Welcome to the Winter 2016/2017 Newsletter. This Newsletter will contain all information from 4th October 2016
Please scroll down for all Reports on recent Matches.
Mole Valley Cup
Epsom played their fourth game in the Mole Valley Cup on Friday 24th February 2017 against Bookham and won 21 - 13.
Details:
Brian Kenyon Sylvia Smart Eileen Mills Martin Harbottle won 21 - 13
After 8 ends the scores were level 9 - 9, But Epsom won the next 3 ends to go 16 - 10 ahead. They scored a 3 on end 15 to go further ahead and finally won by 8 shots.
Mole Valley Cup
Epsom played their third game in the Mole Valley Cup on Friday 17th February 2017 against Chessington and lost 7 - 18
Details: Bill Lawrence Audrey Jones Eileen Mills Simon Meller lost 7 - 18
After 8 ends the scores were level 5 - 5,but Chessington dominated the rest of the evening going on to beat Epsom by 11 shots.
Spitfire League
Epsom played Monotype at Donyngs IBC in the Spitfire League on Wednesday 8th February 2017. They lost on all 3 rinks.
Details:
Rink 1 Stefan Tomm Ruth Nixon John Hart John Warren lost 13 - 23
This rink scored 2 shots on the first end, but failed to score again until the11th end when they were 3 - 16 adrift. On the 15th end they scored a 7 and finally lost by 10 shots.
Rink 2 Bill Lawrence Sylvia Smart Pat Buckley Martin Harbottle lost 15 - 22
Epsom led 7 - 2 after 3 ends, but were then stuck on 7 for 9 ends finding themselves 7 - 20 down. They scored 6 shots on end 15 and lost by 7 shots.
Rink 3 Brian Kenyon Mike James Eileen Mills Fred Read lost 13 - 18
Epsom was 5 - 14 down after 10 ends, but finished well and fell short by 5 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 41 Monotype 53
Mole Valley Cup
Epsom played their second game in the Mole Valley Cup on Friday 10th February 2017 against Leatherhead and won
15 - 12.
Details: Brian Kenyon Sylvia Smart Eileen Mills Simon Meller won 15 - 12
Going into the last end Epsom led 14 - 12, but with the very last bowl to play Simon was three shots down. However, he drew the shot. This was very good win for Epsom after a disappointing result last week.
Mole Valley Cup
Epsom played their first game in the Mole Valley Cup on Friday 3rd February 2017 against Hook & Southborough and lost 7 - 19.
Details:
Stefan Tomm Audrey Jones Eileen Mills, Geoff Purrott lost 7 - 19
Not a good night for Epsom in this first game. They were 6 - 7 behind after 10 ends, and out played for the rest of the game losing by 12 shots.
Jubilee Cup
Epsom played their third game in the Jubilee Cup on Friday 3rd February 2017 against Supreme 'B' won and won on both rinks & the match 38 - 20.
Details:
Rink 2 Peter Salmon John Warren Simon Meller Les Owen won 20 - 11
This rink got off to a flying start and led 11 - 0 after 6 ends. After 8 ends they led 16 - 1, but allowed Supreme to get back into the game by dropping 9 shots over the next 5 ends. Epsom eventually won by 9 shots.
Rink 3 Martin Harbottle John Meningen David Bragg Jim Scott won 18 - 9
Epsom took the lead for the first time on the 8th end (8 - 7) and continued to outscore Supreme over the last 7 ends (10 - 2) finally winning by 9 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 38 Supreme 'B' 20
Jim Scott played in his 50th Jubilee match.
Spitfire League
Epsom played Redhill at Donyngs IBC in the Spitfire League on Wednesday 25th January 2017. They lost on all 3 rinks & the match 33 - 54. Unfortunately Epsom were 1 player short on one rink.
Details:
Rink 1 Bill Lawrence Sylvia Smart Pat Buckley Martin Harbottle lost 12 - 15
The scores were level 8 - 8 after 10 ends, but Epsom dropped 4 shots on end 14 which turned out to be the deciding factor at the end.
Rink 2 Stefan Tomm Audrey Jones John Hart lost 11 - 27
Playing with 3 players against 4 was always going to be a big hurdle to overcome. They lost by 16 shots.
Rink 3 Brian Kenyon Phil Sims Eileen Mills Fred Read lost 10 - 12
As the score suggests this was a very close game. Epsom led 6 - 5 after 6 ends, but then lost the next 4 ends to go behind 6 - 10. They eventually lost by just 2 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 33 Redhill 54 Epsom 0 points Redhill 10 points
Jubilee Cup
Epsom played their second game in the Jubilee Cup on Monday 16th January 2017 against West Wimbledon. They won on 1 rink, lost on 1 rink but won overall 26 - 23. This was a very good performance against a very strong West Wimbledon team. Epsom made a poor start being 2 - 13 down across both rinks after 5 ends. They were still adrift 12 - 19 after 10 ends ends, but rink 5 finished strongly to secure a win.
Details:
Rink 4 David Bragg John Meningen Graham Naish Jim Scott lost 8 - 14
Epsom found themselves 1 - 6 down after 5 ends & 5 - 11 adrift after 10 ends. As rink 5 had finished this rink needed to to keep things tight on the last end. They picked up 2 shots.
Rink 5 Peter Salmon John Warren Simon Meller Les Owen won 18 - 9
The story was similar on this rink with Epsom 1 - 7 down after 5 ends, but closed the gap to 7 - 8 after 10 ends. Epsom won the last 3 ends scoring a total of 11 shots (including a 6 on end 13) to win convincingly by 9 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 26 West Wimbledon 23
Simon Meller & Peter Salmon played their very first Jubilee Cup game for Epsom Bowling Club and became the 50th & 51st member to represent the Club in this Competition. Les Owen equals the highest number of appearances by a member who played in his 56th match (equalling Peter Millers's record).
Some more history on the Jubilee Cup
The Tournament was started in 1990/1991 by Roy Ward (current member) but records regarding Epsom Bowling Club are only recorded from 1995. (further research is being made to see if Epsom B C took part in the early years).
The Tournament aimed to give players at Outdoor Clubs who were not members of Indoor Clubs experience of playing Indoors. Originally the competition involved 3 rinks. However, in recent years the Tournament has become highly competitive & regularly attracts regular Indoor players. The format of the Tournament has also changed in recent years. It is now played on a League basis/Semi Final/Final.
Epsom won the Tournament in 1995 by beating Leatherhead in the Final 60 - 49. Of the current members at Epsom Bowling Club Gill Sperring, Graham Pilbrow, Les Owen, Peter Miller & George Sperring played in this Final.
Epsom B C won again in 1999 by beating Merton Park 83 - 43 and the following appeared in this final - Peter Miller, Jim Scott, George Sperring, Les Owen, Eileen Mills & Gill Sperring. Epsom lost in the Final in 2002. In the early years Epsom used to enter 2 teams into the Tournament.
Since 1995 Epsom have played 81 matches, Won 51 & Lost 30.
Australian Handicap Pairs
An Australian Handicap Men's Pairs will be run on a trial basis in 2017. These are the rules as decided by the Men's Bowling Committee.
1. Each match to be played over 18 ends
2. A Handicap maximum of 15 will apply to each pair.
3. The handicap difference to be added to the score card at the beginning of the game
4. The lead & skip will change positions every three ends - each player will skip for 9 ends
5. In the event of a draw after 18 ends an extra end will be played and either player may skip
6. In the event of a dead end the team that kills the end will give 1 shot to the opposition
7. Substitutes will be allowed up to and including the Semi Final - an equal or lower handicap rule will apply
Spitfire League
Epsom played a very strong Purley Bury side in their second match this season Indoors at Donyngs IBC in the Spitfire League. They won on 1 rink, lost on 2 rinks & the match 44 - 47 (2 - 8).
Details:
Rink 4 Bill Lawrence Anne Hoffmann Pat Buckley Peter Miller won 17 - 13
After making a slow start Epsom was ahead 13 - 7 after 10 ends & went on to win by 4 shots..
Rink 5 Brian Kenyon Sylvia Smart Eileen Mills Fred Read lost 15 - 18
Epsom held the initiative for 10 ends when they were 13 - 7 ahead. However, Purley Bury had the better of the remaining ends to beat Epsom by 3 shots.
Rink 6 Stefan Tomm Audrey Jones Derek Hoffmann John Warren lost 12 - 16
Epsom led 6 - 3 after 5 ends, but fell behind 6 - 15 after 10 ends. They closed the gap over the last 6 ends, but lost by 4 shots
Final Score: Epsom 44 Purley Bury 47 Epsom 2 points Purley Bury 8 points
Jubilee Cup
Epsom played the first game in the Jubilee Cup on Monday 5th December 2016 against a combined Raynes Park & Merton side. They lost on one rink drew the other & lost the game 24 - 26.
Details:
Rink 2 David Bragg John Meningen Graham Naish Jim Scott drew 11 - 11
As the score suggests this was a very close game. After 7 ends the scores were level 6 - 6. Going into the last end Epsom was 10 - 11 down, but secured the shot for a well deserved draw.
Rink 3 Martin Harbottle Peter Miller John Warren Les Owen lost 13 - 15
Epsom dominated this game for 11 ends when they led 13 - 6. However, they lost the last 4 ends to lose by two shots.
Final Score Epsom 24 Raynes Park/Merton 26 (Epsom 1 point Raynes Park/Merton 5 points)
John Meningen played his first game for Epsom in the Jubilee Cup.
Indoor Friendly v Mole Valley
Epsom played Mole Valley in a Friendly Indoor match on Sunday 4th December 2016 and won on 3 rinks, lost on 1 rink & lost overall 69 - 74.
Details:
Rink 1 Phil Sims Stefan Tomm Eileen Mills John Warren won 23 - 14
After 10 ends Epsom led 9 - 6 & went further ahead 22 - 6 after 15 ends. Mole Valley had scored on 5 of the remaining ends, but Epsom won by 9 shots.
Rink 2 Brian Collis Guest Graham Coleman Geoff Purrott won 20- 19
Epsom was 1 shot down afte 10 ends 7 - 8 & further behind 10 - 14 after 15 ends. Epsom finished strongly and snatched a 1 shot win.
Rink 3 Brian Kenyon Guest Keith Roberts Simon Mellor won 13 - 12
This was a very low scoring game. After 10 ends Epsom led 8 - 5, but were level 9 - 9 after 15 ends. Going into the last end Epsom was 11 - 12 down, but scored the 2 shots for a win. Interestingly Mole Valley won 12 end, but only scored 1 shot on each of these.
Rink 4 Audrey Jones Guest Pat Buckley Martin Harbottle lost 13 - 29
Epsom struggled on this rink in the second half of the game. After 10 ends they were 7 - 8, but only scored on 3 more ends finally losing by 16 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 69 Mole Valley 74
Vilamoura League
Epsom have joined the above League for 2017.
The Vilamoura Mixed league was started by Bernard Harding whilst Purley Bowling Club was on tour in Vilamoura, Algarve Portugal on 4th August 2008.
It then was organised by Derek Harvey into a league with eight participating teams. In 2010 Carshalton Beeches joined as the ninth member. Epsom are now the 10th.
Recently the committee have gone back to the original ruling that only one badge player can play
(i.e one in the home and one in the away).
John Seymour of Carshalton Bowls club now runs the event.
Several Fixtures for 2017 have already been fixed & the League will be looked after by David Bragg.
A dedicated page will be set up on this Website when all the fixtures become available.
Spitfire League
Epsom played Godstone in the very first match this season Indoors at Donyngs IBC in the Spitfire League. They won on all 3 rinks & the match 55 - 32.
Details:
Rink 1 Brian Kenyon Sylvia Smart Eileen Mills Fred Read won 16 - 9
Epsom came from behind to lead 10 - 6 after 10 ends. They won by 7 shots.
Rink 2 Bill Lawrence Anne Hoffmann Pat Buckley Martin Harbottle won 23 - 14
After 10 ends Epsom led by 2 shots, 9 - 7, but went on to win by 9 shots.
Rink 3 Stefan Tomm Audrey Jones Derek Hoffmann John Warren won 16 - 9
Epsom led from the start on this rink. They led 4 - 1 after 5 ends, 8 - 5 after 10 ends & went on to win by 7 shots.
Final Score: Epsom 55 Godstone 32 Epsom 10 points Godstone 0 points
