Teddington v Esher. (Home ) / Saturday 22nd September
We started this, our final club match, in light rain, which got heavier as the afternoon wore on. In the end the rain got the better of us so we ended the match early.
Eileen’s and Ted’s rinks shared the same winning score ( 13 shots to 10 ), both having completed 15 ends. Bob’s rink finished having completed 16 ends with an unassailable lead of 28 shots to 1.
Thank you to one and all for your support throughout the season. We won 2/3rds of our matches which I consider more than respectable Ted
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Teddington v Bishop Duppas (Home) / Thurs 20th Sept.
We won this, our penultimate game, by 2 rinks to 1. Vernon’s rink won by the biggest margin ( 19 shots to 9 ). Bob’ s rink won ( 13 shots to 10 ), and Ted’s team lost ( 9 shots to 18 ).
So we won overall by 4 shots ( I always said it was a team game ! ). Thank you once again.
Ted
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Teddington v Strawberry Hill (Away) / Tuesday 18th Sept.
A match of fluctuating fortunes. Gerrard’s team won convincingly by 20 shots to 7. Ted’s team were well down but somehow managed to win 7 shots on one end to make the score more respectable , ending up losing by 4 shots. (20 to 24). Bob’s team were neck and neck til the halfway stage, finally losing by 12 shots to 22. We lost the overall match by a single shot ( 52 to 53 ), and by 2 rinks to 1. Ted
Teddington v Staines (Away). / Thursday 13th September
We won this match, remarkably by winning on all three rinks by the same margin of 4 shots. The overall score was 52 shots to 40 in our favour.
Well done to all concerned. Ted
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Teddington v Mid Surrey (Away) / Tuesday 11th September
Another very close match. We won on one rink ( 20 shots to 17), lost on one rink and drew on the other ( 13 to13 ). So losing overall by a mere 4 shots.
Ted
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Teddington v Sunbury (Home) / Thursday 6th September
The result in this home match almost mirrored that of our away match against them last month when we won on 2 rinks and lost on 2 rinks and acheived the same thIs time. However, we won this match by 3 shots overall, (66 - 63), whereas we lost by 1 shot on the previous occasion. So well done everyone for reversing the outcome. Ted
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Teddington v Ashford (Away) R&B Saturday 25th August
After a struggle to get 12 players, four had to stand down because our opponent could only offer 2 rinks. Before we started, we knew that Ashford had already won the league and that we were in third place, needing a win to come second.
Eileen`s team were one down after 12 ends but fell behind to finish 7 points down. In Colin`s team the first 3 players held between 2 and 6 shots several times only to see the lead disappear to finish one down after the final bowl from the skip, - not always their skip! At the last end, victory was within sight as we held 3 shots with one bowl to go. It seemed well protected by twelve bowls between the mat and the head but somehow a way through was found to move the jack near the ditch while the toucher in the ditch finished closer. The score finished 19-17 to them.
Thus, counting six shots for the rink conceded, we lost by the match by 3 shots instead of winning by 1. A final score of 3-1 down instead of 3-1 up.
Thanks and congratulations to all players this season who achieved a commendable 3rd place and narrowly missed second in a league of 6 teams.
Bernard Winter (R&B Captain)
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Teddington v NPL. /. Thursday 23rd August (away)
Definitely a game of two halves. Teddington were leading by
28 shots to 18 at the halfway stage. Eileen’s team ended up losing by 7 shots, Ted’s team lost by 8 shots and Colin’s team
held on to win by 2 shots, So we lost by 2 rinks to 1, and by a margin of 13 shots. At least we beat them in the R&B match four days earlier, which is much more preferable.
Thank you yet again, Ted
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Teddington v NPL Sunday 19th August (Home)
Another good match, played in the usual friendly way and with a comfortable 3-1 win.
The strategy was to have 2 strong teams and hope that they would see us through with an outside chance that we could gain a 4-0 win.
Teams led by Eileen and David achieved even more than was expected of them by winning by 28 and 19 points respectively which was enough to win the match easily.
Colin`s team had to play against a team of three and made a tactical switch in their playing order under the mistaken impression that Colin would have three bowls. Despite Bernard becoming skip, the contest went down to the last bowl, which failed to take shot so we lost by 1.5 points.
In all, a very satisfactory result. Bernard Winter (R&B Captain)
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Teddington v Sunbury ( away) / Saturday 11th August
This match of four triples ended with each side winning 2 rinks apiece. However, Sunbury won overall, scoring 63 shots to our 62.
Gerrard’s rink had the best result, winning by 10 shots. David’s team won by 1 shot, which perfectly balanced the 1 shot loss on Bob’s rink. Colin’s team won the first 10 ends, were level on end 12, then fell away on the last 6 ends.
Once again thank you all for your efforts in a very well fought match.
Ted
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Teddington v Weybridge.( away ) / Thursday 9th August
The match started once the rain had relented enough to allow us to do so
We ended up by winning on 2 rinks and losing on the third. Colin’s team won by 15 shots, Ted’s team won by 13 shots, while Eileen ‘s team lost after a match which fluctuated back and forth right up to end 13, when their opponents got in front and stayed there till the end. We won by 19 shots overall.
Thank you for your efforts, especially in such inclement conditions. Ted
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Teddington V Hampton R&B Tuesday 31st July 2018
Another good match which ended 3-1 to Hampton.
Eileen`s team finished its long run of success, with slightly variable players, to lose 22-18. After leading 13-4 at the halfway stage they could manage only one more shot until 2 on the final end.
Colin`s team were level after 8 ends but gradually fell further behind to finish 25-13 down.
Bob`s team were all square after 10 ends. The lead then varied until the score was all square at the final end which went to Teddington by one shot.
Bernard Winter (R&B Captain)
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Teddington v Isleworth. (Away) 28th July 2018
An exciting match of fluctuating fortunes.
Once again, Eileen`s team lead from the start and steadily increased their lead to win by a huge 27-12.
David`s team started badly to be 14-1 down after 6 ends but made a spectacular recovery to finish all square on 18 all.
Colin`s team started well to lead 13-6 after 10 ends, largely due to some excellent play by Colin. Unfortunately they managed only 3 more points in the next 11 ends while the opposition amassed 18.
Thus we won one, lost one and drew one but finished winners by two and a half points to one and a half, due to a shots score of 61 to 51.
Bernard Winter
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Middlesex Mixed Pairs
Report on the Middlesex Bowls Quarter and semifinals, played on 9th September at Wealdstone Bowls Club.
Eileen and David in the Quarter Final had to play Ken Pheasant and Jill Hatvarney from Holt Whites Bowls club.
On the first end we dropped 3 shots but got 3 shots back on the next end. We then started to take control of the match, and then we made a slip and dropped 5 shots on one end but we manged to recover and ran out winners 21 shots to 15.
In the semi final we were up against Dave Pitt from Masonians and Wendy Bayley from Ashford. The rink played very differently to the previous one, and we struggled to get to grips of it at the begining. David and Betty found it immediately, we worked very hard to get back on terms but the superior play of our opposition was telling.
On one end alone we hit their shot wood three times but it was still shot at the end The final score was 21 shots to 11 in their favour.
It was an experience to play in this company and I think that we learnt a lot from it.
Regards, David Baker
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Report of Middlesex Mixed Pairs between Budgie Baker and Ann Haliday(current England International) and Eileen Ball and David Baker played at Masonians BC.on 24 July 2018.
Eileen and David started very fast, on the first 3 ends they scored 2 shots, 5 shots and 4 shots putting them 11 - 0 up.
They kept the pressure on and even if they lost an end it was only by 1 or 2 shots. Eventually Buddgie shook hands with the score at 22 shots to 8. A great result for us. We are away in the next round to M Cooper of Bishop Duppas BC date to be agreed.
Eileen and David traveled to Uxbridge Bowls Club on 28th August
to play the next round of the Middlesex Mixed Pair competition against Eve Tenorio and Malcum Jacob.
On the first end we dropped a single shot the next three ends we scored 10 shots we then dominated the whole match as we out bowled them both the final score being 29 shots to 5. This puts us into the quarter finals which are to be played at Wealdstone bowls club on 9th September. David Baker.
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Teddington v Hampton / Thursday 19th July.
We lost on 2 rinks : by 21 shots on one and by 9 shots on the other.
Colin’s team were neck and neck all afternoon, but managed to hold out and win by 1 shot.
We lost overall by 29 shots. Not much to embroider, but thank you all for your efforts.
Ted
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Teddington v Strawberry Hill / Tuesday 17th July.
We lost on rink 5. /. 9 shots to 17
We won on rink 4 / 17 shots to 13
We won on rink 3 / 23 shots to 7.
Thus ending a very enjoyable match, against our nearest neighbours in very pleasant weather with an overall 12 shot win.
Thank you everyone for your contribution. Ted
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R & B Match v NPL away 12th July.
We all had a good friendly game against our opponents many whom we meet at the league on Mondays.The green was extremely slow and you had to be strong to reach a long jack !!
but WE WON 2 rinks to 1 , and the one we lost we were only beaten by 2 points.
Well played all !!! Regards Colin
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Teddington v Mid Surrey / Saturday 7th July
Mid Surrey could only muster 8 players so we played this match as 2 triples and 1 pair. Another sweltering day so we shortened the match to 16 ends.
We lost on all three rinks with an overall deficit of 20 shots -
( Perhaps our minds were elsewhere )
Thank you once again to Maureen & Vernon for their catering, and to everyone for taking part. Ted
Teddington v North Sheen / Thursday 5th July.
We lost on rink 1 by 11 shots , won on rink 2 by 5 shots and
lost on rink 3 by 13 shots, making an overall loss of 19 shots.
Another match played in blazing sunshine evoking the usual adjectives : competitive, friendly, enjoyable. Thank you to everyone for taking part.
Ted
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Teddington v Worthing Pavilion / Wednesday 27th June.
We arrived at Worthing just after noon after a very pleasant and unhindered journey. One could not but be impressed by the first sight of their club : two immaculate 6 rink greens,bathed in glorious sunshine. The surface of the rinks was very true with none of the challenges we face because of the idiosyncrasies of our rinks.
As for the bowling we made a match of it but lost on all four rinks. This was compensated for by the friendly spirit the match was played in.
Our closest team was that skipped by Bob who lost by 8 shots. On the other three rinks we lost by 13, 14 and 16 shots respectively, making an overall loss of 51 shots.
Thank you to Christine for organising the trip,to Maureen and Vernon for conducting the raffle, and to everyone for taking part. Ted
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Teddington v Cambridge Park / Tuesday 26th June
This match was played in very hot conditions, in a friendly spirit against a very strong Cambridge Park team.
On rink 5, Bernard, Victor and Bob triumphed after a slow start to win by 3 shots.
On rink 4, Roger B, Vernon and Colin lost their match by 8 shots.
On rink 3, Maureen,Eileen and Ted lost by a single shot after
allowing a 6 shot lead at end 14 to slip away.
So we lost by 2 rinks to 1, and by 6 shots overall.
Well done to everyone for making it a tight match.
Ted.
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R&B Teddington v Isleworth Saturday 23rd June 2018
Once again the Rink with Skip Eileen and Roger B second triumphed, by 32-19, with John and Gerrard replacing Christine and Roger J.
Unfortunately Derek, Victor Ted and Bob lost 7-27 to a good combination, particularly Lou J at three for Isleworth.
An over-all draw just escaped us when a lead of 21-20, after 20 ends, became 21 22 on the last end for Bernard, Vernon, David and Colin. Perhaps we were lucky to be so close after an incredible 7 shot loss on end 15!
Bernard Winter R&B Captain
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R&B Home match V Ashford Bowls Club 21st June 6 pm.
Unfortunately Ashford could only field 8 players out of 12 , therefore we only played on 2 rinks.
We won handsomely on rink 2 and only lost on the last end by 2 shots on rink 4.
Even so, the points awarded are 3 to us 1 to Ashford.
Well done to US.
Colin
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R&B Teddington v Hampton Sunday 10th June Away
A well contested match played in good spirit in lovely weather with an excellent win for Teddington by 3-1.
Once again team 1, Christine, Roger B, Roger J and Eileen, were in great form to triumph by 25-13.
Team 2, Jonathan, John, David B and Bob, were ahead by 7 points at the half way stage and eventually hung on to win 15-14.
Team 3, Bernard, Derek, Gerrard and Colin, were ahead or at least level until the 17th end but then lost all but the last end to finish 21-18 down, despite good play by Gerrard and Colin.
Hence the final result was a win by 2 rinks to 1 and 58 shots to 48.
Bernard Winter (R&B Captain
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Teddington v Cambridge Park, (Away) Saturday June 2nd R&B
After a draw in the home fixture, we lost this match by 3-1,
Our first four of Chris, 2 Rogers and Eileen gradually established a lead of 13 shots and hung on well to finish 9 points ahead.
The second four of Maureen, Victor, Ted and Vernon gradually fell further behind to finish 31-6 down.
The third four of Jonathan, John, Bernard and Bob trailed by 12 points due partly to excellent play from the 2 opposing county players, but managed to improve in the latter half to finish 8 points behind.
In all it was an enjoyable match, - with the wrong result.
Bernard R&B Captain
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Away Match V Masonians 26th May . . . Another WIN for us !
We are doing really well so far this season, in all friendlies and the one R&B we have WON them all !! Long may it continue.
Anyway we played in very hot sunshine and we won on 2 rinks and drew on the 3rd against a very friendly team on a lovely 'looked after' and even green. A nice afternoon was had by all.
Colin (Vice Captain)
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The result against Eastcote, played on Sunday 20th May, was that
we drew on two rinks each, but lost overall by a mere 5 shots. From Vernon (match Capt) via Ted Mitchell
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Teddington v Hampton / Thursday 17th May
We achieved a good result against Hampton,winning on 3 rinks and losing on the fourth with an overall score of 71 shots to 58.
Hampton are one of our more competitive local rivals so it is always good to win against them. However, we play each other several times in the near future so we can not afford to be complacent. We have started our season well - congratulations to everyone, let’s keep it going.
Ted
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Teddington v NPL. / Thursday 10th May.
This match against one of our local rivals was played, as befitting, in a very friendly way.The weather was fine - very comfortable and dry.
The result was also very good. We won on all three rinks, with a convincing overall score of 68 shots to 37. Rink 2 contrived to give their opponents a lifeline by conceding 6 shots on end 14 , then lost by 4 shots on end 15 . However, prior to this they were leading by 27shots to 9 and it proved to be just a hiccups as they then went on to win all their remaining ends.
Thank you for all your efforts. Ted (Mens Capt)
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Away friendly against Esher Bowling Club Sunday 6th May.
After the initial confusion where Esher's opinion was that we were due to play 4 Triples whereas our book said 3, (we played 3 triples). We got going in the brilliant and hot sunshine and a very friendly match was played. We actually WON, One rink won, one rink drawn and one rink lost (mine !!) Total 48 - 41 to us.
Hopefully this is a sign of things to come for the rest of the season (we can but dream !!!)
Thanks to everybody, Colin
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Richmond & Barnes match v Cambridge Park. Saturday 5th May
An exciting match in perfect weather played in a friendly spirit.
On rink 1 a 14 point lead gradually decreased until 5 shots on the final end saw CP win by 3.
On rink 2 we were well behind but managed to reduce the deficit to lose by 3.
We triumphed on rink 3 as the lead fluctuated until a final burst on the last 8 ends saw us go from 2 down to 10 up.
Hence, though we lost 2-1 on rinks, 1 point for overall score, 64-60, resulted in a drawn match at 2 all.
Thanks to all who helped to make this an enjoyable occasion, particularly to Maureen for her usual delightful refreshments.
Bernard Winter (R&B Captain)
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Teddington v Cambridge Park, Saturday 17th March 2018
We lost this match by a mere 6 shots overall. However, as with our previous meeting, we drew the match by winning on two rinks each. This was definitely a match of two halves. At the break for tea we were leading overall by 24 shots. We really must find out what it is they put in the tea and coffee.
Since we have the same supply of beverages I am suggesting (facetiously, of course ), that they have become inured to their water.
Thank you to everyone for playing, despite the problem with the weather and the rugby affected traffic. Now we can look forward to playing outdoors, hopefully in lovely sunshine.
Ted Mitchell ( Men’s Captain )
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Teddington v Cambridge Park / Sunday 18th February 2018
This match ended in a 2 all draw when measured by rinks won. However, when measured by overall score, we won by 83 shots to 65. So congratulations to everyone who took part. This is our first win against Cambridge Park indoors.
I remember back in January 2016 losing by a huge margin.This set a pattern that was hard to break, but little by little we started to close the gap, although not by any significance. This was helped by more of us regularly playing
Indoors.
So keep up the good work and be prepared for Cambridge Park to field a much stronger team next time. Once again ‘well done’ everyone. Ted Mitchell ( Men’s Captain )
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We started this, our final club match, in light rain, which got heavier as the afternoon wore on. In the end the rain got the better of us so we ended the match early.
Eileen’s and Ted’s rinks shared the same winning score ( 13 shots to 10 ), both having completed 15 ends. Bob’s rink finished having completed 16 ends with an unassailable lead of 28 shots to 1.
Thank you to one and all for your support throughout the season. We won 2/3rds of our matches which I consider more than respectable Ted
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Teddington v Bishop Duppas (Home) / Thurs 20th Sept.
We won this, our penultimate game, by 2 rinks to 1. Vernon’s rink won by the biggest margin ( 19 shots to 9 ). Bob’ s rink won ( 13 shots to 10 ), and Ted’s team lost ( 9 shots to 18 ).
So we won overall by 4 shots ( I always said it was a team game ! ). Thank you once again.
Ted
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Teddington v Strawberry Hill (Away) / Tuesday 18th Sept.
A match of fluctuating fortunes. Gerrard’s team won convincingly by 20 shots to 7. Ted’s team were well down but somehow managed to win 7 shots on one end to make the score more respectable , ending up losing by 4 shots. (20 to 24). Bob’s team were neck and neck til the halfway stage, finally losing by 12 shots to 22. We lost the overall match by a single shot ( 52 to 53 ), and by 2 rinks to 1. Ted
Teddington v Staines (Away). / Thursday 13th September
We won this match, remarkably by winning on all three rinks by the same margin of 4 shots. The overall score was 52 shots to 40 in our favour.
Well done to all concerned. Ted
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Teddington v Mid Surrey (Away) / Tuesday 11th September
Another very close match. We won on one rink ( 20 shots to 17), lost on one rink and drew on the other ( 13 to13 ). So losing overall by a mere 4 shots.
Ted
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Teddington v Sunbury (Home) / Thursday 6th September
The result in this home match almost mirrored that of our away match against them last month when we won on 2 rinks and lost on 2 rinks and acheived the same thIs time. However, we won this match by 3 shots overall, (66 - 63), whereas we lost by 1 shot on the previous occasion. So well done everyone for reversing the outcome. Ted
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Teddington v Ashford (Away) R&B Saturday 25th August
After a struggle to get 12 players, four had to stand down because our opponent could only offer 2 rinks. Before we started, we knew that Ashford had already won the league and that we were in third place, needing a win to come second.
Eileen`s team were one down after 12 ends but fell behind to finish 7 points down. In Colin`s team the first 3 players held between 2 and 6 shots several times only to see the lead disappear to finish one down after the final bowl from the skip, - not always their skip! At the last end, victory was within sight as we held 3 shots with one bowl to go. It seemed well protected by twelve bowls between the mat and the head but somehow a way through was found to move the jack near the ditch while the toucher in the ditch finished closer. The score finished 19-17 to them.
Thus, counting six shots for the rink conceded, we lost by the match by 3 shots instead of winning by 1. A final score of 3-1 down instead of 3-1 up.
Thanks and congratulations to all players this season who achieved a commendable 3rd place and narrowly missed second in a league of 6 teams.
Bernard Winter (R&B Captain)
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Teddington v NPL. /. Thursday 23rd August (away)
Definitely a game of two halves. Teddington were leading by
28 shots to 18 at the halfway stage. Eileen’s team ended up losing by 7 shots, Ted’s team lost by 8 shots and Colin’s team
held on to win by 2 shots, So we lost by 2 rinks to 1, and by a margin of 13 shots. At least we beat them in the R&B match four days earlier, which is much more preferable.
Thank you yet again, Ted
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Teddington v NPL Sunday 19th August (Home)
Another good match, played in the usual friendly way and with a comfortable 3-1 win.
The strategy was to have 2 strong teams and hope that they would see us through with an outside chance that we could gain a 4-0 win.
Teams led by Eileen and David achieved even more than was expected of them by winning by 28 and 19 points respectively which was enough to win the match easily.
Colin`s team had to play against a team of three and made a tactical switch in their playing order under the mistaken impression that Colin would have three bowls. Despite Bernard becoming skip, the contest went down to the last bowl, which failed to take shot so we lost by 1.5 points.
In all, a very satisfactory result. Bernard Winter (R&B Captain)
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Teddington v Sunbury ( away) / Saturday 11th August
This match of four triples ended with each side winning 2 rinks apiece. However, Sunbury won overall, scoring 63 shots to our 62.
Gerrard’s rink had the best result, winning by 10 shots. David’s team won by 1 shot, which perfectly balanced the 1 shot loss on Bob’s rink. Colin’s team won the first 10 ends, were level on end 12, then fell away on the last 6 ends.
Once again thank you all for your efforts in a very well fought match.
Ted
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Teddington v Weybridge.( away ) / Thursday 9th August
The match started once the rain had relented enough to allow us to do so
We ended up by winning on 2 rinks and losing on the third. Colin’s team won by 15 shots, Ted’s team won by 13 shots, while Eileen ‘s team lost after a match which fluctuated back and forth right up to end 13, when their opponents got in front and stayed there till the end. We won by 19 shots overall.
Thank you for your efforts, especially in such inclement conditions. Ted
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Teddington V Hampton R&B Tuesday 31st July 2018
Another good match which ended 3-1 to Hampton.
Eileen`s team finished its long run of success, with slightly variable players, to lose 22-18. After leading 13-4 at the halfway stage they could manage only one more shot until 2 on the final end.
Colin`s team were level after 8 ends but gradually fell further behind to finish 25-13 down.
Bob`s team were all square after 10 ends. The lead then varied until the score was all square at the final end which went to Teddington by one shot.
Bernard Winter (R&B Captain)
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Teddington v Isleworth. (Away) 28th July 2018
An exciting match of fluctuating fortunes.
Once again, Eileen`s team lead from the start and steadily increased their lead to win by a huge 27-12.
David`s team started badly to be 14-1 down after 6 ends but made a spectacular recovery to finish all square on 18 all.
Colin`s team started well to lead 13-6 after 10 ends, largely due to some excellent play by Colin. Unfortunately they managed only 3 more points in the next 11 ends while the opposition amassed 18.
Thus we won one, lost one and drew one but finished winners by two and a half points to one and a half, due to a shots score of 61 to 51.
Bernard Winter
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Middlesex Mixed Pairs
Report on the Middlesex Bowls Quarter and semifinals, played on 9th September at Wealdstone Bowls Club.
Eileen and David in the Quarter Final had to play Ken Pheasant and Jill Hatvarney from Holt Whites Bowls club.
On the first end we dropped 3 shots but got 3 shots back on the next end. We then started to take control of the match, and then we made a slip and dropped 5 shots on one end but we manged to recover and ran out winners 21 shots to 15.
In the semi final we were up against Dave Pitt from Masonians and Wendy Bayley from Ashford. The rink played very differently to the previous one, and we struggled to get to grips of it at the begining. David and Betty found it immediately, we worked very hard to get back on terms but the superior play of our opposition was telling.
On one end alone we hit their shot wood three times but it was still shot at the end The final score was 21 shots to 11 in their favour.
It was an experience to play in this company and I think that we learnt a lot from it.
Regards, David Baker
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Report of Middlesex Mixed Pairs between Budgie Baker and Ann Haliday(current England International) and Eileen Ball and David Baker played at Masonians BC.on 24 July 2018.
Eileen and David started very fast, on the first 3 ends they scored 2 shots, 5 shots and 4 shots putting them 11 - 0 up.
They kept the pressure on and even if they lost an end it was only by 1 or 2 shots. Eventually Buddgie shook hands with the score at 22 shots to 8. A great result for us. We are away in the next round to M Cooper of Bishop Duppas BC date to be agreed.
Eileen and David traveled to Uxbridge Bowls Club on 28th August
to play the next round of the Middlesex Mixed Pair competition against Eve Tenorio and Malcum Jacob.
On the first end we dropped a single shot the next three ends we scored 10 shots we then dominated the whole match as we out bowled them both the final score being 29 shots to 5. This puts us into the quarter finals which are to be played at Wealdstone bowls club on 9th September. David Baker.
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Teddington v Hampton / Thursday 19th July.
We lost on 2 rinks : by 21 shots on one and by 9 shots on the other.
Colin’s team were neck and neck all afternoon, but managed to hold out and win by 1 shot.
We lost overall by 29 shots. Not much to embroider, but thank you all for your efforts.
Ted
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Teddington v Strawberry Hill / Tuesday 17th July.
We lost on rink 5. /. 9 shots to 17
We won on rink 4 / 17 shots to 13
We won on rink 3 / 23 shots to 7.
Thus ending a very enjoyable match, against our nearest neighbours in very pleasant weather with an overall 12 shot win.
Thank you everyone for your contribution. Ted
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R & B Match v NPL away 12th July.
We all had a good friendly game against our opponents many whom we meet at the league on Mondays.The green was extremely slow and you had to be strong to reach a long jack !!
but WE WON 2 rinks to 1 , and the one we lost we were only beaten by 2 points.
Well played all !!! Regards Colin
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Teddington v Mid Surrey / Saturday 7th July
Mid Surrey could only muster 8 players so we played this match as 2 triples and 1 pair. Another sweltering day so we shortened the match to 16 ends.
We lost on all three rinks with an overall deficit of 20 shots -
( Perhaps our minds were elsewhere )
Thank you once again to Maureen & Vernon for their catering, and to everyone for taking part. Ted
Teddington v North Sheen / Thursday 5th July.
We lost on rink 1 by 11 shots , won on rink 2 by 5 shots and
lost on rink 3 by 13 shots, making an overall loss of 19 shots.
Another match played in blazing sunshine evoking the usual adjectives : competitive, friendly, enjoyable. Thank you to everyone for taking part.
Ted
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Teddington v Worthing Pavilion / Wednesday 27th June.
We arrived at Worthing just after noon after a very pleasant and unhindered journey. One could not but be impressed by the first sight of their club : two immaculate 6 rink greens,bathed in glorious sunshine. The surface of the rinks was very true with none of the challenges we face because of the idiosyncrasies of our rinks.
As for the bowling we made a match of it but lost on all four rinks. This was compensated for by the friendly spirit the match was played in.
Our closest team was that skipped by Bob who lost by 8 shots. On the other three rinks we lost by 13, 14 and 16 shots respectively, making an overall loss of 51 shots.
Thank you to Christine for organising the trip,to Maureen and Vernon for conducting the raffle, and to everyone for taking part. Ted
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Teddington v Cambridge Park / Tuesday 26th June
This match was played in very hot conditions, in a friendly spirit against a very strong Cambridge Park team.
On rink 5, Bernard, Victor and Bob triumphed after a slow start to win by 3 shots.
On rink 4, Roger B, Vernon and Colin lost their match by 8 shots.
On rink 3, Maureen,Eileen and Ted lost by a single shot after
allowing a 6 shot lead at end 14 to slip away.
So we lost by 2 rinks to 1, and by 6 shots overall.
Well done to everyone for making it a tight match.
Ted.
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R&B Teddington v Isleworth Saturday 23rd June 2018
Once again the Rink with Skip Eileen and Roger B second triumphed, by 32-19, with John and Gerrard replacing Christine and Roger J.
Unfortunately Derek, Victor Ted and Bob lost 7-27 to a good combination, particularly Lou J at three for Isleworth.
An over-all draw just escaped us when a lead of 21-20, after 20 ends, became 21 22 on the last end for Bernard, Vernon, David and Colin. Perhaps we were lucky to be so close after an incredible 7 shot loss on end 15!
Bernard Winter R&B Captain
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R&B Home match V Ashford Bowls Club 21st June 6 pm.
Unfortunately Ashford could only field 8 players out of 12 , therefore we only played on 2 rinks.
We won handsomely on rink 2 and only lost on the last end by 2 shots on rink 4.
Even so, the points awarded are 3 to us 1 to Ashford.
Well done to US.
Colin
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R&B Teddington v Hampton Sunday 10th June Away
A well contested match played in good spirit in lovely weather with an excellent win for Teddington by 3-1.
Once again team 1, Christine, Roger B, Roger J and Eileen, were in great form to triumph by 25-13.
Team 2, Jonathan, John, David B and Bob, were ahead by 7 points at the half way stage and eventually hung on to win 15-14.
Team 3, Bernard, Derek, Gerrard and Colin, were ahead or at least level until the 17th end but then lost all but the last end to finish 21-18 down, despite good play by Gerrard and Colin.
Hence the final result was a win by 2 rinks to 1 and 58 shots to 48.
Bernard Winter (R&B Captain
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Teddington v Cambridge Park, (Away) Saturday June 2nd R&B
After a draw in the home fixture, we lost this match by 3-1,
Our first four of Chris, 2 Rogers and Eileen gradually established a lead of 13 shots and hung on well to finish 9 points ahead.
The second four of Maureen, Victor, Ted and Vernon gradually fell further behind to finish 31-6 down.
The third four of Jonathan, John, Bernard and Bob trailed by 12 points due partly to excellent play from the 2 opposing county players, but managed to improve in the latter half to finish 8 points behind.
In all it was an enjoyable match, - with the wrong result.
Bernard R&B Captain
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Away Match V Masonians 26th May . . . Another WIN for us !
We are doing really well so far this season, in all friendlies and the one R&B we have WON them all !! Long may it continue.
Anyway we played in very hot sunshine and we won on 2 rinks and drew on the 3rd against a very friendly team on a lovely 'looked after' and even green. A nice afternoon was had by all.
Colin (Vice Captain)
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The result against Eastcote, played on Sunday 20th May, was that
we drew on two rinks each, but lost overall by a mere 5 shots. From Vernon (match Capt) via Ted Mitchell
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Teddington v Hampton / Thursday 17th May
We achieved a good result against Hampton,winning on 3 rinks and losing on the fourth with an overall score of 71 shots to 58.
Hampton are one of our more competitive local rivals so it is always good to win against them. However, we play each other several times in the near future so we can not afford to be complacent. We have started our season well - congratulations to everyone, let’s keep it going.
Ted
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Teddington v NPL. / Thursday 10th May.
This match against one of our local rivals was played, as befitting, in a very friendly way.The weather was fine - very comfortable and dry.
The result was also very good. We won on all three rinks, with a convincing overall score of 68 shots to 37. Rink 2 contrived to give their opponents a lifeline by conceding 6 shots on end 14 , then lost by 4 shots on end 15 . However, prior to this they were leading by 27shots to 9 and it proved to be just a hiccups as they then went on to win all their remaining ends.
Thank you for all your efforts. Ted (Mens Capt)
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Away friendly against Esher Bowling Club Sunday 6th May.
After the initial confusion where Esher's opinion was that we were due to play 4 Triples whereas our book said 3, (we played 3 triples). We got going in the brilliant and hot sunshine and a very friendly match was played. We actually WON, One rink won, one rink drawn and one rink lost (mine !!) Total 48 - 41 to us.
Hopefully this is a sign of things to come for the rest of the season (we can but dream !!!)
Thanks to everybody, Colin
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Richmond & Barnes match v Cambridge Park. Saturday 5th May
An exciting match in perfect weather played in a friendly spirit.
On rink 1 a 14 point lead gradually decreased until 5 shots on the final end saw CP win by 3.
On rink 2 we were well behind but managed to reduce the deficit to lose by 3.
We triumphed on rink 3 as the lead fluctuated until a final burst on the last 8 ends saw us go from 2 down to 10 up.
Hence, though we lost 2-1 on rinks, 1 point for overall score, 64-60, resulted in a drawn match at 2 all.
Thanks to all who helped to make this an enjoyable occasion, particularly to Maureen for her usual delightful refreshments.
Bernard Winter (R&B Captain)
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Teddington v Cambridge Park, Saturday 17th March 2018
We lost this match by a mere 6 shots overall. However, as with our previous meeting, we drew the match by winning on two rinks each. This was definitely a match of two halves. At the break for tea we were leading overall by 24 shots. We really must find out what it is they put in the tea and coffee.
Since we have the same supply of beverages I am suggesting (facetiously, of course ), that they have become inured to their water.
Thank you to everyone for playing, despite the problem with the weather and the rugby affected traffic. Now we can look forward to playing outdoors, hopefully in lovely sunshine.
Ted Mitchell ( Men’s Captain )
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Teddington v Cambridge Park / Sunday 18th February 2018
This match ended in a 2 all draw when measured by rinks won. However, when measured by overall score, we won by 83 shots to 65. So congratulations to everyone who took part. This is our first win against Cambridge Park indoors.
I remember back in January 2016 losing by a huge margin.This set a pattern that was hard to break, but little by little we started to close the gap, although not by any significance. This was helped by more of us regularly playing
Indoors.
So keep up the good work and be prepared for Cambridge Park to field a much stronger team next time. Once again ‘well done’ everyone. Ted Mitchell ( Men’s Captain )
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