June 2019

Volume 1, Issue 2

NWLCBA

North Warwickshire versus Cumbria

The first ladies county section matches took place on Sunday 19 May. North Warwickshire Ladies played their

home game on Bedworth No.1 green, with the away match being held at Levens, Bell Hill. North Warwickshire

enjoyed at 43 shot victory in their first game of their campaign with some excellent bowling from the team—a

great start! A special mention to Molly Tonks who played her debut game at number one away and put in a

sterling performance—well done Molly! Our thanks to all of our supporters home and away.

Full match cards below:

Home—Bedworth

Christine Davies 21 13 Caroline Bushell

Charlotte Perry 21 7 Marian Alexander

Wendy Smart 21 16 Glenis Mcdonald

Sonia Robson 21 10 Julie Creighton

Amy Evans 21 10 Wendy Holmes

Tina Pettitt 21 19 Elaine Ryland

Grace Davies 21 7 Sandra Rigg

Lorraine Dewis 20 21 Lorna Rigg

Pat Moore 21 8 Marion Woods

Amanda Morris 21 17 Debbie Hall

Kath French 21 20 Jessica Pickthall

Alyson Evans 21 16 Emma Thornton

251 164 +87

North Warwickshire Ladies

County Bowling Association

Away—Levens

Thelma Mcbratney 21 13 Molly Tonks

Audrey Silvester 20 21 Donna Aiello

Ann Anderson 21 2 Liz Buckley

Doreen Robinson 17 21 Amy Price

Ellie Chandler 21 7 Charlotte Biddle

Laraine Keating 17 21 Brenda Viney

Isobel Williamson 11 21 Yvonne Painter

Gill Simm 21 14 Sue Linstead

Margaret Leech 16 21 Kate Curry

Nina Waite 21 18 Sharon Percival

Christine Ainscough 21 13 Kate Williams

Violet Dennison 21 12 Catherine Stevens

228 184 -44

Our next county match is on Sunday, 16 June against Lancashire on

BBC No.2 green. We had great support last time, so please support

us again if you can. We look forward to seeing you on the day.

Please let us know if you would like to travel on the away bus.

What’s going on at the Waterloo? —What we know so far

On a brighter note—closer to home—New Green at Keresley RFC

Qualifiers for the Ladies

Autumn Waterloo are now

currently taking place and some

of the missed competitions are

being rearranged.

No further official statements

have been made.

On Monday, 8 April Mark Mark

Audin, the current manager of

the waterloo green, posted on

the official Waterloo page that

they had met with the owner of

The Waterloo, his buildings

manager and a structural

engineer. At that meeting it

was decided to cancel all

competition bowling on the

green until the end of May. A

structural report has been

received detailing all the repairs

that are required before the

end of May.

On Thursday 2 May Mark

posted on the Waterloo

facebook page that monies

needed to be raised to carry

out repairs on the existing

stadia in order to carry on with

competitions at the Waterloo.

The repairs need to take place

before July or the famous

Waterloo will be shut down.

Talks have taken place around

gaining a lease for the bowling

green and surroundings, which

appeared to be positive.

September 2018 Coventry

Colliery had the news that their

current land owners intended

to sell up for development and

the two greens would be lost.

It was then a race against time

to find an alternative site and

prepare for the 2019 season.

Keresley RFC were approached

on 17 October and a quick

decision made that the spare

land behind the clubhouse

could be used. From that date

onwards small group of people

spent a huge amount of time

creating their new home.

There is still work to be done,

especially, on the green itself,

but that will be at the end of

the season in order to get

ready for the following year. At

this moment in time it is what it

is – an undulating green with a

few tricks that the home team

are trying to learn. Steve Tate

is confident that the green will

be fine and playable for this

season and can only get better.

All this was achieved with a

minimal amount of money,

some generous help with mate-

rials, and a lot of hard work by

a handful of dedicated and keen

bowlers. Isn’t is amazing what

this group have achieved!

Good luck to all for this and

future seasons!

Page 2 North Warwickshire Ladies County Bowling Association

Before …. and After ….

Competition News

Dates for your Diary

Sonia has also qualified for the

Ladies Champion of

Champioins Competion at the

Waterloo in September.

Dorothy Piearce Pairs

It was a double success for

Sonia when she also won the

county pairs with her Bedworth

-Ex team mate Hannah

Charlton. Runners up were

Vicki and Liz Buckley. Both

pairs will represent North

Warwickshire at the final on

Saturday, 10 August at

Garswood Hall, Wigan.

Ladies Club Championship

Dunlop Ladies won two out of

their three preliminary rounds,

the same as all teams in the

group stages, but were beaten

on the aggregate and did not go

through to the semi-final. The

winners were Wrockwardine

Wood, Shropshire.

Average Winner Classic

Wendy Smart won her first

game 21-12, but lost out to

Warwick and Worcester’s

Claire West 21-15 in the

second round. The eventual

winner was Katie Harrop,

Cheshire

Ladies Individual Merit

Congratulations to Sonia

Robson, Bedworth Ex– Service

who won the North Midlands

County Merit title on the

Atherstone Cons green against

strong opposition. The runner-

up was Wendy Smart from

Dunlop and along with Jill

Gibbon, Weddington will all

represent our county at the

final on Saturday 13 July at

Windle Bowling Club, St

Helens.

Good luck to all of you!

Ladies Champion of

Champions

Sunday 29 September,

Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool

Nuneaton Pairs

Final—Sunday 11 August

NuneatonTriples

Sunday, 7 July—Phoenix Fox

Bowling Green

Ladies County

Championship

Sunday 16 June—Lancashire—

BBC No.2 green

Sunday 21 July—Yorkshire

Veterans County

Championship

Tuesday 11 June, - Washlands,

Burton-on-Trent

Ladies Individual Merit

Final—Saturday 13 July—

Windle Bowling Club, St Helens

BCGBA Junior Team

County Championship

Saturday, 29 June

Dorothy Piearce Memorial

Pairs

Final—Saturday 10 August

Ladies Junior Merits

Prelims—Sunday 4 August

Final—Saturday 7 September

Page 3 Volume , Issue

Sonia being presented

with the merit cup from

President Yvonne Painter

As you can see pregnancy has

not stopped Liz continuing to

bowl for club and county,

which has been massively

appreciated! We would like

to send Liz and her partner all

our very best wishes for their

imminent arrival.

Dunlop Ladies Open

We were once again blessed

with a perfect day for the

Dunlop Open. The sun shone

for most of the day and the

bowling reflected the high

quality field from across the

bowling regions Competitors

travelled from as far away as

Yorkshire, South Yorkshire,

Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

The only regret is that we do

not have more local entries for

this Champion of Champions

Qualifier. My grateful thanks to

everyone who sponsored the

competition and to all of the

Dunlop members who worked

tirelessly on day to make it a

great success.

£300 has been donated to

Action Breast Cancer

Winner Samantha Murray from

Staffordshire receiving her £300.00

cheque from Alyson Evans. The

runner-up was Karen Hill from

Yorkshire

Memory Lane

Back row – Left to right

Jill Gibbon, Alyson Evans, Sue Daniels, Lynne Harrie, Gina Newby, Joyce Murphy, Les Shaw, Lorna Perry, Pat Moore, Jackie Goodyer, Marion Stewart, Chris Mann, Sheila Sketchley, Ann

Mitchell

Front row – Left to right

Janice Malone, Jane Bush, Tilly Moore, Sonia Robson, Pat Wileman, Joan Baber, Vi Strong,

Annette Wyles Chris Davies, Doreen Carron, Diane Wilkinson, Karen Whittle

It was great to see the photo of the victorious 2002 “Waterloo Cup” team in the

first edition of the Newsletter and I thought I’d share my memories of that brilliant

day with you.

It was a very warm day and the support from our families and bowling friends was

amazing. I can name all of the players in the photo and it’s sad that three are no

longer with us: Ann Mitchell, Vi Strong and Sheila Sketchley. We all miss those lovely

ladies but have good memories of the time we spent with them during matches and

away from the green too.

I kept a programme/score sheet of the day we played North Shropshire County La-

dies and it’s interesting to see that “every shot” really did matter on that day (as it

always does in any game!) We won by only three shots, the final score being 401 to

North Shropshire County and 404 to North Warwickshire County. I have a very

clear memory of the North Shropshire County players and supporters popping the

Champagne corks when their number 12 was beating Aly Evans, obviously thinking

their player would “run out”. Little did they know what a force to be reckoned with

Aly Evans is as she managed to get three more vital shots which won us the game!

As you can imagine we partied well into the evening and Abba’s “Waterloo” seemed

the most appropriate song to be sung whilst we were in the Waterloo pub and also

on the coach home.

I’d like to thank Aly for letting me share my memories and would like to take this

opportunity to thank her for the work she does and the service she continues to give

to local bowls and to the County generally.

Yours in bowling

Joan Baber

North Warwickshire Ladies County

Bowling Association

Officials

President—Yvonne Painter

Chair—Alyson Evans

alyevans21@gmail.com

Secretary—Wendy Smart

northwarkslcba2015@gmail.com

Treasurer—Lorna Parker

Do you have a story you would like us to

feature, or a photograph for our Memory

Lane section?

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Memories from Joan Baber

Who can name all of

these lovely ladies from

a bowls presentation

evening in 1982?

Where have the years

gone?

#notchangedabit