Exeter League Knockout Cup Matches

Last night Christow A and Christow C played in the second round of the Exeter League Knockout Cup. Steve Jim and Tom representing Christow A travelled away to meet Broadclyst A  After a relatively comfortable win 23 shots to 9, they have progressed into the semi-finals. Christow C represented by Jeanette, Mark and Brad, were drawn at home against Nomads A. Nomads took an early lead in the game, Christow did not panic and reduced their lead to 2 shots. Nomads began to score again after changing playing positions and finished the game with a comfortable win.

Teign Valley Triples Article (Mid Devon Advertiser)

There will be an article reporting on the Teign Valley Triples Tournament held at Christow on 18th November. It will be published in the Mid Devon Advertiser with pictures including the cheque being presented by Georgie to Scott Harry fron the ward (See Below). They are hoping to include it in next weeks edition which will be available on 8th December.

Teignbridge League Match Details Updated

There has been a slight change to the team players for the match against Exminster on Friday. This is due to a shortage of available players.

Teams Required for South Brent Fours 25th February

Christow have been allocated two spaces in South Brent's JOHN WARMAN CHARITY TOURNAMENT on Sunday 25th February. Food will be available to purchase on the day or you can  take your own. You will enjoy a good day of bowls at the price of a portion of Fish & Chips....£4.00. (£16.00 per team).

Devon v Cornwall Report

Yesterday the Devon Premier and A Teams travelled down to Carnmoggas indoor Bowls Club in Cornwall. Christow players representing the Premier Team were Trevor & Jim with Steve and Neil represented the A Team. The final scores were Premier: Devon 8 Cornwall 32, A Team: Devon 18 Cornwall 22. A full and detailed report can be found Here

Exminster Away Details Added

Information regarding players against Exminster on Friday 1st December have been added to the Teignbridge League page.

County Triples Qualifiers (Final 25th February)

County Triples Qualifers
Name	played	Club	won	draw	lost	for	against	shot diff	points
Benny Bass	3	Uffculme	3			50	15	35	9
Martin Sexton	3	Wick	3			32	17	15	9
Sue Young	3	Nomads	3			35	25	10	9
Paul Pomeroy	3	Musbury	3			28	21	7	9
Eric Pavey	3	Sidbury	2	1		28	20	8	7
Rose Morrison	3	Totnes	2		1	34	13	21	6
Sharron Simmons	3	Wick	2		1	32	23	9	6
Andy Thompson	3	Sidbury	2		1	33	26	7	6
Tom Archer	3	Christow	2		1	23	20	3	6
Elliott James	3	Yarnscombe	1	1	1	25	16	9	4
Alan George	3	Uffculme	1	1	1	35	27	8	4
Barry Mcphillips	3	Bere Alston	1	1	1	28	24	4	4
Thomas Perris	3	Wonford	1	1	1	27	23	4	4
David Tarr	3	West Hill	2		1	20	28	-8	6
Lorraine Axtell	3	Winkleigh	1	1	1	27	25	2	4
Edwin Cleave	3	Christow	1		2	22	27	-5	3
	Group winners
	Runner up
	highest 3rds

Kingsteignton Away Match Report

Not good news I'm afraid. Last night Christow travelled to Kingsteignton for the seconf match in the Teignbridge League. As Trevor was unable to attend and lead his team into battle, the cattle prod was handed over to Brad as Vice Captain. Both matches before tea went Kingsteignton’s way, one more than the other. Mat 1 (Beryl, Carol & Tom) started well but were on the back foot when they reached the final end and lost by 1 shot 13 - 14. Mat 2 (Mary, Edwin & Neil) could have done with that cattle prod as they were never in the game and finished 1 - 19 down. After tea Christow came out fighting and on Mat 1 (Maureen, Geoff & Jim) took the lead early on and held it to the end of the game and finished 15 - 8. Mat 2 (Chloe, Mark & Brad) had a very competitive match on what was a very slow mat. The final end saw Christow holding 4 shots which would have given them a draw, but Derek skipping for Kingsteignton took second shot with his final bowl. Final score 8 - 11. A nice evening of bowls, shame about the result.

Ideford Home Match Date Change

Our home match with Ideford in the Teignbridge League scheduled for Wednesday 29th November has been cancelled due to the Exeter League Knockout matches on the same night. The match has been rescheduled for Wednesday 6th December.

Exeter League Result for Christow A

Last night Christow 'A' (Tom, Carol & Steve) played away at Broadclyst against their 'B' team. It was a closely contested game with Christow finally taking charge on the 13th end where they took 3 shots giving them a 2 shot lead in the match. Over the final 2 ends Christow scored another 3 shots and finished the match 14 - 9 winners.

Exeter League Result for Christow C

Tonight Christow 'C' (Brad, Chloe & Mark) met Silverton 'A' (Michele, Jack & Danny) at Christow in the Exeter League. The game was very tight and competative with Christow coming out on top with a great win. Final score 13 - 11 to Christow. Well done Christow.

Christow C Match Date Changes

Please note that Christow C are shown on the Exeter League website to be playing Silverton A Away on 21st November and Home on 11th March. The fixtures sheet given by Rob Gayton to each Captain shows different dates for these matches which are... Home on 22nd November and Away on 6th March.

Teign Valley Triples Report

Today saw the Teign Valley Charity Triples take place at The Teign Valley Community Centre in Christow. The event was run by Christow S.M.B.C with Mark Allen at the helm and support from his fellow Christow bowlers.

The Charity chosen was The Ricky Grant / Turner Ward Trust at Torbay Hospital. Georgina Cleave and her family have recieved wonderful support from the trust over the last 8 months in helping her fight Cancer. Two days ago Georgina was given the wonderful news that she is now all clear.

The days bowling got under way at 9.05 with the first group of 8 teams  playing 10 ends with 2 woods each over 45 minutes. After the buzzer sounded and the call for no more jacks it was the turn of the remainig 8 teams to get their challenge under way. Each group played four games in the round robin stage with a break for lunch. The winners from each group met in a final match over 10 ends with no time limit to find the overall winners. Derek was on umpire duties throughout the competition.

Various events were also held on the day to help raise as much money as possible for Georgina's charity. Carol ran the raffle which raised £225 due to the large amount of generous donated prizes on offer. Also Trevor organised an auction of prizes donated by local businesses (see list below) and club members. This raised another £200 for charity. Another £30 was raised by running a 2 Mat Challenge which was 50p a go and the winner was the owner of the bowl nearest the jack. After this Edwin Cleave (Chairman) made a presentation speech which outlined Georgies ordeal and informed her of the amount of money that had been raised so far.

 Sponsors

• The Walled Garden in Dunsford.......Lunch voucher for 2.
• Bridford Inn......Bottle of Champagne.
• White Horse Motors, Tedburn St Mary...Izusu Jacket, Hat & Umbrella.
• Landrover, Matford Exeter.......Bag of Land rover goodies, Hat, T-Shirt, Pen etc.
• Teign Valley Golf Club.....2 Rounds of Golf.
• Mole Valley Farmers......£30 worth of vouchers.
• Ugbrook Estate.....2 Brace of Pheasant.

There was an endless supply of food and drink on offer during the day which started with bacon rolls which were very popular with arriving bowlers on this chilly morning. Sue, Jeanette, Maureen, Beryl, Geoff and Steve in his pinny worked tirlessly preparing lunches and suppling their customers with tea, coffees, cakes etc and cordinating the 2 lunch sittings. (Sorry if I missed anyone else in the kitchen). 

An amazing £265 was raised by the Kitchen which made the total raised for the day including Players Fees, Raffle, Auction, 2 Mat Challenge and generous cash donations on the day from parcipitating bowlers of.....

           £1000.00

The final of the competition was played between Group A winners Abbotskerswell B and Group B winners Wonford. The match started with Wonford dominating play and pulling out an 8 shot to 0 lead. Abbotskerswell managed to pull back that lead to 7 shots to Wonfords 8. Wonford scored on all but the final end from then on and went into the final end with a 13 to 7 shot lead over their apponents. Abbotskerswell managed to score on the final end but not by enough and consceded the win to Wonford. Well done to Maggie, Shirley & John.

Wonford recieving their winners trophies and the Teign Valley Tripples Shield from Georgina.












Abbotskerswell B recieving their runners up trophies from Georgina.

Exeter League Result for Christow C

Christow C had a good match against Broadclyst  B last night. Jeanette Brad and Mark played  and won 27-10.

Christmas Bowling Evening

The night of fun and frivolity will now take place on Wednesday 20th December and NOT Tuesday 19th.

Christow B v Broadclyst A - Date Change

The home  match between Christow B and Broadclyst A due to be played on Sunday 26th November has been provisionally rescheduled for the following Sunday 3rd December.

Kingsteignton Away Details Added

Information regarding players against Kingsteignton on 23rd November have been added to the Teignbridge League page.

Exeter League Result for Christow B

Last night Christow B (Derek, Chris & Neil) travelled to Silverton to meet their B team in our 5th  match in this years Exeter League. We were made very welcome by Silverton and enjoyed a very close competitive game. The game was played on the middle mat which looks fast but in fact is very slow. The match started with both teams scoring over the first 5 ends and the score being tied at 4 shots each. By the 8th end Silverton had taken a 4 shot lead, not for long though as Christow went into the final end with lead of 1 shot. Unfortunately we were unable to hold onto the advantage and finished the game 11 shots to their 14. An enjoyable and frustrating game at the same time

Christmas Party Bowling Evening

Christmas party bowling evening.
Will be held on Wednesday 20th December
The evenings entertainment will include games to test your bowling skills and knowledge
A sheep shearing demonstration by Sue and Sean
Knitting your own winter socks demonstration by Neil
The Red Rooster will demonstrate how to pluck and stuff a chicken in less than 30seconds
(Chicken will be supplied by Geoff)
Prizes galore 😄
AND MANY OTHER SURPRISES 
DON'T BE LATE!

Pairs Tournament 11th November

The Teignbridge Pairs tournament was held on Saturday 11th November at the Teign Valley community hall christow. As usual with the Teignbridge events there was a really good atmosphere, friends meeting each other and catching up with the gossip accompanied by four games of tight competitive play. 12 teams from the seven villages played four games of ten ends with three woods. After two games play was put on hold for a cream tea and this was followed by a further two games. During this tea break Ken Beer (the Teignbridge League competition Secretary) presented the Teignbridge league trophy to Trevor Tregillus (Captain of Christow) for winning the league in the 2016/17 season. Trevor had organised a special cream cake for everyone and I can assure you that they were truly delicious as well as looking beautiful. Thanks to Mo for all her hard work.
In the Pairs tournament Abbotkerswell A set the pace by winning their first game 21shots to 1 shot but the tournament was to be decided by points and shot difference only played a part in the event of a tie on points. Kinsteignton A won 10 – 2 and Kingsteignton B 15 – 3 so plenty to play for, not all games were so clear cut Bishopsteignton B drew with Buckfast A at 8 shots apiece – this was to prove crucial at the end of the day . This level of play continued all afternoon and it always seems strange that it comes down to the last wood of the last end. Abbots were playing Buckfast and needed two to draw, Ray Vyse played a cracking shot (no pressure!!!) and it looked tight but the teams agreed on one shot. While this drama was going on Kingsteignton were staying focused and won all their games with a large shot difference.
The results for the tournament were:
Winners  -   Kingsteignton A with 12 point and +35 shot difference
Second  -  Bishopsteignton B with 10 points and + 28 shot difference
Third  -  Abbotskerswell A with 9 points and +33 shot difference
Kinsteignton won the tournament last year and a hearty congratulations to them for the taking the trophy home for a second year. Well done Kingsteignton.

Kingstejgnton A receiving their Trophy

Trevor receiving Teignbridge League Trophy from Kin Beer

County Tens Dates Announced

Christow will be playing their first County Tens match at Bere Alston on Sunday 14th January. Players are required to arrive by 12.30 with play expected to start by 1.30pm. The timing is based on bowlers bringing their own lunch and having plenty of time to consume their food prior to playing. The home leg will be played on the following Saturday 20th January with the same timings and food arrangement as for the away leg. Tea will be provided at both games. The winners will meet Totnes Cremeries in the Area Finals.

Exeter League Knockout Cup Result

Last night Christow B (Janet, Edwin & Neil) met Christow A (Carol. Geoff & Tom) in the first round of the Exeter League Knockout Cup. The match was dominated from the start by Christow A and after 15 ends the final score was 17 - 5. Congratulations to them and good luck in the next round.

County Triples Report

Saturday 4th November saw the County Triple preliminarys take place at ISCA. Four teams from Christow took part and after 3 games only one of the teams managed to qualify for the finals. Well done to Ralph, Tom and Ian, good luck in the finals.

South Brent Charity Fours

Space for 2 teams from Christow has been reserved for the South Brent Charity Triples on Sunday 25th February. Further details can be found on the Competitions page. Please see Neil or Trevor if you are interested in playing or have a team to enter.

County/Nationals Over 55's Summary

Today 4 teams from Christow competed in the County/Nationals Over 55's at ISCA. All were drawn into different groups of 4 teams,. There were 5 groups in total. Ralph & Ian along with Trevor & Neil played in the first session. Janet & Edwin played the second session with Maureen & Geoff. There was a break of 35 - 40 mins between matches as each session played their 10 ends. The top team from each group went through to the knockout stage along with the 3 highest runners up. Unfortunately non of the Christow teams managed to progress to the knockout stage. Apart from this it was an enjoyable few hours of bowls and good practice for tomorrows Triples.

Teignbridge League Trophy Presentation

On Saturday 11th November during the Teignbridge Pairs competition the trophy will be presented to Christow for wining the Teignbridge League last season. It would be nice to see a number of Christow players there to recieve the trophy. I here that Mo is making some of her famous Cup Cakes especially for the day! If you are able to attend (uniforms to be worn) please let Derek or Trevor know.

Busy Weekend of Bowls Ahead

This coming weekend will be very busy for a large number of Christow bowlers. On Saturday at ISCA, the County Over 55's competition takes place. Also on the same day Wonford will be running their Fours Competition. Sunday again at ISCA the County Triples preliminary's take place and in the evening the Christow B will meet Christow A at home in the first round of the Exeter League Knockout Cup. Good luck to all who are bowling in any of these competitions.

Christmas Meal

This years Christmas Meal is planning to be held at The Teign Valley Golf Club on Saturday 13th January. If you are not able to attend could you please let Steve or Neil know.

Teignbridge League Starts with a Good Win

Yesterday evening Christow played their first match for this season. We met Bishopsteignton for the home match which was played in a great atmosphere and enjoyed by all. The result was very good for Christow with 2 wins before tea and a win and draw after. The final score was 9 points (including the 2 bonus points)  to Christow and 1 to Bishopsteignton. A great start to the season, well done Christow.