Winter 2025/26 Newsletter

Spitfire League

Epsom played their third game in the Spitfire League (played at Donyngs IBC) on Wednesday 12th November 2025.  They played against Brockham & won on 2 rinks, lost on 1 rink & won overall 57 - 35 (8 - 2).

Epsom led 23 - 19 after 8 ends across the 3 rinks & went on to win by 22 shots.

Details:

Rink 4  Mick Cooper Nick Rowan Christine Summerfield Martin Harbottle  lost 11 - 16

Epsom led 8 - 5 after 8 ends, but lost the next 3 ends to go 8 - 12 down.  They lost by 5 shots. (15 ends played).

Rink 5  Sandy Cooper Sandie Harvey Phil Sims Les Owen  won 22 - 10

Epsom were 6 - 9 down after 8 ends, but won the next 6 ends to lead 19 - 9.  They won by 12 shots. (16 ends played).

Rink 6  Roger Jackson Trish Southgate Fi Drinkall David Fearn  won 24 - 9

Epsom led 9 - 5 after 8 ends & 15 - 9 on end 12.  They won the last 3 ends played to win by 15 shots. (15 ends played).

Final Score:  Epsom 57  Brockham 35  Epsom 8 points  Brockham 2 points.

Mixed Friendly

Epsom played against Donyngs on Sunday 2nd October2025 (this was a 1 rink & 3 triples match) They won on 2 rinks, lost on 2 rinks & lost overall 63 - 69. After 10 ends across the 4 rinks Epsom led 44 - 28, but were 4 shots down (52 - 56) on ends 15 & they lost by 6 shots.

Details:

Rink 2  Liz Hind Brian Collis Sandy Cooper Martin Harbottle lost 12 - 28

This rink led 10 - 9 after 10 ends, but lost the next 5 ends to go 10 - 22 down.  They lost the last 5 ends & lost by 16 shots.

Rink 3  Judy Jackson Kevin Phillips Christine Summerfield won 20 - 13

Epsom led 13 - 3 after 9 ends & 15 - 11 on end 15.  They won by 7 shots.

Rink 4  Lynn Phillips Sandie Harvey Roger Jackson  won 21 - 13

Epsom led 12 - 8 after 9 ends & 18 - 11 on end 15.  They won by 8 shots.

Rink 5  Stefan Tomm Mick Cooper Fi Drinkall  lost 10 - 15

Epsom were 5 - 8 down after 9 ends & 9 - 12 behind on end 15.  They lost by 5 shots.

Final Score:  Epson 63  Donyngs 69

Judy Jackson played in her first friendly indoor match for Epsom Bowling Club.

Spitfire League

Epsom played their second game in the Spitfire League (played at Donyngs IBC) on Wednesday 29th October2025.  They played against Banstead Nevill & won on 2 rinks, lost on 1 rink & won overall 45 - 39 (8 - 2). After 9 ends across the 3 rinks Epsom were 22 - 23 down. However, they went on to win by 6 shots.

Details:

Rink 1  Stefan Tomm Roger Jackson Sandie Harvey Barry Jordan won 18 - 11

Epsom led 9 - 7 after 9 ends & won by 7 shots.

Rink 2  Sandy Cooper Paul Maskell Christine Summerfield Martin Harbottle  won 16 - 12

Epsom were 3 - 10 down after 7 ends, but won the next 5 ends to lead 11 - 10. They won the last 2 ends to win by 4 shots.

Rink 3  Nick Rowan Mick Cooper Fi Drinkal Dave Fearn  lost 11 - 16

Epsom led 8 - 6 after 9 ends & lost by 5 shots.

Final Score:  Epsom 45  Banstead Neville 39  Epsom 8 points  Banstead Neville 2 points

Nick Rowan played in his first match in this league & becomes the 60th player from Epsom Bowling Club to play in this tournament.

Did you know

Since 2014/15 Epsom have played 59 matches, won 25 & lost 34.

Spitfire League

Epsom played their first game in the Spitfire League (played at Donyngs IBC) on Wednesday 8th September 2025.  They played against Redhill & lost on all 3 rinks & the match 15 - 63 (0 - 10).

Details:

Rink 4  Sandie Harvey Trish Southgate Barry Jordan David Fearn  lost 8 - 13

Rink 5  Roger Jackson Mick Cooper Christine Summerfield Phil Sims  lost 4 - 24

Rink 6  Sandy Cooper Richard Price John Hart Norman Mann  lost 3 - 26

Final Score:  Epsom 15  Redhill 63   Epsom 0 points  Redhill 10 points

Roger played his first game in this Competition & becomes the 60th member of Epsom Bowling Club to play in this league.

Did you know

Epsom first played in this Competition in the 2014/15 season.  They reached the final only to lose to Purley Bury. (of our current members Stefan Tomm, John Hart & John Warren played in this game).

Since 2014/15 Epsom have played 58 matches, won 24 & lost 34.

Awards Night

The Annual Awards Night took place on Saturday 4th September 2025.  This was held at Sutton Bowling Club & was attended by 59 members, friends & family.

Everyone enjoyed an excellent meal & was followed by an address from the President, Liz Hind.  She outlined how she enjoyed her year especially the Presidents Invitation day which raised £400 for the Club. She took the opportunity to thank many members who helped run competitions & the general help given around the Club.

The trophies were then presented to winners & runners up & was followed by a raffle.

A very enjoyable evening.