Sean in National Under 18's Plate Final

Congractulations to Sean for finishing up as runner up in the Plate competition of the Under 18's Natinal Finals at Tamworth on Sunday. He beat Benny Bass in the semi-finals to earn his place in the final. Great result, your club are proud of you....well done.

Sean receiving his trophy

Notification of Officers And More...

From tomorrow evening there will be two forms added to the notice board. The first being a Notification of Officers for next season with positions listed below.:

Chairman (Sports Club & Bowls Club)
Secretary Sports Club
Secretary Bowls Club
Treasurer (Sports Club & Bowls  Club)
Teignbridge League Captain
Teignbridge League Vice Captain 
Exeter League Captain 
Club Night Selector
Club Comps Secretary
TVCH Appointee
Publicity Officer

Also there will be a form for you to add any topics you would like to see included for discussion in the Agenda for this years AGM on Wednesday 16th May at 7.00pm.
As soon as the dates for next seasons County/National Competitions are released forms for those interested in entering will also be on the notice board. A message will be posted here with the all important dates as soon as I am aware of them.

Christow B vs Christow C Match Report

Christow 'B' (Maureen, Chris and Edwin) were home to Christow 'C' (Ava, Chloe and Ian) last night. It was definitely a match of two half's. The C team dominated the first 9 ends pulling out a 12 shots to 4 lead over the B team. As we are always told by our more experienced fellow bowlers...."never give up, the game is not over yet". Edwin's team took heed of this advice and over the remaining 6 ends scored 11 shots, not allowing Ian's team to score again. The game finished with a nail biting couple of ends with Christow B wining 15 - 12. Well done to both teams for a great entertaining match.

Friday Morning Bowls

There will be bowls this Friday morning (6th April) from 10 - 12.

Knockout Cup Final Result

On Wednesday 28th March,Tom ,Steve and Carol represented Christow in the final of the Exeter  Knockout cup at Broadclyst against Nomads A - Richard ,Robert and Ray. There was a lot of nervous banter going on before and during the game which was a nip and tuck affair with Christow having a 3 shot advantage after 13 ends. The knock out blow was delivered by Tom with his last wood on the 14th end. Nomads A were holding shot and Tom played the perfect draw avoiding two woods to finish shot wood. (Halo is now transferred from Neil to Tom). This gave Christow a four shot advantage going into the final end where Christow's woods were around the jack,reminiscent of the Indians circling the wagon train.Despite his best efforts Richard was unable to kill the end. Christow ran out 13 -11 victors to win Christow's first Exeter League trophy.

A big thank you to Broadclyst for being so accommodating and allowing us to use their venue for the evening.

Red Rooster

Christow vs Buckfastleigh Report

Last night Christow played their penultimate match in this seasons Teignbridge League. Buckfastleigh made the journey to Christow in daylight. The first session of games were at one stage or another very close. Mat 1 on end 6 were level on 4 shots each, picking up 5 shots on the 7th end gave christow a nice cushion which they held onto and finished by wining 16 - 8. It was the turn of Buckfast to put the pressure on Christow on Mat 2. By end 9 Christow were 8 shots behind but with great determination they kept fighting and pulled back 7 shots to finish 11 -12, great effort. After tea and Doughnuts or birthday cake if you preferred (thank you Ava, Happy Birthday from us all) the second session got underway with two more very close games. On Mat 1 both teams were level by end 4, Christow managed to gain a 5 shot lead by the 8th end only to see Buckfast reduce the lead to 1 shot by the 11th end. With Christow scoring a single shot on the last end the final Final score was 10 - 8 to Christow. On Mat 2 Christow held the lead until the 9th end when Buckfast pulled level at 8 shots each. Over the final 3 ends Christow scored 5 shots over Buckfast's 3 to win the match 13 - 11.
A well deserved 8 points were earned on the night, well done to everyone, great nights bowling.
Teams 
Mat l:   Maureen, Geoff, Ian
Mat 2:. Ava, Ralph, Jim.
Mat l:.  Beryl, Sean, Trevor
Mat.2:  Mary, Sue, Neil.

Exeter League Knockout Cup Final

On Wednesday Evening (28th March), Steve, Carol and Tom representing Christow 'A' will be playing against nomads 'A' in the final of the Exeter League Knockout Cup. The match is being played at Broadclyst with a start time of 7.45pm. We all wish you the best, have a great game.

Jurassic Bowls - 2 Pair Fours

Brief details of the Two Pairs Fours tournament being held at Clockham Lawns in Axminster on Sunday 22nd April, have been added to the competitions page.

Player Changes for Match against Buckfastleigh

There have been some changes to the team line up for Wednesday evenings match against Buckfastleigh. Please see Teignbridge League page for further details.

Bowls on Easter Sunday

We will  be bowling on Easter Sunday if you are free. Please note there is no bowls on Friday morning 30th March.

County Team Club Tens Final Report

Today Christow, Great Torrington, Sidbury and Totnes Creameries took part in the Finals of The County Tens ay ISCA. Ten players from each club made up a team consisting of a Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours. All played 3 matches in a round robin format with the Singles and Pairs playing first followed by the Triples and Fours. The winners were decided by overall points 2 for a win, 1 for a draw etc. Also accumulated shots were important in the case of a tie. The overall winners were Totnes Creameries with 15 points with Great Torrington taking the runners up spot with 13 points. Christow and Sidbury both finished on 10 points. Sidbury took 3rd spot as their shot difference was better than Christow's. It was a very enjoyable day of bowls despite the result.
The County AGM followed after the presentation of the trophies.

Exeter League Result for Christow B

Maureen, Sue and Neil representing Christow 'B' travelled to Clyst St Mary last night to play Nomads 'A' (Joan, Robert & Martin). Unlike the miserable weather outside the atmosphere inside was very pleasant and we were made very welcome. Although the game did not go Christow's way, it was played in a good spirit and very enjoyable. The match was tight up to the 8th end, after which Nomads took control and scored 9 shots to Christow's 4 during the reaming ends.. The final score on the night, Nomads 'A' 17 Christow 'B' 10.

Buckfastleigh Home Match Details Added

Details regarding team selection for the home match against Buckfastleigh on Wednesday 28th March have been added to the Teignbridge League page.

Tens Final on Sunday at ISCA

Sign in time for Sunday's County Team Club Tens final againt Totnes Creameries is 9.00am.
Just in case you missed the earlier post, here are the teams.
Singles:   Jim Preston
Pairs:      Trevor Tregillus - Neil Wilkins
Triples:    Carol Archer - Ian Nicholls - Steve Collins
Fours:      Sean Woodley - Sue Cleave - Geoff Cleave - Tom Archer

Christow B vs Silverton A at Silverton

Last night Christow B (Derek, Chris and Neil) played Silverton A (Jack, John and Danny). Play was on their fast mat that turned a lot on the left. Play started evenly with 2-2 after 4 ends to become 2-8 to Silverton after a slight misunderstanding and a dropped four. Not to be outdone Christow made this 5-8 to keep the game alive. At 5-10 to Silverton Neil got some help from his team and the score got to 9-10 on the eleventh end. Christow scored a three to make it 12-10 on the 12th end and Silverton swapped their team around with John taking the lead and Jack at two. They took two singles to level the score at 12-12 at 14 ends. In the final end Christow were holding when Jack moved the Jack to left hand edge of the mat (remember the turning side) for what looked to be a measure. Danny’s first wood was perfect, drawing across the mat and finishing close to the jack but there was still room to draw shot. Neil was a tad short with his first wood and Danny proved that his first wood was no fluke by drawing a second shot. I could feel John and Jack start to count their chickens but Neil had the last wood. We all expected Neil to draw across the mat – after all there was no other shot – was there???  He elected to play down the left side of the mat aiming to hit Danny’s wood and stop in the gap. This is exactly what he did – down the left side, just the right weight, hit the other woods and took shot to win the match 13-12 to Christow with his last wood. Neil in characteristically modest manner said “I just thought that was the thing to do” – Nobody else thought it was possible!! Well done Neil.
Just to repeat Christow B 13 shots – Silverton A 12 shots.

posted by Derek