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

Teignbridge League Table Updated

The latest table is available on the Teignbridge League page. Congratulations to Abbotskerswell.

Bowls on Tuesday Morning

The hall has been booked for a couple of hours hours tomorrow morning for a roll up. Starting at 9.30am. Hope to see you there.

Friday Morning Bowls

There will be bowls this Friday morning (23rd March) from 10 - 12. Hope to see you there.....Steve.

Christow to Hold Triples Competition in April

CHRISTOW BOWLERS

Invite you to our

Spring Bowling Picnic

In aid of

TWO BOWLS TRIPLES

As it’s a picnic, have a rummage in your chest of drawers or walk-in wardrobe (if you’re posh) and wear something suitable for bowling in the country There will be a prize for the best dressed team (no wellies on the mats!).

This exciting event is taking place on the 27th April 2018 9.30am start.
Cost £30.00 per team to include a picnic lunch, glass of scrumpy, tea and cakes etc.

Venue: Community Sports Hall. Christow EX6 7WA
Closing date 13th April.
Further details can be found on the competitions page. Entry forms are being sent to Club Secretaries. Alternatively you can use the contact form on this Blog to request a copy.

No Bowls Wednesday Reminder

Just a quick reminder that due to the hall being booked for a play next week, there will be no bowls on Wednesday evening. Makes a change from snow stops play!

Brief Silverton Triples Report

I understand from Danny that Christow finished as runners up in yesterday's Triples competition. As far as I am aware, Geoff was the only one to enter a team. So congratulations to them for reaching the final.

NO Bowls Sunday 18th March

It has been decided to cancel tomorrow evenings bowls due to the adverse weather conditions forcast for tonight and tomorrow.  If you are not already aware, the Area Challwenge has also been cancelled for the same reason. See you when Spring arrives!!

New Date for Exminster Home Match

Rearranged home match against Exminster will now take place on Wednesday April 18th. Start 6.50.
Teams will announced at a later date.

Abbotskerswell Home Match Report

Once again mat one proved it's worth with both home teams having good wins. Before tea Tom's
team established an early lead against a rather stubborn opposition but they persevered and finished winning  13-7. Meanwhile on mat 2 Steve's team had a real battle and by end 9 was one shot down but they held their nerve and eventually won 12-11.
After tea on mat 1 Ian's team set out to amass a large score, the result was just that. An excellent match winning 24-4. (Geoff attributed there success to his birthday shoes). On mat 2 Jim and his team soldiered on, after losing the first end the struggle continued until the 9th end. Christow then took control winning 13-9.
Total shots 60-31. Points 10-0

Teams
Mat l:   Ralph. Carol. Tom
Mat 2:. Sue.Sean. Steve.
Mat l:.  Chris. Geoff. Ian.
Mat.2:  Chloe. Brad. Jim.

A great result well done all and as always many thanks to those who gave up their bowling to watch a very entertaining and skilful evening of bowls.
Report by a very happy captain. Piles of thanks!!

Information Regarding Silverton Triples

Please note the following details for Saturday 17th March.
Please advise your Drivers that there are limited parking spaces in the Hall Car Park. There is a Village Car Park beside the Hall (next entrance after the Hall) where additional parking spaces
are available. The Hall will be open from 8.45AM for Teams signing in at 9AM. Please enter through the White Door to the left of the main Hall.
We look forward to welcoming all teams.
Kind regards
Dan.

Friday Morning Bowls

Following on from the success of last Friday's morning of bowls from 10am - 12pm. Arrangements are being made to run the same format this coming Friday 16th. Please check with Carol or Steve for confirmation.

Changes in player line-up against Abbotskerswell

Two player changes have been made to Wedneday's match against Abbotskerswell, Ralph to play in Tom's team and Ian to skip Mat 1 after tea. Please see Teignbridge League page for futher details.

Pictures form Saturday's Teignbridge League Fours

Below is a selection of pictures from Brad (thanks) of the Teignbridge Fours competition held on Saturday 10th March. A picture of the winners (Bishopsteignton) can be found on the main report. (Click on image to view larger).

Ralph in full flow

Synchronised bowling

Chloe and Maureen on fire

Ava taking no prisoners

Visiting teams coming to terms with the mats

High fives all round from Beryl

New Date for Buckfastleigh Home Match

New date for home match against Buckfastleigh is 28th March , 7.00 pm start.
Teams will be announced soon.

Teignbridge League Raise £350 for Rowcroft Hospice

On Saturday the Teignbridge Fours tournament took place at the Teign Valley Community Hall. The aim was to have an enjoyable afternoon of competitive bowls and raise money for the Rowcroft Hospice. Christow S.M.B.C. prepared the hall laying out six mats for the matches and the tables and chairs for the cream tea. Many thanks to the members of the club who turned up early to lay out the hall and a special thanks to the Rundle family who were there from the beginning and worked hard to get the hall ready.  Play commenced just before 1.30 p.m. with two games of ten ends before tea and one game after tea. As always play was tight, even when the scores didn’t go your way. In the first game Christow A and Kingsteignton A finished with a draw of 5 shots each (one end was a tie) and Bishopsteignton showed their intent by winning 16 -6. In the second match Abbotskerswell, Christow A Ideford and Mortenhampstead decided their games by one shot achieved over the last end, while Exminster had a comfortable 15-1 win – many thought that the mat should be burnt!! (it was brand new this season). After two games Buckfast and Bishops were vying for the trophy, so the third game was all to play for. At the half way stage it looked as though Buckfast were scoring enough shots to just pip Bishops but there were playing Kingsteignton A who had other ideas and again as a result of the last ends the game finished a draw 13-13. While this drama was being played out Bishops went on to beat Christow B by one shot at 9-8 again down to the last end.
A great afternoon’s bowling with twists and turns all the way. Bishopsteignton won the tournament by winning all their games and scoring a shot difference of 16. Congratulations to Bishopsteignton.
£100 was raised at the Pairs tournament and £250 at this Fours tournament so the Teignbridge League is able to donate £350 to the Rowcroft Hospice.
Thank you to all the league players.....Derek

Winners Bishopsteignton

Devon Conquer Essex

Today the Devon A Team were at Daventry to meet Essex in the Semi-Finals of the ICC competition. Bowling got underway at 10am, Devon were in full flow from the start and recorded wins on both Singles and Pairs in the first session. The Triples and Fours followed with 2 wins and 2 losses. The bowling began again after a short lunch break with a win and draw in the Singles and a win and loss in the Pairs, this put Devon in an unbeatable position with 21 points including the bonus points from these disciplines. The last session also saw a draw in one of the Fours and a loss in one of the Triples, with the other 2 teams wining their matches. The final point score was Devon 28 Essex 12. Well done to Devon, a great spirit in the team and a well deserved result. Also at Daventry today were Somerset, who took on and beat a very noisy West Midlands. Devon are now set to meet Somerset at Tamworth on Sunday 22nd April.

Devon County A Team Semi-finals

This Sunday the Devon County A team will be playing against Essex in in the Semi-finals of the Inter County Championships at Daventry. Good luck to all the players and those representing Christow, Carol, Ian, Jim, Neil, Sean & Tom. Report to follow on Sunday if time allows.

No Bowls on Wednesday 21st March

Due to the hall being booked by the Teign Valley Players for their latest production, the hall will not be available for bowls on Wednesday 21st March. We were due to play our home match against Exminster in the Teignbridge League on this evening, also the C team were hosting Broadclyst in the Exeter League. These matches will be rescheduled.

10's Finals Team Announced

Tom has selected the following players for the 10's finals at ISCA on Sunday 25th March. Check in time is 9am.
Singles:   Jim Preston
Pairs:      Trevor Tregillus - Neil Wilkins
Triples:    Carol Archer - Ian Nicholls - Steve Collins
Fours:      Sean Woodley - Sue Cleave - Geoff Cleave - Tom Archer

Abbotskerswell Home Match Details Added

Details regarding team selection for the home match against Abbotskerswell on Wednesday 14th March have been added to the Teignbridge League page. A new date for the postponed home match against Buckfastl will be announced shortly.

Exeter League Result for Christow A

While our 'B' team were away to Broadclyst 'A', Broadclyst 'B' were visiting Christow to play the 'A' team (Carol, Jim & Trevor). Broadclyst took the advantage from the start and built up a sizable lead over Christow. The pendulum swang in Christow's favour after they swapped playing positions but sadly ran out of ends and finished with a deficit of 2 shots, 14 to Broadclyst's 16.

Bowls on Friday Morning

There will be 2 hours of roll up bowls tomorrow morning (9th March) starting at 10 am. Hope to see you there.....Steve.

Short Mat Bowlers Circuit Tournaments

Hi all,
Please see our upcoming tournaments on our Club Diary's page, all tournaments are open to all registered bowlers. Mark Allen, (Link to Marks site can be found on the right hand side of this page).

Exeter League Result for Christow B

Ralph, Sue & Neil travelled to Broadclyst last night to play their A team in the Exeter League. The match was played in a very good spirit and was very quiet as we were the only players present, apart from Brad who had come along for support and with a generous supply of mints. The mat was very slow and took a while for Christow to get the weight and by the 4th end were 7 shots to 0 down. Christow scored 2 shots on the 5th end and then took control of the game. During the remaining 10 ends Christow scored 14 shots to Broadclyst's 5 and won the match 16 - 11. Well done to Christow.

Wonford Triples Saturday 7th April

We are still looking for three  teams for our April competition. For those of you that have not entered please let me know A.S.A.P. Those clubs who have already entered a team you are welcome to enter a second team.........Shirley

Exeter League Result for Christow B

Yesterday evening Silverton 'B' visited Christow to meet our 'B' team (Derek. Chris & Ralph) in the Exeter League. The match was played in great spirit and was always going to go down to the final ends to find the eventual winner. Those honours went to Silverton by picking up 2 shots on the last end to win the match 13 - 12. Commiserations to Christow but well played. Three more matches are scheduled for this week, with the 'C' team away to Silverton 'A' on Tuesday and on Wednesday the 'B' team will be away to Broadclyst 'A', whilst their 'B' team will be travelling to Christow to play our 'A' team on the same evening.

Devon A County Match Postponed

The semi-final match between Devon A and Essex at Daventry has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions.. The match is now scheduled to take place on Sunday 11th Match.