End Of Season Game
The annual end of season game took place on Saturday 5th September between the winners of the Blyth Valley Veterans League (Cowpen & Crofton) and a representative side consisting of teams of 3 from the following clubs Alexandra Park, Astley Park, Bedlington, Cramlington, Newbiggin and Seaton Sluice.
As winners of the league Cowpen and Crofton hosted the event. Played under near perfect weather conditions and with the supply of copious amounts of tea, coffee and biscuits supplied by members from Cowpen & Crofton throughout the day the competition got underway.
It was obvious from the start that C&C had turned out a very strong and competitive team however the side representing the rest of the league from Cramlington didn’t let C&C have it all their own way going on to win their rink, sadly for the rest of the league this was not repeated on the other 5 rinks C&C going on to win the game by 10 – 2 with a very high shot difference. My thanks to Cowpen and Crofton for hosting the event the green looked superb and clearly your members must have been up early to set up all of the rinks a great start to an enjoyable day.
members, guests and competitors relax during and after the game
Tom Entwistle Memorial Plate
Played for in Memory of Tom who for many years was Secretary of the Blyth Valley Vets League. A maximum of 12 players take part in the competition each year. Players are selected by their own clubs to represent them in the competition.
The Memorial Plate has not been played for since 2019 when Derek Harding from Newbiggin Bowling Club won it. The honour of hosting the event falls to Newbiggin as the 2019 winners, This years event was held on Saturday the 20th August. Played under slight windy conditions and a few drops of rain with a break for refreshments after the preliminary rounds all competitors battled through to the end.
The event was won by Jim More from Astley Park Bowling Club with Dany Dodds from Bedlington Bowling Club as runner-up. My thanks to Newbiggin bowling club for hosting this years competition and also to their members who stood in as officials and in particular to Joan Gledhill for the supply of the refreshments.
L to R D.Dodds (runner-up) & Keith Twist presenting
L to R J.More ( winner) & Keith Twist Presenting
Blyth Valley Pairs Competition
Pairs from each club are entered into the competition. Players both male and female should have attained the age of 55 years before the preliminary or first round matches are due to play.This is a K.O. competition (15 ends of 3 woods per player Final 18 ends) There are no restrictions on the number of pairs each club may enter into the competition.
The final was held at Astley Park on Monday 15th August at 18:30pm
This year we had 16 pairs in the competition. The games are played throughout the season this years event was won by K.Twist and D.Clough from Cramlington Bowling club the runners-up were R.Brown and E.Brown from Alexandra Park
My thanks to Graham Sivell Secretary of Astley Park for hosting the event and for the supply of tea and biscuits throughout the competition. Thanks also to those members from various bowling clubs who turned up on the night to support their players.
L to R R. Brown E. Brown ( runner-up) and K.Twist presenting
L to R D.Clough( Winner) R.Maule(presenting) and K.Twist (Winner)
Blyth Valley Vets League Cup
This is a local league with teams from Alexandra Park, Astley Park, Bedlington, Cowpen & Crofton, Cramlington, Newbiggin and Seaton Sluice taking part. The league starts in early May and continues through to early August. Each team playing the rest of the league on a home and away basis.
Members from Cowpen and Crofton receiving the Trophy from K.Twist
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