Bude Bowling Club
Men’s Section
Ted Hope Cup (second-leg) — Thursday, August 23
HOLSWORTHY had a 33-shot lead going into the second game.
Building on that success with a 23-shot win in the second match gave Holsworthy a comprehensive winning margin of 56.
Bude 36
Holsworthy 59
R Smith, G Norman, B Weeks & B Wonnacott lost 8-25; H Sinclair, R Cadd, R Wilkins & T House lost 13-17; T Hutton, T Ford, C Shepherd & C Ford lost 15-17
Ladies Section
Rosebowl — Friday, August 30
THE Ladies Rosebowl was played for last Friday on a warm, sunny afternoon.
After an enjoyable afternoon’s bowling, the ladies retired to the pavilion for tea and cake before competition secretary Barbara Phoenix announced that the joint winners were Janet Hiller and Ann Reece-Pinchin, who will share the Rosebowl.
Barbara Crook was then presented with a consolation prize of chocolates.
President Sue Plumstead thanked Barbara for organising the afternoon and Tricia Dixon for organising the refreshments.
Mixed Section
SCBU — Monday, August 20
Bude 2 (4pts)
Stratton 3 (6pts)
Two Wood Single: C Shepherd won 13-10; Four Wood Single: G Kemp lost 11-21; Pair: M March & R March lost 18-23; Triple: S Jones, J Hiller & C Vickery won 14-11; Rink: T Ford, R Smith, F Goldthorp & B French lost 13-36
SCBU — Wednesday, August 29
Bude 2 (4pts)
Stratton 3 (6pts)
Two Wood Single: C Shepherd won 20-6; Four Wood Single: G Kemp won 21-18; Pair: B Phoenix & H Reece-Pinchin won 20-13; Triple: S Jones, B Crook & B Dixon won 21-9; Rink: B Wonnacott, D Heckbert, T Dixon & C May won 25-7
Holsworthy Bowling Club
Club Section
Club Finals Weekend — Saturday, August 25, to Monday, August 27
HOLSWORTHY Bowling Club held their Club Finals Weekend over the August Bank Holiday.
The results are as follows: Mixed Triples: Pauline Smith, Harry Watts and Chris Brown beat Edward Leanord, Sylive Langford and Barrie Thomas 15-14; Two Wood Singles: Dan Kulisa beat Steve Bryan 15-14; Men’s Novices: Nick Kulisa beat Dave Finch 21-9; Open Pairs: Mike Down and Angie Bryan beat Rose Chetwynd and Steve Bryan 25-9; Over 60s: Steve Wiggins beat Patrick Martyn 21-14; Men’s Pairs: Steve Bryan and Barrie Thomas beat Nick Kulisa and Chris Brown 28-13; Open Singles: Steve Bryan beat Steve Wiggins 21-20; Men’s Singles: Mike Down beat Nick Kulisa 22-10; Men’s Handicap: Dave Finch beat Dave Webb 21-11
Mixed Section
SCBU — Wednesday, August 22
Holsworthy 5 (10pts)
Bradworthy 0 (0pts)
Two Wood Single: J Parnell won 16-13; Four Wood Single: B Reynolds won 21-13; Pair: S Langford & C Brown won 21-13; Triple: R Britton, D Trout & B Thomas won 17-14; Rink:?Roy Britton, F Reynolds, D Finch & R Sluggett won 18-14
Men’s Section
Ted Hope Cup
(second-leg) — Thursday, August 23
HOLSWORTHY won the Ted Hope Cup for the first time since 2015 after a 133-78 aggregate victory.
After winning their home rink 74-42, the visitors then recorded a 59-36 victory in the return leg to seal their success.
G Smith, N Kulisa, D Webb & B Reynolds won 25-8; E Leanord, D Kulisa, S Wiggins & C Brown won 17-15; P Trible, D Finch, H Watts & B Thomas won 17-13
Kensey Vale Bowling Club
Club tour to Warwickshire
FORTY bowlers and friends headed to Warwickshire recently for their 2018 club tour, which was based at the Mercure Brandon Hall Hotel and Spa in Coventry.
Four matches were played with Kensey Vale winning each contest which saw them head to Coventry (Stoke Bowling Club), Stratford-upon-Avon (Avon Bowling Club), Rugby (The Grange Bowling Club), and Cullompton (Culm Vale Bowling Club).
A free day was enjoyed at The National Bowls Championships at Leamington Spa, where the previous week Kensey Vale members had great success.
Nicola Gilbert reached the semi-final in the Two Wood Singles, which took place from August 14 to 16 while Bernie Dyer, Alex Crichton, Nick Trewin and Peter Gilbert were quarter-finalists in the Fours, which spanned two days from August 20 to 21.
All of the players were representing Cornwall after winning their respective county finals.
A club spokesperson said: These were great achievements and they did Kensey Vale and Cornwall proud.”
Mixed Section
Home friendly v Sir Francis Drake (Plymouth) — Sunday, September 2
Kensey Vale 88
Sir Francis Drake 83
J Bickle, S Uglow & M Bartlett lost 7-20; E Chambers, B Tranter & P Musson lost 15-18; S Digby, D Addis & E Blowey lost 15-17; JP Leaver, G Harrison & D Perkin won 20-5; A Musson, S Tranter & I Whale won 21-9; L Blowey, R Williams & S Maiden lost 10-14
Ladies Section
KENSEY Vale’s ladies have won the Group Two Date League.
They now go to Redruth on Wednesday, September 12, to compete in the County Finals.
The Rippon team also did well, coming a very close second in their league.
Stratton Bowling Club
Mixed Section
SCBU — Monday, August 20
Bude 2 (4pts)
Stratton 3 (6pts)
Two Wood Single: R Smith lost 10-13; Four Wood Single: G Perkins won 21-11; Pairs: R & P Sumption won 23-18; Triple: H Sargent, A Hall & V Mancuso lost 12-14; Rink: R Thorne, P Burch, A Maynard & G Maynard won 36-13.
Men’s Section
Croydon Marks final at Kensey Vale — Tuesday, August 21
Stratton 50
Liskeard 48
STRATTON won yet more silverware in 2018 after beating Liskeard by just two shots in the Division One Knockout Cup (aka Croydon Marks) final at Kensey Vale.
The teams were all level after seven and 14 ends, and despite falling behind, Stratton showed why they reached the County Finals recently by pressing on in the closing stages to sneak victory by two points.
A O’Callaghan, A Hall, S Gambriel & S Jones lost 16-18; R Thorne, S Morris, A Braund & D Clark won 22-13; V Mancuso, N Wheaton, P Sumption & G Maynard lost 12-17.