BW Men’s White Rose Trophy squad yesterday qualified foe the National Finals at Leamington.

Despite some heavy downpours, which left the green unplayable at times, the ‘Wiltshire Moonrakers’ produced an excellent team performance to comfortably win each of their games. Over the course of the day they scored 49 shots and conceded only 16.

The weather was unkind to the less experienced ‘Wiltshire Warriors’. Having done extremely well to take a 12-6 lead over a strong Cornwall team, with 3 ends to play, they dropped 6 shots during a heavy downpour on the 13th end and were unable to score again. Their overall performance was very good, and they were also a credit to Bowls Wiltshire.

The Moonrakers will now proceed to the National Finals, at which we will aim to play a further 3 games, each of 15 ends, on Sunday 1 September at Leamington. The first of these will be against the ‘Durham Dynamos’.

Adam Tanner

BW Men’s Under 25 Team Manager

Bowls Wiltshire Under 25s

Team Selection

White Rose Trophy

Date          Sunday 16 June 2019

Time         9.30am for 10.00am start

Dress        Whites; County Shirts

Venue       West Backwell BC, West Town Road, Backwell, North Somerset, BS48 3HQ

Wiltshire Moonrakers opening fixture – versus Dorset

Wiltshire Warriors opening Fixture – versus Cornwall

Squad Members in relation to each rink (in alphabetical order)

The Bowls Wiltshire Under 25s enjoyed a very close and competitive game away to Oxfordshire on Sunday (12th May).

Although it took the visiting players a few ends to adjust to a slow green, they persevered well and grew into the game. Rinks skipped by James Vincent (17-18) and Adam Bolwell (21-23) were very narrowly beaten, and the one skipped by Mike Titcombe managed a narrow win (19-16) to leave a 57-57 overall draw. Scorecards are shown below.

The Oxfordshire team reached the national final of the 2017 White Rose competition, and this has become another very worthwhile annual early season fixture.

Adam Tanner

Under 25 Team Manager

Bowls Wiltshire Under 25s

Team Selection

Vs Oxfordshire

Date          Sunday 12^th May 2019

Time         2pm for 2.30pm start

Dress        Whites; County Shirts

Venue       Kidlington BC, Exeter Close, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 1AB

Rink 1

Rink 2

Rink 3

I’m pleased to report a successful start to the season for the Bowls Wiltshire U25s.

After beating Somerset on all 3 rinks at Chippenham Town BC on 28 April, we retained the Four Counties Tournament yesterday in Wootton Bassett, after winning on individual rinks against each of the 3 opposing counties.

Scorecard photos are shown below. Mike Titcombe’s rink managed a comfortable 25-8 win over Gloucestershire, a county which reached the semi finals of last year’s White Rose competition. Rinks skipped by Adam Bolwell and Tom Newman came from behind to beat Somerset and Worcestershire respectively.

We have a further 3-rink fixture to follow versus Oxfordshire at Kidlington BC at 2.30pm next Sunday, 12 May.

Best Regards,

Adam Tanner

Team Manager

Unfortunately due to several clashes (including with the Balcomb trophy regional finals) it isn’t practical to hold the fixture on this date this season.

I am working with Devon to try to find an alternative date. I will keep you informed.

Adam Tanner

Match report from Team Manager, Adam Tanner:

I’m very pleased to report another convincing win in the South West Counties League, by 78 shots to 41 over Cornwall.

The rink skipped by Ben Choules led 16-1 after just 7 ends, and went on to win by 20 shots. Mike Titcombe’s rinks also led throughout the match, eventually finishing 24-12. Chris Poole’s rink dropped a 5 on the 18th end to trail with 3 ends remaining, but finished strongly to win 21-16

Match report from Team Manager, Adam Tanner:

I’m pleased to report another strong win for our male U25s in the South West Counties League.

Rinks skipped by Craig Hatherall (26-15) and Chris Poole (22-20) both won. Although Craig Morphet’s rink was eventually beaten 27-21 by Chris Spurrey, an England U25 back-ender, it led for around half of the game.

We won the match 69-62 on shots, 10-2 on points, and have therefore scored 22 of a possible 24 points against competitive teams from Devon and Somerset.

We now move on to play Cornwall at Culm Vale BC in Devon next Sunday, 23 July. The team will shortly be confirmed.