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Danny Wiggin

It is with much sadness that we have to inform our members, that our current President, Danny Wiggin, passed away in the early hours of this morning in hospital.

Our thoughts go out to his family at this sad time.

Details of his funeral will be published as and when we know them.

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Ladies County Final

Sunday 15th September 2019

In a repeat of last years final, Warwick & Worcester's Ladies once again take on Shropshire to lift the crown. This is the 3rd time in 4 years the two teams are meeting in the Final, it currently stands at 1 win each, us last year and Shropshire in 2016. Hopefully our ladies will make it a 2-1 advantage come the end of the game and follow the men in retaining the title.

The finals are being played at Florence Tennis & Bowling Club, Stoke-on-Trent, 2pm start

The players involved are as follows:

GREEN 1 01. Katy Lang ~ White Hart 02. Karen Flowers ~ Hall Green 03. Tracey Baker ~ King George V 04. Sarah Hall ~ British Oak 05. Jodie Pritchard ~ Ye Olde Knowle 06. Emma Goode ~ Kings Norton Ex Servicemens Club 07. Karen Weaver ~ Ward End Cons 08. Sarah Combellack ~ Bradford Arms 09. Shannon Kernick ~ Baldwin 10. Sarah Homer ~ RASP 11. Emily Weaver ~ Ward End Cons 12. Jan Pratley ~ Rowley Labour

Reserves Lorraine Clark ~ The Maggies Sheena Leek ~ King George V Christine Faulkner ~ Ye Olde Knowle Annie Fisher ~ King George V Jan Lovesay ~ Wythall

GREEN 2 01. Sarah Sterland ~ The Maggies 02. Anne O'Loughlin ~ Hall Green 03. Kate Fall ~ Woodbourne Sports 04. Emily Kernick ~ Baldwin 05. Michelle Chatwin ~ Hall Green 06. Faye Montgomery ~ Woodbourne Sports 07. Claire West ~ Baldwin 08. Steph Witherspoon ~ The Maggies 09. Jayne Bates ~ Boldmere St Michaels 10. Maggie Pailing ~ Royal Oak 11. Kelly Martin ~ Baldwin 12. Kirsty Darling ~ Triplex

Reserves Michelle Meadowcroft ~ Baldwin Kathryn Williets ~ Romsley & Hunnington Jenny Walsh ~ Baldwin Liz Cooper ~ Romsley & Hunnington Sharnie Harvey ~ Colebrook Juliette Smith ~ Greyhound

Good luck to all involved, let's bring the trophy home again.

There is a coach picking up from KGV, The Maggies and The Scott Arms. please contact Jan Pratley (07545 589272) if you would like to reserve a seat and support our Ladies.

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Junior County vs Yorkshire

Our final game in this year’s Premier league sees us again heading to Yorkshire to play our old adversaries.

The home game will be played at The Maggies, 165 Shirley Rd, Birmingham B28 9LA, whilst the Away team travel to Cowcliffe Liberal Club, Huddersfield HD2 2LZ.

Home Team @ The Maggies

01. Jack Newsome ~ Baldwin ~ Vice-Captain 02. Jack Darling ~ Triplex 03. Megan Recardo ~ Tanworth in Arden 04. Amy Dandy ~ Broomfield 05. Cameron Cutler ~ Greville Arms 06. Harry Fall ~ Woodbourne Sports 07. Daniel Whitehurst ~ Hall Green 08. Lily West ~ Baldwin 09. Liam Lowery ~ Triplex 10. Larissa Harvey ~ Baldwin 11. Nathan Crocombe ~ Hall Green 12. William Clarke ~ RASP ~ Captain

Reserves: Imogen Harvey ~ Baldwin Jessie-Ann Maskell ~ Tanworth in Arden Abbie-Mae Ross ~ Tanworth in Arden Sam Fall ~ Woodbourne Sports

Practice dates: Monday (all day apart from 2nd September up till 6) Tuesday 20th August 1-6 Tuesday 27th August up till 6 Tuesday 3rd September 1-6 Wednesday 21st August up to 6 Wednesday 28th & 4th all day Thursdays all day Fridays all day Saturday 31st & 7th after 6 Sunday 1st up to 12.30

Away Team @ Cowcliffe Liberal Club

01. Matthew Caines ~ Triplex ~ Vice-Captain 02. Ciaran Andrews ~ Deers Leap 03. Daniel Sterland ~ Maggies 04. Michael Hickey Jnr ~ Kings Norton Ex-Service 05. Lewis Mooney ~ Black Horse 06. Josh Weaver ~ Deers Leap 07. Ryan Hocknull ~ West Bromwich FSC 08. Ben Pritchard ~ King George V 09. Sophie Fowles ~ Hall Green 10. Taylor Miller ~ Brookhill 11. Josh Cooper ~ Rowley Labour 12. Lucas Hall ~ Great Barr ~ Captain

Reserves: Taylor Bishop ~ Hockley Heath Josh Miller ~ Brookhill Callum James ~ Sutton Park James Williams ~ Broomfield Nathan Davis ~ Broomfield Evan Mooney ~ Black Horse Lucas Robinshaw ~ Bradford Arms Blake Hall ~ Maggies Brooke Hall ~ Maggies Mikey Hall ~ Maggies

Coach Travel: 9:15am Triplex 9:45am Scott Arms

Any queries or confirm travel arrangements, please contact  Adam on 07884 548534.

Full match details can be found here: https://bowlingresults.co.uk/bcgbajuniors/index.php

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W&W Mixed Pairs Final

The final of the 2019 Mixed pairs takes place on Sunday 25th August at Hollyfields Bowling Club, Woodacre Road, Erdington, Birmingham B24 0JT. Start time is 12.45 for a 1pm start.

BCGBA dress code applies, black trousers or tailored shorts.

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Crosfield Cup Final

We’ve made it to the final again, and this year we play Merseyside on Sunday 1st September 2019, from 2pm.

The home leg is at Moor Lane and the Away leg is at Played at Carr Mill Bowling Club, St Helens WA11 9AD.

The squads are as below:

Home leg @ Moor Lane

01 Ryan Prosser ~ George 02 Peter Davenport - George 03 Gareth Herbert ~ George 04 Ben Harris ~ George 05 Elliot McGuinness ~ George 06 Rob Carter ~ George 07 Tom Pritchard ~ King George V 08 James Seville ~ Moseley CC 09 Greg Smith ~ George (Capt) 10 Marc Wilson ~ George 11 Neil Clarke ~ Tanworth in Arden 12 Phil Clinton ~ George

Reserves Andy Saunders ~ West Bromwich FSC Barry Maskell ~ Tanworth in Arden Louis Jones ~ Royal Oak Neil Harrell ~ King George V

Away leg @ Carr Mill Bowling Club, St Helens WA11 9AD

01 Tom Palmer ~ Kings Heath Park 02 Ant Bracken ~ Greville Arms 03 Adam Patrick ~ Moor Lane 04 Steve Darling ~ Triplex 05 Ashley Bracken ~ Greville Arms 06 Josh Hale ~ Greville Arms 07 Paul Hemming ~ George 08 Ross Dunkley ~ Greville Arms (Capt) 09 Jack Whitehead ~ Moor Lane 10 Peter Dunkley Greville Arms 11 Carl Fielding ~ Greville Arms 12 Steve Wallace ~ Greville Arms

Reserves Jason Galvin ~ King George V Chris Halford ~ Greville Arms Adam Kirby ~ Moseley CC

Coach Travel

The coach to St Helens will collect from the Maggies at 9.30am and the Chester Road/Boldmere St Michaels at 10.00am.

We would like to get as much support as possible travelling to St Helens, If you wish to reserve your space on the coach, please contact Andy Nuttall on 07496 634644 or Darren Andrews on 07973 839352.

Please note strict BCGBA dress code applies.

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It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of Jimmy Orr on Monday night

Jim has been a long member at Woodbourne and will be greatly missed especially running his bowls up from corner to corner shouting ‘go on orry lad’

Our thoughts are with his family and we will notify you of the funeral arrangements once these are known

Kind Regards

Rob Fall

Woodbourne Sports Bowls Club

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Colin Weaver funeral arrangements

To whom it may concern

After a long struggle Colin Weaver has passed away, he was a member of K.H.P.  W.E.Cons,  and a previous W&W County Player for many seasons. 

The funeral will take place on Tuesday 23 JULY @ SUTTON COLDFIELD CREMATORIUM B75 6LG, At 10-00a.m. 

Afterwards at the Crown F.G..M.N. FROM 12-00 onwards.

The family have requested  family flowers only, any donations to Focus Birmingham. The family have also requested that bowlers wear either club  or county shirts.

Jeffrey Weetman

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Veterans County Championship Finals

I am pleased to confirm that the finals of 2019 Veterans County Championship, which will be contested between Lancashire, Potteries & District, Warwick & Worcester and Yorkshire, will be held at Ashton Cricket Club (OL7 0AU) on Thursday 1st August.

Ashton Cricket Club is just two minutes off the M60 junction and the entrance to the green is opposite KFC on Lord Sheldon Way. The club will provide food and drink from 9.15am and the bar will be open from 12 noon.

The finals will follow the same format as the regional qualifying rounds with all matches played on a round-robin basis, 21up off 3, the winners being the county with the most points.

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W&W Mens Pairs Qualifier 2019

Sunday 21st July 2pm Start 2 to qualify from each green draw made at green-side prior to start

Boldemere St Michaels

Jon Newsome / Jack Newsome Steve Horridge / John Carlton Ashley Bracken / James Bracken Tony Williams / Jack Williams Dave Humphreys / Paul Round Graham Savage / Mike Reade Mitchell Harvey / Adam Patrick Simon Smith / John Downes Adam Tyler / Trevor Tyler Steve Yarrington / Jeff Smith

West Brom FSC

Jonathon Griffin / Ian Owen Adrian Tudor / Dan Tudor Paul Beechey / Andy Ford Josh Hale / Ant Bracken Jamie Carter / Steve Sterland James Cosgrave / Simon Clinton Paul Miller / Ben Lynch Steve Lewis / Lee Woodfield Andy Hartwell / Mark Denman Bill Kinchin / Ronnie Regan

Colebrook

Ryan Prosser / Lee Kington Kirk Stevens / Rob Carter Micheal C Lynch / Steve Barrs Andrew Price / Darren Jones Gavin Dunkley / James Seville David Flowers / Dan Whitehurst Jim Kernick / Lee Harvey Steve Davies / Martin Fowles Micheal J Lynch / Matt Higgs Justin Stokes / Graham Gardiner

Ward End Social

Dan Williamson / Jamie Elliott Charlie Bown /James Parkes Davie Mahaffey / Cameron Cutler Chris Gerrard / Adam Walker John Higgins / Daniel Smith Barry Maskell Jnr / Neil Clarke Jason Galvin / Jason Mcgloughin Nathan Caines / Lucas Hall Nathan Crocombe / Rob Byrne Kevin Mytton / Carl Fielding

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W&W Mens Veterans Qualify for Finals Day

Congratulations to our Mens Vets team who qualified from the group stages of the Vets County Championship at the Goodyear BC, Pavilion Club, The Pavilion, Stafford Road, Wolverhampton WV10 6AJ.

The squad made up of: Bill Kinchin, Bob Hickman, Ron Regan, Tony Eaves, Colin Ashfield, Dave Clarke, Bob Jones, Steve Davies and Tony Toal played against Staffordshire, Shropshire and North Mids.

They lost their opening game to home team Staffordshire 161-144, but then beat Shropshire 166-108 and North Mids 160-134, in which time Staffordshire lost to Shropshire by 4 shots.

W&W qualify with a better aggregate overall, well done to all involved.

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Three Merit Finals in 2 weekends.

Sunday 23rd June saw two of the Associations Merit finals come to completion.

At Boldmere Sports and Social the congratulations went to Ryan Prosser who won the W&W 2019 David Perry Mens Individual Merit beating Josh Hale 21 - 15 in a fantastic final. Six qualifiers represent W&W at the All Britain at Rolls-Royce BC in Derbyshire.

Also on 23rd June was the re-arranged weather affected Ladies Merit Final at Moor Lane.

Congratulations to Steph Witherspoon on winning the W&W 2019 Debbie Williams Individual Ladies Merit. In an extremely close fought final Steph overcame Emily Kernick 21-18 and both played amazing.

Well done to the 4 players who have qualified for the ladies All Britain: Steph Witherspoon, Emily Kernick, Maliza Herbert & Anne O'Loughlin.

Sunday 30th June, and it was the time of our Juniors at Solihull Marsh Lane.

Congratulations William Clarke on winning the W&W 2019 Junior Individual Merit beating Taylor Miller 21-6 in the final. Both players qualify for the Junior All Britain in Kendall. 

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Goodbye to Micky

Today, Friday 5th July at 14:30, Newton Road Crematorium we say goodbye to our good friend and past president, Micky Mitchell.

You have been a loyal servant to the Warwick & Worcester Bowls Association as well as bowls in general for many years, especially the juniors you have nurtured along the way.

Goodye Micky !!!

If you can’t make the crematorium, join his friends and family at the Wake at The Great Barr club to celebrate Micky’s life.

Flowers: Pat has request that only immediate family are to send flowers if they wish. Friends are asked instead to donate to the children’s charity Make A Wish to help children with cancer

https://www.make-a-wish.org.uk/…

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Mixed Pairs Prelims

The Prelim round of the Mixed Pairs takes place on Friday evening at Edgbaston Community Sports Ground, Portland Road B17 8LS.

Qualifiers to be played on M&B Portland Road. 7pm Scratch. No dress code required

Emily Weaver/ David G Williams v Claire West/ Mark Bailey Sue Smith/ Dave Hill V Karen Flowers/ David Flowers Jan Pratley/ Neil Harrell v Maggie Pailing/ Louis Jones Kelly Martin/ Andy Boswell v Sharon Andrews/ Darren Andrews Tracey Baker/ Paul Hemming v Steph Witherspoon/ John Beet

Qualifiers to be played on Broomfield BC. 7pm Scratch. No dress code required

Lizzie McNabb/ Luke Harrison v Sarah Combellack/ James Cosgrave Maliza Herbert/ Glen Herbert v Emily Kernick/ Ryan Prosser Taylor Bishop/ Craig Round v Sharnie Harvey/ Jonathon Griffin Michelle Chatwin/ Martin Sylvester v Michelle Meadowcroft/ Ben Harris Jayne Bates/ Adam Walker v Sarah Hall/ Gareth Herbert

The following pairs are through to finals day on Sunday 25th August 2019

Kate Fall/ Graham Savage v Michelle Harrison/ John Harrison Ellie Johnson/ Luke Bowyer v Sarah Homer/ Paul Beechey Rachel Bennett/ Greg Smith v Karen James/ Paul Buckley

please note, dress code will apply on finals day.

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Junior County vs Staffordshire

Third game in the league sees us heading to Bloxwich on Sunday 14th July to play Staffordshire.

The home game will be played at The Colebrook, Haslucks Green Rd, Shirley, Solihull B90 2LL, whilst the Away team take the relatively short trip to Bloxwich Stafford Road Bowling Club WS3 3NG.

Home Team @ The Colebrook

01. Jack Newsome ~ Baldwin ~ Vice-Captain 02. Megan Recardo ~ Tanworth in Arden 03. Amy Dandy ~ Broomfield 04. Jack Darling ~ Triplex 05. Sophie Fowles ~ Hall Green 06. Daniel Sterland ~ Maggies 07. Harry Fall ~ Woodbourne Sports 08. Larissa Harvey ~ Baldwin 09. William Clarke ~ RASP ~ Captain 10. Lily West ~ Baldwin 11. Nathan Crocombe ~ Hall Green 12. Liam Lowery ~ Triplex

Reserves:

Imogen Harvey ~ Baldwin Jessie-Ann Maskell ~ Tanworth in Arden Abbie-Mae Ross ~ Tanworth in Arden Blake Hall ~ Maggies Brooke Hall ~ Maggies Mikey Hall ~ Maggies Sam Fall ~ Woodbourne Sports

Practice at Colebrook

Tue 25th - until 6pm Wed 26th - all day Thur 27th - until 5.30pm Fri 28th - 2pm til 6pm Sat 29th - 10am til 1.30pm then from 6pm Sun 30th - until 1.30pm Mon 1st - all day Tue 2nd - from 2pm Wed 3rd - until 5.30pm Thur 4th - until 5.30pm Fri 5th - all day Sat 6th - 10am til 1.30pm then from 6pm Sun 7th - from 2pm Mon 8th - all day Tue 9th - from 2pm Wed 10th - until 5.30pm Thur 11th - until 5.30pm Fri 12th - from 2pm Sat 13th - 10am til 1.30pm then from 6pm

Away Team @ Bloxwich Stafford Road

01. Matthew Caines ~ Triplex ~ Vice-Captain 02. Taylor Bishop ~ Hockley Heath 03. Ben Pritchard ~ King George V 04. Josh Cooper ~ Rowley Labour 05. Cameron Cutler ~ Greville Arms 06. Ryan Hocknull ~ West Bromwich FSC 07. Josh Weaver ~ Deers Leap 08. Lewis Mooney ~ Black Horse 09. Ciaran Andrews ~ Deers Leap 10. Taylor Miller ~ Brookhill 11. Michael Hickey Jnr ~ Kings Norton Ex-Service 12. Lucas Hall ~ Great Barr ~ Captain

Reserves from

Callum James ~ Sutton Park Josh Miller ~ Brookhill James Williams ~ Broomfield Nathan Davis ~ Broomfield Evan Mooney ~ Black Horse Lucas Robinshaw ~ Bradfrod Arms

Coach Travel

Triplex 11.15am TBC Scott Arms 11.45am TBC

Full match details can be found here: https://bowlingresults.co.uk/bcgbajuniors/index.php

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Mens Senior County

It's Crunch Time!. In a group of only 3, we play South Yorkshire in the group decider on Sunday 7th July 2019, from 2pm.

The home leg is at King George V and the Away leg is at Crookesmoor Recreation Ground, Sheffield.

The squads are as below:

Home leg @ KGV

01 Ross Dunkley ~ Greville Arms 02 Ryan Prosser ~ George 03 Josh Hale ~ Greville Arms 04 Barry Maskell ~ Tanworth in Arden 05 Elliot McGuinness  ~ George 06 Andy Saunders ~ West Bromwich FSC 07 Greg Smith ~ George (Capt) 08 Rob Carter ~ George 09 Jack Whitehead ~ Moor Lane 10 Neil Clarke ~ Tanworth in Arden 11 Paul Hemming ~ George 12 Phil Clinton ~ George

Reserves Ashley Bracken ~ Greville Arms Chris Halford ~ Greville Arms Louis Jones ~ Royal Oak Adam Kirby ~ MCC Steve Wallace ~ Greville Arms

Practice Times

Monday 24th till 6pm Monday 1st All day Tuesday 18th 1- 7pm Tuesday 25th 1-6pm Tuesday 2nd 1-6pm Wednesday 19th till 6pm Wednesday 26th From 1pm Wednesday 3rd All day Thursday 20th, 27th, 4th All day Friday 21st All day Friday 28th From 1pm Friday 5th From 2pm Saturday’s Between 11am – 2pm and after 6pm Sunday’s From 1pm

There may be a slight change in the practice times as a couple of games need arranging but MP will keep you posted. Any problems contact MP on 07954405501

Away leg @ Crookesmoor Recreation Ground, Sheffield  S10 1BA

01 Gareth Herbert ~ George 02 Tom Palmer ~ Kings Heath Park 03 Peter Davenport ~ George 04 Ben Harris ~ George 05 Tom Pritchard ~ King George V 06 Ant Bracken ~ Greville Arms 07 Adam Patrick ~ Moor Lane 08 Jason Galvin ~ King George V 09 Mitch Harvey ~ Greville Arms 10 Steve Darling ~ Triplex 11 Peter Dunkley Greville Arms 12 Carl Fielding ~ Greville Arms (Capt)

Reserves James Seville ~ Moseley CC Mark Wilson ~ George Neil Harrell ~ King George V

The coach to Sheffield will collect from the Maggies at 9.30am and the Chester Road/Boldmere St Michaels  at 10.00am. If you wish to reserve your space on the coach, please contact Andy Nuttall on 07496 634644 or Darren Andrews on 07973 839352.

Please note strict BCGBA dress code applies.

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BCGLBA Junior County Championship

Saturday 29th June 2019 @ Owley Wood Barrymore Rd, Weaverham, Northwich W8 3LS

Book in 9am Start 9:30am

Team A Larissa Harvey - Baldwin Lily West - Baldwin Jack Newsome - Baldwin  Liam Lowery - Triplex  Lucas Hall - Great Barr (Capt) Matthew Caines - Triplex  William Clarke - RASP

Team B Amy Dandy - Broomfield Taylor Bishop - Hockley Heath Ciaran Andrews - Deers Leap Cameron Cutler - Greville Arms Jack Darling - Triplex Lewis Mooney - Black Horse Nathan Crocombe - Hall Green

To book your coach seat contact Adam Easthope on 07884 548534

Pick up times TBC from Triplex and Scott Arms.

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W&W David Perry Mens Individual Merit Finals 2019

@ Boldmere Sports & Social, Sunday 23rd June 2019

10:45am scratch 11am start

Greg Smith v Tony Freeth Ross Dunkley v Paul Gamsby Josh Hale v Gareth Herbert Dave Mahaffey v Darren Jones

Jason Galvin v Scott Follis Phil Clinton v Scott Wallis Graham Gardiner v Ivan Smout Rob Eeles v Adam Weaver

Scott Johnson v Marc Wilson Denis Herbert v Lee Woodfield Liam Lowery v Dave Room Simon Clinton v Neil Harrell

Joe Bown v Roy Woolley Pete Beard v Lucas Hall Darren Round v Barry Maskell Jnr Ryan Prosser v Kirk Stevens

Our thanks to Hayleigh Jones and Paul Copson of the Boldmere Sports and Social for doing the draw live on Facebook.