Barking & District Bowls Club

The 2025/26 season has now come to and end and what a season it has been! 🟢⚪️🔴

The club has gained new members, hosted the liberty trophy quarter final, had several county finalists and winners, reached the quarter final of the Denny cup, final of the lsc shield and had players competing on the national stage. The morale has been high, league games have been enjoyed by many aswell as being very competitive (especially if you’re on Bill Nelson’s team 😉) all makes for a successful year!

Thank you to all members, volunteers and followers who have contributed to making it a great year!

Saturday saw our club finals day, well done to all our winners and finalists

Men’s singles winner: Steve Mitchinson

Ladies singles winner: Annie Barrett

Men’s pairs winners: Dan Hughes and Mark Nullmeyers

Ladies Pairs winners: Jane Preston and Janice Fortune

Men’s Triples winners: Paul Nelson, Bill Nelson and Terry Hughes (Robbie Carter sub)

Men’s fours: Paul Nelson, Terry Hughes, Bill Nelson and Paul Whellams

Novice singles (the newly named “Freddie Hawes Trophy) winner: Reg Martin

A successful Sunday for Barking, two more county titles to add to the collection 🏆🏆

Well done to Jane and Jamie who produced a great performance against Essex county to clinch the mixed pairs title 🥳

Eyes then turned to our O60s Dr Knockout team who was facing clacton. After a 1 shot loss on the Saturday to Falcon the guys put that result aside and came back stronger winning the knockout competition 💪🏻

Well done to all competitors over the weekend, winners and finalist, Barking was represented in 7 of the 16 finals which is a great achievement!

4 county titles, a good year on the county Scene! 🟢⚪️🔴

Tomorrow is the day for young Ollie!

Best of luck to him as he heads to Nottingham IBC to compete in the National u18 singles!

After winning the county fours and under 25 singles, he should be full of confidence 💪🏻 best of luck 🤞🏻 🟢⚪️🔴

We have a second National finals qualifier 🚨

Well done to Ollie Shearing who has booked his spot at the national finals in the under 18s singles event, he played D Howard from Lakenheath IBC and won 2-0 in sets

A brilliant achievement by the youngster! Best of luck 💪🏻

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County finals updates 🚨

Peter sadly lost to Colchester in the unbadged singles.

The mixed triples of Pat Bill and Terry lost out to Essex county

And the fours won their game against Clacton 🏆

The second session is underway with Ollie taking on Freddie and barking O60s facing falcon in the play off!

ECIBA finals take place this weekend at Falcon IBC and there is plenty of interest if you’re a Barking IBC member or follower 👀

Best of luck to all players competing at the finals! 🟢⚪️🔴 schedule can be found below:

Saturday 18th April

10am

Men’s unbadged singles - Peter Burnell vs Colchester

Mixed triples - Pat Taylor, Bill Nelson and Terry Hughes vs Essex County

Men’s Fours - Ollie Shearing, Dan Hughes, Jamie Holmes and Mark Nullmeyers vs Clacton

2pm

U25 singles - Freddie Hawes vs Ollie Shearing

2:30pm

O60s league play off - Ray Fortune, Janice Fortune, Tom Brooks, Steve Pickford, Peter Burnell, Bill Nelson, Russell Hughes, Terry Hughes vs Falcon

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Sunday 19th April

10am

Mixed pairs - Jane Preston and Jamie Holmes vs Essex county

O60s Double Rink Knockout - Ray Fortune, Janice Fortune, Tom Brooks, Steve Pickford, Peter Burnell, Bill Nelson, Russell Hughes, Terry Hughes vs Falcon

Come on Barking 💪🏻🏆🏆🏆🏆

Good luck to Dan and Jamie who play at Nottingham IBC today in the open pairs at 6pm

They face a Nottingham pair on their own green! Best of luck boys 🟢⚪️🔴

Barking Duo off to Nottingham with help of a super sub! 👀💪🏻

Well done to Dan and Jamie who on Friday evening qualified for this years national finals at Nottingham in the open pairs!

But there was a twist….

Assistance was required from Mark Nullmeyers who was called upon a few hours before the game after Jamie was carrying an injury, not a bad sub 😉

Mark and Dan won back to back sets, playing some great ends of bowls against an Ipswich duo who picked up some good wins early on in the competition! Well done Dan, Jamie and of course Mark, a great team effort!

The next game is the 16th of April at 6pm, best of luck lads! 🟢⚪️🔴

Last weekend saw two national finals take place concerning Barking players. 🟢⚪️🔴

Friday saw Peter Burnell compete in the National Novice singles final, a tremendous final saw Peter just lose out by two shots! Agonisingly close!
The club are extremely proud of Peters efforts, just getting to a national final is very difficult, so a great achievement!

Saturday the Barking boys joined up with the rest of the county for the Liberty final, again a tremendous game of bowls which went the distance but unfortunately Essex lost out to Lincolnshire who have now won the competition 4 times. well done to team manager Scott and selectors Jamie and Coda who selected a side who managed to win the competition two years on the trot and get to a third final, we are sure the boys will be back in the near future 🏆🏆

45 minutes to go….

5 and a half hours to go ⏳ 🔵🟡🔴

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National Novice Singles finalist 🚨

Peter Burnell is now in the National Novice singles final! Congratulations on getting this far, one more game to go 🤞🏻 the club are proud of your achievements so far!!

His final is midday today! Good luck 🏆

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