Away match to Argyll Bowls Club.
Charles, Cathy and Lynda won by 24 shots to 9 shots.
Dawn, Colin and Steve won by 23 shots to 11 shots.
A good start to the season with maximum points.
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Downton Bowls vs Downton Football – 7th May
We always have a traditional bowls match against Downton Football Club.
This is a great afternoon of fun and banter. Anyone can play – just contact the club to register your interest. Or just come along and enjoy the afternoon.
Kick off (!) is at 2pm on Sunday 7th May.
We’ll have a raffle and buffet afterwards.
Mixed Triples League match against Wilton
On Wednesday at Wilton, the Downton Mixed Triples League side lost on 2 rinks, one of which was lost on the last end, but the third team, (Marie Clarke, Rod & Marg Hall) bumped the score up for Downton enough to beat Wilton by about 10 overall, so we finished with 4 points each, resulting in a draw.
Alteration to Fixtures List
Members: Please be aware that the S&D vs Pewsey 100 match is to be played on Sunday 20th August and NOT the 27th August as it currently appears in your booklet.
Could you please amend your Fixture List, or make a note of the amendment if you have yet to collect your List.
Note that an up-to-date fixtures list is available as part of this web site. See this page for more details.
Green Opening Postponed.
Due to the recent adverse weather conditions, the Greenkeeper has had to postpone the opening of the Green. However, it is anticipated that the Green will actually be open for Play from Tuesday, 18th April and will be available for the Ladies Practice at 2.00pm and the Men’s Practice at 6.15pm on that day. This will be dependent on the weather over the following few days.
The Opening Charity Fun Day and the President v Captain game will now take place on Saturday, 22nd and Sunday 23rd April respectively, at 2.00pm.
The Ladies Practice scheduled for Monday 17th has been postponed to Tuesday as previously stated.
Last Coffee Morning before the 2023 season
Last Wednesday’s Coffee morning was the last one before the start of the 2023 season.
The team made a cake to celebrate 40 years of the Club being established at Wick Lane. and, due to the team’s efforts, we raised over £60.
Well done to everyones for the tea, coffee, cake and raffle.
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Race Night
We had over 30 people attend the Race Night last week, which attracted a lot of business for bookmaker Rod Hall.
One lucky person was “ the owner” of four of the winning horses! Everyone tucked into the lovely supper of fish and chips and the evening was rounded off with a couple of novelty races.
2022 Competition Winners
Downton Bowling Club are pleased to announce the winners of our Club Competitions. Well done to everyone who took part in these competitions and congratulations to the finalists. Thanks also to Ann Galpin, our Competitions Secretary, for arranging these competitions. To view the results, click here.
Salisbury and District final results
The Salisbury and District final results are in. It is quite interesting that although we finished at the bottom of the table we actually won more games than the team above us. In this League a team can declare at the beginning of the season that they will only play with three Triples as opposed to the default number of four Triples. Downton are one of such teams that play with three Triples. We are not penalised for this, except, we obviously cannot gain the same maximum points as clubs who play four Triples. There are nine clubs in the League, three play with three Triples, Downton, Alderbury and Wilton. All the other Clubs have the potential of gaining twenty more points than us over the season as they can field four Triples. So it is not surprising to see two of the ‘three-triple’ clubs at the bottom of the League. Congratulations to Wilton who managed to gain fourth in the League under these conditions. Considering the challenges we faced in the Salisbury and District league, we have done really well this season, winning four games, but also our players have supported every fixture – not once did we have to cancel a game due to lack of players, even with the distance travelled. Many thanks to all Downton players for playing these games, I hope you enjoyed the League. Thank you too to the Members who took on the Captains role – Mike Hallam, Geoff Warr, and Rod Hall. This is much appreciated.
