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Dorchester Invitational Drawn Pairs 2025

Congratulations to Alex Dytham and Roger Nicholas winners of the Dorchester Invitational Drawn Pairs 2025.
The winners are pictured above with the Runners-up Levi Hembrow and Sue Lofthouse.
Thank you to our sponsors South Western Scaffolding Ltd for supporting the event.
Thank you to Leslie and Judith for keeping us well fed and Robbie and Les for doing the bar and to all those who came to support.

Dorchester BC hosted the Dorchester Invitational Drawn Pairs 2025 event on the Saturday 19 April 2025 from 9:30. Where 32 bowlers (including Gary Fountain 2025 National Men's O60 Pairs and Fours Champion and Dorchester's own Martin Puckett and Ryan Nash 2025 National Men's Open Pairs Runners-Up) will competed for cash prizes.
The prize money 
Winners £200
Runners-Up £100
Losing Semi-Finalists £40
Losing Quarter-Finalists £20
Follow the event here.
4 groups of 4 pairs
3 wood drawn pairs
Matches consist of 2 4 end sets. 3 points for a win and a point for draw
Top 2 in each group qualify for the quarter finals with predefined draw for the knock out stages.
A big thank you to our sponsors SWS South Western Scaffolding Ltd .
Members are encouraged to come and watch, the bar will be open so turn up and enjoy some quality bowls.

Atherley Trophy 2024/5

On Saturday 12 April 2025 Dorset Ladies played Norfolk Ladies in the National Final of the Atherley Trophy at Nottingham. The Dorset team recovered from a slow start but couldn't quite catch up and finished runners-up losing 114-124.
Congratulations to Linda Hill, Sandra Hubbard and Sue Lofthouse who were part of the Dorset team.

Club Competitions Finals 2024/25

Draws for the Club Indoor Competitions 2024/25 are available in BowlR.

Results for the Club Indoor Competitions 2024/25 are available at the top of the page.

Photographs of the participants in the Club Indoor Competition Finals 2024/25 can be found here

National Finals 2024/5

The EIBA National Finals are being staged at Nottingham over the next 3 weeks.  We are represented in 5 of the Men's events.

Tues 1st April 13.30 Open Pairs - Ryan Nash & Martin Puckett beat Nick Brett & Lewis Baker(Huntingdon) in the last 16 Round.  They then beat Sam Tindall (Egham) in the Quarter-final and Les Gillett (Nottingham) in the Semi-Final, before losing to Paul Hartley & David Bolt (South Shields) in a 1 end tie-break in the Final.  Live scores
Fri 4th April 17.30 Two-Wood Singles - Martin Puckett beat Glenn. E Williams(St. Neots & District) 21-10 in the last 16 Round.  He then beat Kevin Smith(Atherley) 21-11 in the Quarter-final and Paul Hartley(South Shields) 21-15 in the Semi-Final, before losing to Sam Tolchard (Torquay Utd) 17-21 in the Final.  Live scores
Sun 6th April 19:30  4-Wood Singles - Martin Puckett beat Wayne Willgress(Norfolk) 21-12in the last 16 Round.  He then beat Scott Edwards 21-4 in the Quarter-final  before losing to Sam Tolchard(Torquay Utd) 19-21 in the Semi-Final. Live scores
Tues 8th April 9:30  Pairs - Nick Voss, Martin Puckett lost to Lloyd Sabitini, Paul Maynard(Riverain) 15-18. Live scores
Sun 13th April 13:30  Fours - Ryan Nash, Jamie Lockwood, Jamie Watkiss, Martin Puckett lost to James Rippey, J Butcher, A Squire and S Cook(Falcon) 13-21. Live scores

The latest Chairman's Newsletter is available to read here.

CLUB 148

The third draw of 2025 took place on the 19th March
​Numbers were drawn by Sandra Hubbard and witnessed by Steve Willsher 

Winners were:-
£60 - Ged Costello (134)
£50 - Carol Baker - (93)
£40 - Dave Simpson- (144)
£30 - Marlyn Bickel - (60)
Winners are generally notified by phone 
Thank you all for participating 
Next month's draw is on the 22nd April @ 11:00

County Mixed League

In the first game of the County Mixed League  on Sunday 3 November 2024 Dorchester picked up all 6 points in a 39 to 25 victory against Bridport IBC.

Catering Opportunity

Dorchester Bowls Club has a unique opportunity for a self employed Caterer. This is on a franchise basis with significant scope.
We are looking for a person or persons to run this franchise for a 5 day period Monday to Friday with the occasional weekends for special matches.  The applicants must be adequately qualified with the necessary level of certification required by the Local Council in their Health and Hygiene Certificates.
To apply please contact the club Secretary by email bowlsdt1@gmail.com with a brief resume of your qualifications and employment history.

BINGO

The next Bingo Night  Saturday 10 May 2025 19:00 for 19:30.

We need 14 people to make it worthwhile so please sign up on the notice in the club if you plan to attend.

Snowball stands at £100+ 56 numbers.

Come and enjoy a social evening in the Bar, no previous experience required.

Raffle prizes will be gratefully received.

Club Leagues

The details of Club Leagues can now be found via BowlR.

Revised Dress Code

Dorchester Bowls Club revised dress code from 1 June 2022 is now detailed on the Dress Code page.

Polite Notice

If you test positive for COVID, please advise the Club Office and those that you have been in contact with in the previous few dates.

Please do not come to the Club until you have a negative test and feel well again.

Thank You.

Dorchester Bowls Club is a premier bowls club in Dorset and has a reputation for giving a warm and friendly welcome to all visitors as well as past and present members. It is located at the Sandringham Sports Centre off Armada Way in Dorchester, only eight miles from Dorset's Jurassic Coast. The Club provides six indoor rinks and an outside green which can accommodate up to eight rinks.

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Club e-mail address:-   bowlsdt1@gmail.com