Downton Bowling Club News

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Downton Bowling Club’s News and Updates. The latest news is always at the top. Use the Search facility to look for a news item or event.

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Downton Dragons v Downton Bustards

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On a sunny Saturday morning on the 10th May the Dragons and the Bustards had to play each other at Downton Green in the Bournemouth and District Open triples league Division four. The Dragons triple team led by their Captain Steve Allen , Dawn Allen and Colin Morris had to play Bustards triple led by Geoff Warr with Paul Tanner and Tony Musslewhite.The game was very close but the Bustards won by 17 shots to 15 shots. The Second Triple team led by Bustards Captain Ivan Buss with Ann Noble and Dibbie Emm played the Dragons triple of skip Nick Purkis, Paul Bromage and Lynda Hale.They also had a very close game with the Dragons winning by 17 shots to 15 shots . The result meant that the match was tied and both teams received three points each. The Dragons are now fourth in the league and the Bustards seventh in the league. A fair result, a friendly match followed by tea and biscuits. Sent from my iPad

West Moors Bees V Bustards

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First game of the season, the Bustards travelled to the lovely West Moors ground, to face the Bees, who were relegated from div 3 last season. We were promoted from div 5, so this was always going to be a tough match, made even harder as we only had five players.
Rink 1 – Tony, Ann & Geoff L12-14. We were ahead after three ends & won 10 ends to the Bees 8, but whilst we scored 2x 2 with the rest all singles, they scored 2x 4 on ends 5 & 9, which made all the difference, as the rest of their scores were also singles. A good effort though, on a lovely day, on an excellent green. Well done Ann on your first B&D match.
Rink 2 – Martin & Ivan L13-28. We were ahead after 5 ends, but once their strong trio clicked in to gear, playing 2 v 3, made this an impossible task. They won 11 ends to our 7, including 5×3 & a 5. We did score a lovely 2 followed by a 3 on ends 11/12, but in the end, keeping them below 30 & getting to double figures was a good effort. Well done Martin on your first B&D match.
Match score Bustards 25 v 40 Bees. Bustards 0 points, Bees 6 points. Not the best of starts, but we’re not bottom (8th out of 10), so we’ll take it.
Next week we make the long journey to Downton to face the Dragons! The match starts at 10am & the bar will be open from midday, so why not pop along to watch your teams battle it out.
Ivan Buss
3rd May 2025.

Charity Fun Day – Saturday 19th April

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Despite a less-than-favourable forecast, the weather held and Downton Bowling Club opened their 2025 season with their traditional Charity Fun Day on Saturday afternoon.

Marg Hall won the spider and went home with a bottle of bubbly; Janet Barnes, Dawn Jones and Colin Morris won Triples Competition Number 1 and Triples Competition Number 2 was won by Tony Musslewhite, Ann Noble and Geoff Warr.

The weather was great and a great time was had by all who attended.

Marg Hall wins the spider competition winning a bottle of bubbly.
Janet Barnes, Dawn Jones and Colin Morris won Triples Competition No.1
Tony Musslewhite, Ann Noble and Geoff Warr won Triples Competition No.2

Exciting News

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We’re starting our 2025 season on Saturday 19th April with a fun Charity Match. Then, throughout the season we will be running roll up sessions, open to everyone, on Fridays between 6pm and 8pm and also on Mondays between 2pm and 4pm (excluding Bank Holidays).  During April and May, these sessions will be free of charge, with free use of all equipment & free tuition. Who knows? If you’re lucky, you might even get a cup of tea!

Then there’s the Bowls’ Big Weekend which is a national event taking place from Friday 23rd to Monday 26th May, giving you another opportunity to give bowls a go, for FREE!

During the Bowls’ Big Weekend, Downton Bowling Club will be opening their doors to anyone who wants to try a new sport or just have fun with family or friends.  It will be great fun, and you might even get a piece of cake! We will be open on Friday 23rd, from 6pm to 8pm; Sunday 25th from 2pm to 4pm and on Monday 26th from 2pm to 4pm. All sessions will be free of charge; and all equipment and tuition will be free too. More details to follow.

Interested? Click or tap here to send a message to the Club.

More details about the Bowls Big Weekend can be found at www.bowlsbigweekend.com

A warm welcome awaits you & we look forward to seeing you.

Donation to Julia’s House

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Steve Allen of Downton Bowls Club during his Presidency of the New Forest Bowling Association raised £800 for Julia’s House a hospice for children with life limiting conditions. He would like to thank Rod & Marg Hall for selling raffle tickets at various Association events and also all those Downton bowlers who kindly donated raffle prizes. Sent from my iPhone

Marie and Alan gift

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To Members and friends. We were so pleased and grateful for that lovely award, we are going to call it ‘Our memories of Downton’. A really truly tasteful piece of art. We never expected that. The voucher for the garden will be very useful and I think we may buy a particular garden ornament to remind us of our bowling friends. As many of you may not have seen the lovely prismatic gift we enclose an image. Once again a huge thank you. [image0.jpeg]

[uncategorised] [B&D Presentation Lunch]

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Paul & I travelled to the Suncliff Hotel in Bournemouth, to collect the awards (see below) for the Bustards finishing as runners up in the B&DBA League 2024, Triples Section 5 (Saturdays).
Congratulations & thank you to everyone who played for the Bustards. These are for us to keep & will be displayed at the clubhouse.
We were joined by another 142 B&D club members, who were all treated to a lovely three course meal. We were on a table with some of our good friends from Milton-on-Sea, who were runners up in section 3.
Fortunately, they started with section 6, so we didn’t have to wait too long!
As both our team are scheduled to play in section 4 next season, hopefully we can return next year to claim both the winners & the runners up awards.
Ivan Buss Bustards Team Captain 17 November 2024.
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