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Saturday 3 August 2024  14:00 President's Day

Outdoor National/County Competitions 2024

In the Bowls Dorset County finals weekend 20/21 July 2024 held at Dorchester Bowls Club, Dorchester bowlers had mixed success in 6 finals.
In the Ladies' Triples Val Wright, Val Cornick and Barbara Smith lost to Julie Leake, Millie Tuck and Bridget Hodder (Poole Park).
In the Men's Under 25 Singles James Roe beat Ollie Kenway (Poole Park).
In the Men's Pairs  Lee Edwards and Ged Costello beat Nick Voss and Dave Joslin (sub for Jamie Lockwood).
In the Ladies' Two Wood Singles Sue Jennings beat Mille Tuck (Poole Park).
In the Men's Two Wood Singles Ged Costello lost to Tom Poore (Branksome Park).
In the Men's Under 25 Pairs James Roe and Dean Ballard (Portland Victoria) beat Z.Evans (Blandford) and M.Collins (West Moors).

All of these players have also qualified for the National Final at Leamington in August.

Details of the programme of Finals for Bowls Dorset over the weekend 20/21 July 2024 at Dorchester BC are available on the Bowls Dorset website.

Well done to Ged Costello who has qualified for the National finals for the Men's 2 Wood Singles.  In the Bowls Dorset Men's 2 Wood Singles Quarter finals he beat Wayne Garnett and then beat Alan Stockley (Broadstone Wessex) in the Semi finals.  He will now play Tom Poore (Branksome Park) in the final.

Well done to Sue Jennings who has qualified for the National finals for the  Ladies' 2W Singles.  In the Bowls Dorset Ladies' 2 Wood Singles Quarter finals she beat Jenny Blake and then beat Sally Rowe (Broadstone Wessex) in the Semi finals.  She will now play Millie (Poole Park) in the final.

CLUB 164

The seventh monthly draw took place on the 22nd July 2024.
Numbers were drawn by Tony Harris and witnessed by Harry Edwards
Winners were:-
£60 - Trevor Elliott - (108)
£50 - Sue Jennings - (117)
£40 - Janet Johnstone - (20)
£30 - Rom Hunt - (157)
Winners are generally notified by phone
Thank you all for participating
The next draw will be on Monday 19th August @ 11:30

SUMMER FANTASTIC FIVES

Dorchester Dynamos maintained there excellent start to there Fantastic Fives campaign with 4-4 draw away to Dolphin Rollers and stay 10 points clear at the top of Group 15.

Dorchester Dynamos continued there great start to their Fantastic Fives campaign with a 6-2 victory away to Moonfleet Beachcombers.

Dorchester Dynamos won their second Fantastic Fives against Moonfleet Pirates team 8-0 in Group 15.
Our team currently top Group 15 with 14 points from their 2 games.
Well played to all involved.

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

Outdoor County Leagues 2024

Dorchester Men's County League teams  Monday 22 July 2024 -
Championship Division  game Dorchester won 8-2 home to Branksome Park.
West Division 1 Dorchester A  lost 0-10 home to Portland Victoria.
West Division 2 Dorchester B lost 2-8 away at Weymouth & Melcombe A.
Details of the fixtures and latest league positions for the 3 Dorchester Men's County league teams can be found on the Bowls Dorset website page

In the 16 July matches in the ladies DWBL,
In Division 1, Dorchester A lost 0-8 away at Sherborne A.
In Division 2 Dorchester B lost 2-6 away at Shaftesbury.
In Division 3 Dorchester C lost 0-8 home to Poole Park A.
Details of the fixtures and latest league positions for the 3 Dorchester County league teams can be found on the Bowls Dorset website page

Club Outdoor Competitions

The draws for the club Outdoor Competitions are now available to view on the Bowlr website.

The draws for the club Summer Indoor Competitions are now available to view on the Bowlr website.
Click on the "Competitions" tab at the top of the page followed by "CLUB COMPETITIONS - SUMMMER 2024"
Then Select the individual competition to view the draws.

To view your own fixtures Click "MY ACCOUNT" at the top of the Bowlr page and the select "My Club Competition matches " from the lefthand side list.  If you are the challenger you can book a rink by selecting the "Book A Slot" button on the right of the screen.

BINGO

The next Bingo Night  Saturday 27 July 2024 19:00 for 19:30.

We need 20 people to make it worthwhile so please sign up on the notice in the club if you plan to attend.

Snowball stands at £90+.

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