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East Surrey League - Men & Ladies at Godstone Men Epsom travelled to Godstone on Sunday 28th June to play in the East Surrey League. After some very poor results the Men were hoping to fair a little better in this game. They bounced back really well to secure a 6 - 0 win (the first since 2007) and by a convincing 106 shots to 58 shots victory. Since Epsom started playing in the East Surrey League in 1986 they have played Godstone 23 times winning on 20 occasions. The 3 losses came in 1994, 1995 & 1999. Details: Rink 1 skipped by Les Owen was 6 - 2 down at 6 ends, but then scored 13 shots over 3 ends. They maintained their lead and led 23 - 9 at 15 ends and went on to win comfortably 32 - 14. Rink 2 skipped by Peter Miller was 10 - 8 down at 10 ends, but went ahead 14 - 11 at 15 ends. Over the last 6 ends they scored a total of 16 shots to Godstone's 1 shot to win 30 - 15. Rink 3 skipped by Graham Naish was 11 - 8 up at 10 ends and scored a total of 12 shots during the second half of the game to win 23 - 13. Rink 4 skipped by Graham Pilbrow was having a much closer game. They were 10 - 9 down at 10 ends, but scored 12 shots to Godstone's 6 shots in the second half of the game to win 21 - 16. Final details: Rink 1 Stefan Tomm Derek Hoffmann Roy Ward Les Owen Won 32 - 14* Rink 2 Geoff Purrott John Warren Martin Harbottle Peter Miller Won 30 - 15 Rink 3 Brian Kenyon Cyril Newman George Sperring Graham Naish Won 23 - 13 Rink 5 Bill Lawrence John Hart Pat Buckley Graham Pilbrow Won 21 - 16 Final Result: Epsom 106 shots Godstone 58 shots Epsom 6 points Godstone 0 points *Highest winning rink
Ladies The Ladies won 38 - 30 overall, winning 17 - 13 on one rink & 21 - 17 on the other. Full details - teams etc. will appear here shortly.
Ladies Friendly Rink 3 Maggie O’Sullivan Audrey Jones Jan Allum Jo Ellis Won 19 - 8 Rink 4 Ruth Nixon Eileen Godfrey Maureen Trumble Sylvia Pearce Won 16 - 15
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London & Southern Counties Shield Heartbreak for Epsom in the Shield on Saturday 27th June against Egham. Epsom played a very strong Egham team which contained some of Surrey's very top bowlers. Away - The rink skipped by Peter Miller had an outstanding win against current England International, Steve Tuohy's rink. At 10 ends Epsom had a commanding lead 15 - 5 and continued to score shots over the next few ends. At 18 ends Epsom was 27 - 11 ahead and finally won 31 - 11. The rink skipped by David Sowdon held another ex England International, Gary Little's rink to a draw. They had a disastrous start dropping 9 shots on the first 2 ends. However, they recovered well to get to 11 - 11 at 10 ends. They then dropped a 5, but once again recovered to go into the lead 22 - 17 at 19 ends. Unfortunately they dropped 4 shots on the 20th end and Egham secured a draw on the final end. Home - The rink skipped by Graham Naish was having a very difficult time and was 15 - 7 down at 12 ends and failed to make much more impact on the score finally losing 28 - 10. The other home rink skipped by Graham Pilbrow had an excellent nineteen ends. Graham's opposite number was also an England International, Ian Jenkins. They went into a 9 - 1 lead at 8 ends, kept the lead right up to the 20th end when unfortunately they dropped 4 shots. This must be one of the best matches Epsom have played for many years in any outside competition. Well done to all the players. Final Scores: Away Rink 1 Bill Lawrence Roy Doughty Martin Harbottle Peter Miller Won 31 - 11 Rink 2 Derek Hoffmann John Huxford Roy Ward David Sowdon Drew 21 - 21 Home Rink 4 John Hart Les Owen Pat Buckley Graham Pilbrow Lost 19 - 22 Rink 5 Brian Kenyon Terry Hoye George Sperring Graham Naish Lost 10 - 28 Final Result: Epsom 81 Egham 82 |
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Men's Friendly Epsom travelled to Leatherhead on Saturday 27th June to play in a Friendly Match. After winning 6 out of the last 7 games Epsom were hoping for another win. However, despite winning on two rinks, drawing on one the fourth rink lost heavily to give Leatherhead a 7 shot victory. Final Details: Rink 1 John Southam Clive Banderet Alan Wybrow Cyril Newman Drew 22 - 22 Rink 2 Clive Allum Fred Spink Bill Ellis Eric Brown Lost 11 - 25 Rink 3 Bill Norman Derek Jones Ron Snow Geoff Purrott Won 23 - 20 Rink 4 Brian Kenyon Tony Jackman Len Philpott Peter Humphreys Won 20 - 16* Final Score: Epsom 76 Leatherhead 83 * Highest winning rink |
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Surrey Ladies' Triples The Triple of Maggie O'Sullivan, Eileen Mills & Gill Sperring won both their games today Friday 26th June to reach the Ladies' Surrey Triples Final. They won 20 - 17 against Shirley Park in the morning & then won 17 - 16 (after an extra end) in the Quarter Final against Wonersh. |
Ladies Past Times The Ladies lost the Purley 26 - 46 Freda Starkey Jan Allum Sylvia Pearce Jo Ellis Lost 17 - 21 Maggie O’Sullivan Anne Hoffmann Eileen Mills Gill Sperring Lost 9 - 25
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Men's Friendly The Men played at home on Wednesday 24th June against Chessington & won on all 3 rinks. The highlight of the afternoon was when the Captain's rink (Sid Bailey acting for the day) scored 8 shots on the very last end. Rink 4 skipped by Ron Mew was 12 - 5 up at 10 ends, but Chessington closed the gap to just 2 shots on 18 ends. However, the rink went on to win 22 - 16. Rink 5 skipped by Martin Harbottle held a 2 shot lead at 10 ends and went further ahead 16 - 11 at 18 ends. On the final end Chessington played some poor bowls which allowed Epsom to score the maximum 8 shots to win comfortably 25 - 13. Rink 6 Skipped by Eric Brown was having a much closer game. Leading 6 - 5 at 10 ends, 14 - 10 at 18 ends they too went on to win 18 - 13. Final Scores: Rink 4 Brian Kenyon Derek Hoffmann Geoff Purrott Ron Mew Won 22- 16 Rink 5 Bill Lawrence Dave Ruston Sid Bailey Martin Harbottle Won 25 - 13 Rink 5 Ken Phillpot Ken Lacey Roy Doughty Eric Brown Won 18 - 13 Final Result: Epsom 65 Chessington 42
Ladies' Friendly The Ladies played Leatherhead on Tuesday 23rd June and the match ended up all square 51 - 51 Rink 4 skipped by Sylvia Pearce was holding a slender 1 shot lead 9 - 8 at 10 ends, but went ahead 18 - 11 at 18 ends. They scored a further 5 shots in total over the remaining ends to win 23 - 11. Rink 5 skipped by Eileen Mills was 5 - 13 down at 10 ends, but came back into the game in the second half, but lost 18 - 15. Rink 6 skipped by Jo Ellis did not have a good afternoon. At 10 ends the scores was 10 - 5 down, then 18 - 9 down at 18 ends eventually losing 22 - 13. Final Scores: Rink 4 Maggie O’Sullivan Diana Taylor Lyz Warren Sylvia Pearce Won 23 - 11 Rink 5 Sandra Huxford Maureen Trumble Freda Starkey Eileen Mills Lost 15 - 18 Rink 6 Anne Hoffmann Eileen Godfrey Jan Allum Jo Ellis Lost 13 - 22 Final Result: Epsom 51 Leatherhead 51 |
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Chrystie
League Rink 1 Dave Ruston Ken Phillpot Ken Lacey Fred Read Lost 9 - 20 Rink 2 Ken Rogers Bob Lister Bill Lawrence Peter Humphreys Won 17 - 12 Final Result: Epsom 26 Pippbrook 32 Epsom 1 point Pippbrook 3 |
Area 3 Top 4 Epsom's second team in this Competition played Ashtead on Thursday 25th June and won 22 - 17 Details: The rink skipped by John Hart was 14 - 7 up at 10 ends, 21 - 13 up at 18 ends and finally won 22 - 17. The Team was:- Graham Pilbrow, Fred Read, Brian Kenyon & John Hart. |
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East Surrey League Epsom v Purley Bury Epsom played Purley Bury on Sunday 21st June. Purley Bury joined the league this year so this was the first League Match between these two Clubs. Last year a friendly was played as part of Purley Bury's introduction to the League. Epsom lost this match 69 - 91 with the rinks shared 2 - 2. However, Epsom lost this match by an even worse score making this the poorest start in the League for many years. Rink 2 skipped by Peter Miller was having a poor game and at 10 ends the score was 3 - 14. The situation did not improve in the second half and the rink was well beaten 27 - 9. Rink 3 skipped by Graham Naish was struggling at the beginning and was 7 - 12 down at 10 ends. They then scored a total of 9 shots over the next 5 ends to take the lead 16 - 12. They immediately lost the lead dropping a 5, but had an excellent finish by winning the last 4 ends with a total of 10 shots. They won 26 - 19. Rink 4 skipped by Graham Pilbrow was having a much closer game in the first half of the match, but the 14 shots dropped in the second half resulted in a 25 - 16 loss. Rink 5 skipped by Ron Mew was also having a close first half. The deciding end was the 16th when they dropped 5 shots, eventually losing 23 - 17. Final Scores: Martin Harbottle Geoff Purrott David Sowdon Peter Miller Lost 9 - 27 Brian Kenyon Terry Hoye George Sperring Graham Naish Won 26 - 19* John Hart Roy Ward Pat Buckley Graham Pilbrow Lost 16 - 25 Bill Lawrence Ron Snow John Warren Ron Mew Lost 17 - 23
Final Score: Epsom 68 Purley Bury 94 Epsom 1 point Purley Bury 5 points * Highest winning rink Epsom have now played 7 games, winning just two, losing four and drawing one. The shots scored so far are 550 and against 551. The points scored for are 17 and against 25. |
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Ladies' Friendly match against Old Coulsdon on Tuesday 16th June. The Ladies travelled to Old Coulsdon and won on one rink but lost the other two. The rink skipped by Sylvia Pearce was involved in a very close game throughout. Needing 5 to win with 2 ends to play they only managed 3 shots to lose by just 2 shots 17 - 19. The rink skipped by Gill Sperring were leading 17 - 6 at 14 ends, but Old Coulsdon won 5 ends in a row, scoring a total of 7 shots to close the gap to 4 shots, 17 - 13. Epsom then scored 3 shots on the 20th end to ease into a comfortable 20 - 14 win. The rink skipped by Eileen Mills fell behind after the 6th end and Old Coulsdon went into a commanding lead to win 24 - 15. Final Scores: Rink 2 Sue Needham Anne Hoffmann Lyz Warren Sylvia Pearce Lost 17 - 19 Rink 3 Maggie O’Sullivan Audrey Jones Dolly Snow Gill Sperring Won 20 - 14 Rink 4 Tessa Hurworth Diana Taylor Jan Allum Eileen Mills Lost 15 - 24 Final Result: Epsom 52 Old Coulsdon 57 |
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East Surrey League Top 10 Epsom, the defending Top 10 Champions, travelled to Godstone on Wednesday evening 17th June. Fortunately the rain stayed away, but there was a chill in the air. Singles Graham Pilbrow once again got Epsom off to a fine start in the singles. This turned out to be a very close game right up to the last 6 ends. After 17 ends Graham held a 1 shot lead 13 - 12. He then scored 9 shots to his opponents 1 shot to win comfortably 22 - 13. Pairs David Sowdon playing with a different partner from last season started off very badly. At 12 ends they were 14 - 5 down, but came back into the game to be just 1 shot behind 15 - 16 on the 18th end. However, they dropped a further 2 & 3 shots to lose 21 - 16. Triples This year a completely new Triple represented Epsom. This combination worked very well all evening and on the 10th end Epsom were leading 16 - 1. They then had a few lose ends between ends 11 & 14, but ran out easy winners 19 - 9. Fours The first half of the Fours was quite evenly balanced with the score at 10 ends being 8 - 6 to Epsom. In the second half the rink scored a total of 17 shots to Godstone's 5 shots to win 25 - 12. Final Scores: Singles: Graham Pilbrow Won 22 - 13 Pairs: Brian Kenyon/David Sowdon Lost 16 - 21 Triples: Terry Hoye/John Hart/Graham Naish Won 19 - 9 Fours: Martin Harbottle/Les Owen/Pat Buckley/Peter Miller Won 25 12 Final Result: Epsom 3 Godstone 1 (81 shots - 55 shots) |
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Mixed Friendly Sunday 14th June Epsom travelled the short distance to Banstead Neville to play in a mixed Friendly Match. This turned out to be a very hot sunny day with some interesting bowling taking place. Rinks were shared 2 - 2, but Epsom won 84 - 78. Rink 2 skipped by Jo Ellis was 14 - 2 down at 10 ends and they scored a total of 9 shots in the second part of the game, but lost 21 - 11. Rink 3 skipped by Ken Lacey was 11 - 10 up at 10 ends, scored a 6 on end 13 and kept the lead to win 29 - 22 Rink 3 skipped by Les Owen was well ahead 14 - 4 at 10 ends and in the second part of the game scored 2 6's to run out very comfortable winners 37 - 10. Rink 5 skipped by Bill Ellis was 10 - 4 down at 10 ends and struggled over the remainder of the match to lose 25 - 7. Final Scores: Rink 2 Brian Kenyon Derek Hoffmann Ron Snow Jo Ellis Lost 11 - 21 Rink 3 Ruth Nixon Roy Doughty Jan Allum Ken Lacey Won 29 - 22 Rink 4 John Southam Dolly Snow John Warren Les Owen Won 37 - 10* Rink 5 Anne Hoffmann Lyz Warren Geoff Purrott Bill Ellis Lost 7 - 25 Final Result: Epsom 84 Banstead Neville 78 *Highest Winning Rink |
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Bowls England visit Epsom
Bowling Club Ladies Rink 2 skipped by Vera Deane got off to a slow start, but was only 7 - 6 down at 10 ends. They failed to score on the next 5 ends and went behind 14 - 6. Epsom managed 4 more shots in the game and eventually lost 18 - 10. Rink 4 skipped by Gill Sperring fell behind 13 - 4 at 10 ends, but made an excellent recovery go ahead 17 - 16 on the 20th end. They then managed to also win the final end scoring one shot to win 18 - 16. Men Rink 1 skipped by Peter Miller was having a very close game and at 10 ends the score was 10 - 12. On the 16th end they scored 5 shots which helped them take an 18 - 14 lead. They then lost the lead and going into the last end needed 3 shots for victory. With some excellent bowling they achieved the shots to win narrowly 21 - 20. Rink 3 skipped by Captain, Les Owen, also made a slow start falling behind 8 - 2 at 7 ends. They then scored a total of 9 shots on the next 4 ends to take the lead 10 - 8. After this the game became very close and going into the last end the rink was 17 - 18 down. When Les went down to bowl his rink were holding 2 shots, but the skip sprung the jack to the rear of the rink, but Epsom still had 1 shot. Les drew the second shot to win the rink 19 - 18. Rink 5 skipped by Roy Ward found themselves being out bowled for most of the game. At one stage the rink was 17 - 5 down. They recovered a little, but was soundly beaten 25 - 11. Rink 6 skipped by Graham Pilbrow was playing well until they dropped 4 shots on the 10th end to go behind 10 - 8. They had a much better second half scoring on 7 of the last 11 ends to win 18 - 15. This turned out to be the highest winning rink for Epsom. Final details: Rink 1 Bill Lawrence Clive Banderet Martin Harbottle Peter Miller Won 21 - 20 Rink 2 Jan Allum Maureen Trumble Eileen Mills Vera Deane Lost 10 - 18 Rink 3 Brian Kenyon Tony Jackman George Sperring Les Owen Won 19 - 18 Rink 4 Anne Hoffmann Dolly Snow Lyz Warren Gill Sperring Won 18 - 16 Rink 5 Derek Hoffmann Len Philpott Geoff Purrott Roy Ward Lost 11 - 25 Rink 6 John Hart Sid Bailey John Warren Graham Pilbrow Won 18 - 15*
Final Scores: Epsom Ladies 28 Bowls England 34 Epsom Men 69 Bowls England 78 Total Scores: Epsom 97 Bowls England 112
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Before the game Metal Lapel Badges were exchanged on the green and after the game all the Bowls England players and guests received a Centenary Booklet from Epsom Bowling Club. The highest winning Epsom rink also received a commemorative spoon from the Bowls England Captain of the day, Chris Smith. Thanks were conveyed to everyone that helped make the day a great success. The weather was kind and the green bowled extremely well. |
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Surrey Fours The Surrey four Martin Harbottle, Ted Ray, Pat Buckley & Peter Miller won against Epsom Park on Monday 8th June. At one stage Epsom were trailing 14 - 6, but fought back well scoring regularly in the second half of the game to go into the lead 23 - 14. Epsom Park needing 10 shots on the last two ends to win managed to get 3 shots on the 20th end & 2 shots on the last end. Epsom held on to win 23 - 19.
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Chrystie League Epsom played their first Chrystie League game of the season on the 8th June against Esher. At one stage one Epsom rink was winning 16 - 0, but Esher rink recovered to lose to Epsom by just 1 shot. The other rink was always coming from behind and eventually lost 18 - 13. Final score: Epsom 31 Esher 35 Epsom 1 Esher 3 points. |
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East Surrey League Epsom v Ashtead Epsom travelled on Derby day 2009 and came away with just a draw. Epsom were hoping to equal last year's success of 5 - 1 or even a 6 - 0. At one stage Epsom were 19 shots up on the match but dropped many shots in the last few ends on all rinks. After 84 ends of bowling over 4 rinks the score was 84 - 84. Has this ever happened before? Details: Rink 2 skipped by David Sowdon was ahead 17 - 13 at 14 ends, but then lost the next three ends dropping a total of 8 shots. They scored just one more shot in the game and lost 26 - 18. Rink 3 skipped by Graham Naish was always playing catch up and although only 11 - 8 down on 14 ends they dropped a total of 11 shots over the last few ends to lose 21 - 9. Rink 4 skipped by Peter Miller was having a closer game. On ends 7 - 12 they scored a total of 15 shots to take a 19 - 9 lead. However, they immediately dropped a 6, made amends on the 16th end with a 6 of their own and won comfortably 32 - 23. Rink 5 skipped by Graham Pilbrow was having an excellent game, and despite dropping 8 shots in the last few ends won 25 - 14. Final Scores: Rink 2 Clive Banderet Derek Hoffmann Geoff Purrott David Sowdon Lost 18 - 26 Rink 3 Brian Kenyon Cyril Newman George Sperring Graham Naish Lost 9 - 21 Rink 4 Bill Lawrence Les Owen Martin Harbottle Peter Miller Won 32 - 23 Rink 5 Roy Doughty Len Philpott Pat Buckley Graham Pilbrow Won 23 - 14*
Final Result: Epsom 84 shots Ashtead 84 shots Epsom 3 points Ashtead 3 points * Highest winning rink for Epsom After the game the Captain, Les Owen, presented a Centenary Banner to the Ashtead Captain and all the Ashtead players were given a Centenary Booklet. |
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Epsom v Sutton & District Bowling Association On Wednesday Sutton & District Bowling Association visited Epsom for the second Special Centenary game. This turned out to be an excellent win for Epsom 157 shots to 97 shots. Rink 1 skipped by Geoff Purrott was having a very close game throughout the afternoon. They won by two shots. Rink 2 skipped by Peter Humphreys was well ahead at 10 ends (14 - 5), and continued to score shots and won convincingly 36 - 12. Rink 3 skipped by Captain, Les Owen, had a very close game. Losing 14 - 12 at 10 ends they picked up shots to go ahead on the 16th end 18 - 17. Over the last few ends it was quite close. Going into the last end Epsom was 2 shots behind. Les with his last bowl, and four shots down drew the shot, moving the jack but not quite enough to score the 3 needed to win. They lost 22 - 23. Rink 4 skipped by Peter Miller scored 13 shots from ends 13 - 18 which helped them to a 27 - 16 win. Rink 5 skipped by Roy Ward also had a good few ends, 10 - 15, when they scored a total of 15 shots to win 32 - 11. Rink 6 skipped by Pat Buckley was behind in the game up until the 16th end. They finished the game with a 2, 3 & 1 to win 23 - 20. Final Details: Rink 1 Roy Doughty Derek Jones Ron Snow Geoff Purrott Won 17 - 15 Rink 2 Laurie Mills John Warren Sid Bailey Peter Humphreys Won 36 - 12 Rink 3 John Southam John Huxford George Sperring Les Owen Lost 22 - 23 Rink 4 Bill Lawrence Derek Hoffmann Martin Harbottle Peter Miller Won 27 - 16 Rink 5 Stefan Tomm Tony Jackman Eric Brown Roy Ward Won 32 - 11 Rink 6 John Hart Clive Banderet Graham Pilbrow Pat Buckley Won 23 - 20
Final Score: Epsom 157 Sutton & District B. A. 97 |