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East Surrey League Chipstead visited Epsom on Saturday 13th September to play the very last League game of the season. Epsom always look forward to this game as it has always been played in a sporting manner. This year was no exception and once again turned out to be a very competitive game. The result of the match was not decided until the very last few ends. Epsom shared the rinks 2 - 2, but won overall 76 - 67. Full details: Rink 2: Bill Lawrence Martin Harbottle Terry Hoye Peter Miller Won 30 - 13 Rink 3: Cyril Newman Jim Robson David Sowdon Roy Ward Lost 15 - 24 Rink 4: John Hart Laurie Garrett John Warren Pat Buckley Won 17 - 12 Rink 5: Roy Doughty Geoff Purrott Ron Snow Les Owen Lost 14 - 18 Final score: Epsom 76 Chipstead 67 Epsom 4 points Chipstead 2 points. Epsom finished 3rd in the League. Well done to all players who played in the League this year. Full details of scores etc. can be viewed in the relevant section of the Web Site. Visit 'Associations', 'East Surrey League' and follow the links. |
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East Surrey League - Men Epsom v Caterham Epsom suffer an unexpected defeat against Caterham on Sunday 7th September. Needing just 5 points from the remaining two games to make sure of third place in the league Epsom were very confident of securing most of these against Caterham. However this was not to be. Three of the rinks were struggling right from the start and at one stage it looked like Epsom would not secure a single point. As the game progressed two of the rinks crept back well with one eventually winning and the other securing a draw. Full details:- Rink 3: Brian Kenyon John Warren George Sperring Les Owen Drew 17 - 17 Rink 4: Bill Lawrence Martin Harbottle Terry Hoye Peter Miller Won 21 - 16 Rink 5: Ron Snow Jim Robson John Hart Pat Buckley Lost 16 - 18 Rink 6: Stefan Tomm Geoff Purrott Roy Ward David Sowdon Lost 21 - 35
Final Result: Epsom 75 shots Caterham 86 shots Epsom 1½ Caterham 4½
East Surrey League - Ladies Epsom v Caterham Epsom Ladies were also seeking a 4 - 0 win against Caterham to secure second place in the League. They won on one rink but lost by just one shot on the other. Full details:- Rink 1: Freda Starkey Jo Ellis Joan Robson Sylvia Pearce Lost 20 - 21 Rink 2: Anne Hoffmann Dolly Snow Eileen Mills Gill Sperring Won 37 - 10
Final Result: Epsom 56 Caterham 31 Epsom 3 points Caterham 1 point. |
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East Surrey League Top 10 Competition - Semi Final Epsom played against Shirley Park for the fourth time over recent years in this Competition. After losing to them in three finals this was a great opportunity to gain some revenge. The match turned out to be a very close competitive game, but Epsom were given a great start by Ted Ray in the Singles. Coming in for Graham Pilbrow, who was sick, Ted did not know he was playing until a few hours earlier, but he had a superb win against one of Shirley Park's leading singles player 21 - 11. This gave the rest of the team a huge boost as this meant a 10 shot lead early on. The pair of Stefan Tomm & David Sowdon also played a strong pair from Shirley Park, but they too won after taking the lead around the 14th end. The triple of John Hart, George Sperring & Les Owen had a very close game throughout, but lost the last two ends to go down by 4 shots. The Fours were having big battle all evening, but they went ahead late in the game and kept the lead to win by 5 shots. Terry Hoye played his very first game in this Competition. Final Scores: Singles: Ted Ray Won 21 - 11 Pairs: Stefan Tomm & David Sowdon Won 21 - 19 Triples: John Hart, George Sperring & Les Owen Lost 13 - 17 Fours: Martin Harbottle, Terry Hoye, Pat Buckley & Peter Miller Won 21 - 16 Final Result: Epsom 3 points Shirley Park 1 point. (Shots: Epsom 76 Shirley Park 63) Epsom play Warlingham Park in the Final - date to be arranged. |
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Paston Cup Congratulations to Graham Pilbrow for reaching the Final of the Paston Cup. Graham has won this Cup on 4 occasions - 1985,1986,1988 & 1991 and was Runner Up in 2002. Graham becomes the first player ever to have reached 6 Finals in this Competition. |
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Past Times Epsom played Old Coulsdon on Tuesday 26th August in the Semi Final of the Past Times Competition. This turned out to be quite an amazing game with Epsom, unfortunately, losing on a measure on an extra end. On the 6th end, at home, Epsom picked up 4 shots to go into the lead 11 - 6. They then scored 2 more shots, but the bad news from Old Coulsdon was that the away team were 1 - 22. This was a huge blow to the home side. The home side continued to score shots with Pat Buckley playing some outstanding saving bowls. At 15 ends the home side were ahead 21 - 8. On the15th end more news was received that the away team had pulled back to 7 - 25. Epsom's home team continued to play really well and went further ahead 25 - 12 on the 18th end. The away team were 10 - 28 down on 18 ends. With darkness looming the last few ends were played in virtual darkness (the jack was changed to a white one for clearer vision!). Waiting for a telephone call from Old Coulsdon became quite nail biting, and it was revealed that the away team had lost 11 - 31. Needing two shots at home on the last end to win the match and holding one Pat just failed to score two thus making the match all square. A quick call was then made to Old Coulsdon to tell them to play the extra end. How they could see no one knows, but Epsom lost on a measure. A great effort from the Epsom 'A' team. |
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East Surrey League - Men Epsom travelled the short distance to play Cheam Fields on Sunday 17th August hoping to continue the success of beating Shirley Park on the 16th. Epsom were forced to make several changes to the side that beat Shirley Park and this affected the Cheam Fields game in a big way. Rink 2: John Hart Len Phillpot Graham Pilbrow George Sperring Won 24 - 10 Rink 4: Bill Lawrence Cyril Newman Martin Harbottle Peter Miller Lost 19 - 24 Rink 5: Brian Kenyon Ron Snow Geoff Purrott Les Owen Lost 14 - 24 Rink 6: Clive Banderet John Warren Roy Ward Jim Scott Won 19 - 18
Final Result: Epsom 76 shots Cheam Fields 76 shots Epsom 3 points Cheam Fields 3 points
East Surrey League - Ladies The Ladies were well beaten on one rink, but were successful on the other. Rink 1: Lyz Warren Jan Allum Eileen Mills Janet Cheesman Lost 11 - 32 Rink 3: Anne Hoffmann Jo Ellis Dolly Snow Gill Sperring Won 23 - 13
Final Result: Epsom 34 shots Cheam Fields 45 shots Epsom 1 point Cheam Fields 3 points A fuller report of these two games will be published in the Newsletter issued on 1st September at the Club. |
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East Surrey League - Men Epsom beat Shirley Park on Saturday 16th August 75 - 70 but the rinks were shared 2 - 2. This was an excellent win as it keeps Epsom in with a slim chance of winning the League or at the very least coming 2nd. The game at one stage looked like being a 5 - 1 victory for Epsom, but Shirley Park scored some vital shots on all four rinks during the last few ends. Rink 3: Brian Kenyon Jim Robson Roy Ward Les Owen Won 19 - 14 Rink 4: John Hart Ken Horgan Geoff Purrott Jim Scott Lost 14 - 17 Rink 5: Bill Lawrence Martin Harbottle Terry Hoye Peter Miller Lost 18 - 22 Rink 6: Stefan Tomm Roy Doughty Graham Pilbrow George Sperring Won 24 - 17
Final Result: Epsom 75 shots Shirley Park 70 shots Epsom 4 points Shirley Park 2 points
Ken Horgan played his very first game in the East Surrey League and became the 135th player to represent the Club since 1987. A fuller report will be published in the Newsletter issued on 1st September at the Club. |
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St Raphael Pairs (Sutton & District Mixed Pairs Competition) Brian Kenyon & Eileen Mills played Barbara White & Eddie Rochford of Sutton and won 23 - 10. This win puts Brian & Eileen into the Semi Final. |
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Chrystie League 2008 |
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Men's Friendly Epsom played against The Surrey Patrons Bowling Association on Sunday 10th August. The game ended up a draw with Epsom & The Patrons winning 3 rinks each and the final score being 116 - 116. Match Details: Rink 1: Laurie Garrett Derek Hoffmann Geoff Purrott Les Owen Rink 2: Len Phillpot Sid Bailey Eric Brown Graham Pilbrow Rink 3: John Southam Dave Ruston Ron Snow Roy Ward Rink 4: Reg Grady Tony Jackman Bill Ellis Cyril Newman Rink 5: Bill Lawrence Roy Doughty Martin Harbottle Peter Miller Rink 6: Clive Banderet Derek Jones John Warren George Sperring
Final Result: Epsom 116 Shots Surrey Patrons 116 Shots |
Lost 9 - 27 Won 24 - 14 Lost 20 - 22 Lost 17 - 20 Won 24 - 17 Won 23 - 16 |
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Past Times Dramatic win for Epsom Men in the Quarter Final of the Past Times. Epsom played Purley and won on the very last end at Purley virtually in the dark. The home rink had a very close game but fell behind 8 - 12 on the 15th end. They levelled 13 - 13 on 19 ends but then dropped a shot on each of the last two ends to lose 13 - 15. The away team started well but fell behind 10 - 18 at 15 ends. They then picked a score of 5 to make the last few ends very tense. The home team had finished but the news came through from Purley that Epsom were still playing and had gone ahead 22 - 20 on the 20th end. Eventually the phone call came from Purley to inform the Club that they were trying to establish the situation on the completion of the 21st end as it was by now very dark and that it was difficult to see the bowls. Fortunately Epsom scored a further shot to gain overall victory.
Home Team: John Hart Laurie Mills Graham Pilbrow Pat Buckley Lost 13 - 15 Away Team: Ted Ray Geoff Purrott Terry Hoye Jim Scott Won 23 - 20
Final Result: Epsom 36 Purley 35
From Ron Snow (who was at the game being played at
Purley)
From my telephone calls the match at Epsom seemed to proceed at
an even pace with shots being exchanged from one end to the next. It
was quite different at Purley where Epsom took the first three ends
to lead by 7-0. Purley then took the next five to lead 10-7 although
a two to us made it 10-9. Five more ends to Purley so that at end 14
we were down 9-18 and it was not only the weather which was looking
gloomy. Three ends to Epsom and one to Purley made it 14-20 with
three ends to go - a big task. Then Epsom got a five followed by a
three to put us up by two shots and news from Epsom that the home
rink had lost by two meant that it would all depend on the last end.
By this time, 9pm, it was so dark, apart from when the lightning
flashed across the sky, that I could only distinguish Jim Scott at
the end of the rink because he was the only player with white shoes.
Shot bowl was exchanged a couple of times and with the last bowl of
the match from Purley the skip was forced to run at the head moving
the jack back in the process. The drama had not finished for it
still took a measure to decide 'One to Epsom' and so we are in the
semi-final to meet Old Coulsdon.
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Visit to the Royal Albert Hall -
Thursday 13th November 2008 |
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Ladies' Friendly Epsom 48 Epsom Park 71
Chrystie League Epsom 28 Bookham 31
Top 10 - Men Epsom play Shirley Park or Ashtead in the next round. |
Men's Friendly Epsom 67 Raynes Park 68
Paston Cup Graham Pilbrow now plays the Champion from Supreme on a Neutral Green. |
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