Kingsley Bowling Club News

Several Summer Competition Finals were played today at Kingsley and results are as follows:

2 Wood pairs - Conrad Ford/Shaun Doherty 24:8 James Crauford/Ron Miller

Men's Singles - Conrad Ford 21:13 Ray Teape

4-Wood Pairs - Kay Albery/Charlie Simmons 16:10 Jenny Rhodes/Graham Stroudley

Picture is of Kay Albery and Charlie Simmons receiving their trophies from Club President, Jenny Rhodes. Click HERE for more Finals Day photos.

Kingsley IBC. Proud supporters of VIBE (Visually Impaired Bowls England)

The Kingsley Winter Monday Night Spoons competition concluded tonight. Pictured here are this year's winner, Marion Tabener (left) and Runner Up, Su Knight (right) receiving their trophies from Pam and Graham Stroudley, who donated the winners trophy over twenty years ago.

A party of twelve from Kingsley IBC have descended on Potters Resort in Norfolk for the weekend. What could possibly go wrong? :)

Kingsley's Sharon Simmons was in action yesterday (17th March) in the DCLIBA 'Champion of Champions' County Finals at Torbay. In the semi finals Sharon was behind 4:15 but won twelve ends on the trot to beat Sue Bywaters (Torbay) 22:19. In the Final Sharon faced 'Potters Star' Nicole Rogers (Exonia) who beat Yvonne Rainer (Honiton) in her semi-final. In a very good natured match Sharon held her own for a while but Nicole then pulled away to win comfortably.

With finalists in Torbay on both Saturday and Sunday, Kingsley Ladies did us proud!

Our ladies travelled to Torbay today, to take part in the DCLIBA County Finals. Plymouth ladies, our opposition, had won the competiton for the past two years but after sixteen or seventeen ends the teams were level at eleven all. Unfortunately as the match progressed Plymouth began to pull ahead, eventually winning the contest 22:13. Just getting to the County Finals is no mean feat so a big shout out to Jenny Rhodes, Jude Ford, Allyson Hayes and Jan Hines! Well Done Ladies! Congratulations to Plymouth for the hat-trick too.

On Saturday 16th March at 10am Kelly Silcox and George Taylor will play Peter Dunstan and Jack Neville in the Final of the Open 4-Wood Pairs (Rink 2) whilst Jim Evans and Bob Withecombe play Clive Graves and Mike Down in the Final of the Men's Drawn Pairs (Rink 3).

In the afternoon at 2pm Leanne Evans will play Tina Miller in the Ladies Singles Final (Rink 2), George Taylor will play Don Harris in the Mens Singles (Rink 3) and Peter Dunstan and Jack Neville will play Ray Teape and Ken Pike in the Final of the Open 2-Wood Pairs (Rink 4).

On Sunday 17th March at 10am Tin-Tacs (Graham Stroudley, Pam Stroudley and Ron Miller) will play The Rockers (Jill Boucher, Chris Payne and Jack Neville) in the Final of the Mixed Triples.

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During their visit to Kingsley, Cornwall Patrons put up a good fight but couldn't quite match Kingsleys men on this occasion. Winning only one of the four rinks, the Cornish were gracious in defeat, losing 55:69. Playing on the day's highest scoring rink were Chris Paddon, Don Harris and George Taylor (Skip and Captain). Following the match the players enjoyed a 'bowlers tea', prepared and served by members of Kingsley's Social Committee. To avoid 'jam/cream first' conflict, hot cross buns were included, instead of scones.

Photo - Bowlers tea and raffle in progress

Kingsley were lying fourth in the DCIBA ICL table prior to todays match against ISCA B (see table), having played only four matches. Unfortunately despite winning two of the four rinks in today's match Kingsley fell short overall, losing 63:72. Our best wishes for a speedy recovery go to the ISCA player who was unwell and unable to continue on one of our rinks.

In the Devon County Over 60's Indoor league today Kingsley celebrated their first win of the campaign. Our teams shared the spoils at home and away playing Sidmouth but came out overall winners with a total final score of Kingsley 86:78 Sidmouth.

A solid team effort and great result against Table topping Honiton last Saturday. Our travelling teams managed to contain Honiton to a combined score of 27:40 whist both our home teams won with a combined score of 52:30 making a final score of 79:70. With points for two rink wins and the overall win, it was a good day at the Office. Kingsley currently lie fourth out of seven (having won 7 rinks, lost 7 rinks and tied 2 rinks), despite having won all four matches played overall.

Kingsley's men took on Exonia in Saturdays County Top Club match. Unfortunately things didn't go as planned with Kingsley losing all five matches. To make matters worse Doug Jenkin suffered a 21:0 defeat in the four wood pairs at the hands of Exonia's Scott Eveleigh. At the same time our ladies battled hard at Exonia but also suffered defeat to a 'star-studded' Exonia ladies rinks team in a National Rinks competition.

On Wednesday Kingsley had the pleasure of hosting 'DCIBA Presidents' who had travelled from all over Devon to take on our men across three rinks. In a close fought contest the Presidents held on to win two of the three, recording a victory - Kingsley 55:65 DCIBA Presidents. A bowlers tea rounded off an enjoyable afternoon.

On Saturday Kingsley played Madeira in the Quarter Finals of the Charles Parrott Trophy. Having received a bye in the first round we were hoping to progress to the Semi-Finals. Madeira had already beated Torquay Utd. in the first round so we knew we were in for a tough match. With one rink at home and one away, we were fairing quite well at the half way stage, just three points down overall. Unfortunately Kingsley didn't do so well in the second half, eventually losing 30:48 overall. Congratulations go to Madeira, we wish them well in the Semi-Finals.

Home - Phil Cousins, Doug Jenkin, Geoff Knight, Martin O'Reilly - 19:21

Away - Conrad Ford, Colin Atkins, Charlie Simmons, Martin Squire - 11:27