Monday, 3 July 2023

The Christow 3-Wood Pairs - Review

A great day's bowling at the inaugural 3-Wood Pairs at Christow. 

Each team played 5 matches at the group stage.The top team from each group then went through to play in the semi finals.

In the semi finals:

John Parnell (Abbotskerswell) played Marie Toleman (Nomads); Nomads coming through to win.

Lorraine Axtell (Winkleigh) played John Dennett (Bere Alston); Winkleigh winning the match.

Winkleigh then took on Nomads in the final.

Lorraine Axtell and Graham James (Winkleigh) secured the match and the competition win. Congratulations to them.

(Pictures to follow) 

Thank you to everyone who helped make the day a success.

Looking forward to next year!

Friday, 23 June 2023

New Devon County Venue

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Christow Community Hall Closure

The Insulation work on the Community Hall is due to commence next month, starting on July 20th and finishing on August 17th.

As it stands, the last Wednesday evening's bowls will be on July 19th with bowls recommencing on Wednesday August 23rd.


Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Summer Bowls Evenings at Christow

This Sunday, May 28th, will be the last Sunday evening session until the first Sunday in September.

Wednesdays will continue as usual.

To summarise:

May 28th 2023 - last Sunday evening session for the Summer

September 3rd 2023 - Sunday evening sessions recommence

Wednesdays - Evening sessions continue as usual.

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

The Christow SMBC AGM - Wednesday May 17th 2023

Just a quick reminder that the Christow AGM is tomorrow night, commencing at 7pm

The agenda is below.


CHRISTOW SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB AGM

AGENDA

1. Welcome

2. Apologies

3. Minutes of the last meeting held on 18th May 2022

4. Matters Arising

-Involvement of schools

5. Chairman's report

- Highs and lows of 2022/2023

- Proposed pairs competition 2/7/23

6. Secretary’s report

- Correspondence received, future use of Isca

7. Treasurer’s report

- Accounts

- Triples competitions, profit and distribution of funds

- Club sessions and future proposals

- Fees, future proposals for annual membership fees and session charges

8. Competition Sec.’s reports

- Triples competitions, review

- Club competitions, future proposals and prizes

9. Safeguarding officer

- Update and proposals for membership forms

10. Teignbridge league captain’s report

- Review of league and competitions in 2022/2023

11. Election of Officers/ Committee members

- Chairman

- Secretary

- Treasurer

- Competition Secretary

- Safeguarding Officer

- Teignbridge League Captain

12. Other positions

- Club night selector

- TVCH appointee

- Publicity Secretary

- Catering manager

13. Any Other Business

- TVCH - progress of review

- Coaching

- Repair of equipment

14. Date of next meeting

Monday, 24 April 2023

The Christow Invite Triples 2023 - Review

Sixteen teams from 4 clubs, comprising of 48 players enjoyed a full day of short-mat bowls at the Teign Valley Community Hall on Sunday April 23rd 2023.

The day was spent in good spirits with some great bowls played and the friendly banter created a great atmosphere.

Fittingly, each of the 4 clubs taking part had a role to play in both finals.

The "Plate" final was fought out between The Silver Tops from The Totnes Creameries and The Wibbly Wobblies from Christow. The match was pretty much one sided for the first 6 ends with the Silver Tops rushing to a 10-2 lead. The second half of the match saw The Wibbly Wobblies overcome their wobbles and they fought back to take the score to 10-10 and force a tie-break end. Some nervous bowling ensued but it was The Wibbly Wobblies who held on to take a single shot and an 11-10 win!

The cup final was a one sided affair. Tamar, from Bere Alston, played very well to reach the final but they then came up against a determined Praying Abbots team from Abbotskerswell who strolled to a 17-4 victory.

Well done to the winners, and a big thank you from Christow SMBC to all who took part for helping to create a very enjoyable and satisfying day.

Oh, and the the government's 3pm mobile "alert" went virtually unnoticed 😃😃

The Christow Invite Triples 2023 - The Knock-Out Stages


 

The Christow Invite Triples 2023 - The Round Robin Tables


 

The Christow Invite Triples 2023 Cup Winners



The Praying Abbots (Abbotskerswell)

(plus Trevor!!)
 

The Christow Invite Triples 2023 Cup Runners-Up



Tamar (Bere Alston)

(plus Trevor!!)

 

The Christow Invite Triples 2023 "Plate" Winners



The Wibbly Wobblies (Christow)

(plus Trevor!!)

 

The Christow Invite Triples 2023 "Plate" Runners-Up

 



The Silver Tops (Totnes Creameries)

Friday, 17 March 2023

Buckland v Christow - Review

A very frustrating night for Christow when they visited Buckland in the Teignbridge League.

Honours were even overall.

Before tea, Christow won on mat 1 (9-7) but lost on mat 2 (7-9)

After tea, Christow again won on mat 1 (12-8) but lost on mat 2 (8-12)

So, with 2 wins each and 36 shots each the points were shared at 5 each.