Category: Bowling

Mixed Success in National Competitions

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In the 3rd round of the Mens Denny Cup they secured victory, albeit narrowly, 82-79 against the Brighton based Preston Club and in the next round will play the Isle of Wight on the 9th December.
 
In the 3rd round of the Ladies Yetton Trophy they also played the Preston Club and had a resounding victory 90-54. They will play the Shoreham based Adur Club in the next round also on the 9th December.
 
Having successfully reached the Regional Final of the Mixed Top Club they came up against the very strong Swale Club from Kent and succumbed 67-104. However the highlight for Eastbourne was the victory by Jo Morris over Wendy King, both England Internationals, by 21-16.”

Weekend of National and County Competitions

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“Eastbourne Indoor Bowls Club had a very satisfactory weekend (11th & 12th November 2023) in National and County competitions.
 
In the 3rd round of the Mixed Fours Egham Trophy they beat Falaise 80-66 and in the next round will play the Isle of Wight on the 26th November.
 
In the Preliminary round of the National Over 50 Mens Triples the rink skipped by Rob Morphett secured a very convincing victory 21-2 over Langney Sports (A) who conceded after only 8 ends.
 
In the London & Southern Counties Mens Fours the rink skipped by Simon Perry beat Egerton Park (B) 16-13 and will play either Egerton Park (A) or Gullivers in the next round.
 
In the National Mens Fours the rink of Jack Wilson, Dave Payne, George Brown and Adrian Wainwright overcame a very strong Falaise rink 15-13 and will play another Eastbourne Four in the next round”.

EIBA National Over 60’s Singles Champion 2023

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Wonderful article on EIBA website about our lovely Jo Morris and her determination to carry on bowling after an horrific neck injury. Such an inspiration to us all and she has helped other members of our club get to grips with using a bowling arm.
 
Jo is proof that if you want something, you have to fight for it. Last month she was crowned EIBA National Over 60’s Singles Champion, five years after she started using a bowling arm when faced with the prospect of giving up the sport she loves forever! 🏆
 
Jo says “The reaction has been mostly complete admiration of my determination to try bowling with the arm. Some say they would just give up bowls, or throw it from the hip, but we both decided we wanted to master the bowling arm to show people there is another alternative.”
 
Here is her story ⬇️

Captains / President “Fives” Day

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60 bowlers took part in todays tournament in memory of our late President Phil Garrett and in support of our captains.
12 teams competed, each team had 5 players and each player had to play 2 games. The format was 6 singles games and 6 triples games played in the morning followed by 6 pairs then 6 fours after lunch.
The winning team was “Mustryarda” and the runners up were “The Motley Crew”
Thank you to everyone who came to support, there was a great atmosphere in the club and lots of fun and banter. Thank you to the bar staff and also those who prepped the sandwiches. A very special thank to George who organised the event and kept it running smoothly.

So Close . . .

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L-R Lorraine Kuhler, Katherine Rednall

Lorraine Kuhler, representing EDIBC  at the finals of the National Ladies Champion of Champions came so close to beating the current Ladies World Champion, Katherine Rednall, narrowly losing by just 2 shots.

Well done Lorraine, we are so proud that you choose to bowl at our club.

Eastbourne Festival for Accessible Sport

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During the recent Eastbourne Festival for Accessible Sport Derek Spiller,
Fred Hughes, Chris and Anita Feltham promoted the Club and the work we
are doing for disability access and inclusion. Our display included examples
of equipment to aid people with a disability to play Bowls as well as details of
facilities at the Club for social activities and meetings etc., for use by non
bowlers from the disabled community.

 

L-R Derek Spiller, Fred Hughes, Chris Feltham

Held at the Archery Field and Sports Hall, Seaside Road the event was well
attended and included demonstrations of a variety of sports for the the
disabled during what was a lovely sunny day. Our stand had a steady stream
of visitors and useful contacts were made with local groups including
Eastbourne MS Society, Eastbourne Blind Society and Eastbourne
Parkinsons Society.

 

 

 

The annual Eastbourne Festival for Accessible Sport is organised by Defiant
Sports, a local charity who provide coaching, events and competitions for
disabled sports. Further details can be found on www.defiantsports.org.uk
We are pleased that we are collaborating with Defiant Sports to make the
game of Bowls available to players of all abilities.

As members of Disability Bowls England our aim is to work towards being a
preferred Club to host County and National Disabled Bowls Matches in
addition to to the above. These exciting developments form part of our on
going community initiatives and we look forward to posting progress updates
in the future

Club Champions 2021-22

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Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th April 2022 saw the climax of this seasons internal club competitions and the club was buzzing with spectators supporting all the finalists. Take a look at the winners . . .

24hr Bowl-a-thon Raises £4600 for CWCF Polegate

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What a weekend 19/20th March 2022

A huge thank you to all our fantastic members for their support and donations throughout the weekend and also to those bowlers from other clubs, Falaise, Langney, Egerton, Denton, Preston and outdoor clubs from Hailsham and Hellingly who also took part.

The Mayor of Eastbourne, Councillor Pat Rodohan opened the event and had a bowl as did his wife The Mayoress, Eastbourne’s MP Caroline Ansell came along to support the event and we also had representatives from SCIBA, SCWIBA, Disability Bowls England and of course CWCF (Children With Cancer Fund – Polegate) the local charity that we were raising funds for.

Over the 24 hours Terry Prior and Peter Ring bowled 148 ends with a total score of 255 points. With the help of members that joined them on rink 1 a total of 2,664 bowls were bowled and they covered 4,884 meters (5342 yards, 3.035 miles) each! On all the other rinks a staggering 6,402 bowls were bowled in a variety of games including a session of Aussie Pairs, general roll-ups and the nightshift (some in their pyjamas) decided to have an obstacle course to keep them awake.

The total raised over the 24 hour period including our ‘Just Giving’ page was the phenomenal amount of £4,600

For those of you who don’t know our club has been supporting CWCF since September 2018 and had raised a total of £6,304 before ‘Lockdown’ in March 2020.

After ‘Lockdown’ was eased late in 2021 we continued to run events such as Mixed Drives, our Presidents 5’s tournament, a Beatles Night and various raffles to raise funds for CWCF culminating in the 24hr Bowl-a-thon and the total raised from all these events is £5,935 which means so far we have raised a grand total of £12,239 for this very worthy charity.

 

BBC Radio Sussex Post 24hr Bowl a Thon Interview

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Last Sunday 27th March 2022 Terry, Peter and Derek appeared on the Sylvie Blackmore Show to give feedback on how well our 24hr Bowl-a-Thon went and announce how much it has raised so far for the Children With Cancer Fund – Polegate.

It’s well worth a listen, if you missed it the link to it is

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bsy8q1

The timeline should be at 3.40 to start listening.