Arclight Bowls Club

Sunday 18 August 2024

Captain’s Cup and Arthur Catterall Cup

Match Report

In fine weather, we had 15 entrants for the Captain’s cup, and seven novices for the Catterall cup.

The players were divided into four groups, and after eight initial rounds where each player had four games of four ends, Sue Yates was the only player to have won all her games. The quality of play was outstanding, and nobody lost all their games. In the Captain’s cup Sue Yates, Peter Leatherdale, and Reg Wickham were straight through to the semi-final,but the fourth semi-final position was very close, coming down to points difference between Ian Norman, Brian Yates, and Glen Broome,Ian being in front by 2 points.

In the Catterall Cup, things were even closer with Derek Walker and Scott Pengelly going straight through with 3 wins each, but there was a 3-way tie for the other two semi-final positions between Kevin Quinn, Jan Wood,and Shane Turner all with 2 wins each. With a points difference of +5Kevin was through, but Jan and Shane were still tied each with a points difference of +3, so a one-end-shoot-out was played with 4bowls each, with Jan being the victor.

The Semi-finals of the Captain’s Cup were extremely close, with Reg and Peter tying4-4 after 4 ends, and Reg winning by one point in an extra end. Ian was down 2-3 coming into the final end, but just pipped Sue by winning 2 points and beating her 4-3.

In the Catterall Cup semi-final, Jan beat Derek 4-2, and Kevin beat Scott 3-1. Jan then played an impressive final against Kevin, scoring 6-0 in three ends.

Having survived the nail-biting semi-final, Reg’s mind may have been on the after-match curry as the deadline for him collecting it was rapidly approaching, and Ian walked home with the cup, beating Reg 5-0 in 4 ends.

The curry was duly collected, and a great evening was had rounding off an enjoyable afternoon of bowls, helped somewhat by the ‘free bar’ that, in his absence, our President Neil Crockford kindly donated in celebration of his 90^th birthday.

We would like to hank Neil for his generosity and wish him a very happy birthday.Thanks also to Reg and Joy for arranging the curry, Jack for running the bar, and everyone else who helped with marking, setting up,washing up and packing away of everything.

Mick Stone

Competitions Secretary

Saturday 25 May 2024

Our ladies team took part in the County Top Club competition against Holland-on-sea. It was a very close game with each club winning on 2 rinks. The final result for the match was decided on shots which put Holland-on-sea into the next round.

Well played, a great game.

Arclight held our Bowls England Big Bowls Day, which was played on our green alongside the ladies Top Club competition.

We had a steady flow of people wishing to try their hand at bowls.

We already have a number of people who have applied to join our club and it is quite likely that more will join over the next few weeks.

We would like to welcome everyone who has joined our club. We hope that you will enjoy playing bowls at Arclight.

Welcome

Sunday 12 May 2024

We held our free taster sessions for potential new bowlers. The weather was absolutely wonderful with lots of warm sunshine. Those who attended enjoyed trying their hand at bowling. We are anticipating that a number of those who attended will sign up as members of our club.

Saturday 20 April 2024

Our green opened for the 2024 season. A great afternoon's bowling was enjoyed by our club members, even if the weather was a little changeable.