Bowls Wiltshire Centenary Tour                                    Report by Barry Wheeler

Devon Friday 12th Sept. to Monday 15th Sept. 2014

Hotel: The Manor Hotel, Exmouth, Devon

President: Dave Richards, Trowbridge Westbourne B.C.

Friday 12th September 2014

This was the first game of the tour played at Madeira Bowls

Club. It was a very close game, Keith Hutchens was holding

seven shots on the very last end of the match only for the

Madeira skip to draw the shot with his very last bowl.

We lost the match   105 v109

 

		BW Men			MadeiraB.C.
	K. Hutchens		23	v	10	I. Thompson
	R.Fernandes		15	v	26	R.Burch
	H.Pryse		22	v	17	D.Macnally
	A.Watson		10	v	29	C.Darke
	D.Harvey		14	v	19	R.Finch
	D.Royle		21	v	8	C.Skinner
			105	v	109

 

Saturday 13th September 2014

We travelled 8 miles to Topsham Bowls Club, most tourists

by train the remainder by cars. Our opponents were

Bowls Devon Men, they fielded a very strong side including

Bowls England Director and member of Topsham B.C.

David Tucker, we suffered our highest defeat   98 v143

 

Saturday 13th Sept. V Bowls Devon Men @ Topsham B.C.
		BW Men			Bowls Devon Men
	T.Lloyd		16	v	29	D.Symons
	I.Francis		18	v	20	H.Riley
	D.Harvey		22	v	22	D.Raddon
	D.Richards		8	v	34	M.Theedom
	H.Pryse		20	v	14	E.melluish
	D.Royle		14	v	24	E.Edworthy
			98	v	143

 

 

Sunday 14th September 2014

We travelled 12 miles to Ottery St Mary Bowls Club by cars.

This was a very special day for our guest Nancie Colling

who used to live in Wiltshire and regularly travelled to the

English B.A. dinner in London on the W.B.A. Coach.

Nancie, now aged 95 years was Secretary of the English

Women’s B.A. for many years and also won the national

women’s singles title no fewer than three times.

Nancie now lives in Seaton, Devon

As for the match it was our first win   131 v 83

 

Sunday 14th Sept. V Ottery St Mary B.C.
		BW Men			Ottery St.Mary B.C.
	T.Lloyd		28	v	13	E.Saunders
	K.Hutchens		28	v	10	M.Parker
	D.Royle		16	v	13	G.Kille
	V.Hilton		21	v	18	T.House
	D.Richards		14	v	20	N.Lawrence
	D.Harvey		24	v	9	M.Smith
			131	v	83

 

 

Monday 15th September 2014

On our return journey we played Shaftesbury B.C. It was

also their centenary year. Prior to he game an exchange of

Centenary badges took place. It was also pointed out that

in 1921 Shaftesbury B.C. were members of Wiltshire B.A.

for one year prior to joining Dorset B.A. when it was

founded in 1922.  The result of the match was    135 v109

 

Monday 15th Sept. V Shaftesbury B.C.
		BW Men			Shaftesbury B.C.
	K.Hutchens		20	v	17	S.Butler
	D.Royle		22	v	23	A.Patterson
	D.Harvey		27	v	17	B.Dowell
	H.Pryse		13	v	30	R.Alford
	R.Fernandes		18	v	13	C.Battell
	S.Rose		35	v	9	S.Thompson
			135	v	109

Photographs

Photographs were taken during the tour both on and off

the green. As you will see some of the photographs show tourists

dressed in pink clothes and wigs. They are members of the

tour’s “Pink Club” – if you require further information please

contact the founder of the Pink Club, Jack Peterson.