Silverton Charity Triples

Hi All.
Here is an update on our Charity Triples events. This Years event raised £187.50 for Marie Curie
and £62.50 for the Silverton Memory Café This brings the total raised for our Charities over the last Five years to £1,175. We thank all teams & players for your support.
The main Charity for our 2019 event will be The Devon Freewheelers who support the NHS around Devon by transporting Blood and urgent medical supplies.
The event will take place on SATURDAY 9TH MARCH 2019.
Teams supporting the 2018 event have a place reserved until 31st October 2018. After this date, any available places will be offered to teams supporting previous events, and then other local teams. You can confirm your place by sending in your entry form or emailing me direct by 31st October.
Thanks again for supporting our events.
Kind Regards,
Dan Gooding.
Further details of this tournament can be found on the Competitions page.

(Let me know if you would like an entry form and I will email it to you) ....Neil.

Devon County Trials Sunday 29th July

Good luck to all the Christow bowlers who will be taking part in the Devon County trials at ISCA. Enjoy the day and experience.

Change of Date & Wonford Summer Triples

At the Short Mat Bowlers Circuit we are committed to work with other local tournaments providers as to not effect their ongoing events, Unfortunatly our SMBC Open Singles on August 19th clashes with another local tournament so we have moved this to 30th September 2018.
Please click on the links below for full information and entry details!!
All SMBC and other local club tournaments can also be found on our
Clubs Diary page HERE.

Wonford Summer Triples 2018
Wonford Short Mat Bowling Club still has places available in their Summer Triples 2018 Tournament on 11th August - if you are interested in entering or would like more information then please download the entry form HERE.

NO BOWLS this coming Wednesday

There will be NO BOWLS this Wednesday 11th July. This is due to the hall being booked by the local school for a play.

Spaces Available at the Best of the West 2 & 3 Wood Pairs!!

New and upcoming tournaments and competitions.
All SMBC competitions are open to any bowlers far or near!!
Please click on the link below for full information and entry details!!
All SMBC and other local club tournaments can also be found on our Clubs Diary page HERE

County/National Competition Entries

I will be collecting the County/National entry forms from the notice board tomorrow evening. If you have not already entered your name for the various competitions, please do so by tomorrow evening. closing date for all competitions is 17th July. I will be sending off Christow's applications later this week. Anyone wishing to enter after this will need to download the appropriate form/s and apply themselves.

County Trials Information

This season they will be a trials day at ISCA on Sunday July 29th. Once the county managers have received player’s trials forms they will be in touch with each trialist to confirm their attendance and start times. It is envisaged that it will be a full day. Please do not just turn up on the day without sending a trial form in and informing the county managers. To download a form Click Here
Throughout the day trialists will be assessed on their ability and by the end of the day each player will be informed whether the county managers would like them to attend the County Squad day. The County Squad day is to be held several weeks later on Sunday 12th August and will also be held at ISCA. If players do have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact either Richard Ivings (Premier Team Manager) or Robert Ivings (A Team Manager).
(Information taken from Devon county Website)

County/National Competiton Date Changes

There have been some changes to the dates and playing format to next seasons County/National competitions at ISCA. There are no changes to the published National Dates. Please see below for the competitions affected (changed dates highlighted).

Singles : Preliminaries Sat 10th November        Finals : Sun 16th December
Pairs :  Preliminaries Sat 6th October              Finals : Sun 21st October
Triples : Preliminaries and Finals :: Sun 23rd September
Fours : Preliminaries and Finals : Sat 22nd September
Over 55's :  Qualifier :  Sat 20th October
Margaret Eliot Pairs  : Sat 15th September
Brian Medland Mixed fours : Sat 3rd November

Please note : Triples and fours will be played to the final stage on the date above. The reserve day of the 1st December has been removed from the schedule. There are no changes to the Under 18's, National Mixed Fours and County 10's.

Jurassic - Annual Charity Inter Area Tournament

Details of the Jurassic Inter Area tournament have been added to the Competiotion page.
Please note:
A formal invitation with full details of this event will be issued to those Areas who have expressed a specific interest.

Devon A Team Celebrate Historic Season

Last night the Devon A Team gathered at the Tally Hoe in Exeter to celebrate the wining of the Rinks and Inter County Championships. They are the first County to achieve this in the same season. The evening was very enjoyable and only marred by the thunder and lighting. Lots of brollies at the ready to make the trip to the marquee and back again for the food.

Summer Season Bowls

The Winter season will be finisishing on Sunday 20th May. After this date bowls will continue through the Summer on Wednesday evenings from 7pm to 9pm. A message will be posted here if there are any changes. Enjoy your Summer bowling inside and out.

National/County Player Substitutes

Confirmation from Caroline re: National/County substitutes.

Question.....We have a bowler at Christow who wishes to enter the National/County pairs but will not be available able to play in the Finals if they were to reach that far. His question is, could he substitute himself for the finals if needed? The rule ESMBA rule book says this is possible, but he wanted to clarify this with you in case your ruling was different for next season.

Answer.....Hi Neil, yes that’s ok, but he won’t be able to substitute with someone that has played in the same competition.

Regards, 

Caroline.

Email Received from Mark Allen

I am just emailing to ask you to pass on our good wishes to all at Christow, however sadly we have decided to move to a more local club! The only reason being that we are struggling to get to roll ups now that I am doing night work and not able to get any practice or support the club by attending many roll ups!
I will see you all on the Circuit, out and about and will miss bowling with all of you, thank you for making us feel so welcome whilst at Christow and all the best wishes and many many touchers for the future.

Mark and Jeanette

Devon County Match Dates Added

Dates for the Devon County matches for next season 2018/19 have been added to the calender on this page along with a copy of the Diary of Events on the Devon County page.

County/National Competition Dates Released

The Devon County Competitions page has been updated with the dates and information regarding next seasons County/National Competitions at ISCA. The usual sheets will be on the board from Wednesday for you to enter your name for all the Competitions. So check your diaries, phones and most importantly with your partners. Let me know if you wish to send in your own application to Caroline and I will give you the necessary form/s. Closing date for entries will be 17th July. Forms will be sent in one month prior to this date to avoid disappointment due to limitations on certain competitions i.e Margaret Elliot.