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Men's League Division One match July 21st

It was a cloudy Sunday morning start at Worthing Pavilion but it was East Preston who were soon turning up the heat against the home side.  After 3 hours of competitive bowls East Preston enjoyed well earned success by securing a 75 - 67 victory.

This closely contested game against the second in the table team Worthing Pavilion Bulls was hard fought all the way and East Preston wrapped up the contest with 7 points to the home side's 3. Nail biting at times but 2 wins and a draw secured the visitor's triumph to the delight of our travelling fans. Go EPKBC!

 

Ladies Senior County Fours

After a long, hard-fought game played against East Hoathly at Preston Park BC on Sunday14th July, the Senior County Team of Pam Tottman, Maureen Davies, Shelley Rindsland and Hazel Comber won through and will play in the final against Polegate at Preston Park on either Sat 27th or Sun 28th July.  A brilliant effort by all involved to get this far, best of luck for the final.

 

Men’s Top Club

Last night (17th July), our Men's A Team faced Hove & Kingsway in the Top Club Area Final at Worthing Pavilion.  It was a fine evening and the sun was shining on a near perfect green. After sealing success in previous games and with East Preston showcasing determined and competitive play our hopes were high but it was sadly our opponents who emerged victorious in the end. East Preston have displayed a fine team spirit throughout the Top Club competition putting in a strong team performance in this and all their matches to reach the final. It is many years since the team have reached this stage of the knock out competition. All the players enjoyed their matches and agreed it was a great opportunity to widen their experience against top quality opposition. Thank you to all those who took part, gave up their time to manage the team, the umpire and marker and it was fantastic to see so many supporters from East Preston turn up to cheer on our team. It was greatly appreciated. Watch out next year!

 

Friendly match at Selsey on 17 July​

A team of 12 members, including a number of new players, went to Selsey to play a friendly triples match on 4 rinks. The result was 49 to EPKBC and 77 to Selsey with EPKBC winning on only one rink. The clubs top rink was Soona Cox, Joy Granat and , skip, David Davies. Despite the result, everybody had a very pleasant afternoon in bright sunshine with a nice cooling breeze. We will have a chance to reverse the result when Selsey pay a return visit on 4th August

 

Ladies Senior County Fours

Well done and congratulations to our Senior County Team of Pam Tottman, Maureen Davies, Shelly Rindsland and Hazel Comber, who after a long hard fought game played against East Hoathly at Preston Park BC on Sun 14th July, won the match and will now play in the final against Polegate at Preston Park on either Sat 27th or Sun 28th July.

 

Ladies vs Gents

"Unfortunately the Ladies v Gents match due to be played on 9th July was cancelled due to inclement weather and has now been rescheduled to September 10th.

 

Olympic Shield

Fortunately, the weather improved on 10th July and the scheduled Annual Olympic Shield competition went ahead with 36 members taking part. The competition was fierce but the winning team were the only one to win all three of their Sessions of 6 ends were declared the winners. The members of the team were Stephen Oliver, Helen Bender, Bob Palmer and skip Mary Greenfield and they were presented with the trophy by Chairman David Davies." A photo of the winning team will be in the Gallery shortly.

 

Jubilee Cup Match 2024

44 Club Members attended the annual Jubilee Cup Match enjoying fine weather although it was a little cool at times. The 12 teams played 3 sessions of 6 ends with a different opponent team and on a different rink each session. A break for tea was taken after the first 10 ends had been played. 

Points were awarded for each session; 2 for a win and 1 for a draw. 3 teams won all three sessions so the winners were the team that recorded the greatest shot difference which was team D whose players were Rick Gosnell, Beryl Patterson, Steve Tully and skip Pat Lewis and who achieved an excellent score of 18 points difference. Well done!

Despite some difficulties at the start because of the East Preston Festival Parade, a great time was had by all.

 

Arundel Ladies GSM League Match

On Thursday 6th June East Preston ladies played a League match at home against Arundel. Unfortunately due to a heavy green one East Preston rink was not able to find the green and suffered a heavy loss to Arundel although East Preston ladies won on the other rink, East Preston lost overall ending with 4 points for Arundel and 2 for East Preston. As always the game was enjoyable and played in a good spirit, we look forward to the return match at Arundel on 19th June.  

 

County Senior Fours

Our County Senior Fours: Pam, Maureen, Shelley and Hazel beat Burgess Hill 16-8 on Friday 7th June. They are now through to the County semi finals which will be played at Preston BC, Brighton in July. Well done and good luck in the next match ladies!

Following their win over Pagham on Tuesday 4th June our County Senior Fours: Pam, Maureen, Shelley and Hazel are through to the County Quarter Finals on Friday 7th June where they play Burgess Hill at home at 2:30.  

 

Ladies League

On Friday 25th May the Ladies played a very hard fought home league game against Marine Gardens.

On rink 2 the team consisting of Maureen Davies, Pam Tottman, Shelley Rindsland and Ellen David, after a very tight game, just managed to pinch the lead and won 15 to 13.

On rink 3 the team consisting of Sue Fordyce, Debra Baker. Ennis Allum, Julie Brooks, managed to pick up a 5 late in the game which helped them to win 20 to 12.

So the ladies won by 10 and picked up 6 points. 

 

Friendly Match against Marine Gardens 17th May

On Friday 17th East Preston played a mixed friendly away match against Marine Gardens. The weather was very good and as always, we received a very warm welcome from Marine Gardens members. The match was played in a very friendly rivalry spirit. 

Sadly East Preston just lost with the score of 71 to East Preston and 85 to Marine Gardens. We look forward to the return match later in the season on our home ground.

 

The Cudmore Shield Match

The club played the annual Cudmore Shield Competition on Monday 13th May. There was a full rink of 48 players from all levels of the club in randomly drawn teams of 4.  Each team played 3 sessions of 6 ends scoring points for winning or drawing a session. After some close fought games the only team to win all 3 sessions won the trophy. The winners were Craig Baker, Sue Fordyce, Roger Barnfather and skip Hazel Comber. After the match the members shared a drink in the clubhouse when the trophy was presented to the winners by the Club Chairman David Davies. The weather was kind and a great day was had by all.  See the gallery for a photo of the winning team.

 

Match against White Hall BC Essex May 7

On Tuesday 7th May we welcomed White Hall Bowls Club to our club for a friendly match. White Hall are an Essex bowls club who were on a five day tour, they were staying at Warners Hayling Island.

It was a most enjoyable afternoon playing against a very friendly fun club. Most rinks were very close in their scores so the final result was very tight with East Preston winning by just four shots. Following a drink at the bar, White Hall left for their journey back, looking forward to playing at Arundel on Thursday.  All players agreed it had been a lovely afternoon.

 

East Preston vs Goring Manor Friendly match - May 3

In the past it has been difficult to get a win at Goring Manor.  This time we came very close to a win, but not close enough losing 62 - 61.  Very close so looking good for us to win the return match later in the season.