cooper Barry Coe Sandie Harvey Martin Harbottle lost 17 - 21
The scores were level 9 - 9 after 9 ends & 16 - 16 on end 15. Epsom led 17 - 16 on the 16th end, but lost the last 2 ends to lose by 4 shots.
Rink 2 Stefan Tomm Elaine Coe Mick Cooper Brian Collis lost 12 - 19
Epsom were 5 - 10 down on end 9 & 9 - 15 behind on the 15th end. They lost by 7 shots.
Rink 3 Terry Mears Kevin Phillips Trish Southgate Phil Sims won 18 - 16
Epsom led 11 - 6 on end 9 & 16 - 14 after 15 ends. They won by 2 shots.
Rink 4 Brian Kenyon Barry Hillson Fi Drinkall Mary Green drew 17 - 17
Epsom were 5 - 12 down on end 9, but took the lead 15 - 14 after 15 ends. Going into the last end Epsom were 15 - 17 down, but scored 2 shots to tie the rink.
Final Score: Epsom 64 Mole Valley 73
Barry Hillsom, Kevin Phillips & Terry Mears played in their very first Indoor Friendly for Epsom Bowling Club.
Spitfire League
Epsom played their third game in the Spitfire League on Wednesday 15th November 2023. They won on 1 rink, lost 2 rinks. They lost overall by 41 - 52 (2 - 8).
Details:
Rink 4 Stefan Tomm Trish Southgate Phil Sims Norman Mann lost 7 - 27
After 8 ends Epsom were 1 - 15 down. They lost by 20 shots.
Rink 5 Sue Skinner Mick Cooper Barry Jordan Martin Harbottle lost 13 - 14
Epsom were 5 - 10 down after 8 ends & lost by 1 shot.
Rink 6 Paul Maskell Sandy Cooper Sandie Harvey Wayne Thornton won 21 - 11
Epsom led 10 - 6 after 8 ends & won by 10 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 41 Redhill 52 Epsom 2 points Redhill 10 points.
Indoor Friendly
Epsom played against Donyngs in a mixed friendly triples match on Sunday 5th November 2023. They won on 2 rinks, lost on 3 rinks & lost overall 78 - 103.
In the equivalent match last season Epsom lost 48 - 60.
Details:
Rink 2 Elaine Coe Barry Jordan Martin Harbottle won 16 - 15
Epsom led 9 - 5 aftewr 9 ends, but the scores were level going into the last end. Epsom scored 1 shot to win by 1.
Rink 3 Barry Coe Sandie Harvey Norman Mann lost 9 - 26
After 9 ends Epsom were 6 - 11 down. They lost the last 4 ends to lose by 17 shots.
Rink 4 Fi Drinkall Stefan Tomm Mary Green lost 20 - 24
Epsom led 13 - 6 after 8 ends & 20 - 9 on end 12. However, they lost the remaining ends to lose by 4 shots.
Rink 5 Annette Jordan Mick Cooper David Fearn won 18 - 13
Epsom led 11 - 6 after 9 ends & won by 5 shots.
Rink 6 Brian Kenyon Sandy Cooper John Warren lost 15 - 25
Epsom were 5 - 20 down after 9 ends & lost by 10 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 78 Donyngs 103
Elaine Coe, Barry & Annette Jordan & Norman Mann played in their very first Indoor friendly match for Epsom Bowling Club.
Spitfire League
Epsom played their second game in the Spitfire League on Wednesday 1st November 2023. They won on 1 rink, lost 2 rinks. They lost overall by 1 shot.
Details:
Rink 4 Liz Hind Sue Skinner Barry Jordan Fred Read
Rink 5 Stefan Tomm Sandie Harvey Mick Cooper David Fearn
Rink 6 Fi Drinkall Sandy Cooper John Hart Norman Mann
There is some confusion regarding the scoring in this match & it is hoped to sort this out shortly.
Fi Drinkall played in her first match in this Competition.
Spitfire League
Epsom played their very first game in the Spitfire League on Wednesday 11th October 2023. They won on 1 rink, drew on 1 rink & lost the third. They lost overall 35 - 36 (3 - 7).
Details:
Rink 4 Liz Hind Sandie Harvey Barry Jordan John Warren won 14 - 12
Epsom led 14 - 5 after 11 ends & lost the last 4 ends, but won by 2 shots.
Rink 5 Brian Kenyon Mick Cooper Trish Southgate Norman Mann drew 11 - 11
Epsom led 11 - 5 after 12 ends, lost the last 4 ends & drew the rink.
Rink 6 Sandy Cooper Sue Skinner David Fearn lost 10 - 13
Unfortunately Epsom only had 3 players. They lost by 3 shots.
Barry Jordan & Norman Mann played in their very first game in this league & for Epsom Bowling Club since joining in September 2023.
Did you know
Spitfire League
The Spitfire League is played at Donyngs Indoor Bowling Club in the Winter months. It is played as a round robin competition (usually 2 groups), followed by a semi final & final. Epsom first entered this Competition in the 2014/15 season. They have played every winter since (except the COVID years 2020/21).
In the first few seasons Epsom fielded teams mainly of members who did not play indoors on a regular basis. The last few years, however, most of the teams consist of members who belong to several indoor Clubs.
Since the 2014/15 season Epsom have played 44 matches, won 18 & lost 26. They reached the Semi Final in 2018/19 & lost in the final against Purley Bury in the very first season entered.
Epsom have played Reigate Priory 7 times, won 4 & lost 3.
Appearances
55 members of Epsom Bowling Club have played in this Competition since 2014/15 and the most appearances are:-
Fred Read who has played in 34 matches, Brian Kenyon 33, Martin Harbottle 25 & Eileen Mills 21.
Over the years Epsom have played 11 different Clubs Purley Bury, Godstone, Caterham, Churchfields, Dorking, Redhill, Monotype, Reigate Priory, Warlingham Park, Ashtead & Co. & Donyngs.
This winter Epsom play Reigate Priory, Purley Bury & Redhill in the early stages. They play each other twice.
A big thanks goes to Martin Harbottle who has organised matches for Epsom since the Club first entered this Competition.
Surrey County Indoor Bowling Association - Crawford Cup
SCIBA played against SCBA on Wednesday 11th October 2023 at Croydon Indoor Bowling Club. They won on all 6 rinks & the match 146 88 (8 0). SCIBA retain the Crawford Cup 9 7.
This was the second of the two matches played each year - the first was outdoors. On the 13th July 2023 SCIBA won on 1 rink, lost on 5 rinks & lost the match 107 136 (1 7).
Rules & Scoring:
Cecil Crawford presented a Trophy (Cecil Crawford Bowl) to be played for between the Executive Members of the Surrey County Bowling Association and the Executive Members of the Surrey County Indoor Bowling Association. It is intended to be a Fun game to promote the good spirit of Bowls between the Associations. The games to be played Twice Yearly, one Indoors and one outdoors the first to be played Indoors at the beginning of the Outdoors Presidential Year. The Trophy to be presented at the Annual Surrey County Dinner. A system of points score to decide the Winner 1 Point for a Winning Rink and 2 Points for winning the Match. The total Points over the two games will be 16. One player can only play for one team during the year the first match Outdoors the second indoors. These Guidelines were discussed and put together by Cecil Crawford, Harry Braun and Jim Green in September 1996.
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Indoor Team listed first on each rink.
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Keith Roberts Mike French Alistair McNicol Harrison Ash v David Aburn Steve Parnham Graham Dawber Trevor Pocock |
22 - 17 |
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After 10 ends SCIBA were 8 10 down & still behind 15 16 on end 16. They won 4 of the last 5 ends to win by 5 shots. |
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2 |
Colin Popple Peter Dixon Tom Searle Mike Lambert v Steven King Sean Dempsey Dave Warrington Joe Cable |
20 - 17 |
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The scores were level 12 12 on end 12, but SCIBA won 5 of the last 9 ends to win by 3 shots. |
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3 |
Frank Middleton Ted Ray Les Owen Chris Jones * v Dave Aldam John Morton Colin Homes David Williams |
31 - 14 |
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SCIBA led 19 2 after 10 ends & 25 10 after 17 ends. They won by 17 shots. |
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4 |
Peter Pearce Alan Shelley Brian Collis Nobby Clark v Vic Hemmett Alan Shearing Peter Marshall Martin Bevan |
19 - 17 |
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The scores were level 15 15 after 15 ends, but SCIBA won 4 of the last 6 ends to win by 2 shots. |
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5 |
Richard Wooster Robin Pretty Rick Long Mick Gray v Neil Dimmock Brian Shellard Allen Kellaway Martin Harbottle |
30 - 14 |
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SCIBA were 3 11 down after 10 ends, but went ahead 13 11 three ends later. They won the last 7 ends to win by 16 shots. |
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6 |
Allen Banks Peter Miller Luke Griffin Jim Scott v Alan Bradshaw Terry Berry Don Davies Graeme Cupit |
24 - 9 |
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SCIBA led 6 5 after 7 ends & won the next 11 ends to go ahead 21 5. They won by 15 shots. |
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Highest winning rink * |
Won 146 88 (8 0) |
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