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East Surrey League Epsom Men Another 5 - 1 victory in the League for Epsom men. This was the 6th 5 - 1 win of the season, but may not prove to be good enough to challenge for top place. Playing against Godstone Epsom were always in control on 3 out of the 4 rinks throughout the game. Epsom have an excellent record against Godstone in the League and this win made it 19 out of 23 since the League began in 1986. Rink scores: Rink 3 John Hart Geoff Purrott Graham Pilbrow Pat Buckley 33 - 13 Rink 4 Ron Snow Clive Banderet Cyril Newman Roy Ward 20 - 25 Rink 5 Bill Lawrence Len Philpott Terry Hoye Peter Miller 30 - 8 Rink 6 Brian Kenyon John Warren George Sperring Les Owen 25 - 12 Final Score: Epsom 108 Godstone 58 (5 - 1)
Epsom Ladies This was an excellent performance by the Ladies. Godstone Ladies have won the League for the last two years, but Epsom played very well to win overall 43 - 34 (3½ -½). Rink Scores: Rink 1 Freda Starkey Diana Taylor Eileen Mills Gill Sperring 24 - 15 Rink 2 Anne Hoffmann Pat Felloni Jo Ellis Janet Cheesman 19 - 19 Final Score: Epsom 43 Godsone 34 (3½ - ½) |
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Area 3 Top 4 Epsom played against Redhill on Saturday 28th June and won on the very last end after being behind all through the game. They dropped 10 shots on the first couple of ends and just scraped home 22 - 21. Team: Brian Kenyon, John Warren, Martin Harbottle & Pat Buckley. |
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Men' Surrey Triples John Hart, Brian Kenyon & Graham Pilbrow's excellent run in the Surrey Triples came to an end at Croydon MO's ground on Tuesday 24th June against Newdigate. At 5 ends the score was 3 - 4 but then Newdigate scored 7 shots to Epsom's 1 shot over the next 5 ends. The 13th end turned out to be a very important end in the game. Brian & John played some excellent bowls and Graham added to the score. With Epsom holding 4 shots and a possible measure for 5 the opposing skip played an excellent last bowl to draw shot. However, Graham played an equally good bowl to regain shot. On the 14th end the three Epsom players decided to change the length of the jack from three quarters to long. Unfortunately this put off all the players and Epsom only scored 1 shot (1 yard away!). The 15th end started well for Epsom, but the Newdigate number two, who played very well all evening, helped secure 3 shots on this end to make the score 8 - 15. Epsom clawed back 2 shots on the 16th end and 1 more on the 17th end to make the score 11 - 15. Going into the last end 4 shots down was always going to be difficult. Unfortunately the end was quite a scrappy affair although at one stage there was a slight chance of a trail shot for the 4 to tie. The opposing skip played some good cover bowls and Newdigate eventually won the end with 2 shots. Epsom finally lost 11 - 17 Well done Brian, John & Graham for an excellent run in the Triples (Thanks to Jim, Roy & Les for turning up to support) |
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Surrey Womens' Bowling Association Eileen Mills reaches the Semi Final of the Surrey Singles. She beat Linda Ryan (Southey) 21 - 19 then Debbie Souter (Weybridge) 21 - 18 in the Quarter Final. |
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Surrey Triples Brian Kenyon, John Hart & Graham Pilbrow had an excellent win in the Surrey Triples on Tuesday 17th June. They travelled the short distance to Epsom Park to play Maurice Dower, Michael O'Leary & Jeff O'Leary. Jeff being a very successful Surrey player was always going to be a great challenge, but the Epsom Triple played some excellent bowls and were in the lead all the way through the game. At 5 ends the score was 4 - 2, at 10 ends 8 - 3. Then followed some good ends which stretched the lead to 17 - 5 at 15 ends. Epsom Park conceded after 17 ends with Epsom comfortably in the lead 18 - 6. Epsom now play in the Area Final at Croydon MO's ground. Well done Brian, John & Graham. |
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Bowls England Top11 Epsom travelled to Croydon on Sunday 15th June to play in the Top 11. The match got off to a great start for Epsom as Stefan Tomm won the Two Wood singles very comfortably 18 - 10. The triple of Brian Kenyon, George Sperring & Les Owen had an excellent game holding a very strong triple from Croydon for most of the game. Epsom held the lead in this game right up to the last end. Unfortunately they dropped 3 shots to eventually lose 13 - 16. The Fours and Pairs were always behind, but about half way the Fours came within two shots. The Pair of Geoff Purrott & David Sowdon were well beaten 18 - 27. Mr reliable Graham Pilbrow got off to a bad start in the singles going 1 - 9 down, and was always fighting to stay in the game. He eventually lost 13 - 21. The Fours game did not go its full course as Croydon had secured the win without the Fours result. Final Scores: Two Wood Singles: Stefan Tomm 18 Croydon 10 Four Wood Singles: Graham Pilbrow 13 Croydon 22 Pairs: Geoff Purrott/David Sowdon 18 Croydon 27 Triples: Brian Kenyon, George Sperring & Les Owen 13 Croydon 16 Fours: Ron Snow, John Hart, Pat Buckley & Peter Miller 13 - 22 (16 ends played) It is worth noting that Stefan Tomm won all 4 games in this competition this season. |
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Miller's Triples Open Challenge Triples League Match. Format One games of 18 ends of Three Wood Triples From August onwards - Morning, Afternoon or Evening Minimum number of games to be played - 4 Entries to Peter Miller A.S.A.P Play any team in any order/book your own rink/scorecards to Peter Miller |
Miller's Triples Rules Straight Off 1 shot on the first TWO ends of play Maximum of 4 players per team Entry Fee - £2 per player
Meal in Club House at the end of September
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England - The Top 11 (some trivial facts and figures (I must get out
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East Surrey League Epsom v Ashtead (7th June 2008) Ashtead joined the League in 1990 and this
was the nineteenth time the two clubs had met in this League. Epsom have
an impressive record against Ashtead winning 14 times and losing on just
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East Surrey League Epsom v Horley (8th June 2008) Epsom travelled to Horley knowing that they had beaten Horley every year for the last 10 years. They were keen to maintain this record and did so by winning 88 - 67. At first the scores were quite tight on all four rinks, but Epsom went ahead on three rinks and won these rinks quite comfortably. The other rink were outplayed and eventually lost by 15 shots. Rink scores: Roy Doughty John Warren Roy Ward Jim Scott 26 - 15 Bill Lawrence Jim Robson Graham Naish Pat Buckley 30 - 12 Brian Kenyon Sid Bailey George Sperring Les Owen 20 - 13 Clive Allum Bill Ellis Stefan Tomm Peter Miller 12 - 27 Final Result: Epsom 88 Horley 67 Epsom 5 Horley 1 (Roy Doughty played his very first East Surrey League game in this match).
East Surrey League - Ladies The Ladies also beat Horley convincingly 54 - 26 Anne Hoffmann Lyz Warren Eileen Mills Gill Sperring won 20 - 16 Freda Starkey Jan Allum Joan Robson Jo Ellis won 34 - 10 Final Result: Epsom 54 Horley 26
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Men’s Surrey Results Men’s Pairs Les Owen and George Sperring against Martin Pelosi and Colin Newbold from Wallington. What an amazing game. At 10 ends Epsom were behind 7 - 10 and at 15 ends were further behind 9 - 15. Les was struggling all through the game to get some consistency and it was George who was keeping the score respectable. On the 18th end Les & George fell further behind 10 - 19, but somehow managed to score a 1, 4 & another 4 to tie the game on the last end. Tossing up for the extra end Les won and gave the jack away. With his second bowl he bowled 1 inch in front of the jack. Although it was moved a little as the end progressed Les & George secured the 1 shot needed for victory. Les & George were quite stunned by this unexpected lapse from the opposing skip as he had played extremely well throughout the game. After the game there did not seem to be a logical explanation for this extraordinary result. Les & George lost in the next round against Sutton 16 - 20. |
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Bowls England Top 11 Epsom travelled to Cheam on Wednesday 4th June to play the Top 11. Cheam had a very strong side, including many Middleton Cup players. Epsom played one of the best matches seen for a long time. The result went down to the very last few bowls of the singles. Graham Pilbrow needed to win his game as the rinks were tied at 2 - 2. What a game. Playing Gary Stevens Graham fell behind 4 - 12, but gradually came back into the game. On the 20th end Gary led 16 - 15, but Graham drew level on the 23rd end 18 - 18. Playing in virtual darkness and urged on by all the other players Graham secured the victory required to win 21 - 19. Stefan Tomm also had an excellent victory in the Two Wood Singles. He played Mike McDonagh who had not lost in 11 games in this discipline. Final score:- Stefan won 13 - 12 The pair of Geoff Purrott and David Sowdon also had a great win against Dave Wood and Eamonn Nolan. They won 21 - 17. The Triples and Fours both lost. In the Triples Epsom were ahead 14 - 5 but this lead was soon lost, and the Triple of Ron Snow, George Sperring and Les Owen finally lost 18 - 24. The Four of Brian Kenyon, Terry Hoye, Roy Ward and Pat Buckley were always playing catch up and eventually lost 13 - 20. Overall result: Epsom 3 Cheam 2 |
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Open Day Open Day was, once again, a great success with 10 members of the public turning up to try out the game. Over 40 members of the Club also turned up to play giving the visitors an insight of what goes on in the Club. Many of the visitors took away application forms so hopefully the Club will recruit a few new members. Thanks to all our coaches for giving up their time. |
Surrey Results Men Fours: Brian Kenyon, Len Philpott, John Hart & Graham Pilbrow lost to Sutton 18 - 19 John Huxford, Stefan Tomm, John Warren & David Sowdon lost to Sutton 17 - 29 Martin Harbottle, Ted Ray, Peter Miller & Pat Buckley lost to Sutton 20 - 26
Triples: Brian Kenyon, John Hart & Graham Pilbrow won at Sutton Pairs: Les Owen/George Sperring lost aganist Sutton
Singles: Graham Pilbrow lost to Epsom Park
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Surrey Fours Bad night for Epsom men on June 1st. Three Epsom rinks played at home on the 1st of June and all lost to Sutton teams. Two of the games were very close and were decided on the last few ends. However, the third rink were soundly beaten.
Details as follows:- Brian Kenyon, Len Philpott, John Hart & Graham Pilbrow - at ten ends this rink were 10 - 5 ahead, but fell behind 11 - 17 at eighteen ends. However, on the nineteenth end Epsom played some excellent bowls and picked up 6 shots. Going into the last end Epsom were 18 - 17, but dropped two shots to lose the game 18 - 19.
John Huxford, Stefan Tomm, John Warren & David Sowdon - this Epsom rink were always in trouble and were comprehensibly beaten by 17 shots to 29 shots.
Martin Harbottle, Ted Ray, Peter Miller & Pat Buckley - this turned out to be a very exciting game. Epsom started poorly and were 12 - 16 adrift at fifteen ends, but then scored a four to go level. They then took a two shot lead at the seventeenth end, but then dropped a five. Sutton held on to their lead on the final ends and won 26 - 20. |
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Epsom Bowling Club welcomes Michael Drain, Pat Tewfik, Audrey Jones & Maggie Farrell. Also a big welcome to Social Member Jack Gee at the young age of 99!! |
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Ladies Friendly Result Epsom beat Dorking 65 - 55 Epsom lost to Old Coulsdon 51 - 76 Mixed Friendly Result Epsom beat Banstead Neville 81 - 70 |
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