Extracts From The Devon County Committee Meeting 24th September 2019 - Ho Ho Ho

The County/National under 18s competition will now take place in the afternoon of the 10th November, this has allowed the committee to organise a 2 wood triples tournament on the 15th of December. Dress will be very relaxed but we would hope to see lots of seasonal costumes! There could well be prizes for the best dressed team but beware ESMBA rules state no animals such as reindeers  are allowed on the mats. Ho Ho Ho! The cost is just £20.00 per team.The winning team will receive a Christmas hamper.
Entry forms will be on the website very soon.

The committee have decided to drop the Area Challenge (February 9th 2020) as it is felt that this event isn't fulfilling it's objectives but fear not we have decided to organise a Chairman's open competition. More details very soon.

England U21 Versus England Ladies Competition

On 29th September the England U21 team took on the England Ladies team in a Competition at Solihull.

Each team played a series of pairs, triples and fours matches.

Final score:

England Ladies 34 points

England U21  36 points.


Congratulations goes to our Christow England U21 team members Chloe, Ava and Sean looking amazing in their new England shirts.

Mark Allen Memorial Pairs

Congratulations to Janet and Edwin on winning the Mark Allen Memorial pairs at Winkleigh.

Christow Short Mat bowls Club Club Singles Competition 2019/2020

There will be a club singles competition for the 2019/2020 season which, if proven successful, will hopefully carry on for the foreseeable future. The start date will be the Sunday following the 16th October cut-off.

The competition will be based on a round-robin format, so every player entered will play one ten-end game against every other player (no home/away required).

The individual match results will be fed into a scoring system producing a “league” table, giving an outright winner, once every match has been played.

Updated tables will be made available via the blog and also pinned to the club notice board during the course of the competition.

Usual ESMBA rules apply except:

 2 points or a win, 1 point for a draw
 A Jack-off-the-mat scenario is “end played” 2 shots awarded to opponent
 10 ends with no time limit
 All 10 ends to be played
 Marker to complete the scorecard which should be agreed by each player as being true and correct
 Toss for jack

It will be up to the competitors to be proactive and arrange with each other which club nights to participate in matches, and a full list of outstanding fixtures will be updated and made available. It may be an idea to play in groups of 3, deciding on which mat to use, allowing each individual to play two games and mark one.

Prepared scorecards will be available from Ian and/or will be kept in the cage.

There will be a main trophy plus trophies to keep for both the winner and runner-up! If you want to take part in this singles competition, please add your FULL name to the table on the noticeboard by no later than Wednesday 16th October.

County/National Fours Finals - ISCA

On Saturday 22nd September a team from Christow took part in the County Fours at ISCA.
The team consisted of Ava, Sean, Trevor and Steve.

After winning two out of their three first round matches the team progressed to the Quarter Finals.
There they faced an Exeter Nomads team eventually winning with a score of 9 to 4 after eight ends.

In the Semi-Final they took on Colebrooke and finished one shot down.

The team then went through to the third place play-offs against Sidbury.

Christow eventually finished forth in the competition overall.

Well done to Christow. Hoping they will progress to the National Finals now.


Also competing on the day were Brad, Ralph and Chloe who all played well.  


The Final was contested between Wick and Colebrooke. Wick eventually coming out on top.

Teignbridge and Exeter league Fixtures

Exeter League fixtures for 2019-20 now updated.

Teignbridge League fixture for Exminster also updated.

Devon vs Dorset

Devon travelled to Dorset on Sunday to start their ICC campaign.
Brad took a few photos of Christow players who were playing on the day. Will post these shortly.
A Team final score Devon 22 Dorset 18.
Premier Team final score Devon 12  Dorset 28.

Brian Medland Mixed Fours

On Saturday 14th September a team from Christow took part in the Brian Medland Mixed Fours Competition at ISCA.

The team of Geoff , Maureen, Sue and Sean won the competition beating Colebrook in the Final.




Congratulations to our Fab Four.

Jurassic Inter Area Challenge

On Sunday 8th September several members from Christow travelled to Cloakham, Axminster to take part in the Jurassic Inter Area Challenge and represent South Devon.

Other teams that took part in the Competition were North Devon, East Devon, Dorset, Portsmouth, England Ladies and the Jurassic team.

Teams of fours,triples and pairs from each area played five matches of eight ends with points being combined to give an overall result.

As a Charity Competition £900 was raised for Mental Health in Young people.

Dorset eventually came through as the winners.

Better Luck to South Devon for next year.
 

South Brent Friendly

The South Brent Friendly return match will take place on the following dates:

Friday 27th September, 10.00am start
and 
Sunday 27th October, 3.00pm start..

Margaret Elliot Pairs

On Saturday 7th September two teams from Christow took part in the Margaret Elliot Pairs competition at ISCA.

Teams were Sue & Geoff and Steve & Marcus.

Steve & Marcus and Sue & Geoff were successful in their matches in the morning and went through to the Cup competition in the afternoon.

In the cup competition Steve & Marcus played John & Rita from Bow and lost by one shot.

Sue & Geoff won their match and went through to the Semi Final where they faced Barry and Richard from Nomads. They lead up to the last two ends after which Barry and Richard went ahead.

Eventual winners were:

Cup:

George & Tony Main who beat Barry & Richard.

Plate:  

Sharon & Charlie from Wick who overcame Jenny & Lynne from Colebrook.


Well done to the teams from Christow. A great day's bowling was had by all.
Look forward to Next Year.

Devon County/National Draw Details

The draw details for the Devon County and National competitions at ISCA have been added to the Devon County Competitions page. You will find them listed below the Diary of Events. They also include the team details where appropriate under each section.