Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Berkhamsted Bowls Club Lawn Green Bowling Club with strong social section ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Club Members WhatsApp Group](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/social/club-members-whatsapp-group/) - Chris Gray been tasked by our Committee with setting up and acting as Administrator for a new Club-wide WhatsApp Group. Now, before you say, oh no, not another ***** WhatsApp group, let him explain!. For a number of years, the men of our Club have had access to the 'Berkhamsted BC Men' group and last - [Open to Season News](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/open-to-season-news/) - LATEST NEWS ITEMS 1. NEW SEASON GUIDELINES Date: Sat 24th April We are delighted to say the new season is up and running ! We look forward to seeing you all over the next few weeks particularly if you were unable to attend last year. Needless to say we have guidelines and rules to - [Press Report W/E 22nd September](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-22nd-september/) - For the last friendly game of the season on the 19th of September Berkhamsted played Wendover Bowls Club away. It was an excellent day - the green played well and the weather was good. It was a close fought competition, but congratulations go to the winners Wendover by 82 shots to 103. Berkhamsted' s top - [Trial Post - 21st February 2021](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/trial-post-21st-february-2021/) - Web site - Re-design: Progress update The aim is to present a consistent, more modern image to our web-site than that that was introduced when the web-site was re-designed in 2013.For the time being the Suffusion theme has been retained and pages are to be constructed using Elementor page builder and our own templates (see - [February 2021 Update Post](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/february-2021-update-post/) - Super Six Skittles - Start Delayed - Covid 19 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. - [Trial post for use with new Elementor page](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/trial-post-for-use-with-new-elementor-page/) - January 2021 opinion piece It looks like happy scenes like this to the left are not going to be repeated in our Clubhouse for some time soon. All we can hope is that everybody does their bit to get the virus transmission - [Press Report W/E 15th September](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-15th-september/) - On Friday Berkhamsted played Kings Langley in the Dacorum Charity Shield. Although they have already won this Competition this season Berkhamsted beat them 4 Games to 1. The Ladies team of Carol Dunn, Dagmar McKay, Kay Lingwood and Jackie Cormack won 27-22; The Men’s team of Bob Anderson, Bill Howells, Trefor Jenkins and Tony Howard won - [Finals Weekend Press Report](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/finals-weekend-press-report/) - Berkhamsted Bowls Club held its Finals this weekend starting on Friday evening with the Semi-Finals of the Mixed Triples to determine the Finalists for Sunday Afternoon. There were 8 finals on Saturday and another 8 on Sunday and we were blessed with fine, if cool at times, weather. We were treated to some fine bowling and some - [Press report Week Ending 1st September 2019](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-week-ending-1st-september-2019/) - BERKHAMSTED WIN SIX WATFORD & DISTRICT MENS FINALS ! In a friendly played away at Chalfont St Giles Berkhamsted were well walloped, losing by 101 shots to 65, only managing to win on one rink, but with some very close scores on others. Top rink was Carole Syms, Dagmar McKay and Brian Ralphs. However Berkhamsted enjoyed its most successful - [Press Report W/E 25th August](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-25th-august/) - This week saw a jubilant victory for the ladies of Berkhamsted when they won the Watford & District Jubilee Cup against a team from Herts Club. The game consisted of two rinks of triples playing for an overall shots victory and the match went down to the wire - with one rink of Berkhamsted finishing - [Press Report W/E 18th August](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-18th-august/) - The Ladies had a good win with Carole Dunn, Anne Furlong and Jackie Cormack winning through to the Watford & District semi-finals in the 2 wood triples defeating a trio from Bushey 23 – 8. However the same Trio had mixed fortunes over the weekend with Carole Dunn, Anne Furlong and Jackie Cormack attempting to reach - [Press Report Week Ending 4th August](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-week-ending-4th-august/) - 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; - [Press Report W/E 29th July 2019](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-29th-july-2019/) - 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 - [Press Report W/E 22nd July 2019](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-22nd-july-2019/) - 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 - [Press Report W/E 6th July 2019](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-6th-july-2019/) - 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 - [Press Report W/E 30th June 2019](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-30th-june-2019/) - 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 - [Press Report W/E 23rd June](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-23rd-june/) - On Thursday, Berkhamsted Men played Kitcheners in the Ray Cup Second Round at home and won overall by 3 shots, but they did not fare so well on Friday when they were well beaten in the Herts Team Ten Competition by Garston at Garston although there were some very close scores. However the week finished on a - [Press Report w/e 16th June](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-16th-june/) - The ladies had a great win this weekend in the National Top Club competition against Potters Bar. The competition is for 4 rinks, singles, pairs, triples and Fours which resulted in 2 games won and 2 games lost but Berkhamsted emerged winners by 71 shots to 68. Although 2 rinks lost they kept their game - [Press Report W/E 9th June 2019](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-9th-june-2019/) - The ladies of Berkhamsted have had a busy week. In the County Pairs Alice Biggs and Jackie Cormack had a narrow win against a duo from their own club winning on an extra end by one shot. Jackie then bowled with Anne Furlong in the Watford & District pairs but on this occasion they lost - [Press Report W/E 2nd June](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-w-e-2nd-june/) - Press Report W/E 2nd June In the National Mixed Fours the team of Lesley Brown, Linda Ralphs, Brian Ralphs and David Brown had a good win against Baldock Bowls Club, beating them 20 – 8 shots. More success followed in the County Triples with Sarah Marshall, Kay Lingwood and Alice Biggs beating a team from - [Press Reports April and May 2019](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-reports-april-and-may-2019/) - Press Report Week ending 27th May The week started well for the Ladies with the team of Janice Murgatroyd and Lesley Brown beating a duo from Bushey 21-13 in the First round of the Watford & District Ladies Pairs Competition. Not to be outdone Terry Kenyon & John Webb beat a pair from Hemel Hempstead - [Final Report of the 2017 Season - Pedlow Trophy Winners & a season finale win](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/final-report-of-the-2017-season-pedlow-trophy-winners-a-season-finale-win/) - Berkhamsted played their last friendly match of the season against Wendover and finished the season on a high by winning 129 shots to 85, winning on 5 out of the 6 rinks. The top rink was the team of Dagmar McKay, Alan Baker and David Brown. On Saturday the final of the Mary Pedlow cup - [Press Reports weeks ending 10th and 17th September](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-reports-weeks-ending-10th-and-17th-september/) - “This last weekend [9th & 10th September] saw the culmination of all Berkhamsted’s competitions during the season and the results were as follows…. LADIES SINGLES CHAMPION – Liz Temple; MEN’S SINGLES CHAMPION – Steve Burrell; LADIES PAIRS – Anne Furlong & Jackie Cormack ; MEN’ PAIRS – Steve Burrell & David Scoot ; MIXED PAIRS - [Press Report w/e 3rd September: Successes, a Near Miss and One to Forget](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-3rd-september-successes-a-near-miss-and-one-to-forget/) - After winning her semi-final in the Watford & District Officers singles semi-final, Lesley Brown, went on to win the Final on Saturday after another exciting game against Jill Willis from Tring Bowls Club. The game was very hard fought over 25 ends and could have gone either way but Lesley eventually won 22 shots to - [Press Report W/E 27th August 2017 John & David miss out on a Final](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-27th-august-2017-john-david-miss-out-on-a-final/) - In the St Albans & District Men’s Semi-finals John Webb and substitute David Brown lost on the Final end to a pair from Potters Bar. John & David were holding 4 shots on the final end until the opposing skip got a wick off a side wood to win the game. In the only other - [Press Reports weeks ending 13th & 20th August](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-reports-weeks-ending-13th-20th-august/) - Sunday 13th saw the start of this year's Berkhamsted Club Fours competition. This year a different approach to previous was used in order to determine the finalists to go forward to the Club's Finals weekend on September 9th/10th. The 24 entrants were drawn into 6 teams in the clubhouse before at the start of - [Press Report w/e 6th August 2017 - Ladies winners!!!!!](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-6th-august-2017-ladies-winners/) - It’s the Ladies who have held the stage this week with firstly the team of Sarah Marshall, Linda Ralphs Janice Murgatroyd and Lesley Brown beating a local team from Hemel Hempstead 24 – 12 in the Ladies County League. Unfortunately the team of Janice Murgatroyd, Liz Temple and Lesley Brown suffered defeat against a team - [Press Report w/e 30th July 2017](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-30th-july-2017/) - The week's adventures started with a trip to Chesham Pioneers BC; the result was a win for Berkhamsted though the shot count (42 - 17) didn't reflect the standard of play, our top rink consisted of Sarah Marshall, P Mackness and D Sandford. The next challenge was the Dacorum Charity Shield v Potten End losing - [Press report W/E 23 July](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-23-july/) - Berkhamsted visited Cheddington BC in a 4 rink friendly match which ended in a draw with each side achieving 66 shots; Berkhamsted claim the moral win with two winning rinks against Cheddington's one and one drawn. Top rink for Berkhamsted were Sheila Fountain, Gill Howells, Derek Sandford and Paul Mackness. Gill Howells was part of the winning team - [Press Report W/E 16 July 2017](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-16-july-2017/) - This week has seen success for the Berkhamsted trio of Carole Dunn, Anne Furlong and Jackie Cormack. Early in the week they avenged last years defeat by winning their Watford & District 2 wood triples match against a trio from Herts Club. They then went on to play the County Benevolent triples which is played - [Press Report W/E 2nd July](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-2nd-july/) - The men started well this week by winning their Griffin Cup match against Met Police at Met Police Bushey by 45 shots to 31 shots. Then the Ladies did well with the triples team of Liz Baker, Gill Howells and Jill Griffin beating a team from the Herts Ladies. This was the first time this - [Press Report weeks ending 18th and 26th June](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-weeks-ending-18th-and-26th-june/) - The week started well for the Ladies with Lesley Brown winning the 2nd round of the County Singles by beating a lady from Garston by 21 shots to 17. Not to be outdone Jackie Cormack won her 2nd round heat in the same competition by beating an opponent from Herts Bowls Club. Success continued with - [Press Report w/e 11th June 2017](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-11-the-june-2017/) - The week started well for the Brown family with Lesley Brown winning her Ladies County singles match at Garston 21-17. Also at Garston David Brown won his Men’s County singles match 21-14. Continuing in the Ladies Singles competition Sarah Marshall won her first round match against Tessa Miles of Herts Bowls Club, 21-7. In a - [Press Report w/e 4th June 2017](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-4th-june-2017/) - This report covers 2 weeks and the first week started again with a win for Berkhamsted Ladies in the County Ladies triples competition, with the team of Linda Ralphs, Liz Temple and Lesley Brown beating a team from Welwyn Garden City 24 – 18 to progress to the Semi-Finals at Hatfield on the 7th June. - [Press Report W/E 21 May 2017 - A Busy week for us](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-21-may-2017-a-busy-week-for-us/) - The week started well with Berkhamsted’s Men beating Rosedale 3 matches to 2 in the National Top Club Competition. D Sear won 18-9 in the Two Wood game and K Clarke won 21-8 in the singles. Unfortunately P Mackness & B Ralphs lost in the pairs and S Burrell, P Batchelor & D Brown lost - [Press Report W/E 14 May 2017](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-14-may-2017/) - Berkhamsted started the week with a win in the County fours comp, the team of Sarah Marshall, Linda Ralphs, Liz Temple and Lesley Brown defeated last years champions. 18 - 10. The following day Linda, Liz and Lesley teamed up again in the County triples to beat a trio from Garson 18-11. Unfortunately on Wednesday - [Press Report W/E 7th May](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-7th-may/) - Despite winning on 3 of the 4 rinks Berkhamsted Men lost a close fought game to their neighbours Kitcheners, Berkhamsted's top rink consisted of Eric Browitt, Maurice Primo, John Webb and Terry Kenyon. Berkhamsted's mixed team restored winning ways by over coming Harpenden in their Triples match on Sunday, Terry Kenyon was the top rinks - [Press Report - opening weekend of the 2017 Season](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-opening-weekend-of-the-2017-season/) - For their first game of the 2017 season Berkhamsted Bowls Club had their usual local derby against Potten End Bowls Club. A good start to the season was achieved by Berkhamsted winning on all 6 Rinks with an overall score of 141 – 74. This was greatly helped by a top rink for Berkhamsted of - [Terry Kenyon & Alan Jones help SADBA to win on 29th January 2017](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/playing/terry-kenyon-alan-jones-help-sadba-to-win-on-29th-january-2017/) - Two of our members, Terry Kenyon and Alan Jones, helped St Albans & District Bowling Association to a 97 - 60 win over Hatfield IBC at Hatfield IBC on Sunday 29th January. Terry was Skip and Alan, number 2, on Rink 1 which was victorious 25 - 18. The other rink scores were - Rink - [Monday 9th January 2017 10:45 a.m. Clubhouse: Ladies Meeting](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/monday-9th-january-2017-945-a-m-clubhouse-ladies-meeting/) - A reminder that next Season's Ladies Captain, Lesley Brown, has arranged a meeting in the clubhouse from 10:45 a.m. on Monday 9th January 2017 for all female members of the club. Do your best to attend and have your say on what and how things should be done to ensure that both the club and - [Final Press Report 2016 Season](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/final-press-report-2016-season/) - The final friendly match of the season for Berkhamsted was against Wendover which Berkhamsted won by 125 shots to 80. The top rink was Carole Dunn, Paul Sims and Del Root. Later in the week the Club Under 18’s challenged the Ladies to a match which the Ladies won. On Sunday, in the Club's last big - [Sunday 25th: President's Day & Dacorum Shield Photo call](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/sunday-25th-presidents-day-dacorum-shield-photo-call/) - PRESIDENT'S DAY starts promptly at 2 pm this Sunday and the theme for the day is the Olympics/Paralympics with dress code being the colours of the Olympic logo as shown below. Prior to that at 1.30 all who played in any of this year's Dacorum Charity Shield matches are asked to come to the club - [Press Report week ending 18th Sept.](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-week-ending-18th-sept/) - Berkhamsted pulled off a magnificent win in their last Dacorum Shield Game to beat Kings Langley on all rinks. They needed this to overtake Kitcheners who were ahead by 4 ½ points and Berkhamsted gained 5 points in a tense and exciting game. Berkhamsted also won on the two friendly rinks, the highest being Marion - [Press Report Week Ending 4th September](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-week-ending-4th-september/) - Despite Berkhamsted losing two of their three friendly matches this week there was great success for Kevin Clarke and David Brown when they bounced back from disappointment in the Watford & District Triples final to win the Pairs Championship in the afternoon. They defeated the father and son pair of David and Dylan Martin from Garston - [A Great Day for Berko Bowlers](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/a-great-day-for-berko-bowlers/) - Thursday 15th September turned out to be a great day for our bowlers: In the final Dacorum Shield Match of the season we were away at Kings Langley. Lying second in the league to Kitcheners before the match we needed to 4.5 points in order to win the Shield on shots difference. However, the team - [Press Report W/E 11th September 2016 (Finals Weekend)](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-11th-september-2016/) - This weekend saw the finals of Berkhamsted Club Competitions with fierce competition over Saturday and Sunday. The final of the under 18’s competition, played on Friday night, was won by Jak Chowdhary. The rest of the results are as follows. Ladies Singles Champion – Jackie Cormack ; Men’s Singles Champion – Kevin Clarke; Ladies Pairs - [Press Report W/E 28th August](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-28th-august/) - The week started with another good win for the Ladies team of Carole Dunn, Anne Furlong and Jackie Cormack when they beat a team of Ladies from Radlett to reach the Semi-Finals of the Watford and District 2 Wood Triples Competition. A team from Berkhamsted of Derek Sandford, Anne Cutting, Maurice Primo and Del Root - [Disability Bowls England match at our club Wednesday 24th August 2016](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/disability-bowls-england-match-at-our-club-wednesday-24th-august-2016/) - A very enjoyable 6 Mixed Triples Rinks match against a Disability Bowls England (DBE) Team took place at the club on Wednesday 24th August 2016. Members of the DBE team came from many different parts of the country - Torquay, Brighton, Canvey Island, Warwick, St Albans and Milton Keynes to name a few; this showed - [W/E 21st August 2016](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/we-21st-august-2016/) - Our Ladies started the week well by winning their last Watford and District league game , beating a team from Abbots Langley by 26 shots to 12. The winning team was Alice Biggs, Janet Jackson, Anne Furlong and Jackie Cormack. Further success continued in the friendly match against Garston with Berkhamsted winning 63 – 57. - [Good week for our bowlers](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/good-week-for-our-bowlers/) - “In the U18 National Championships at Leamington, Berkhamsted were represented by Christopher Webb, Luke Swan & Jamie Robertson. Whilst Luke and Jamie fell at the first hurdle Chris went on to reach the last 32 being defeated by a very impressive Northants player. However, Luke and his partner Aaron Prowle reached the quarter finals of - [Press Report w/e August 7th including Herts v Wilts County match](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-august-7th-including-herts-v-wilts-county-match/) - The week started with David Brown, Steve Burrell and Kevin Clarke beating a team from Bushey by 29 – 5 shots to get into the semi-finals of the Watford and District Triples competition. This means that David & Kevin will be in the Pairs and Triples semi-finals on the 9th and 10th August. On Saturday - [Saturday August 6th: Men's County Match: Hertfordshire v Wiltshire at Berkhamsted - 2.00 p.m.](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/saturday-august-6th-mens-county-match-hertfordshire-v-wiltshire-at-berkhamsted-2-00-p-m/) - The Club is very pleased to be hosting a Mens County match this coming Saturday (August 6th) when Hertfordshire take on Wiltshire at 2.00 p.m. We are hoping for warm, dry weather and a good attendance to see some quality bowling. We want to put our best face on and the 'Green' and 'Catering' teams, - [Press Report w/e 31st July 2016](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-31st-july-2016/) - This week Berkhamsted hosted an evening for the Hemel Rotary Club in which they had a go at playing bowls. This is becoming an annual event and 33 members of the Rotary Club turned out for a full evening of entertainment playing bowls with members of bowls club lending a hand, when needed, to iron - [Match against Chesham Pioneers](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/match-against-chesham-pioneers/) - On Wednesday 27th July we hosted Chesham Pioneers for a 2 rink mixed triples friendly match. Nothing unusual in this, unless you are aware that Chesham Pioneers is a bowling club whose members suffer a range of visual disabilities. We, in our club, are indeed aware of this because of our own UK Blind Bowling - [Hemel Hempstead Rotary Evening - a great success](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/hemel-hempstead-rotary-evening-a-great-success/) - Thirty Three members and friends from Hemel Hempstead Rotary Club enjoyed a full evening of entertainment at our Club on Tuesday evening (26th July). They had a game of bowls with members from our Bowls Club lending a hand,when needed, to iron out any problems and smooth a few feathers! The evening was rounded off by an - [Press Report week ending 24th July](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-week-ending-24th-july/) - In the individual competitions this week David Brown & Kevin Clarke beat a pair from Garston by 23 Shots to 5 in the Watford and District Pairs competition. Success also came in the 2nd round of the Watford & District Ladies pairs for Carole Dunn and Mary Clarke who beat a pair of ladies from - [Press Report week ending July 17th](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-week-ending-july-17th/) - This week saw the annual Gemini fun day at Berkhamsted which is open to all comers and is sponsored by Peter Batchelor of Gemini Printers in Potten End. It was very colourful as the dress for the day was any bright colours and after a Meal prepared by Peter’s family the rink was laid out - [Press report week ending July 10th](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-week-ending-july-10th/) - Berkhamsted started the week well with a good win in the friendly match against Chessvale by winning 111 shots to 66. This was greatly helped by a top rink of Paul Mackness, Gill Howells and Pete Batchelor winning 30-8. In the Ladies County League the team of Carole Dunn, Liz Baker, Linda Ralphs and Mary - [Press report week ending 3rd July](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-week-ending-3rd-july/) - Title Berkhamsted once again hosted the Watford & District Association's Junior Mixed Singles Championship with fifteen competitors playing a whole day of group matches followed by semi- finals and final. Jack Bunting from Potten End overcame a very strong challenge from the home Club to eventually beat Harvey Marum with some excellent drawing. The event - [Press Reports week ending June 26th](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-reports-week-ending-june-26th/) - The week started off with Lesley Brown and Janice Murgatroyd beating a pair of Ladies from Garston 26-11 to get through the First round of the Watford & District Ladies Pairs. Not to be outdone, David Brown beat K Mileham from Garston 21-11 in the 2nd round of the County Singles. In the Mens Herts - [Message from Bowls England President, Michael Jennings](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/message-from-bowls-england-president-michael-jennings/) - Bowls England President Michael Jennings has sent the following message to our Secretary after our celebratory match on Wednesday June 15th. "I am sending this message in this way as you can appreciate that I am hardly at home these days. I would like to thank you and your club for giving us such an - [Press report w/e 19th June including Bowls England match](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-19th-june/) - The week started well for Berkhamsted with David Brown & Kevin Clarke beating a pair from Garston 21 -17 shots to go through to the next round of the County Pairs. On Wednesday a very prestigious game was played when BOWLS ENGLAND, the game's governing body, played Berkhamsted Bowls Club to celebrate the Club being - [Press Report w/e June 12th](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-report-we-june-12th/) - A bad start to the week with a loss in a Friendly match away to Chesham Vale by 54 – 124. However things got rapidly better with a good win by the Men in the National Top Team against Herts by 4 matches to 1. The teams were Two Wood Singles- Dave Sear; Singles-Steve Burrell; - [Queen's 90th Birthday match against Harperbury](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/queens-90th-birthday-match-against-harperbury/) - Our match against Harperbury on Saturday June 11th was used to celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday. The match dress was changed from the traditional week-end whites to Red, White and Blue. Harperbury fully entered into the spirit of the day and because they had a good number of players wanting to take part, the original - [Exciting & prestigious times ahead](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/exciting-prestigious-times-ahead/) - The club is pleased and proud to announce two events on the coming week. The first is that the club will be using the match on Saturday 11th June (this Saturday!!!) against Harperbury to celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday. There is a full green (i.e. 6 rinks of mixed fours) and players are being asked - [Week Ending May 29th: A Challenging week for our bowlers](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/week-ending-may-29th-a-challenging-week-for-our-bowlers/) - The week started well - a team of Carole Dunn, Anne Furlong, Lesley Brown and Jackie Cormack won in the Watford & District Ladies League against Met. Police by 19 shots to 14 and Carole Dunn beat Sue Sayers from Herts Club in the First round on the Champions of Champions. We did not fare - [Another busy week with mixed success](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/another-busy-week-with-mixed-success/) - The week started well for the men with a win for David Brown in the County Officers Singles at Shire Park followed by a win in the County fours against a team from Garston by Steve Burrell, Paul Mackness, David Brown and Kevin Clarke by 23 shots to 17. This did not last as the Men - [Busy and Successful Week on the Green.](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/busy-and-successful-week-on-the-green/) - A busy week started with a win for 2 Ladies teams in the County Fours Competition. Sarah Marshall, Linda Ralphs, Liz Temple and Lesley Brown beat a team from Bushey 22 shots to 13 and Carole Dunn, Mary Millar, Anne Furlong and Jackie Cormack beat a team from Garston 26 – 13. Both teams now - [Sarah retains her National Trophy & Match Reports w/e 8th May](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/match-reports-we-8th-may/) - On Tuesday the men travelled to our nearest rivals Kitchener's BC for a four rink match, we ended up winning on three of the four rinks with the overall score 78 to 73; the top rink were Dave Sear, Bill Howells, John Webb and Kevin Clarke. On Saturday we travelled to Watford BC for a four rink - [The Closing Date for Gala Day entries 29th April 2016 looms!](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/the-closing-date-for-gala-day-entries-29th-april-2016-looms/) - The closing date of Friday 29th April 2016 for our Annual Gala Day entries is almost here - so if you are intending to enter a team, you need to act fast and click on the link on our HOME page. To date, 22 teams are taking part from the following clubs: Met. Police, Bushey, - [Dacorum Charity Shield web site now live](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/dacorum-charity-shield-web-site-now-live/) - The Dacorum Charity Shield bowls competition now has a web site: www.dacorumcharityshield.com. Results will be posted there. You can now follow our club's progress from home as well as from the Notice Board in our clubhouse. - [OPEN TO SEASON ROLL UP SAT 16th APRIL 2016](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/open-to-season-roll-up-sat-16th-april-2016/) - Make it a date: Saturday 16th April 2016 Open to Season Roll Up - Come and dust off the cob-webs on the green from 11:00 onwards and later Open to Season Supper in the Clubhouse from 18:30 for 19:00 Fare: Shepherds Pie plus a selection of sweets Sign up in the clubhouse and contact Jackie - [OPEN DAY Sunday 24th April 2016 from 10:00 until 13:00](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/open-day-sunday-24th-april-2016-from-1000-until-1300/) - Come and see for yourself what the Bowls England National Club of the Year 2015 has to offer: bowls at all standards and levels of competition, coaching from our qualified coaches, an excellent clubhouse (with bar) & green, a friendly and sociable atmosphere, and a thriving social programme with activities all year round. If you - [BROADWATER RD WORK IMPACT (Feb 22nd)](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/broadwater-rd-work-impact-feb-22nd/) - Broadwater Access Road - We have been informed by Dacorum Borough Council they will be closing the road for five days from Monday Feb 22nd to carry out repairs to it. This will involve digging some of it up completely and relaying it along with some widening and patch repairs where needed. Whilst delighted at the - [FREE PLAYING FOR THE PUBLIC IN MAY](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/open-day-for-the-public-sunday-19th-april/) - For any public member who missed our OPEN DAY you still have the chance to swing your arm and send a bowling ball across our green - Every Tues & Thurs 2pm to 4pm along with Fridays 6pm to 9pm throughout MAY. We also have Junior sessions every Friday 4pm to 6pm All the equipment is provided FREE, all - [BOWLS ENGLAND DINNER DANCE Details](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/bowls-england-dinner-dance-details/) - BOWLS ENGLAND DINNER DANCE - Presentation of our CLUB OF THE YEAR AWARD We are now in the position to inform you that the Bowls England Men’s Annual Dinner and Presentation of Prizes will be held at the Hilton Hotel, Paradise Way, Walsgrave Triangle, Coventry, CV2 2ST, on Saturday 27th February 2016 from 6pm. The - [DINNER DANCE DETAILS](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/dinner-dance-details/) - As our DINNER DANCE approaches we would like to inform all guests of the following schedule, as we have a very busy evening planned it would be appreciated if all guests could arrive on time for a prompt start Venue: Berkhamsted Golf Club 6.15pm - All guests arrive 6.45pm - Dinner is served 8.20pm - 9.30pm - [FINALLY ... BERKO ARE NATIONAL CLUB OF THE YEAR](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/finally-berko-are-national-club-of-the-year/) - The phone call we had all been hoping for from Bowls England confirmed our Club as the 2015 National Club of the Year , needless to say we are ecstatic - This is the press release from Bowls England today: THIRD TIME LUCKY AS BERKHAMSTED BC SCOOPS ‘CLUB OF THE YEAR' TITLE Bowls England is delighted to - [Club host W&D Juniors Championship again](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/club-host-wd-juniors-championship-again/) - We are delighted to announce Berkhamsted will once again be hosting the Watford & District U18 Junior Mixed Singles Championship in 2016. The date is Saturday 2nd July and will be an all day event like this year providing the same entry levels are achieved. The Club was congratulated by the officials of W&D for - [2015 CLUB OF THE YEAR VISIT](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/2015-club-of-the-year-delight/) - NATIONAL CLUB OF THE YEAR - GREAT NEWS After hearing from Bowls England our Club had been shortlisted for this prestigious award we were delighted to receive a visit from Bowls England's Jeff Applegate after being named the East region winners. Naturally we are overjoyed to be shortlisted once again and will keep our fingers crossed it could be - [2015 CLUB FINALS RESULTS](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/finals-weekend-schedule-2/) - Here is the FINALS WEEKEND schedule, we look forward to seeing everyone down at the Club giving some vocal support. Don't forget the prediction contest, entry sheets are £2 each and are available at the clubhouse. Entries must be in before the play of each day FRIDAY SEPT 4TH U18 JUNIOR SINGLES 5.30PM - [Club SEMI FINALS Results & dates - Updated 28th Aug](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/club-competitions-semi-finals/) - As this years Club Competitions are getting close to the latter stages we list all the games as they look at the semi final stage (except Triples & Fours, to be added at a later date). We will try to update the results on this website and our facebook page as the games are played - [U18 W&D Singles Championship](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/u18-wd-singles-championship/) - We are glad to say the Club ran a hugely successful day for the first ever W&D Junior Singles Championship with sixteen players taking part ranging in ages from seven to seventeen. The winner was our own Jamie Roberston beating Jak Chowdhary by one shot in the final after all players had played four games prior - [OPEN FORUM - Make a date, 31st July](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/open-forum-make-a-date-31st-july/) - Please note: We have now finalised a date for this year's Open Forum on Friday 31st July 2015 at 7pm. It is an opportunity for you to quiz those of us who run the club on your behalf. Are we doing the job well/not so well? Is there something that is troubling you? Is there information - [TREE FELLING at Club](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/tree-felling-at-club/) - A reminder to all members that the commencement of tree felling will take place from Monday June 22nd for approx three days. Although this will not stop anyone from playing in this period it will be an inconvenience that members will have to tolerate. We also ask all visitors (playing or non playing) to park in - [Coaching for New Members](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/coaching-for-new-members/) - After a highly successful morning meeting all the new members on Saturday (30th May) it was agreed that a COACHING session for them all would take place on Saturday (June 6th) at 10am. The session will last a maximum of two hours covering all aspects of the game including technique, tactics, rules and etiquette. - [How to get all our latest info and pics](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/how-to-get-all-our-latest-info-and-pics/) - Just a reminder, if you want to know all the very latest info coming out of our Club on a day to day basis just click on our facebook tab on this website. You will see the very latest posts being put out on our facebook page, you don't have to have your own facebook - [New Members Evening - date switch](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/new-members-evening-date-switch/) - New Members evening which was to be held on Friday 29th May has now been switched to Saturday 30th at 10am. This is due to the Men playing the County Inter Team 2nd Round at home to Watford or Abbots Langley. We hope all our new members will join us for an informative morning where - [GALA DAY - the largest yet](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/gala-day-reminder-requests/) - Gala Day is fast approaching - Monday 25 May. This promises to be the biggest and best yet so come down and give the day the support it deserves. The Raffle prizes have to be viewed to be believed, our team have really pulled out the stops so please spend spend spend and you may - [SKILLS LEAGUE Up and Running](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/skills-league-up-and-running/) - Last Friday saw the first week of the SKILLS LEAGUE getting lift off, glad to say 15 members had a go. All of them thought it was fun but a great challenge. It takes about forty minutes to do all six skills if your playing in pairs. Feel free to have a look at the sheets - [2015 FRIENDLY FIXTURE LIST](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/2015-friendly-fixture-list/) - We are glad to say all the fixtures for this season friendlies are now on display under the tab 2015 fixtures and results - [WEBSITE DIARY PAGE](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/website-diary-page/) - Want to know whats coming up this Season and when its happening? Go to our 2015 Diary Page and scroll through the calendar month by month, if you want more info on any event you see simply click on it and more info may be viewable. This diary will be updated week by week so - [Berkhamsted to host Junior Championship](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/berkhamsted-to-host-junior-championship/) - We are pleased to announce our Club will be hosting the first ever Watford & District U18 Singles Championship on Saturday 11th July. Although the detail still has to be sorted it is likely to be an all day event open to boys and girl members of Clubs affiliated to the Watford & District Association. Naturally - [Entries for U18 Singles at Leamington](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/entries-for-u18-singles-at-leamington/) - Here are the list of entries for the U18 National Singles Championships at Leamington on August 8th & 9th including our own LUKE SWAN Miss Abby Woodward Desborough Berkshire Miss Lucy Watts Didcot Berkshire Master Thomas Belcher Faringdon Buckinghamshire Mst Nathan Nimmo Bradwell Buckinghamshire Mst Nathan Harvey Chesham Buckinghamshire Mst Matthew Crick Hazells Cambridgeshire - [New Laws for 2015](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/new-laws-for-2015/) - New laws for flat green bowls come into effect from 1 April 2015 and are available in the booklet Laws of the Sport of Bowls Crystal Mark Third Edition available from Bowls England. With a very useful 'Additional Comments' column this table lists the 35 laws that have been changed; however, only a couple will be of significance to most - [WEBSITE For 2015](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/website-for-2015/) - As already mentioned on our facebook page we are sorry to say our website hasn't been fully updated as hoped due to our web administrator being away on business. Many pages have already been updated with subtle edits to keep them fresh and relevant but obviously the more observant will notice the larger stuff still - [Important County & National Comp changes from 2014](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/important-county-national-comp-changes-for-2014/) - The Executive Committee have been considering changes to Competition formats over recent years and has now agreed to implement changes from 2014 Season. Some of these changes have been made possible with Bowls England starting its Championships a week later. From 2014, ALL Competitions, Men’s and Ladies will be on Fixed Dates with ALL - [Club nominated for Herts Sports Award](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/club-nominated-for-herts-sports-award/) - We are delighted to say our Club has been nominated for an award at the Hertfordshire Service To Sport Awards being held at Hatfield University on Tues Dec 9th. The Club has been nominated in the category 'Bestnewcomer Club Award' for our Junior section. Fingers crossed. - [OUR Website hits 2000 for the year](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/our-website-hits-2000-for-the-year/) - Another small landmark for the club as we reached 2000 hits for this year with over a month remaining. It's good to know we are getting many regular visitors to the site and this only encourages us to keep it up todate as often as possible. A reminder to all users that our facebook page - [Friends & Family arrive and enjoy](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/friends-family-afternoon-sat-20th-sept/) - The Club was knocked out with the success of their first 'friends & family' afternoon with over twenty people taking to the green last saturday. Our Junior members brought along their parents, relatives and friends for a an introductory session which included tuition, informal competition and refreshment. Many impressed us with their skill and enthusiasm which we - [FINALS WEEKEND RESULTS](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/finals-weekend-countdown/) - BERKHAMSTED BOWLS CLUB - CLUB FINAL RESULTS 2014 FRIDAY 5th SEPT VETERANS SINGLES DAVE SEAR 18 STEVE BURRELL 21 SATURDAY 6TH SEPT HIGHLAND TROPHY BRIAN SMITH 8 LESLEY BROWN 22 PEDLOW TROPHY LIZ BAKER , DAVE SEAR 15 ANN CUTTING, PETE BATCHELOR 16 MIXED PAIRS LIZ TEMPLE, STEVE BURRELL 17 JANICE MURGATROYD, TONY PERRY 18 LADIES - [JONES CUP JOY FOR MEN !!](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/jones-cup-final-for-our-men/) - In a quite incredible finish over at Townsend our men pulled off an amazing comeback to defeat Potters Bar and lift the Jones Cup for the first time. After a bright start our men were trailing by 8 shots with two ends to go when they secured four shots on one rink and three on - [Club Competitions - Semi Finals Update 28th August](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/club-competitions-semi-final-line-up/) - As our FINALS WEEKEND draws closer (Sept 6th & 7th) we are hoping all our members will be supporting not only the finals but also the semi finals which are now taking place. Here is the line up for most of the competitions: MENS SINGLES S. Burrell beat D. Sear K. Clarke beat W. Dunn LADIES - [Important dates for your diary from Aug 26th](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/early-important-fixture-details-for-your-diary/) - Here are some key dates coming up for the Club: * W&D Centenary Game….Monday 1st September. Home team will be 3 Rinks Berkhamsted and 3 Rinks Kitcheners. * FINALS WEEKEND ... Sat 6th & Sun 7th September * Presidents Day…Sunday 28th September. * AGM…..Sunday 16th November at 10.00 am in the Clubhouse. - [ OPEN FORUM NIGHT - Thoughts and notes to follow](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/open-forum-night-fri-25th-july/) - The President along with the Committee are currently processing all the discussion points from our forum and hope to publish their thoughts and ideas in the next two weeks. We had 48 members attend the OPEN FORUM on a warm and occasionally hot night as temperatures rose through lively debate. Many topics were covered including: Monies - [Club sign up their 14th & 15th Juniors](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/club-sign-up-their-14th-15th-juniors/) - Although the season is ticking on we are delighted to announce our recruitment of Juniors keeps climbing. Will & Alex Carrington are the latest lads to take up membership bringing the total to nine for this season. We are till hoping to hold a family day for our Juniors or a possible one day Competition - [AGM Main Points](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/agm-reminder/) - These were the main points to come out of our recent AGM: * The Mens Captain's position remains unfilled, as does the Mens Vice Captain * The offer by one male member has been made to run the mens competitive teams * The Press Officers position is also vacant with Alan Jones standing down * - [FANTASTIC NEWS Update - Alistair Hollis visits us as Berko named National East Region Winners ](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/fantastic-news-berko-named-national-east-region-winners/) - We have just heard from Bowls England that Berkhamsted are the National East Region winners for the second year running in the National Club of the Year Competition. Along with the the other three regional winners we will now be visited by Alistair Hollis from Bowls England on Monday 23rd September to decide who will - [FINALS WEEKEND RESULTS & REPORTS](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/finals-weekend-sept-7th-8th/) - Ladies Pairs JANICE MURGATROYD LESLEY BROWN 17 ANNE FURLONG JACKIE CORMACK 21 Mens Pairs KEVIN CLARKE DAVID BROWN 21 STEVE BURRELL WALLY DUNN 10 Veterans ALICE BIGGS 2 v JOHN WEBB 21 Seniors MARY CLARKE 21 JEFF CAWLEY 5 Under 19 Singles DAVID SCOOT 21 CHRISTOPHER WEBB 11 Mens 2 Wood Singles KEVIN CLARKE 15 DAVID BROWN 10 Ladies - [Good turnout for OPEN FORUM NIGHT ](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/open-forum-night-16th-august-please-come/) - We would like to thank all our members who attended the OPEN FORUM EVENING down at the clubhouse on FRIDAY 16th AUGUST. Approx fifty members enjoyed a two hour debate on a range of subjects including Finals weekend, Presentation night, Green & surrounds, Club competitions, our website, Finance inc fundraising and an open Q & A session - [COACHING on Fridays](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/coaching-on-fridays/) - Kevin and Alan are pleased to announce that coaching will be availbale every Friday from now to the end of the seson to any member who wants it. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced member seeking improvement we will be pleased to help in anyway we can. We will look at your technique, - [PRESS REPORTS](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/press-reports/) - PRESS REPORT Monday 15th July 2013 “Formidable Mary and the Berkhamsted Ladies” Mary Clarke along with several other female bowlers of the Berkhamsted Club have enjoyed their best week yet in the W & D Ladies competitions. Starting off with her singles match against Tring’s Lynda Boniface Mary had a convincing win; then partnering - [Follow our County Progress](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/follow-our-county-progress/) - To catch up with all our progress in County competitions please visit the Hertfordshire Bowls website www.hertsba where you can see how we doing in Club Competitions as well as individual entries i.e. singles, pairs, triples & fours. This is a very good website which is updated daily with results and news. - [Trophy Winners 2011](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/playing/1859/) - [Berkhamsted get awarded runners up position by Bowls England in the National Top Club Competition for 2012!](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/berkhamsted-get-awarded-runners-up-position-by-bowls-england-in-the-national-top-club-competition-for-2012/) - We are delighted and very proud to say we have had the honour of becoming Runners Up in Bowls England's Club of the Year competition for 2012. We were narrowly beaten to the top prize by Clarence Bowls Club from Somerset who themselves were runners up last year. "Following a lengthy process we won through the East Region ## Pages - [HOME](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/) - To view some of the Rewards on offer please click on the image above, or consider taking part in the raffle below Berkhamsted Bowls Club - a Sustainable Future - To transform our club into a sustainable sports hub that increases participation in bowls by reducing costs and improving facilities - viz by provision - [Crowd Funded Solar Panel Project](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/about-us/crowd-funded-solar-panel-project/) - Crowd Funded Solar Panel Project As our initiative draws to a close, we are holding a Raffle (T&Cs are below the poster) [pdf-embedder url="https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Fundraising-Raffle-TCs-mods.pdf" title="Fundraising Raffle T&Cs mods"] To return to the top of this page or click to - [Our Club, Location & Facilities](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/about-us/location/) - For driving directions and a town map please click on the Google MAP below View Berkhamsted Bowls Club, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4, UK in a larger map - [SOCIAL](#) - [ABOUT US](#) - [2026 Corona Singles League](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/2026-corona-singles-league/) - This is all about FUN - so keep it fun!! 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ENTRY FEE: £2.50 per player FORMAT Session 1 of the league will run from Thursday 3 July 25 until Thursday 24 July 25, unless all games finish before then. Session 2 will start 4 days later i.e. from Monday 28 July 25 to Friday 22 - [Annual Gala 2026](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/events-comps/annual-gala-2026/) - 2026 Mixed Triples Gala Monday May 25th Fantastic Gala Day 2026 The Berkhamsted Bowls Club Gala Day was a tremendous success and enjoyed by everyone who attended. The green looked absolutely stunning and provided the perfect setting for a wonderful day of competition and friendship. The food was excellent and greatly appreciated by all players, - [Mens Vets Matches Sign Up Page](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/member-sign-up-page/mens-vets-matches-sign-up-page/) - Click on the buttons below to go to the Availability sign up sheets for the Mens Vets Matches of interest; when selected the team will appear in the availability sheet for the appropriate match and later you will then be able to go back to that sheet to confirm that you have seen your selection. - [Carpet Bowls Evening](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/carpet-bowls-evening/) - Carpet Bowls Evening - Friday April 10th The last winter programme event - Carpet Bowls - was held in the Clubhouse on Friday April 10th. Approx 35 members signed up for the evening which began with a burger & salad meal, before launching into a light hearted and very humourous carpet bowls 'knock-out competition!' 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For a version of the above - [Elvis Evening: Sat March 21](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/elvis-evening-sat-march-21/) - Elvis Evening March 2026 On Saturday March 21st some 60 or so club members experienced an 'Elvis evening' in the Clubhouse for the first time. The evening kicked off with a delicious meal of either Cottage Pie or Macaroni Cheese before Elvis made his way into the building for the first of his two performance - [Highlights of 2025](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/welcome/highlights-of-2025/) - Highlights of 2025 - Our 40th Anniversary Year Seasonal Festivities including Santa's Grotto: Saturday 6th December December saw the Club celebrating the forthcoming festive season; The men & the ladies enjoyed meals at local restaurants - Men @ ZAZA & the Ladies at the Kings Arms respectively; there was Santa's Grotto; Bonus prizes at the - [BBC Panto 2026](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/bbc-panto-2026/) - BBC Panto 2026 Saturday January 10th 2026 saw the latest production from the Berkhamsted Bowls Club Thespians 'STRANGE DOINGS' - to use their words - 'A Sort of Pantomime, Sketch- Farce Combination blending the very worst best of each genre'. and the Free Gift! ***Remember to use the arrows at the top left of the - [Membership Renewals](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/welcome/membership-renewals/) - Membership Renewals for the coming season are due. Please complete below and make payment preferably as soon as possible and no later than 13th February 2026. Membership renewal will not be registered without a fully & correctly completed form. Alternatively, if you prefer to complete a paper form then click here to download a form - [Seasons Festivities including Sat Dec 6th Santa's Grotto](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/events-comps/sat-dec-6th-santas-grotto/) - Seasons Festivities including December 6th Santa's Grotto December saw the Club celebrating the forthcoming festive season; The men & the ladies enjoyed meals at local restaurants - Men @ ZAZA & the Ladies at the Kings Arms respectively; there was Santa's Grotto on Saturday 6th December; Bonus prizes at the last Bingo session of this - [Presentation Evening 2025](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/events-comps/presentation-evening-2025/) - 2025 PRESENTATION EVENING: 15th NOVEMBER 2025 Over 60 guests welcomed our Guests of Honour Paul Forster - Chairman of the Berkhamsted Sports Ground Charitable Association (BGSA) and his wife Pat to our annual Presentation Evening Dinner, held at Berkhamsted Golf Club on Saturday November 15th. Our thanks go to the Golf Club's Front of House - [2025 Club Competitions](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/2025-club-competitions/) - 2025 Club Competitions ***The Corona Singles League has its own page - to go there click here*** 2025 Competition Formats: 4-Wood Singles competitions (except Veterans & Newcomers) - 21 shots; Pairs -18 Ends; Two-wood Singles - 21 Ends; Veterans Singles - 2 sets of 9 Ends (plus a 3-End Tie-break if needed); Newcomers Singles - - [40th Anniversary Celebration Coffee & Cake Morning](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/events-comps/40th-anniversary-celebration-coffee-cake-morning/) - 40th Anniversary Coffee & Cake Morning On Saturday 20th September the 40th Anniversary Coffee & Cake Morning (advertised above) was organised by Sheila & her team to provide a nostalgic look back throughout those 40 years. There were about 55 members present, the whiteboard by the door was completely covered in photos and there was - [Archive Copy of Home Page content on 22nd September 2025](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/archive-copy-of-home-page-content-on-22nd-september-2025/) - FANCY PLAYING BOWLS? WATCH OUR CLUB VIDEO BELOW We are a community based bowls club in South West Hertfordshire following all Bowls England Safeguarding policies and also offering a year round Social programme. Like what you see and are interested? Click here for more information 40th Anniversary Celebration Coffee & Cake Morning: September 20th - [Images](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/club-stuff/images/) - Events Images Images from VE Celebration Day (June 2025) and Eric Lloyds 90th Birthday lunch You may have seen Brian Ralphs wandering around the green during Events armed with his camera - sometimes Brian's camera is in the hands of other club members. That camera has taken hundreds of Bowls related photos and we - [Friends of English Bowling - 40th Anniversary Match](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/events-comps/friends-of-english-bowling-40th-anniversary-match/) - 40th Anniversary match against The Friends of English Bowling The Friends of English Bowling (FoEB) kick off their season at Berkhamsted On Tuesday 13th May 2025 The Friends of English Bowling (FoEB) came to play a commemorative match as part of our 40th Anniversary events. FoEB are an organisation set up solely to support the game - [2025 FIXTURES](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/2025-fixtures/) - 2025 Fixtures as at 11th April 2025 [table id=88 /] [table id=87 /] or - [Skittles Evening March 21st](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/skittles-evening-march-21st/) - Skittles Evening Mar 21st 2025 Another very successful social evening brilliantly organised (as usual) by Sheila and her team. To return to the top of this page or to go to the Home page - [Copy of Home Page end Feb 2025](#) - ***Copy of the Home page as at end Feb 2025 - for archive purposes*** FANCY PLAYING BOWLS? WATCH OUR CLUB VIDEO BELOW We are a community based bowls club in South West Hertfordshire following all Bowls England Safeguarding policies and also offering a year round Social programme. Like what you see and are interested? Click here - [Darts Evening Feb 21st 2025](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/darts-evening-feb-21st-2025/) - Darts Evening Feb 21st 2025 Another very successful social evening brilliantly organised by Sheila and her team which raised almost £250 for club funds. Members were divided into teams of six - Each team member went to the 'oche' 10 times - 5 before the buffet break and 5 after. Performances probably dipped after - [Carpet Bowls and Pub Games Evening 8th February 2025](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/carpet-bowls-and-pub-games-evening-8th-february-2025/) - Carpet Bowls & Pub Games Evening 8th February Saturday Feb 8th saw a Carpet Bowls & Pub Games evening at the club aimed at giving members some good cheer during the damp & dreary year to date. Along with Carpet Bowls, were games such as Dominoes, Jenga, Snakes & Ladders, Sequence, Shove Ha’penny to keep - [Bridge Club](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/berkhamsted-bridge-club/) - Berkhamsted Bowls Bridge Club now has its own dedicated web-site. The scores are now available much sooner and easier for the Scorers to publish these. You will also be able to leave members of the Bridge Club messages and arrange a Bridge Partner if you need one. To go to the site click on the - [Ventriloquist Evening Oct 2024](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/ventriloquist-evening-oct-2024/) - We had a fantastic evening of magic and ventriloquism which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone, the best show we have seen, so clever and very entertaining. There was audience participation which was so very funny, just ask Janet Spooner what her name is! We laughed so much we cried. A great meal served up - [2024 Club Competitions](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/2024-club-competitions/) - 2024 Club Competitions ***The Corona Singles League has its own page - to go there click here*** 2024 Competition Formats: 4-Wood Singles competitions (except Veterans & Newcomers) - 21 shots; Pairs -18 Ends; Two-wood Singles - 21 Ends; Veterans Singles - 2 sets of 9 Ends (plus a 3-End Tie-break if needed); Newcomers Singles - - [2023 Archived HOME Page Highlights](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2023-archived-home-page-highlights/) - The following are some of the highlights that appeared on our HOME page in 2023-2024 ***Scroll down through the items and then use the button at the bottom of the page to return to the current HOME page*** Ken Maynard - R.I.P We are very sad to announce the passing of KEN MAYNARD in - [2024 Corona Singles League](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/2024-corona-singles-league/) - This is all about FUN - so keep it fun!! You can submit your Corona League Result to Gary Fisher using the form below (don't forget to click SEND at the bottom left of the Form once you've entered the relevant information!): Corona Singles League Results Form ENTRY FEE: £2.50 per player FORMAT Session 1 - [Annual Gala 2024](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/events-comps/annual-gala-2024/) - 2024 Mixed Triples Gala Monday May 27th On a mostly dry with intermittent showers Bank Holiday Monday 24 teams came to our club to play in our Annual Mixed Triples Gala- it was good to see the Green occupied with rolling woods &(mostly) smiling faces between 10:00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. A Big 'Thank You' - [Annual Gala 2023](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/annual-gala-2023/) - 2023 Mixed Triples Gala Monday May 29th On a (thankfully dry!) Bank Holiday Monday 28 teams came to our club to play in our Annual Mixed Triples Gala- it was good to see the Green fully occupied with rolling woods between 10:00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. A Big 'Thank You' to those teams - [2023 Corona Mixed Singles League](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/2023-corona-mixed-singles-league/) - This is all about FUN - so keep it fun!! FORMAT Session 1 of the league will run from Monday 10 Jul 23 until Sun 30 Jul 23, unless all games finish before then. Session 2 will start on, Thurs 3 Aug 23 to Weds 23 Aug Session 3 will run from Sun 27 Aug - [CONTACT](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/contact/) - [CLUB INFO](#) - This page was previously titled SOCIAL but under this title will now be used to provide club-related information for members as 'child' pages. The two previously linked pages - Diary and Bridge - have been retained but will be added to. Preparing for the 2024 Season Our season opens on Wednesday 17th April and we - [Club Competitions 2023](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/club-competitions-2023/) - 2023 Club Competitions ***The Corona Singles League has its own page - to go there click here*** 2023 Competition Formats: 4-Wood Singles competitions (except Veterans & Newcomers) - 21 shots; Pairs -18 Ends; Two-wood Singles - 21 Ends; Veterans Singles - 2 sets of 9 (plus 3 end Tie-break if needed); Newcomers Singles - 11 - [Lee Rivers Evening: March 2024](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/lee-rivers-evening-saturday-march-23rd-2024/) - Saturday 23rd March saw the return of a Club favourite - Lee Rivers - to entertain some 50 members with his musical repertoire. Sheila & her team had decorated the clubhouse including a table of raffle prizes generously donated by members. As can be seen from the poster above the evening kicked off with - [FIXTURES 2024](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/fixtures-2024/) - Provisional 2024 Fixtures as at 24th March 2024 [table id=79 /] [table id=86 /] Additional Fixtures will be confirmed as soon as they are known - [Membership Renewals 2023](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/membership-renewals-2023/) - Membership Renewals for the coming season are due. Please complete below and make payment preferably as soon as possible and no later than 20th March 2023. ***Please note that under the Terms of Use for the Card Reader we are not permitted to use it for Membership Subscriptions, so we cannot accept payment via the - [Coaching](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/play/adults/) - If you require any further information about our coaching please contact our Recruitment & Development Officer Kevin Clarke on 07841 371943. In the meantime you may be interested in looking at some of the following: On-line coaching videos Having an appreciation of a tried and tested technique, however, will help you play the best - [Presentation Evening 2022](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/presentation-evening-2022/) - Presentation Evening 2022 - Saturday 19th November It was the 37th DINNER DANCE PRESENTATION EVENING for our Club at Berkhamsted Golf Club on Saturday 19th November with nearly 80 people in attendance. Apart from the splendid food guests were treated to an 'Have We Got Bowls For You' sketch – featuring Kevin ‘Deayton’ Clarke, Louis ‘Hislop’ - [Presentation Evening 2021](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/presentation-evening-2021/) - Presentation Dinner & Dance Evening - Sat November 27th 2021 Another superb Dinner Dance evening at Berkhamsted Golf Club for our members, family & friends. The clubhouse was spectacularly dressed with lights and decorations to compliment a slideshow and mobile disco for the near capacity guests. The evenings entertainment was a mixture of reflection, comedy - [Darts Evening 14 Oct 2022](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/darts-evening-14-oct-2022/) - Darts Evening - Fri October 14th 2022 On Friday 14thOctober 36 players took to the Oche at our darts evening accompanied by spectators, lights, food, drink and much amusement. It was good after all the trials & tribulations of the last two years or so to feel the buzz of the Clubhouse full with members - [Potters Resort Nov 2022](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/potters-nov-2022/) - Potters Resort 7-11 November 2022 As part of the 2022 Winter Social Programme 36 'intrepid' Club Members went to the Potters Resort in Norfolk between the 7th and 11th November for one of their mid-week breaks. It was a 'Bowls Tournament' break and 24 of our members party took part in that event which drew - [2022 Press Reports](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2022-press-reports/) - Press Reports submitted to the Hemel Gazette during the 2022 Outdoor Bowling Season Up to Week Ending 8th May Berkhamsted club has made a good start to the season with success on the friendly and competitive fronts. The first game against Potten End resulted in a win for Berkhamsted 80-63 with a winning rink of - [2022 Corona Mixed Singles League](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2022-corona-mixed-singles-league/) - 2021 Winner Chris Gray received the BALON D'ORO at Presentation Night The Corona Mixed Singles League is all about FUN - so keep it fun!! FORMAT Session 1 of the league will run from Monday 11 Jul 22 until Thurs 28 Jul 22, unless all games finish before then. Session 2 will start 4 days - [Club Competitions 2022](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/club-competitions-2022/) - 2022 Club Competitions ***The Corona Singles League has its own page - to go there click here*** 2022 Competition Formats: 4-Wood Singles competitions (except Veterans & Newcomers) - 21 shots; Pairs -18 Ends; Two-wood Singles - 21 Ends; Veterans Singles - 2 sets of 9 (plus 3 end Tie-break if needed); Newcomers Singles - 11 - [2022 Fixtures](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2022-fixtures/) - 2022 Fixtures [table id=79 /] [table id=78 /] - [Annual Gala 2022](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/annual-gala-2022/) - 2022 Mixed Triples Gala Our 2022 Mixed Triples Gala Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May: Results 1st Prize - 34 Points: The Last Resort (Berkhamsted) 2nd Prize - 31 Points with a Shot Difference of 18: Doom Bars (Mid Surrey) 3rdf Prize - 31 Points with a Shot Difference of 5: London Pride (Mid-Surrey) Our roving - [Christmas Fayre: 10thDecember 2023](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/christmas-fayre-10thdecember-2023/) - Burger & Games Night: 1st December 2023 On Sunday morning 10th December we held our 2023 Christmas Fayre in the Clubhouse - superbly organised by Peter Batchelor and his team. It was an opportunity for members and their friends to get together over a drink & cakes and have a go a guessing the weight - [Burger & Games Night: 1st December 2023](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/burger-games-night-1st-december-2023/) - Burger & Games Night: 1st December 2023 Friday 1st December saw a return to Friday evening Club Night with a Burger & Games Night. Food was a choice between Burgers & Hot Dogs- well done Sheila & Noreen and the bar was ably manned by Linda & Brian Ralphs. It might have been a 'social!' - [Presentation Evening 2023](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/presentation-evening-2023/) - Presentation Evening 2023 - Saturday 18th November It was the 38th DINNER DANCE PRESENTATION EVENING for our Club at Berkhamsted Golf Club on Saturday 18th November with 75 members & guests in attendance. Apart from the splendid food guests were treated to an edition of 'The Chase' sketch – featuring Kevin (he's no Bradley Walsh) - [Potters Resort Nov 2023](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/potters-resort-nov-2023/) - Potters Resort 6-10 November 2023 As part of the 2023 Winter Social Programme 34 Club Members went to the Potters Resort in Norfolk between the 6th and 10th November for one of their mid-week breaks. It was a 'Bowls Tournament' break and 20 of our members party took part in that event which drew teams - [Skittles Evening October 2023](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/skittles-evening-october-2023/) - Skittles Evening October 2023 We held a great Skittles Competition in October with 48 players, 3 non-players, 3 members on the bar (who were kept very busy) and 2 organising the buffet supper. It was a very competitive evening and lots of fun, the winners were the King Pins. Highlights of the evening were undoubtedly - [Match Reports 2023](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/2023-fixtures/match-reports-2023/) - 2023 Match Reports Sat 2nd September 5MXT v ST. ALBANS B.C. Berkhamsted entertained St Albans on Saturday in a five Triple encounter. The match was very enjoyable played in good and friendly spirit. The match was very close on four out of the five rinks. Rink 1 lost on the last end by 1 shot - [FACEBOOK](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/gallery/) - View our latest Club posts and pics from here. or - [Disability Bowling](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/play/disability-bowling/) - Powered by Embed YouTube Video - [2023 FIXTURES](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/2023-fixtures/) - 2023 Fixtures - Provisional [table id=79 /] [table id=83 /] - [2021 Corona Mixed Singles League](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/corona-mixed-singles-league-2/) - At the start of this season there was a 'Mini' Corona League for new and inexperienced bowlers to get them started playing 'competitive' bowls; for those League participants and results please click here 2020 Corona Mixed Singles League Competition link - Click on this link, also, if you would like to know a little - [Rink Booking](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/rink-booking/) - OFF SITE RINK BOOKING SYSTEM The booking calendar has been set up such that any attempt to book overlapping periods on a specific rink or in the changeover periods will not be allowed. If the entries are too difficult to read then you can change the view being shown from the drop down menu immediately - [Social Programme](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/news/winter-activities/) - Social Programme Winter 2021-2022 Below is a winter programme of weekly and monthly activities at the clubhouse that Sheila has prepared and underneath that are posters advertising 'Jean's Bingo' & 'Tim's Whist', both of which run every week. Sheila hopes that there will be something to suit everyone and we can all meet up during - [Skittles League - Winter 2020](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/skittles-league/) - In a bid to help members well-being during these difficult times we have organised a 'Covid Friendly' Skittles Competition in the Clubhouse that will run over 6 weeks from 2nd November to 11th December. Entrants have been organised into bubbles of maximum size 6 to play in specific daily sessions - see below. Unfortunately the - [2020 Internal Competitions](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2020-internal-competitions/) - In this 'unprecedented' year our Club Competition Programme comprised only 4 events running alongside the innovative Corona Mixed Singles League. The programme was determined taking account of the views expressed by the membership about bowling & competitions at this time and, more importantly, how many would enter each of our usual competitions if they were - [2021 Fixtures](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2021-fixtures/) - 2021 Fixtures [table id=45 /] - [2021 Club Internal Competitions](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2021-club-internal-competitions/) - Our annual club knock-out competitions have resumed this season, with one exception: there will be NO Open Handicap Singles; in its place will be the Open Corona Singles League (run by Gary Fisher) that proved popular last season. ***The Corona Singles League has its own page - to go there click here*** Formats: - [Annual Gala 2021](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/annual-gala-2021/) - 2021 Annual Mixed Triples Gala Our 2021 Annual Mixed Triples Gala was held on Bank Holiday Monday 30th August Roll of Honour First prize:- £120 - Red Kites (Berkhamsted BC) - 39 Points; Second prize:- £90 - Murray Mints (Luton BC) - 36 Points - Shot difference: 34; Third prize:- £60/team - Merlow (Herts - [Archive HOME page - December 2021](#) - This is a copy of the HOME page as at 8th December 2021, Done so so as not to lose the content code. Presentation Dinner & Dance Evening - Sat November 27th Another superb Dinner Dance evening at Berkhamsted Golf Club for - [Events Sign Up Page](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/fixtures/member-sign-up-page/events-sign-up-page/) - Sign Up for Club Events This page contains the sign up sheets for the Social Events - similar sheets will also be posted onto the Clubhouse Noticeboard. However there are currently No Events that require On-line Sign Up. - [Alt Trial Home Page](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/trial-new-home-page-built-using-elementor/) - WELCOME We are a Lawn Bowls Club located in the centre of Berkhamsted next to the High Street To learn more about us and our facilities, see our latest Facebook posts or wish to contact us with an enquiry please click an appropriate button below. About Us Facebook Link Contact Us For Club Members – - [Modern HOME - Development Use only](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/welcome/modern-home/) - This is where a potential new home page will be constructed before going live: For the time being the entry below contains some of previous Home Page Content & layout The image above forms the placeholder for a horizontal slider images LATEST INFORMATION? alter DARTS Feb 22 6.30 pm Clubhouse Cost £7 - [Club Archive - Latest](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archive/) - CLUB ARCHIVE This is the Main landing Page for searching our club’s archived web pages. It is organised into 5 main sections: Club Competitions; Matches; Publicity; Social; Image Library.Each category is arranged by years and clicking on a link will bring up that relevant archived page. Club Competitions Descriptive text to be added here 2013 - [Archive by Category](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/pacs-archive-by-category/) - Archive by category page Coaching (RSS) (3) News (RSS) (113) Playing (RSS) (4) County & District (RSS) (2) Juniors (RSS) (1) Press (RSS) (29) Local (RSS) (5) Social (RSS) (113) Bridge (RSS) (113) - [Second Trial Elementor Page Build - Development use only](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/second-trial-elementor-page-build/) - Potential New Home or Landing page via Elementor Page Builder LATEST INFORMATION CLUB RE-LAUNCH WEBSITE This unusual year has given us the chance to modernise our website and keep ourselves at the forefront of providing clear and attractive information to all our users. We have created a cleaner design using more imagery, consistent … This - [Archived posts by category](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archive/archived-posts-by-category/) - [Trophy Winners 2014](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/trophy-winners-2012/) - [Trophy Winners 2013](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/trophy-winners-2013/) - [Page of Posts](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/page-of-posts/) - This is a page to display the posts that have been made to our site - it uses the Suffusion 'Posts in Page Template to display excerpts from each post. - [2020 Corona Mixed Singles League](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/corona-mixed-singles-league/) - 2020 Corona Mixed Singles League To provide another form of 'competition in these 'unprecedented' times when there are no external matches or competitions, Our Men's Captain - Gary Fisher - prganised an 'informal' Mixed Singles League took place between June 29 and September 16. This was in addition to our traditional annual Competition programme The - [Newsletter](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/club-stuff/newsletter/) - NEWSLETTERS To keep in touch with our members, some of whom have hardly made any visits to the Clubhouse since March 2020 owing to shielding, self-isolating from Covid etc, the Committee decided to prepare Newsletters, which hopefully give a reasonable summary of the efforts made to keep some club activities going during the restricted times. - [New Member Support](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/play/new-member-help/) - [pdf-embedder url="https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/webpage-WELCOME-TO-BOWLSv2.pdf" title="webpage WELCOME TO BOWLSv2"] [pdf-embedder url="https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Webpage-MATCHES-COMPSv2.pdf" title="Webpage MATCHES & COMPSv2"] - [Around Berkhamsted](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/about-us/berkhamsted/) - [Our History](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/about-us/history/) - Friendly and Competitive - [Annual Gala Day 2016](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/annual-gala-day/) - Our Annual Gala is held on the late May Bank Holiday Monday each year. This year 24 teams, from visiting clubs in and around Hertfordshire, entered our Mixed Triples Competition. Whilst the weather could have been kinder, everybody had competitive matches on the green and enjoyed some lively, friendly 'banter' and mayhem in the clubhouse. Competition - [PLAYING](#) - [ARCHIVES](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/) - Pages more than 2 years old are moved into this Archive section - Sarah Marshall ?? was the 2017 Ladies B1 singles world champion and was selected to play for Hertfordshire in the 2017 National Johns Trophy - the first blind bowler to achieve this. - [2019 Internal Competitions](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2019-internal-competitions/) - The draws for our 2019 competitions took place in the Clubhouse on Friday evening 31st May by the the Competition Secretary and the Club Secretary using our 'Tumbling Tom' Raffle Number Generator - if you don't like the draw blame the machinery not the Operators!!!!!! The 2019 Players Handicap list was determined at a meeting - [British Night 2019](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/british-night-2019/) - This was the first of the winter programme arranged by Sheila Bell and took place on Saturday 26th October. Sheila reports that it was an excellent evening attended by 50 members and friends. The clubhouse was transformed and looked amazing. The dress code was anything British which included The Queen, Prince Philip, Boris Johnson (who - [Friends & family Day 2019](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/friends-family-day-2019/) - Timetable: 2.45pm - 4.15pm Circuit Bowls (£1 per round) 4.15pm - 4.45pm Afternoon Tea Break (Target challenge on green £1 per go) 4.45pm - 5.00pm Knockout Spider (£1 per person) 5.00pm - 6.15pm Family pairs challenge (£2 per team) Please bring lots of pound coins with you if you would like a go ! Other - [Annual Gala 2019](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/annual-gala-2019/) - 2019 Gala - Monday 27th May The response to date has been excellent with many old and some new Clubs entering the competition. We have our full complement of 28 teams and are looking forward to a day of competitive but friendly bowls. First prize of £120; Second prize - [National, County & District Competitions 2017](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/national-county-district-competitions-2017/) - Watford & District Finals Day, Saturday 2nd September: Mixed fortunes for our players The 2017 W&D Ladies Officers' Singles Champion is Lesley Brown who defeated Jill Willis (Tring) at Abbots Langley B.C. However our 2016 W & D Men's Pairs Champions - David Brown & Kevin Clarke - were unable to retain their title narrowly losing - [2017 Match Details](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2017-match-details/) - Teams and Rink Scores for our 2017 Matches April and May 2017 Click on the link for the teams and results of matches played in this period: April-May 2017 June 2017 Click on the link for the teams and results of matches played in this period: June 2017 July 2017 Click on the link for - [2017 Fixtures & Results](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2017-fixtures-results/) - Contacts: [table id=10 /] Abbreviations: DCS: Dacorum Charity Shield; LL: Ladies League; LF: Ladies Friendly; LCL: Ladies County League; M: Mens Match; MCL: Mens County League; MXD: Mixed Fours; MXT: Mixed Triples; G: Grey; W: White Sheet up: sheet up in Clubhouse for you to add your name; Selected; teams selected, please tick your name on sheet to confirm Click here for links to the - [2019 Fixtures & Results](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2019-fixtures-results/) - APRIL 2019 [table id=31 /] MAY 2019 [table id=32 /] JUNE 2019 [table id=33 /] JULY 2019 [table id=34 /] AUGUST 2019 [table id=35 /] SEPTEMBER 2019 [table id=36 /] - [2018 Internal Competitions](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2018-internal-competitions/) - The draws for our 2018 competitions took place in the Clubhouse during Roll Up on the afternoon Thursday 30th May by the the Competition Secretary and the Club Secretary using 'Tumbling Tom' if you don't like the draw blame the machinery not the Operators!!!!!! The 2018 Roll of Honour can be viewed by scrolling to - [Mis-Match Murder Mystery 2019](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/mis-match-murder-mystery-2019/) - A very successful and enjoyable evening largely due to the author: our own John Bell, the cast: John Bell, Anne Furlong, Jackie Healy, Alice Biggs, Elizabeth Baker, Andrew Reeve and Alan Parsons and Narrator Mary Clarke; the Set Designer Jackie Cormack who also provided an excellent meal for the full house of 60 and - [Murder Mystery 2017](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/murder-mystery-evening-25-march-2017/) - A very successful and hilarious Murder Mystery Evening - Who killed the Vicar - was held at the club on Saturday 25th March 2017 in the clubhouse. A full house was treated to an evening of excellent entertainment, food and intrigue - so much so that none of the audience guessed the murderer and accomplice as - [70s Celebration Night](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/70s-celebration-night/) - Sheila Bell (nee Sorley) arranged a hearty meal for the 48 or so attendees and afterwards a good number of them denied their 'aching limbs' to 'dance (!)' the evening away to the live music and singing of Lee Rivers - as excellent as usual. Some images taken during the - [2018 Presentation Night](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2018-presentation-night/) - 2018 Presentation Night & Dinner Dance was held at Berkhamsted Golf Club on Saturday 24th November 2018. Over 60 members & their guests including Guest of Honour Kevin Brazier were welcomed by President Kevin Clarke. They enjoyed an excellent meal before the presentation of Trophies for this year's Competitions Winners and Finalists. Some of them - [2018 Match Details](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2018-match-details/) - Click on the following to see the teams and results in a separate window Teams April-May 2018 Teams June 2018 Teams July 2018 Teams August 2018 Teams September 2018 - [Annual Gala 2018](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/annual-gala-2018/) - 2018 Gala - Monday 28th May In absolutely perfect weather and in high spirits 24 teams from the following Bowls Clubs: The Met Police, Bushey, Little Gaddesden, Herts, Abbots Langley, Harperbury, Kitcheners, Kings Langley, Dunstable, Ruislip and Berkhamsted competed to win prize monies totalling £270. First prize of £120 with 38 points Steve Murray, - [2018 Fixtures & Results](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2018-fixtures-results/) - APRIL 2018 [table id=18 /] MAY 2018 [table id=19 /] JUNE 2018 [table id=20 /] JULY 2018 [table id=21 /] AUGUST 2018 [table id=22 /] SEPTEMBER 2018 [table id=23 /] - [Bowls England Celebration Match June 2016](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/bowls-england-celebration-match-june-2016/) - We were immensely pleased and proud to host a Bowls England Team on Wednesday June 15th in a match to celebrate our award as Bowls England National Club of the Year in 2015. The match was on 6 rinks and the Bowls England team comprised representatives from 9 counties, from as far afield as Lancashire - [Trophy Winners 2015](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/trophy-winners-2015/) - 3 - [Internal Competitions - 2016](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/internal-competitions/) - 2016 Internal Competition Information Draws and results to date are displayed on the clubhouse 'Club Competitions' section of the Notice Board and given below by clicking on the relevant links. The draws were made on Friday 20th May, Friday 27th May and Friday 3rd June by the Competition Secretary, the Club Secretary and Tony Smart - [2015 Fixtures & Results](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2015-fixtures-results/) - Abbreviations: MXD = Mixed 4's | MXT = Mixed Triples | M = Mens Match | LL = Ladies League | LF = Ladies Friendly DCS = Dacorum Shield | MCL = Mens County League Click here for links to the websites/addresses of other bowls clubs. Contacts: Match Secretary....John Shotton...01442 824103 Secretary..............Lesley Brown...01442 866365 President..............Kevin Clarke....01296 668104 Ladies - [National, County & District 2016](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/county-district/) - As Competition details become available for our Mens & Ladies they will be added to the fixture lists below: NATIONAL COMPS ARE SHOWN IN ORANGE | COUNTY COMPS ARE SHOWN IN BLUE | DISTRICT COMPS ARE SHOWN IN GREEN ***Berkhamsted scores are shown first*** LADIES Date Day Time Comp Opponents Venue Rinks Score 25 July Mon TBA - [2016 Match Details](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2016-match-details/) - Teams and Rink Scores for our 2016 Matches April and May 2016 Click on the link for the teams and results of matches played in this period:April-May 2016 June 2016 Click on the link for the teams and results of matches played in this period: June 2016 July 2016 Click on the link for the teams - [2016 Fixtures & Results](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2016-fixtures-results/) - Abbreviations: MXD = Mixed 4's | MXT = Mixed Triples | M = Mens Match | LL = Ladies League | LF = Ladies Friendly LCL = Ladies County League | DCS = Dacorum Shield | MCL = Mens County League Click here for links to the websites/addresses of other bowls clubs. Contacts: Match Secretary....John Shotton......01442 824103 Secretary...............Christine Sims....01442 873413 - [2017 Internal Competitions](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/2017-internal-competitions/) - 2017 Internal Competitions Draws and results to date will be displayed on the clubhouse 'Club Competitions' section of the Notice Board as soon as they become available. and given below by clicking on the relevant links. The official start date of the competitions (apart from the Novice and Newcomers Singles) is June 1st; i.e. this - [Captain & Vice-Captain's Day](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/captain-vice-captains-day/) - This is an Annual Event in which the Men's and Ladies Captains and the Men's and Ladies Vice-Captains select their teams from the club members who have signed up for the day. Exactly how they do this is not known but it may be just like picking teams in the school playground (can we all - [Annual Gala 2017](https://www.berkhamstedbowlsclub.co.uk/archives/annual-gala-2017/) - Our Annual Mixed Triples Gala Day is held on the late May Bank Holiday Monday each year; this year that Monday was May 29th. 28 teams from: The Met Police, Hazells, Bushey, Garston, Little Gaddesden, Herts, Abbots Langley, Kitcheners, Kings Langley, Dunstable, Ruislip, Aylesbury Town, Hendon and Berkhamsted Bowls Clubs took part. 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