Year: 2023

8th July 2023. Match Report.
Firstly, I would like to say well done to the green keeping team. With all the bad weather we have had recently, the green played really well & produced two very good games.
Rink 1 – Tony, Ivan & Cathy won 20-12, helped by a 6 & a 4 in the 12th & 14th ends.
Rink 2 – Muriel, Alan & Geoff battled hard before going down 9-15, but crucially they managed to score 2 on the last end, which enabled us to win the match overall 29-27.
Next week we are at home to Poole Park. The bar will be open from midday & all spectators are very welcome.

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1st July 2023. Match Report.
The Bustards made the long trip to picturesque Branksome Park to play bottom of the league Falcons.
After a bit of light rain, their snooker table looking green played superbly well, which helped produce two excellent matches.
Rink 1 – Muriel, Alan & Geoff played out a really hard fought game, which they finally won 19-15, taking 7 shots in the last 4 ends.
Rink 2 – Paul, Ivan & Cathy all played very consistently to take their match 15-10.
Overall score Bustards 34 Falcons 25. The Bustards stay 3rd & the Falcons bottom.
Next week we are at home to Highcliffe. The bar will be open from midday & all spectators are very welcome.

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24 June 2023 – Match Report.
On a glorious day, 3rd place Bustards took on 4th place Bournemouth Buffalo’s.
Rink 1 – Paul, Ivan & Cathy won 15 ends on their way to an emphatic 30-4 victory.
Rink 2 – was much harder work for Muriel, Alan & Geoff, who put up a good fight before going down 9-19 to a very strong Buffalo’s trio.
The overall match score was 39-23 to the Bustards, who remain 3rd. The Buffalo’s drop to 5th.
Next Saturday we make the long journey south to face bottom of the table Branksome Park Falcons.
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Downton won one rink & lost two.
Nick, Dibbie & Rod did really well to come back from 2-10 and narrowly lost 16-18.

After 14 ends John, Lewis & Colin were 14-16 down. Sadly, the Pewsey trio then pulled away to win 16-28.

On the final rink, Ivan, Paul & Geoff won 12 ends on their way to an excellent 15-10 victory.
Overall score Downton 47, Pewsey 56.

Downton beat Amesbury 60 shots to 48.
Rinks were:
– Colin Morris won 22-16
– Paul Tanner won 17-9
– Lewis Ambler won 21-17.
Points were Downton 10 Amesbury 0.

June 10th, 2023 – Match, Result
Tough day at the office in the heat, against the unbeaten Swanage Dolphins.
Tony, Muriel & Ivan sadly didn’t play very well & lost 9-19.
Rosemary, Alan & Geoff put in a great performance & won 18-16. This is the first rink the Dolphins have lost all season, so very well done.
Overall the match score was 27-35 to the Dolphins. Bustards 2 points, Dolphins 4. We are now comfortably in third place, but even at this early stage of the season, it looks like a straight fight between the Dolphins & Lyndhurst for the title.
Next match is at home to the Bournemouth Buffalos on 24th June. All spectators are very welcome.
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On Monday 5th June, Downton played against Pewsey Reds at Pewsey. Downton had 3 Triples skipped by Colin Morris, Steve Allen and Lewis Ambler. Colin’s team won their rink but unfortunately the other two lost. The final score was 56 to Pewsey and 52 to Downton. The points total was 10 to Pewsey and 2 to Downton.

June 3rd, 2023 – March, Result
The Bustards travelled to Lyndhurst for their top of the table clash. On a perfect day for bowls, on a lovely consistent green, both our teams played really well, before going down in two close, well fought encounters.
Tony, Ivan & Cathy lost 19-23. Without conceding a 7 & a 6 in the space of 3 ends mid match, this match would surely have been won.
Rosemary, Lewis & Geoff came back brilliantly from 5-15 down, before eventually going down 19-21.
Lyndhurst won the match overall 38-44. Lyndhurst 6 points, Downton 0.
Next week we are home to top of the league Swanage Dolphins. All spectators welcome.

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We had a good game Monday and Colin Morris with Rod and Dibby played the last end 15-14 down but lost by one shot. Steve, Mike H and Simon lost 24-16 with the final score 49-30. The result was boosted to Andover as we could only manage two triples.
Alan Waters

Wednesday 24th May
The eighteen Downton Bowlers received a warm a welcome at Fordingbridge BC. The scene was set by the Captains as an intro, with a warning from Alan Waters that the green will feel like bowling on ice compared to our pedestrian Green.
Although it took some getting use to, the Downton players seemed to enjoy the challenge, We won three rinks, the best being a win of 28-6 by Martin Scammell, Colin Morris and Skip Cathy Dean. The overall score was 116-80, 3rinks each.
The day was rounded off with a drink, tea and biscuits and much banter
Alan Waters