Lawn and Indoor bowling
The annual event took place on 11th December with appropriate Christmas dress, some went to more trouble than others! It was a close fought game and very even right up until the last couple of ends. The Gents just managed to beat the Ladies by 3 shots but the score didn’t matter (at least to the Ladies!) as it was such a fun and lovely afternoon with mulled wine and food afterwards. Thanks to everyone who helped to organise the afternoon and the food and drink. Pictures below!
Congratulations to our Hatfield Ladies who have qualified to play at Leamington in 4 disciplines so far!
Martine played in the semi final of the blue riband County Singles event on Friday 25th July and came through a well fought game to put her in the final at Bishop’s Stortford on Sunday 2nd August, very well done Martine, bring the trophy home to Hatfield for a third year!
County Fours – Una Harman, Martine Underwood, Mary Banks, Alison Hall
The County Fours final will be held at Northaw and Cuffley Bowls Club on Saturday 1st August at 10am as there are multiple clashes for Sunday at Bishop’s Stortford, due in some part to the success of our Ladies! This is a new team for Hatfield and we are proud to have qualified with Una!
County Triples – Martine Underwood, Mary Banks, Alison Hall
The final of the County Triples will be on Sunday 2nd August at Bishop’s Stortford and this is the third year running that Hatfield have been in the Triples final and qualified for Leamington!
National Senior Pairs – Mary Banks & Alison Hall
Mary and Alison won their All England Round of 32 match on Sunday against Rosedale and have qualified to play at Leamington for the second year running!
Andy Short, Grant Gray and Matt Nicolls received their Hot Shot awards for picking up a full house in the Welwyn Hatfield League game on 5th June. Well done!
Andrew Parsonage, Alan Harman, Martine Underwood and Una Harman received their Hot Shot awards for picking up a full house on 22nd June in a round of the District Stockman Winser competition. Full marks to the photographer for arranging the recipients in height order!!
Back in the Autumn we made arrangements with the Sports Co-ordinator at Oak View School for 60 school children from Year 3 to come and have a try at bowls. We had to wait for the indoor season to finish so that we could run 5 weeks of sessions on a Friday afternoon for an hour and a half with 12 children per session.
So, on Friday April 25th, the school minibus parked up in the car park and in walked 12 beaming faces all eager to find out what they were doing. The children were so receptive to the game and the challenge of their bowl bending like a banana – in their words! (new coaching term adopted). It was a great learning curve for the Coaches – Alison and Pam. On asking the children to take two bowls from the boxes on the table, several had one coloured bowl in one hand and a different coloured bowl in the other! Discussing how to play backhand was also very amusing.
For the following four Friday’s we had a different group of children all with the same enthusiasm to learn and try something new. They were a pleasure to teach.
Thanks to Pam and Alison for the Coaching and to Grant and Mark who helped to support the sessions. Below are some more photos from the five weeks.
Some of the children have since come along to our Junior Bowls sessions on Saturday mornings which is fabulous! We hope to arrange the sessions again next year with the School.
After what seems like an eternity since last September, we were back on the green at the weekend! The weather was kind although a bit breezy, some photos below are from Saturday.
The weekend saw the culmination of the indoor bowling season with finals held for all internal competitions. There was some excellent bowling over the two days and below are some photos of the winners and runners up. There are more photos to come! Well done to all the finalists and well done to everyone who helped to run the competitions, provide tea and coffee and food on both days!
Our indoor season has kicked off with a win away at Watford, well done to all!
