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Dorchester Men Win Percy Baker Final

Percy Baker

Congratulations to Dorchester Men who won the Percy Baker Cup beating Blandford 47-15 in the final at Gillingham on Saturday 12 September 2026.
Congratulations on a great win.

Good luck to Dorchester Men on Saturday 12 September 2026 when they contest the Final of the Percy Baker League at Gillingham BC.

Fantastic Fives Playoff

Fantastic

In the quarter finals of the Fantastic Fives Dorchester Dynamos took on Bristol Cross Border Force at Taunton Deane on Tuesday 8 September 2026.
In a tough contest the match finished 4-4 however Bristol Cross Border Force won the match on shot difference. All the very best to Bristol at the National Finals.

Well played to all members of the Dorchester team who came so close to qualifying for finals.

Dorset Ladies County League Division 2 2026

Ladies League Div 2

Congratulations to Dorchester B Ladies who have won Division 2 of the Dorset Ladies County League.
Well played to all who were involved in the teams success. Results and League table for the season can be found on the Bowls Dorset website.

Dorset County Under 18 Open Singles 2026

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Congratulations to Hannah Edwards who has retained the Dorset Under 18 Open Singles beating Smaranda Rampelt in the final at Poole Park on Sunday 30 August 2026.

Indoor Summer Nationals

Fives

Congratulations to our Fantastic Fives team Dorchester Dynamos who have beaten Palmy Army from Palmerston IBC in a very close contest at East Dorset IBC 6-2 to reach the quarter finals. In the quarter finals Dynamos will play the winners Bristol Cross Force and Bristol Unicorns.

In the Indoor Open Pairs congratulations to Martin Puckett and Gary Fountain (Dolphin) who have qualified for the National Finals with victory against Antony Hammett and Danny Dennison from Torquay 20-10. They will face R.Hill and James Rippey from Sudbury in the quarter finals at Melton Mowbray IBC on 18 September 2026.

Club Championships 2026

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An article in the Dorset Echo covering the finals weekend can be found here.

The table below shows the results of the finals of this years summer club competitions.

Dorchester win County Championship League 2026

County Championship

Congratulations to Dorchester who have won the Dorset Men’s County Championship League 2026.

The league came down to the last round of matches and Dorchester secured the league with a 8-2 victory away to Shaftesbury.

Presidents day 2026

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On Sunday the 23rd August around 70 members attended our President, Colin Lawley’s, fundraising day.

The theme this year was Cops and Robbers – a reference to Colin’s career as a Solicitor.

His chosen charity this year being Cancer Research UK.

We were joined by the Dorchester Town Mayor and Mayoress, Les and Julie Fry

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Teams representing Cops or Robbers played matches both indoors and outdoors.

Some club members decided to dress according to their team allocations.

Despite the scores being a close run thing, the Cops (rightfully?) came out on top.

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Two lucky members were awarded prizes for their ‘dressing up’ efforts!

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Everyone enjoyed a very tasty buffet, created for us by the Coastland College.

The day ended with the customary raffle of prizes, some more desirable than others!

Whilst most prizes were donated by the members themselves, we were very grateful for some additional prizes given to us by Dorchester Timber, Howdens (Dorchester) and Travis Perkins (Dorchester).


Once all the monies had been counted we were pleased to present Colin with a donation of ยฃ434.

An excellent afternoon was had by all!!!

Peter Clarke Trophy

Peter Clarke Trophy

On 2 Augustย 2026ย Dorchester BC hosted the inaugural Peter Clarke Trophy Open Drawn Pairs Competition. The day saw 40 bowlers battling it out on the green in 4 groups of 5 pairs playing each other over 6 ends of 3 wood pairs. Followed by the 4 group winners playing semifinals and then the final.

The 4 group winners were:-

Dorchester Bowlers at National Finals

County 4s 2026

Over 19 days Leamington Spa host the National Bowls Finals and Dorchester were represented in 6 events Men’s Junior Pairs, Ladies Amy Rose Bowl, Ladies Junior Singles and in the Men’s Pairs, Triples and Fours.

James Roe and Dean Ballard played Harry Creighton, David Wilson from Cumbria on 12 August 2026 at 9:00 in the Men’s Junior Pairs. Follow their progress on the Bowls England website