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Dorchester A played Hove&Kingsway BC on Sunday 10 August 2025 at 18:00 at Banister Park BC for a place in the Quarter-Finals at Leamington in the National Men's Top Club.  Dorchester A lost 2-Wood singles and the Pairs but won the 4-Wood singles and Triples.  The Fours all came down to the last end with the teams tied at 16-16 after 17 ends. Unfortunately the last end went the way of Hove and they now progress to Leamington, an agonising end to a great campaign in the National team competitions.

In the last 32 of National Men's Top Club Dorchester Men beat Boscombe Cliff 4-1 at Blandford BC on Monday 28 July 2025.  They will now play Hove&Kingsway BC on Sunday 10 August 2025 at 18:00 at Banister Park BC for a place in the Quarter-Finals at Leamington.

In the area final of the Women's Summer Indoor National Singles sadly Vicki Edwards was beaten 21-5 by Cassidy Hampton from Exonia.

Congratulations to Hannah Edwards who won the U18 Dorset Academy Open Singles at Poole Park.  There was a round robin in the morning with the winners of each group going through to the semi finals.  Hannah played Molly from Blandford in the final and was victorious.  Well played Hannah.

Our Bowls, Bangers, Beer and more took place on Saturday 19 July 2025.  Thank you to all who took part today, it was so good to see different people playing bowls with each other  Our darts challenge was superb with our team of players completing the challenge of 60000 points on 6 hours with 10 minutes to go as can be seen on our live feed video.  Special thanks to Sandra Hubbard and Linda Hill for sorting the cake sales and to all those who made cakes.  George Aslett & Lee Edwards for doing a great job with the BBQ. It was a great success.  Leslie Kellaway, Judith King and Debbie Talbot for keeping us fed and watered throughout the day.  A big thank you to our organising team for a great day.  We raised about £720.  See Dorchester Bowls Club Instagram page for photos.

The Club President's day took place on Sunday 13 July2025.  A fantastic day was had by all both indoors and outdoors for our Presidents Day.  It's was 60s dress and there were some amazing outfits.  The day raised £374 for our presidents charity Dementia UK.  Well done all on a superb day see photos in the gallery.

In the County Cup Dorchester Men beat Portland Victoria to make the semi-finals where they will face Shaftesbury on Friday 8 August 2025..

National Competition 2025

In the last 32 of National Two Fours Dorchester Men lost to Alton Social 31-32 at Ringwood BC on Friday 25 July 2025.

In the last 16 of Bowls England Men's Champion of Champions Nick Voss lost 17-21 to Mark Bishopp (Egham, Surrey) on Saturday 2 August 2025 at Banister Park BC.

In the last 32 of Bowls England Men's Champion of Champions Nick Voss beat Nick Cavill(Fordingbridge)  21-20 and will now play Mark Bishopp (Egham, Surrey) for a place at Leamington in the quarter-finals at Banister Park BC on Saturday 2 August 2025 at 18:00.

In the last 32 of National Men's Over 60s Singles Ged Costello lost 15-21 to Steve Mayhew(Bath) on Saturday 2 August 2025 at Gillingham BC.

Congratulations to Ged Costello who has won the Men's Over 60s Singles Area Final against Jim Garner(Branksome Park).  Ged will now play the winner of the Somerset Area Steve Mayhew(Bath) for a place at Leamington on Saturday 2 August 2025 at 10:00 at Gillingham BC.

Well done to Wayne Garnett who qualified for Leamington in Bowls Dorset Men's 4-Woods Singles at Poole Park BC on the 20 July 2025.  Wayne beat Chris Dennis (Branksome Park) in the quarter-final and then beat Steve Willsher in the semi-final. Also Graham Cockett beat Ollie Thake (Branksome Park) in the quarter-final but then lost to Kyle Mallandain(Greenhill) in the semi-final.

Well done  to Hannah Edwards who reached the last 16 of the Girls under 17s National Singles.  Unfortunately Hannah lost to Grace Read from Milton Park BC(Hampshire) at Ringwood BC on Sunday 20 July 2025.

Congratulations to Nick Voss beating Ron Leleux(Shanklin, Isle of Wight) in the Area Final of Bowls England Men's Champion of Champions.  Nick will now play Nick Cavill(Fordingbridge) for a place in the last 16.

Well done to Dorchester A who won the Area Final in the National Two Fours beating Branksome Park 32-31 on Sunday 13 July 2025. They now play Alton Social Club BC on a neutral green on TBA.

Well done to Dorchester A who qualified for the Area Final in the National Men's Top Club beating Lyme Regis 3-2 on Wednesday 2 July 2025. They now play Poole Park on Sunday 20 July 2025 at 18:00 at Blandford BC.

SDBA

Congratulations to Dorchester Men beating Greenhill in the Final of the Baker Cup. They beat Wellworthy convincingly in the semi-final, setting up a final with local rivals Greenhill BC.

Outdoor County Leagues 2025

Dorchester Men's County League teams continued the season on Monday 4 August 2025 -
Championship Division won 8-2 home against Broadstone Wessex
West Division 1 Dorchester A won 8-2 away against Portland Borstal Officers.
West Division 2 Dorchester B had no game.

Dorchester Men's County League teams continued the new season on Monday 21 July 2025 -
Championship Division lost 4-6 home against Branksome Park
West Division 1 Dorchester A won 8-2 home against Lyme Regis 2
West Division 2 Dorchester B had no game.

Dorchester Ladies' County League teams  continued the season on Tuesday 5 August 2025 -
Division 1 Dorchester A lost 0-8 away against Branksome Park A
Division 2 Dorchester B won 8-0 home against Lyme Regis

Details of the 2025 fixtures and latest league positions for the 3 Dorchester Monday night County league teams can be found on the Bowls Dorset website pages.

Club Competitions  Summer 2025

Draws for the Club Competitions Summer 2025 are now available in BowlR.

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

CLUB 148

The seventh draw of 2025 took place on the 23rd July
Numbers were drawn by Jan Nicholas and witnessed by Tony Palmer
Winners were:-
​£60 - Vicki Edwards - (100)
£50 - Linda Hill - (102)
£40 - Stuart Sibley - (138)
£30 - Ros Gwatkin - (15)

Winners are generally notified by phone 
Thank you all for participating 
Next month's draw is on the 22nd August @ 11:30

County Mixed League

In the third game of the County Indoor Summer League  on 2 June 2025 Dorchester Dynamos lost 0-6 points in a 23 to 46 defeat to Bridport Royals.

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 16 August 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 £50+ 50 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