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Annual Gala: 40th Anniversary Special – Monday, 26th May 2025.
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2025 is our 40th anniversary year, and as part of our celebrations for this year, we would like to mark it as a Super Gala in place of our normal Mixed Triples Gala, which we have run for several years, and will continue to do so in 2026.
The structure of this event (for one year only) is to invite 24 teams of triples to play for major prize money of £1,000.00 for 1st place, 2nd place £300.00 and 3rd place £150.00. We know this will appeal to many of the competitive and accomplished bowlers in the county, district and beyond. We are looking to attract 24 teams for the Super Gala and will ring-fence 22 teams for district/county on first come first served basis. Please note this event and its prize money will be fully funded by the entry fee of £25 pp (£75 per team), it’s a great chance to play in an event that will attract many of the players in the county and beyond for a major prize pot. The team format can be mixed, all ladies or all men. For more information, and to download a copy of the application form (shown left), go to our 2025 Gala page by CLICKING HERE. We look forward to welcoming you. |
Quiz Night: Saturday 18th January 2025
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The Quiz Night on 18th January was a great success with 68 quizzers in attendance. Seventeen tables of four meant that tables had to be dragged in from outside and the clubhouse was full to capacity. Needless to say there was a roaring trade at the bar and by the end of the evening people were leaving in very good moods. The questions ranged from ‘Kitchenalia’ to ‘Where is Kazakhstan?’ and there were eight rounds of ten questions, with the addition of ‘The Story’ which had to be completed using the names of musical acts/bands. The teams also had a Joker (whose resemblance to David Brown was remarkable) that the teams could use in the round of their choice for double points. There was a break halfway through so that people could eat the snacks they brought (although in truth most of these had been consumed before the quiz began!). Also during this time the free raffle was drawn as well as the 100 Club – January’s winners (click here) At the end of the evening two teams were tied in first place with 105 points each so a tie-break question had to be quickly thought up. And it was Kevin, Jackie, Colin and Ann who emerged triumphant knowing that the film ‘The Sixth Sense’ came out in 1999. Thanks must be given to Paul Sims for his scoring expertise, Paul Healy and Brian Ralphs for manning the bar, Carol Dunn for decorating the tables so beautifully & Pete Bachelor for a ton of photocopying, but most of all, to our excellent quiz master Jackie Healy. |
Berkhamsted Bowls Bridge Club Christmas Party 2024
After 12 boards of Bridge came the important part of the morning – the mulled wine and nibbles!
Liz gave a big thank you to those who had scored and directed during the year with each person getting their choice of wine. Then Dee presented both Liz and Lesley with a bag of goodies as a thank you for all their hard work during the year.
Sadly Alan, David, Steve and Terry did not win a prize for the best dressed man!
A great time was had by all but definitely more sausage rolls required for next year!
A few more images are available by clicking here, which will also direct you to the Berkhamsted Bowls Bridge Club’s own web site.
2024 Presentation Evening: 16th November
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Our annual Presentation Evening Dinner was held at Berkhamsted Golf Club on Saturday 16th November. Approximately 70 members enjoyed an excellent three course meal, followed by the presentation of trophies to the various Competition winners & finalists and the evening finished off by dancing to live music provided by Lee Rivers.
Congratulations to all – Some of the images taken during the evening can be viewed by clicking on the following the link . Images taken during the Competition finals weekend can be viewed by clicking on the following CLICK HERE. ***A big thank you to all who made this its usual successful event in the Club’s calendar*** |
2024 Club Competition Finals:6th/7th/8th September
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Our Club Competition Finals were played over the period 6th, 7th & 8th September. 31 members played in these Finals and they were all hoping to lift a Trophy (or more in some cases!)! For the full programme & results CLICK HERE. Congratulations to the winners – Images taken during the weekend can also be viewed by following the link above. ***A big thank you to all who played, officiated, organised, watched and contributed in any way to making a very successful weekend*** |
Watford & District Vets League – Division 1 Champions for Second Season running
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Our ‘Red’ Veterans Squad has completed a meteoric rise from joining the Watford & District Veterans League in the bottom division five years ago to retain the 2024 Division 1 Championship after winning it for the first time in 2023.
The 2023 squad (pictured left) enjoyed a celebratory ‘Fish & Chip’ supper in the Clubhouse on the evening of Friday 15th September, no doubt washed down with a ‘few’ samples of strong beverages! The 2024 squad awaits news of this seasons celebratory event! Congratulations; we look forward to another title retention in 2025!!! |
W&D Bowls Association: Griffin Cup 2024 – WINNERS & Cup Double
It’s a magnificent double for Berkhamsted Men as they completed the double this season winning the Ray Cup and now the Griffin Cup at Herts Bowls Club ON Sunday Aug 11th. They beat Bovingdon B.C. 48-7 in the morning semi final and beat Bushey B.C. in the afternoon final 41-32. Huge thanks to Watford & District Association for staging the comps and to Herts for hosting the Finals games.
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W&D Bowls Association: Ray Cup 2024 – WINNERS
 Berkhamsted Captain, Chris Gray, receiving the Ray Cup from W&DBA President Arthur Deveraux |
2024 Ray Cup winning squad (Tony Howard unavailable) |
The Watford and District Ray Cup has returned to our club for the first time since 2011.
In Sunday (21st July) morning’s Semi-Final against Hemel Hempstead, we came out with all guns blazing and quickly established a commanding lead across all 3 Rinks of about 25 shots by the halfway point. Despite a slight lull in the second half of the match which allowed Hemel to reduce the gap, we maintained a sufficient gap to secure our place in the afternoon’s Final against Garston.
In the Final, predictably, Garston players were loud, in our faces and playing their usual confident aggressive bowls. For some of our players, this was a new experience taking them slightly by surprise, resulting in a few slightly dejected heads in the opening Ends; after 5 Ends, we were losing 1-9, 2-6 and 1-8 on the three rinks.
However the team rallied significantly in the middle & later stages, coming back fighting. David Brown’s Rink stuck to their task well, though eventually losing 17-13. Kevin Clarke’s Rink won 21-19, though having picked up a ‘5’ on the way, conceding a ‘5’ in their last end set up a significantly more nervy intense finale than Captain, Chris Gray, was hoping or expecting!
Chris Gray’s Rink, who had won 10 out of their last 13 Ends, was left to decide the match. The Garston BC Skip tried unsettling tactics by deliberately playing slower, to try and determine what he and his players needed to achieve in their last few Ends and it all came down to the very last End. Going into it we were leading by 2 shots – A second wood would suffice! Keiran Davis played perhaps, if not his best 2 woods of the match, definitely his 2 most important – 1 toucher and the other extremely close to the jack. From that moment onwards, our Skip’s job was to try to ensure that the rest of his players played good positional woods – Brian Livesey and Louis Sear did that to perfection. Though the Garston skip tried his utmost, including moving the jack, we held firm to win this last End by 1 shot, winning the Ray Cup by 3 shots overall.
The relief and joy (celebrations) by our players and supporters was a memory that we are sure Captain Chris Gray will treasure for the rest of his life.
100 Club Draw – March 2025
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1st prize – Anne Shortall (9);2nd prize – Eric Lloyd (38);3rd prize – Dave Sear (146);***Congratulations to these lucky members***Reminder – One ticket costs £12 for the year, i.e. £1 a month, and your collective participation raises approximately £1,000 each year for club funds, while the other half is paid out in prize money. Further info, or to purchase extra tickets please contact Jackie Healy (07752 479336). |
Bowls England – Keep up to date
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Information on Bowls England activities and initiatives can be obtained from their web site www.bowlsengland.com or by subscribing to their YouTube channel which they have launched as part of its commitment to inform and entertain its members. This provides Bowls England with a ‘one-stop shop’ for all its multimedia content where you will find the ‘Extra End’ Podcast, ‘Keep Active’ videos and other audio-visual content. To view this channel, or to subscribe to receive notification when any new content is uploaded, click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjtPZ9KqcGZA1L0fHqxfMeg |
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