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Aug 072019
 

 

Great success for the Berkhamsted Men this week winning the W&D Griffin Cup after beating Croxley Green in the Semi-final and then going on to beat Gerrards Cross in the final by 6 shots. The game was played at Harperbury green who hosted a superb day for all. The Berkhamsted team (including reserves) were; Jack Bunting, Phil Bunting, Toby Bunting, Peter Burke, Steve Burrell, Kevin Clarke, Dave Gomm,Tony Howard, Trefor Jenkins, Alan Jones, Tony Smart and Mick Young.

Close on their heels the Berkhamsted Ladies won through to the final of the Watford and District Jubilee Cup defeating Bushey Ladies on both rinks. The team of Sarah Marshall ( Director Lesley Brown ) Kay Lingwood and Liz Temple won 17 – 13 and the team of Carole Dunn, Anne Furlong and Jackie Cormack won 18 – 10. 

Unfortunately the week did not finish well with a really disappointing result for Berkhamsted in the Dacorum Shield against Hemel on Sunday .   At one stage Berkhamsted were up 12 shots, but in the end managed to lose the shot count 55-67. The team results were;- Ladies: Won 28-19. Men: Lost 12-34; the Mixed team: Drew 14-14 Points: The total points score ended up Hemel 3.5  Berkhamsted 1.5. A friendly game was also played, which Berkhamsted won 24-14.

 

The victorious Berkhamsted Griffin Cup Team

Jul 292019
 

Unfortunately Berkhamstead had two matches cancelled by the opposing teams due to the exceedingly hot weather this week. However, two stalwart teams from Berkhamsted and Potten End braved the hottest day on Thursday to play their Dacorum Charity Shield fixture.

After an energy draining match Berkhamsted won 2 matches but lost the Men’s Match by 13 shots to 15; the team was  Jack Bunting, Tony Smart, Ken Maynard and Tony Howard. The Women’s team of Carole Dunn, Janice Murgatroyd, Anne Cutting and Jackie Cormack won 33 shots to 17. The Mixed team of Sarah Marshall, Kay Lingwood, David Sear and David Brown won 22 shots to 17. This meant Berkhamsted won overall by 4 Points to 1.

Later in the week Berkhamsted ladies won through to the semi final of the District Jubilee Cup. They defeated Herts ladies by over 10 shots. The Berkhamsted team was Carole Dunn. Anne Furlong Jackie Cormack. Sarah Marshall. Lesley Brown. Kay Lingwood and Liz Temple”

Jul 292019
 

Last week Janice Murgatroyd & Liz Temple won their Watford & District 4th round match  31-10 against a duo from Bushey Met Police.

In a friendly at Cheddington Berkhamsted  had a warm welcome and a good game of Bowls coming out winners by three Rinks to one.  The teams were John Webb, Toby Bunting, Anne Cutting and Bill Howells who won 18 – 11; Marion Maynard, Carol Syms, Jack Bunting, and Jackie Cormack who won 20 -19; Jackie Healey, Ray Kessler, Phil Bunting, Peter Batchelor  who lost 9 -24 and the top rink of Frank Cutting, Sylvia Smith, David Sear and Ken Maynard who won 22 – 6.

On Friday evening Berkhamsted Men played Potters Bar in the Jones Cup. Berkhamsted won both the Home and the away leg by 41 shots to 30 and progress to the next round.

On Saturday Berkhamsted played against Little Gaddesden Bowls Club. It was a great day of sport with all players enjoying the match. The windy conditions tested both sides but Berkhamsted emerged as the winner on all rinks. Special congratulations must go to Myra Lenz , Brian Smith and Steve Burrell who were the top rink. The final score was Berkhamsted 85 and Little Gaddesden 46. 

The next day Berkhamsted played a four rink friendly against Wing. It was an enjoyable afternoon with Berkhamsted winning with 69 shots to 62. Top rink was Geoff Drew, Dagmar McKay and Maurice Primo.

Not to be outdone 3 ladies from Berkhamsted, namely Carole Dunn, Anne Furlong and Jackie Cormack had an emphatic win against a trio from Tring by 25 shots to 6, they now go through to the Watford and District triples semi-finals.

Finally as reported in an earlier edition, this week, the two Bunting boys played their  County Final U25 pairs match at Welwyn BC . The result was Tom Muir and Jack Bunting beat Sam Andrews & Toby Bunting to make it through to Leamington.

 

 

The picture shows Jack Bunting, Tom Muir, Toby Bunting and Sam Andrews before the match.

 

Jul 092019
 

Press Report W/E 6th July

 Saturday saw a busy day at Berkhamsted Bowls Club starting with Two mixed fours playing the 4th round of the Tony Allcock Trophy against Herts Club’ however the home team lost out by winning on one rink but losing on the other with a minus shot difference.

In the afternoon the club had their annual Captains versus Vice Captains competition with club Captains Brian Ralphs and Anne Furlong overcoming their Vice Captains by 117 shots to 78. Their top winning rink was Sylvia Smith, John Bell and David Brown. The top rink for the Vice Captains was Liz Baker, Sheila Bell and Bill Howells. During the afternoon £51 was raised with a Spider to start the match, for Diabetes UK and a raffle Raised £208 for the Hospice of St Francis.

On Sunday Berkhamsted welcomed Amersham. The results make good reading if you are an Amersham fan as they won 66 – 59 . Berkhamsted did have a winning rink of Mick Young, Carol Syms and Alan Jones 18 – 15. Jenny Carr, Maurice Primo and Peter Burke drew 17 – 17. Janice Cheshire Burke, Phil Clarke and Gary Fisher lost 12 – 24 and Geoff Drew, Annette Clark and Tony Smart  lost 12 – 28.

However Berkhamsted’s fortunes certainly took a turn for the better when a team from Berkhamsted Bowls Club took part in the Countywide Gerald Scott Memorial Gala at Hatfield Bowls Club.  Playing in 4 games during the day the team of Bob Anderson, Liz Temple, David Brown and Marcia Dunstone won 3 out of those 4 games with the only loss being by 1 shot. Hopes were high when the runners up were announced & had 6 points (3 game win) with a shot differential of 17.  The Berkhamsted team won with 6 points also but with a shot differential of 32 shots.  The trophy will be presented at the Annual County Presentation Dinner in November.

The winning quartet of Bob Anderson, Marcia Dunstone, Liz Temple and David Brown

Below: Players lining up before the Annual Capt v Vice -Captains Day

 

The Ladies Captain, Anne Furlong (right)and the Vice Captains, Dagmar McKay, Elizabeth Baker and Bill Howells reading out the teams on Captains Day

Jul 092019
 

Not a very good week for Berkhamsted when Pete Batchelor & Paul Sims played their 2nd Round of the Watford & District Men’s Pairs against  Keith Gissing & Alan Jones at Potten End on Monday evening . It was all very close until the 13th end after which the wheels came off the Berkhamsted challenge and the Potten End pair ran out winners by 22 – 11. This continued in the Dacorum Charity Shield at Bovingdon with Berkhamsted being  outplayed on their artificial surface. The teams were …Men: (Jack Bunting/Tony Smart/Phil Bunting and David Brown) losing 18-25. Ladies: (Sarah Marshall Linda Ralphs Kay Lingwood and Jackie Cormack) drawing 17-17. Mixed: (Sylvia Smith. Alice Biggs Brian Ralphs and Kevin Clarke) losing 15-30. The Friendly team of Frank Cutting. Jill Griffin. Maurice Primo and Ken Maynard)lost 16-24. Overall Points were : Bovingdon 4.5 points Berkhamsted 0.5 points.

However Berkhamsted ladies were very successful with their two teams getting through to the County Senior Fours quarter finals. Janice Murgatroyd, Kay Lingwood, Liz Temple and Alice Biggs had an emphatic win against a team from Harpenden winning 19 – 9 whereas the team of Carol Dunn, Anne Furlong, Marcia Dunstone and Jackie Cormack won by 1 shot on the last end due to a stunning skips wood. They now both play at Hatfield next week Unfortunately the Ladies came to the end of their run in the National Top Club when they were defeated by Northaw & Cuffley on the hottest day of the year losing on shots after a 2 – 2 draw. The Berkhamsted team was Alice Biggs, Janice Murgatroyd, Liz Temple, Anne Furlong, Anne Cutting, Jackie Cormack, Carole Dunn, Linda Ralphs, Kay Lingwood and Marcia Dunstone. 

Although Berkhamsted had a very good reception and welcome by their hosts , Hazells, who were a pleasure  to play, Berkhamsted were thrashed by 118 shots to 50.  All our rinks lost some by very large margins. The winning rink for the Berkhamsted team was awarded to the team with the least deficit that was  Bob Anderson, Mick Young and Marion Maynard who lost by 5 shots.

Nevertheless the week did finish on a high when the Men played the Griffin Cup 3rd round against Bovingdon and won convincingly. the teams were: Steve Burrell, Brian Ralphs, David Brown and Kevin Clarke and Jack Bunting, Phil Bunting, Trefor Jenkins and Tony Howard. Berkhamsted are now through to the Semi-final to be played on 3rd Aug.

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