Category: Results

Bustards v Bournemouth Broncos

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After yesterday’s thunder storm, which left the green waterlogged, Patrick did a wonderful job this morning, to get the green playable.  Today, the weather was warm, dry & sunny, a lovely day for bowls.

The Bustards took their third win in a row, with Rosemary, Alan & Geoff winning convincingly 31-11, with 20 of those shots coming in the last 8 ends.

Tony, Paul T & Cathy drew 17-17, just missing out on the victory by a couple of centimetres.

Overall the Bustards won 48-28 to maintain second spot in the league.

Next week is a bye week. The following week we are away to Lyndhurst

Poole Park ‘D’ v Bustards

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The Bustards took the sun with them and made the long trek to Poole Park ‘D’ looking for a second victory.
This was achieved by Tony, Paul & Cathy winning their rink 22-13, winning 8 ends to the opponents’ 10.
All three of our team played really well; scoring a 7, a 5 and two 3’s really helped the cause.
On the other rink, Rosemary, Alan & Ivan sadly went down 13-18. Three bad ends late on conceding two 3’s and a 4 did the damage. On this rink we won 10 ends to the opponents 8.
Overall, the Bustards won 35-31 and are now second in the league.
Next up: Bournemouth Broncos at home next Saturday with a 10am start – all spectators welcome.

NFL Result: Downton vs Braeside

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Downton Men had another victory in the New Forest League, beating Braeside 84 shots to 65, gaining 7 points to 1.

Ivan Buss and his triple of Simon Stacey and Charles Burrows had a great game winning 26-13.

Geoff Warr snatched a win, for the second game running, on the last wood he bowled, 20-18.

Alan Waters, Alan Foster and Paul Fox, had an unfortunate incident when Paul had to withdrawal due to illness halfway through the match. This triple lost 23-18. 

The triple led by Colin Morris, also had a comfortable win.

Well played everyone.

NFL DIV 3: Waterside v Downton

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Downton made a big last minute effort on two rinks to gain overall victory. Geoff’s triple were level after the penultimate end, and four shots down with just skipper Warr to play the last wood with which he managed to pinch the shot wood. 

Better than this; the triple of John James, Steve Allen and skip Colin Morris, were losing 15-10 and six shots down on the last end with just Colin to play the last wood. Colin trailed the jack to a waiting bunch of Downton woods and took five shots to level the score on this rink.

The other two rinks more or less cancelled one another with an easy victory and a hard loss.

A great match to start the season:

  • John, Steve and Colin Morris drew 15 – 15
  • Paul Fox, Alan Foster and Alan Waters won 19- 6
  • Martin D, Rod and Simon Stacey went down 10-24
  • Lewis, Paul Tanner and Geoff Warr won 14-13

The overall result: 4.5 points to Downton; 3.5 points to Waterside.

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B&D: Bustards vs Highcliffe E

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The opening round of the Bournemouth & District Saturday morning triples section 5B, took place on Saturday 29th April, with the Bustards visiting Highcliffe ‘E’. The fixture was switched to Highcliffe due to the Downton Cuckoo Fayre.

Rink 1 was Rosemary, Alan & Ivan who comfortably won their match 23-11

Rink 2 was Tony, Muriel & Cathy who lost 17-18, in a really tight, entertaining game.

Overall the score was 40-29, so the Bustards picked up 4 points and the hosts picked up 2.

Next game is on 13th May, away to Poole Park ‘D’.

Salisbury and District final results

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The Salisbury and District final results are in. It is quite interesting that although we finished at the bottom of the table we actually won more games than the team above us. In this League a team can declare at the beginning of the season that they will only play with three Triples as opposed to the default number of four Triples. Downton are one of such teams that play with three Triples. We are not penalised for this, except, we obviously cannot gain the same maximum points as clubs who play four Triples. There are nine clubs in the League, three play with three Triples, Downton, Alderbury and Wilton. All the other Clubs have the potential of gaining twenty more points than us over the season as they can field four Triples. So it is not surprising to see two of the ‘three-triple’ clubs at the bottom of the League. Congratulations to Wilton who managed to gain fourth in the League under these conditions. Considering the challenges we faced in the Salisbury and District league, we have done really well this season, winning four games, but also our players have supported every fixture – not once did we have to cancel a game due to lack of players, even with the distance travelled. Many thanks to all Downton players for playing these games, I hope you enjoyed the League. Thank you too to the Members who took on the Captains role – Mike Hallam, Geoff Warr, and Rod Hall. This is much appreciated.

End Of Season update

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The Bowls Club is nearing the end of the competitive League season with just a few matches left. The good news is that our Ladies in the New Forest League, are at the top of their division, so we are hoping for some success from our lovely lady bowlers. We are also in the Final of the Mixed Triples League Cup. Paul Tanner just missed out on progressing to the last 16 of the County singles championship, losing 20-21. Marie Clarke reached the semis of the New Forest Champion of Champions.

Everyone is talking about the weather, and it is no different at the Bowling Club. As you can imagine, the hot, dry weather has meant we have had to cancel matches – and it affects the condition of the Green, but we are doing our best to keep it a nice surface to play on. The Green Team have just purchased a new mower which will improve the playing surface for years to come. The Club would like to extend gratitude to Downton Parish Council and the Wiltshire County Area Board for their support in this purchase.