Arclight Bowls Club

Sunday 17 August

Captain’s Cup and Arthur Catteral Cup  – Match Report

We had a total turnout of 23 players, 16 in the Captains Cup, and 7 in the Novices Catteral Cup.

The players were divided into four groups, and after nine initial rounds where each player had four games of four ends, Joy Wickham was the only player to have won all her games.

Half way through the game play there was a short break, and some light refreshments were kindly provided by Sarah Carter.

In the Captain’s Cup the four players with the best scores were Joy Wickham, Glen Broome, Mike Reeve, and Martin Stonley and they went through to the Semi Final. In the Catteral Cup the four highest scoring players with 3 wins each were Kevin Quinn, Jerry Woolf, Jim Welton, and Tracey Williams-Macklin going through to the Semi Final.

Having been the highest scoring player in the first round, Joy narrowly missed out on a place in the Captains Cup final, losing to Martin 3-2. Mike won all 4 ends and steamed into the final with a score of 5-0 against Glen. In the Catteral Cup semi-finals, Kevin beat Jerry 5-2, and Jim beat Tracey 3-1.

For the finals the games were extended from 4 ends to 5, but as it turned out in both the Captains and Catteral Cups one player won all the first 4 ends making the last end unnecessary. Martin walked away with a score of 5-0 against Mike, and Jim scored an impressive 8-0 against Kevin giving Kevin his second runner-up position following the same result last year.

The majority of players stayed after the match for a curry evening which was enjoyed by all.

We would like to thank Sarah for the half-time food, Joy and Reg for arranging the curry evening, 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 2 August

Arclight's men made a good start in the Group 1 Frank Greenaway Competition. We won 4 rinks to 1. Both our singles , triples and fours teams all won their games, whilst our pairs team lost.

We now go on to play West End away, in the next round  

Sunday 28 July

Congratulations to Julie Rouse, Derek Walker and Sarah Carter for winning the 2025 Arthur Boswell Cup. They are seen here being presented with the cup by Arthur Boswell Jnr.

Sunday 28 July

Congratulations to Brett Macklin and Peter Leatherdale,who bowled in the Group One winning team in the Essex Ashford Cup.

They are seen here together, wearing Essex Group One shirts, holding the Ashford Cup.

Well done, an excellent achievement.

Saturday 24 July

Sudbury Millennium Cup

The Arclight Team had a convening win against West End in the second round of the Sudbury Millennium Cup. Arclight won on all three rinks finishing with a 57-29 over all shot score.

We now wait to see who we will be playing in the semi finals.

Sunday 8 June

Men's National Top Club

A very close match was played against Courtaulds in the National Men's Top Club Competition.This match is played simultaneously on five rinks, consisting of 2 woods singles, 4 wood singles, pairs, triples and fours.

Arclight won on 2 rinks, the triples and fours, but lost on the other 3 rinks, which included going to an extra end being played in the 4 woods singles.

So a very close match that could have gone to either club.

We wish Courtaulds well in their next round.

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The Gazette

Wednesday 14 May 2025

Friday 9 May

Alf Baker's

50 Golden Years

Alf Baker has celebrated playing bowls at Arclight Bowls Club for the last 50 years. He was presented with a special engraved glass tankard from the club's President, Neil Crockford.

When asked why had he stayed at Arclight for all those years, Alf simply replied "Why would I want to change clubs, when I am already bowling at the best club!"

A special new club competition, The Alf Baker Golden Drive,was played after Alf's presentation.

Sunday 4 May

Arclight is saddened to learn of the death of its former President, Pat Hutchinson, following a long illness. He was a larger- than-life figure, both on and off the green. You always knew when Pat was playing. Not only was he taller than anyone else on the green, but he was usually louder. He was completely committed to Arclight and liked, and expected, other members to share that commitment. He was a good bowler and a good companion.

During the game and socialising after it, he liked company, and this meant that he was never very keen on the solitude of singles play. Surprisingly, however, he enjoyed marking singles matches and was very serious about the task being carried out properly. Always smartly turned out, as one would expect from an ex-guardsman, he marked with an efficiency and strict impartiality that reflected his days as an international and Olympic boxing referee.

He gave up playing bowls at the end of the 2017 season, but continued as a social member until his final illness. Our thoughts are now with Marlene in her and our loss.

Friday 2 May

A great start for our team in the Sudbury League  Millennium Cup. They won on all 3 rinks winning the match by 55-43 shots.

We now await to find who our opposition is in the second round.

Wednesday 23 April

We held our traditional President's versus Captains' game which the President's team comfortably won..

Again we all enjoyed the glorious sunshine. Our club photograph was taken as a record of the enjoyable event.

Sunday 20 April

There as a very good turn out for our first club game of the season in lovely sunshine. It was great to see some of our new bowlers enjoying themselves.

Saturday 19 April

Our green opens for the new season. Many of our club members came up to the green for the first roll-ups of the season.

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.