Lawn and Indoor bowling
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!
Want to try something new this winter? Come and play bowls indoors!
We have league games, friendly matches versus other clubs or roll ups with friends.
Coaching is available to new members or those who want some help with delivery, line and length!
The Potters mobile bowls shop is coming to Hatfield on 14th December so if you are looking for that Christmas bowling gift, there are items ranging from chalk to bowls bags with everything in between! Thinking of treating yourself to a new set of bowls? You can even try them out on our indoor green!
Pop in and have a look!
