Worthing Bowls Club

Sunday afternoon- Ken and Denise Staton organised a fun afternoon- The Buttered Bun Bash. 24 bowlers signed up for 8 teams , who competed in 4 bowls challenges- such as bowling to 2 jacks and closest to a jack in the ditch. Much fun and laughs and we all took the competition seriously. Ken and Denise provided the food, Eric Jackson donated sausages and rolls and we raised around £200 for the Kent and Sussex air ambulance. Charles Lindsell Dave Jones and Chris Matthews won the competition despite not having a clue for the most part of what was going on. Thanks to everyone who took part and donated time and money and organizational skills to make the event successful.

Our last WSBL game of 2026 today against Aldingbourne at home. Our first game of the season was against them- away and an 8-0 loss.We got our revenge today with a 7-1 victory- unfortunately not quite enough to win the league, but we finished a very good second, 2 points behind Aldingbourne. Thanks to everyone who played and supported us at home and away, and special thanks to Russ Hallett and Erica Cable who put on a fantastic after game spread every home fixture. No club is sure yet about promotion and relegation- it's dependant on who puts their name down for 2027. Fingers crossed!

A bit of an odd game today against Maltravers in the Brodie. A 10.00 start and after 2 and a half hours we fought our way to a draw. 5-5 and 67-67. Maybe extra time in bed rather than a bowls match would have been better.Probably yesterday's heat didn't do us any good. Russ Jennings won top rink with a score of 27-10, helped by Jeff Ellison and Mick o Mahoney.

Our penultimate game in the WSBL today at Pagham. We're currently 2nd in the league behind Aldingbourne who we meet in our last game next week. We got a result today as well, winning 6-2 and 57-39. Top rink was skipped by Jim Walmsley, with Syd Foster Neil Baker and Dave Steff with a 29-6 victory.

A Brodie game against Tarring Priory this afternoon. Tarring had a bit of difficulty getting a team out, and for once we didn't and even managed a couple of reserves. The game went our way, winning on all rinks, and another couple of points for the aggregate score. 10-0 and 79-53. Top rink was skipped by Chris Matthews with Syd Foster Ken Staton and Steve Murphy coming out 23-13 on top. Well done guys!

A Brodie game at home to Pavilion this afternoon. Yet again a slow start on most rinks- For some strange reason 13 is the magic end and we start playing and the opposition stopped. We won on three rinks, only losing by a couple of points in the pairs. A great result at 8-2 and an aggregate win, of 72-62 putting us second in the Brodie table. Eric Jackson got top rink with Steve Hunt Adrian Laycock and Derek Monk.

It's getting to the end of our WSBL season, with just a couple of games left. Today, a visit to Storrington- another scorching day, close to 30⁰, but we went ahead. Again, a slow start but after 10 ends we had the game won and had a great finish to score the maximum of 8 points and a 56-37 aggregate. Top rink went to Jim Walmsley with Dave Sargent Kris Czarnecki and Eric Jackson with a 17-9 scoreline

A Brodie game this afternoon against Goring Manor at Home. After the first 5 ends we looked like we going to be on the end of a thrashing but we fought back on 3 rinks, and came away with an 8-2 score. Top rink was won by Jim Walmsley with Mick O Mahoney and Derek Monk. The biggest turn around was skipped by Chris Matthews with Denise Staton Andrew Simmons and Ken Staton turning a score of 9-18 on 13 ends to a 21-18 victory- 12 points in 5 ends. An aggregate of 74-64 for another 2 points!

We played our WSBL match away against Pavilion on Monday evening- it was a lot cooler and we had a pleasant evening, especially as we came away with a win. Jim Walmsley, a former Pavilion bowler won top rink, with Dave Steff Syd Foster and Eric Jackson scoring 25-11, against a rink skipped by former Worthing bowler Ian Slater.
We won on two rinks,and the aggregate, 6-2, 61-37.

A great finish to the week at Beach House Park. Two wins already in the Brodie and on Saturday we met East Preston in the WSBL. We were up and down on all three rinks during the afternoon but we finally got a result on 2 and a draw on the other. 7-1 and 45-36.