Saturday 27thMay 2023 –
A lovely day for a game of bowls- around 20C and a light breeze .Our opponents today were Goring Manor in the Stracy Shield, who are just behind us in the league. Yet another game where we came back from being down, to getting another win on rinks that kept changing throughout the afternoon. Final score came out at a close 73-69 and 7 points to 3. Top rink was again Ted Poole, this time alongside Peter Mantle, Ken McMasters and Alan Grief, playing his first game for Worthing for quite a few years. The win today puts us at the top of the Stracy league.
El Presidente and his lucky legs!
Thursday 25th May 2023-
Another day another match! This time a friendly away at Shoreham on 4 triples. We ended up with a 80-42, 3-1 win, which was especially satisfying, as we picked a team which included some first year beginners. Top rink today was Colin Green together with Trevor and Nick Gordine – Nick playing his first ever game- who ran away to a 29- 7 win.
Wednesday 24th May 2023 –
A great result in the Stracey Shield today against Pavillion. After 10 ends we looked like we were going down to an all round loss, but every rink fought back to a fantastic 85-78, 7-3 win against one of the stronger clubs in the league. A special mention to Trevor Gordine Syd Foster John Williams and Maureen Jackson who fought back from 19-3 down adding a couple of threes and a four, to only a narrow loss. Top rink was Dave Sargent, Ted Townsend, Mick O Mahoney and Ted Poole .
SATURDAY 20th May 2023 – A third away win on the trot today against Marine Gardens in the Stracey Shield. The greens were a bit difficult, not helped by a gusty northerly win. We came out on top winning 99-56, 8 points to 2. Our top rink was Dave Sargent Janet Atkinson, Ian Slater and Ian Godden. Ted Poole’s rink won on the last end with Deb O’ Mahoney’s perfect bowl onto the jack.
THURSDAY 18TH MAY 2023 – Another great result away at Tarring priory today, this time in the Brodie League. On a very well prepared green we won on three of the four rinks with an overall score of 73 – 55 and we picked up 8 of the 10 points available. Our top rink today was Peter Mantle and Janet Atkinson.
SATURDAY 13TH MAY 2023 – Having played our first Stracey Shield match of the season in pouring rain a few days ago, our second Stracey match this afternoon was played in warm sunshine away at Tarring BC. We won on 2 rinks and lost on the other 2 rinks but we came out on top by an overall score of 88 – 69 and therefore the points score was 6 – 4 in our favour. Our top rink today was Mick O’Mahoney, Russ Jennings, Chris Matthews and Russ Hallett.
THURSDAY 11TH MAY 2023 – Back to winning ways today in a home friendly against Portslade BC. The match format was 5 triples with Worthing winning 3 of them and by an overall score of 85 – 73. Our top rink today was Jeff Ellison, Mick O’Mahoney and Janet Atkinson.
WEDNESDAY 10TH MAY 2023 – A disappointing start for us in the Stracey Shield this afternoon as we lost 8 – 2 at home to Lancing BC. Playing conditions were difficult with 2 heavy showers during the match and Lancing clearly adapted to the conditions much better than we did. Our only winning rink today was Ken Poole, Mick O’Mahoney, Janet Atkinson and Simon Edwards.
SUNDAY 30TH APRIL 2023 – Congratulations on behalf of Worthing BC to Janet Atkinson who has successfully completed her coaching course.
As of today Janet is now officially a Level 1 Bowling Coach.
SATURDAY 29TH APRIL 2023 – Beautiful weather at Worthing for the first day of our open weekend and our friendly match with Pulborough.
With regard to the open day, we had a decent number of people showing interest in joining our club and well done to the Worthing BC members who took part in the day.
The Pulborough match was also successful with Worthing winning by a score of 85 – 75. Our top rink today was Ted Townsend, Mick Page and Mick O’Mahoney and Mick Page was replaced by Janet Atkinson part way through the match.
SATURDAY 15TH APRIL 2023 – Our first match of the 2023 season today was a friendly at Portslade on their relatively new artificial geeen. The match was played in a triples format across 5 rinks and was very close with Portslade winning 3-2 on rinks and by a total score of 79 – 72.
Congratulations to Chris Matthews who played his first match since becoming or club captain.
Our top rink today Russ Jennings, Mick Page and Richard Maton and our other winning rink was Deb O’Mahoney, Colin Green and appropriately Chris Matthews.
INDOOR OUTDOOR LEAGUE – Throughout the winter months we have been playing in the Indoor Outdoor League which is takes place at Field Place and is comprised of 8 of the local bowling clubs. Most of the other clubs tend to have many more regular indoor bowlers than we have so it’s quite a tough league for us to compete in. Despite this we had a very good finish in winning our final 2 matches against East Preston a few weeks ago and Marine Gardens yesterday.
Well done to everyone who played in any of the matches and thankfully it isn’t be too long now until we will be bowling outdoors again and hopefully with the sun on our backs!
WORTHING BC ADVERT – At the recent club committee meeting it was agreed that the advert for the club below will appear in the April edition of the Worthing Journal.
SATURDAY 12th NOVEMBER 2022 – A very enjoyable evening at the annual trophy dinner which took place at Palm Court. Many thanks to Mick Page who organised the competitions and trophies and to Peter Mantle and everybody else involved in organising the event.
TUESDAY 20th SEPTEMBER 2022 – We played our final match of the season this afternoon in a friendly at home against Billingshurst BC. The match format was triples across 4 rinks and we won 4 – 0.
Our top rink today was Dave Sargent, Colin Green & Simon Edwards and our other winning rinks were John Bailey, Chris Matthews & Dave Hoggen / Deb O’Mahoney, Ken MacMaster & Mick Page / Marion Hoggen, Mick O’Mahoney & Pete Mantle.
Our overall record for the season in matches against other clubs, including all league and friendly matches was 46 matches played, 22 wins, 20 losses and 4 draws. Not a bad record but hopefully we can improve on this next year.
SATURDAY 17th SEPTEMBER 2022 – Our annual charity day took place this afternoon and was a great success as we raised £500 for the Headway UK charity. Peter Mantle won the Spider and Janet Atkinson, Colin Green and Chris Matthews won the beer match.
Very well done to Chris Matthews and everybody else who helped to set the event up and a huge thank you to everybody who donated prizes and bought raffle tickets.
The highlight of the event has to be our resident photobomber Ian Godden winning Alcohol Free Beer and a box of truffles which apparently he had donated for the raffle!
THURSDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2022 – We travelled over to Hove today for a friendly match at The Drive BC. They play on an artificial green which predictably took our team some time to get used to and we lost the match by 4.5 – 0.5. Our top rink who drew their game was Ken MacMaster, Russ Jennings & Marion Hoggen. Despite the heavy defeat we’ll all certainly look forward to going back there again because their members are very friendly and they have a great clubhouse.
WEDNESDAY 14th SEPTEMBER 2022 – We had a disappointing end to our good season in the Brodie League this afternoon. Our final fixture was away at Marine Gardens who won the match 8 – 2. Our top and only winning rink was Deb O’Mahoney, Mick O’Mahoney & Pete Mantle
TUESDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 2022 – We played a friendly match at home this afternoon against Shoreham BC. The match format was 5 triples of which we won 4 and Shoreham won 1 and the overall score was 100 – 66 in our favour. Our top rink was Dave Sargent, Syd Foster & Janet Atkinson and our other winning rinks were Russ Jennings, John Bailey & Marion Hoggen, Ken MacMaster, Maureen Jackson & Chris Matthews and Deb O’Mahoney, Colin Green & Dave Hoggen.
SUNDAY 11th SEPTEMBER 2022 – Day 2 of our club competition finals today. This morning in the Ernie Boulton competition, Dave Sargent, Russ Jennings, Dave Hoggen and Janet Atkinson beat Nick Gordine, Barney Rudge, Chris Matthews and Ian Slater with the match going to an extra end. Also this morning, in the Jay Cup Simon Edwards beat Russ Hallett with the match also going to an extra end and in the Pairs Championship, Charles Lindsell & Dave Steff beat Ian Godden & Richard Maton.
In this afternoon’s matches Richard Maton beat Garry Olver in the Championship Singles, Ian Godden beat Marion Hoggen in the Norman King competition and Tina Redman & Ian Slater beat Russ Jennings & John Bailey in the Wheeler Pairs. Congratulations to all today’s winners and runners up and many thanks to all who came along to watch the finals.
Finally, a huge thank you to all those who made the weekend run so smoothly. This includes Mick Page who organised the finals and baked some cakes, Charles Lindsell, Dave Steff, Dave Sargent and Ken MacMaster who arrived very early to set up the green, Deb & Mick O’Mahoney who did the food shopping and set up the magnificent buffet and last but certainly not least, Barney Rudge & Chris Matthews for looking after the bar. It was a thoroughly enjoyable weekend and the weather was beautiful.
SATURDAY 10th SEPTEMBER 2022 – Today was day 1 of our club competitions finals weekend. This morning in the Drawn Pairs, Ian Slater & Steve Murphy (Smurf) beat Deb O’Mahoney & Richard Maton and Pete Mantle beat John Bailey in the Veterans Cup. This afternoon in the Handicap Singles, Richard Maton beat Dave Hoggen and John Bailey beat Ian Slater in the Wheeler Singles. Congratulations to all today’s winners and runners up and it was fantastic to see so many of our members come along to watch the finals and drink the bar dry on what turned out to be a really enjoyable day for our wonderful club. Day 2 commences at 10am tomorrow.
THURSDAY 8th SEPTEMBER 2022 – Despite today’s wet weather, we were able to play our home Brodie League fixture against Worthing Pavilion this afternoon. We kept up our good form in the competition winning on three of the 4 rinks and the final score was 6 – 4 in our favour. Our top rink was John Bailey, Dave Hoggen & Richard Maton and our other winning rinks were Marion Hoggen, Barney Rudge & Simon Edwards and Deb O’Mahoney, Dave Sargent, Mick O’Mahoney & Mick Page.
WEDNESDAY 7th SEPTEMBER 2022 – Our good season in the Brodie League continued this afternoon with a 5 – 5 draw away at Lancing BC. With 2 matches still left to play, this result already guarantees that we will finish the season in second place. This is a very positive achievement for the club and well done to Marion and all our members who played in the Brodie this season. Today’s top rink was Dave Sargent, Tina Redman, Ian Slater and Ted Poole and our other winning rink was Ken Poole, Pete Mantle and Janet Atkinson.
SUNDAY 4th SEPTEMBER 2022 – We played a friendly match this afternoon at home against Lindfield with a format of 5 triples. We won on 2, lost on 2 and the other rink was a draw but we won on the overall score by 88 – 80. Our top rink was Dave Sargent, Ken MacMaster & Marion Hoggen and our other winning rink was Tina Redman, Colin Green & Dave Hoggen.
WEDNESDAY 31st AUGUST 2022 – We played a very enjoyable friendly match this afternoon away at Southwick BC. The match format was 6 Triples of which we won 3 and Southwick won the other 3. The overall score was 91 – 85 in Southwick’s favour. Our top rink today was Ken Poole, Marion Hoggen & Dave Hoggen and our other 2 winning rinks were Mike Butterfield, Chris Matthews & Simon Edwards and Colin Green, Dave Sargent & Janet Atkinson. Many thanks to all our members who played in today’s match. Having 18 of our bowlers signing up to play away from home in a midweek friendly demonstrates their great commitment to the club.
SATURDAY 27th AUGUST 2022 – Following Pavilion Bulls 6 -4 win against Goring this morning, we went into this afternoon’s final WSBL League fixture at Tarring Priory needing to win by at least 6 – 4 to guarantee us staying in division one for next season. Despite a battling performance against last year’s WSBL champions, we lost the match by a score of 6 – 4 and by an overall score of 76 -72, although one of our losing rinks went to the wire and could easily have swung the result in our favour. Our top rink today was Chris Matthews, Barney Rudge, Dave Hoggen and Simon Edwards and our other winning rink Charles Lindsell, Dave Sargent, Ian Slater and Russ Hallett.
THURSDAY 25th AUGUST 2022 – The order of play for our club competitions finals weekend was agreed today and the draw for the Ernie Boulton final was also made…Please see the details below and please note, bowlers in red text will use red stickers and bowlers in black text will use white stickers:
Saturday 10th September –
10.00am –
Drawn Pairs –
S. Murphy & I. Slater v R. Maton & D. O’Mahoney
Norman King – (Marker Simon Edwards)
M. Hoggen v I. Godden
Veterans Cup – (Marker Dave Steff)
P. Mantle v J. Bailey
2.30pm –
Handicap Singles – (Marker Charles Lindsell)
D. Hoggen v R. Maton
Wheeler Cup Pairs–
T. Redman & I. Slater v R. Jennings & J. Bailey
Sunday 11th September–
10.00am –
Ernie Boulton –
D.Hoggen (Skip), J.Atkinson, I.Slater & I.Rudge v
D.Sargent (Skip), C. Matthews, N.Gordine & R.Jennings
Championship Pairs –
C. Lindsell & D. Steff v R. Maton & I. Godden
Jay Cup – (Marker Deb O’Mahoney)
R. Hallett v S. Edwards
2.30pm –
Championship Singles – (Marker Andy Slater)
G. Olver v R. Maton
Wheeler Cup – (Marker Dave Hoggen)
I. Slater v J. Bailey
WEDNESDAY 24th AUGUST 2022 – The remaining semi finals for the club competitions were all completed today and the finalists for all of the competitions are as follows:
Championship Singles – Richard Maton v Gary Olver
Handicap Singles – Dave Hoggen v Richard Maton
Championship Pairs – Richard Maton & Ian Godden v Charles Lindsell & Dave Steff
Drawn Pairs – Steve Murphy & Ian Slater v Richard Maton & Deb O’Mahoney
Jay Cup – Russ Hallett v Simon Edwards
Norman King – Ian Godden v Marion Hoggen
Ernie Boulton Finalists – Dave Sargent, Dave Hoggen, Janet Atkinson, Ian Slater, Chris Matthews, Ian Rudge, Russ Jennings & Nick Gordine
Veterans Cup – John Bailey v Pete Mantle
Wheeler Cup – John Bailey v Ian Slater
Wheeler Drawn Pairs – Tina Redman & Ian Slater v Russ Jennings & John Bailey.
TUESDAY 23rd AUGUST 2022 – Our very good season in the Brodie league continued this afternoon in our away fixture at Tarring Priory where won the match by 9 – 1. Our top rink today was Pete Mantle, Dave Hoggen and Mick Page and our other winning rinks were Dave Sargent, Chris Matthews and Janet Atkinson and Deb O’Mahoney, Ken Poole, Mick O’Mahoney and Ted Poole. Well done also to John Bailey who helped to picked up a point playing in his first Brodie pairs match alongside our Brodie Captain Marion Hoggen.
SATURDAY 20th AUGUST 2022 – Another vital win for us this afternoon in the West Sussex Bowls League. We played at home against Chichester BC and we won the match by 7 – 3. Our top rink was Dave Steff, Ted Poole, Andy Slater and Richard Maton and our other winning rink was Charles Lindsell, Dave Sargent, Ian Slater and Russ Hallett. Today’s victory was our 3rd win in our last 4 matches and with one match left to play, it gives us a good chance of escaping relegation from division one of the WSBL.
THURSDAY 18th AUGUST 2022 – We had our second win on the road in the last 3 days in our friendly match away at Billingshurst BC this afternoon. The match format was triples played across 4 rinks, we won on three rinks and lost the other one and the overall score was 79 – 53 in our favour. Our top rink today was Ken MacMaster, Pete Mantle and Janet Atkinson. Our other two winning rinks were Marion Hoggen, Colin Green and Dave Hoggen and Ken Poole, Chris Matthews and Simon Edwards.
TUESDAY 16th AUGUST 2022 Congratulations to Mick O’Mahoney who captained Worthing BC for the first time in our friendly match at Steyning today. The match was played in a triples format across 4 rinks and we won the match convincingly by a score of 4 – 0. Well done to all our bowlers this afternoon and our top rink was Kris Czarnecka, Maureen Jackson and Pete Mantle.
SUNDAY 14th AUGUST 2022 – Following a positive start to the season in the WSBL, a mid season run of 5 defeats in a row means we are still bottom of the West Sussex Bowls league despite yesterday’s victory. With 2 matches left to play and only 4 points separating the bottom 4 teams, realistically any 2 from Pavilion Bulls, Goring, Norfolk and Worthing could be relegated at the end of the season.
Bulls remaining 2 matches are Norfolk away and Goring at home.
Goring’s remaining 2 matches are Chichester at home and Bulls away. Norfolk’s remaining 2 matches are Bulls at home and Pavilion Bears away. Our remaining 2 matches are Chichester at home and Tarring Priory away.
To end on a positive note, we have won 2 of our last 3 matches and if we bowl well in our last couple of games we still have a very good chance of escaping relegation. COME ON WORTHING BC!
SATURDAY 13th AUGUST 2022 – In the midst of the latest heatwave we played our home fixture in the West Sussex Bowls League against Goring Manor BC this afternoon. Well done to all our bowlers who braved the hot weather and helped us to win the match by 6 – 4 with an overall score of 76 – 69. Our top rink today was Chris Matthews, Mick O’Mahoney, Dave Hoggen and Simon Edwards and our other winning rink was Charles Lindsell, Steve Murphy, Mick Page and Russ Hallett.
SUNDAY 7th AUGUST 2022 – This morning on a fast as lightning green which was devoid of grass, we played away against Worthing Pavilion Bears in the West Sussex Bowls League. The Bears won the match 10 – 0.
THURSDAY 4th AUGUST 2022 – Our 5 match winning run in the Brodie League came to an end this afternoon at Maltravers BC who won the match by 8 – 2. Our top rink was Dave Sargent, Mick O’Mahoney, Barney Rudge and Peter Mantle.
SATURDAY 30th JULY 2022 – Following our recent poor run of results in the West Sussex Bowls League, it was a great feeling getting back to winning ways in our home fixture this afternoon against Norfolk BC. We won the match by 8 – 2 capped by a great comeback performance to win from 15 – 0 down on Ian Godden’s rink which also included Chris Matthews, Mick Page and Ted Poole. Our top rink today was Charles Lindsell, John Bailey, Steve Murphy and Simon Edwards. Kris Czarnecki, Ian Slater, Dave Hoggen and Richard Maton also won on their rink.
THURSDAY 28th JULY 2022 – Dave Sargent was our captain of the day for the first time in this afternoon’s friendly match at home against Southwick BC. The format was 4 triples of which we won three and Southwick won one. The overall score was 72 – 63 in Southwick’s favour. Our top rink was Syd Foster, Colin Green and Janet Atkinson.
SUNDAY 24th JULY 2022 – An enjoyable and very warm day today in the heart of Guildford town centre to play our return friendly match against Castle Green BC on an unusually lush green for the time of year. The format was 4 triples of which we won 2 and Castle Green won the other 2. Castle Green won on the overall score and our top rink was Charles Lindsell, Chris Matthews and Kris Czarnecki.
SATURDAY 23rd JULY 2022 – Unfortunately our bad run of results in the West Sussex Bowls league during the last month continued this afternoon with an 8 – 2 defeat at home against Worthing Pavilion Bulls. Our top rink today was Dave Sargent, Ian Slater, Mick Page and Richard Maton.
THURSDAY 21st JULY 2022 – Our excellent run of form in the Brodie league continued this afternoon with an 8 – 2 win at home against Marine Gardens. This victory takes us to the top of the league, it was our fifth win in succession during which time we have taken 44 points out of the 50 points available. Our top rink today was Peter Mantle, Chris Matthews, Dave Hoggen and Mick Page.
SUNDAY 17th JULY 2022 – We played at home against Southbourne BC in the West Sussex Bowls League this afternoon. After a good start in most rinks, our hopes of victory melted away in the sweltering heat generated by the current heatwave. We lost the match 8 – 2 and our top and only winning rink today was Dave Steff, John Bailey, Simon Edwards and Russ Hallet. On a more positive note, a big thank you to catering queen Kate and several of our other members who prepared and contributed food to make up a magnificent feast which was enjoyed by us all after the match.
SATURDAY 16th JULY 2022 – A great performance this afternoon in the Brodie league at home against Tarring Priory BC. We won the match 10 – 0 with an overall score of 101 – 47 and our top rink today was Peter Mantle and Richard Maton in the pairs match. This result means we have won our last 4 Brodie matches in a row and have amassed a total of 36 points from those matches. Congratulations to our club Vice Captain Marion who manages and captain’s our Brodie team and to all of our members who put their names down for the games. Fingers crossed we can keep up the momentum in the Brodie and hopefully take some of it into the WSBL as well.
WEDNESDAY 13th JULY 2022 – This afternoon we played a friendly match at home against The Drive BC from Hove. The match was played across 5 rinks in a triples format. We won on four of the rinks and lost on the other one and we won the match by an overall score of 97 – 73. Our top rink was Marion Hoggen, John Bailey and Mickey Page and many thanks as always to Kate for preparing the lovely post match snack.
SUNDAY 10th JULY 2022 – It was great fun traveling to Southbourne and back by train together as a team for today’s WSBL match with Southbourne and the post match hospitality provided by our hosts was a real treat. Unfortunately we struggled on the artificial green on a very hot day and we lost the match 10 – 0.
SATURDAY 9th JULY 2022 – We were due to play our home fixture against Goring Manor Hurricanes today in the Brodie league but as Goring are unable to field a team or reschedule the game, we will be awarded all 10 points for the match.
THURSDAY 7th JULY 2022 – We played in our 6th Brodie match of the season today at home against Maltravers BC and had a great result. We won the match 8 – 2 and this takes us up to 2nd place in the league. Our top rink today was Marion Hoggen, Barney Rudge and Ted Poole.
SUNDAY 3rd JULY 2022 – This afternoon we played a friendly match at home against the West Sussex Tourists. The match format was 4 triples of which we won 2 and the tourists won the other 2. We won the match by an overall score of 71 – 59 and our top rink today was Dave Sargent, Tina Redman and Ian Slater.
SATURDAY 2nd JULY 2022 – A trip to Littlehampton this afternoon for our away fixture against Norfolk BC in the West Sussex Bowls League. Norfolk won the match 8 – 2 and our top rink was Tom Parsons, Mick O’Mahoney, Mick Page and Ted Poole.
SUNDAY 26th JUNE 2022 – This morning we played away from home against Worthing Pavilion Bulls in the West Sussex Bowls League. We made a good start to the match but struggled in the latter stages when the green became very fast and we lost the match 9 – 1. Our top rink today was Dave Steff, Ian Rudge, Andy Slater and Ian Godden.
THURSDAY 23rd JUNE 2022 – Another very good 8 – 2 victory for Worthing BC today, this time in the Brodie league at home against Lancing BC. The result moves us up to 3rd place in the Brodie table and our top rink today was Dave Sargent, John Bailey and Mick Page. Thanks as always to our lovely Catering Manager Kate for preparing a great spread which we all enjoyed after the match.
SUNDAY 19TH JUNE 2022 – A cracking result for us today in the West Sussex Bowls League where we beat Worthing Pavilion Bears by 8 – 2 at Beach House Park to move up to 3rd place in the division 1 table. Our top rink today was Stuart Bryce, Russ Jennings, Steve Murphy (Smurf!) and Richard Maton.
SATURDAY 18TH JUNE 2022 – Today we had a great day out for our friendly match at Lindfield bowling club. The match format was 5 triples of which Lindfield won 3 and we won 2. Our top rink was Marion Hoggen, Colin Green and Dave Hoggen.
WEDNESDAY 15TH JUNE 2022 – This evening we played against Chichester in the second round of the Abergavenny competition where home and away matches are played simultaneously in a rinks format. We won the home match but lost the away match and were beaten narrowly on the overall score.
TUESDAY 14TH JUNE 2022 – A beautiful sunny day to play our fourth Brodie match of the season away at Worthing Pavilion. Sadly the result wasn’t beautiful as we lost 10 – 0!
SATURDAY 11TH JUNE 2022 – Today in our third West Sussex League match of the season we played away against Goring Manor. The final score was 8 – 2 to Goring and our top rink today was Stuart Bryce, Dave Hoggen, Andy Slater and Richard Maton.
FRIDAY 10TH JUNE 2022 – In our third Brodie League match of the season we played away against Goring Hurricanes today. Both clubs won on two rinks each but the final score was 6 – 4 to Goring as the overall total was 77 – 46 in their favour. Our top rink today was Deb O’Mahoney, Dave Hoggen and Mick Page.
WEDNESDAY 8TH JUNE 2022 – This evening we played Pagham BC in the Abergavenny competition. The format was rinks with matches played at home and away simultaneously and Worthing BC won by an overall score of 40 – 31.
SATURDAY 4TH JUNE 2022 – Two matches were played today at the same time. At home we played Marine Gardens in a friendly where the final score was 52 – 69 and our top rink was Colin, Mike B and Janet. Thanks very much as always to Kate Jennings for preparing delicious post match snacks.
We also played away at Chichester in the West Sussex Bowls League where the final score was 4 – 6 (71 – 87). Our top rink in this match was John, Mick, Trevor and Simon and 4 points from an away fixture in this league is certainly not a bad result for the club.
SATURDAY 28TH MAY 2022 – A brilliant start to our season in the 2022 West Sussex Bowls League! Worthing BC beat Tarring Priory BC by an overall score of 91 – 64 and in a comprehensive victory, Worthing won on all four rinks and pick up the maximum 10 points available from the match. Obviously there were a lot of great performances from our team in all 4 rinks and our top rink in this match was Dave Steff, Pete Mantle, Mick O’Mahoney and Trevor Gordine.
THURSDAY 26TH MAY 2022 – Today we played a friendly match away at Shoreham BC. The match format was four triples and Worthing and Shoreham won on two rinks each. Shoreham won on the overall score by 77 – 69. Our top rink today was Dave Sargent, Dave Hoggen and Janet Atkinson.
SATURDAY 21st MAY 2022 – We played a friendly match at Marine Gardens today where the format was five triples. Both clubs won on two rinks each, the other triple was drawn and Marine Gardens came out on top in the overall score by 81 – 72. Our top rink today was Deb, Barney and Mick P.
THURSDAY 19th MAY 2022 – A great result for Worthing BC in the Brodie League today. We played away at Goring Spitfires and won the match by 8 – 2. The aggregate score was 87 – 50 in our favour. It was sweet revenge as Goring Spitfires beat us 6 – 4 a couple of weeks ago in our home fixture against them. Our top rink today was Mick O, Kris and Janet.
SUNDAY 15th MAY 2022 – On a very wet morning, today we played away at Tarring Priory in the PC Cup. Tarring won the match winning on three of the four rinks. Our bowlers in the rink that we won were Mick O, Stu, Smurf and Simon.
SATURDAY 14th MAY 2022 – Our friendly match at home to Castle Green from Guildford today was played in a triples format across three rinks. We won the match 73-42 and our bowlers in the top rink were Colin Green, Dave Steff and Simon Edwards.
WEDNESDAY 11th MAY 2022 – Please note, two additional friendly matches have been added to our 2022 fixture list against The Drive who are based in Hove and play their home matches on an artificial green. We will play them at home on Wednesday 13th July and away on Thursday 15th September.
FRIDAY 6th MAY 2022 – Our first Brodie match of the season was played today at home to Goring Spitfires. Worthing and Goring won 2 rinks each but as the aggregate score was Worthing 73 Goring 75, Worthing received 4 points from the fixture and Goring Spitfires received 6 points. Well done to our 2 winning rinks today which were Marion, Mick O, Kris and Mick P in the rink match, and Dave S, Simon and Trevor in one of the triples.
Thanks very much from both teams to our lovely Catering Manager Kate for preparing the delicious buffet that we all enjoyed at the end of the match.
SATURDAY 30th APRIL 2022 – Worthing BC played a friendly match today away at Pulborough BC where the weather was sunny and warm. The match was played across 6 rinks in a triples format and Pulborough certainly made home advantage count in winning the match by 5 rinks to 1. Our winning triple at Pulborough was Deb O’Mahoney who played as lead, Chris Matthews who was the number 2 and Dave Hoggen who played as skip.
SATURDAY 23rd APRIL 2022 – The weather was beautiful for the annual President v Captain match which was played in a triples format across 4 rinks. Big thanks go out to Kate Jennings for preparing a lovely buffet which we all enjoyed after the match.
