Calne Short Mat Bowls Club

We had a great session on Monday, as normal the club Elf hoover the carpets before the start and for a change John came up with a rotary play, with players moving positions after every 2 ends, it meant that everyone played at a different position throughout the game, no scores involved but a lot of laughter and a little confusion.

Anyway the a great time was had by all, ending with mince pies!! What else?

Even Harris the Hogg joined in, nobody took up his invitation for a kiss under the mistletoe, not surprising really. He will no doubt try his luck on Valentines Day!

At our Christmas session we drew the first draw of this years club.

The winner of the 1st prize (£17) was Ann Harris (43).

The 2nd prize was Angie Fish (8).

Next draw is on the 22nd January 2025

We still have 6 numbers if any members are interested.

A little late but here are the results of the last 2 games in the league.

Firstly, Tuesday November 19th at home to Marshfield.

All 4 mats were closely contended, with Marshfield winning 2, Calne 1 and 1 match drawn. The final score was 24-31 (3-6pts) a good result, the game was enjoyed by all, this was the first time we had played on a Tuesday evening, with thanks to Ann and John for the catering.

Secondly, Tuesday December 10th away to Devizes.

it took us a little time to get used to the mats and a result in the first half we went down on both rinks, 3-10 and 3-16.The second have went a little better, with Calne winning 1 match 10-7 and only losing 5-9 other other. The final score being 22-41 (2-7pts).
The photograph is from the the Devizes game

We had a good session with 20+ players, several dressed up and the food was up to standard including a spooky cake and some Parkin, all home made. This was the 5th anniversary of our very first evening session way back in 2019.

Urchfont S.M.B.C. Were our guests at Beversbrook on Tuesday to spend an evening of bowls.

It was a spirited game, with the result as always an honourable draw. Supper was done by Pip and it was much appreciated, especially the Brandy fruit cake!!

Everybody thoroughly enjoyed the bowls and the food, it is hoped to have a return match at Urchfont when they can get their revenge.

For photographs follow the link to Urchfont Friendly Tuesday October 8th 2024

GREAT NEWS!!

Harris has been chosen as one of the 50 pigs to be shown at the Calne Heritage Centre for the entire month of October, alongside a retrospective of 50 years of the Calne Music and Arts Festival. The selected pigs include entries from community groups, one from each school, and a number of individual entries. Many thanks to all who helped create Harris, including our artist in residence Gill (who painted him), Pip (with help from her friend Jackie) who dressed him, Stuart’s daughter-in-law Emma who donated the cap, Phil M who supplied the WSMBA Hot Shot badge and Tina who has displayed him in her window this summer and Stuart who did the base!

He will be on show at club sessions ( and at special events in the future) for the next few weeks before his month of glory at the Heritage centre. Here is a reminder of how handsome he is.

After having a short break we will be having a practice session on Friday 13th Sept 2pm – 4pm.

Terry Brewer is organising this, so if you want to come and haven’t already informed Terry please let him know either in person, by email or phone.

Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible, it normally proves to be an enjoyable session, coffee and biscuits will be available so remember to bring your mugs.

Hi members this week on Wednesday 7th August at coffee time we held  the 5th draw in our 50/50 club. The winner was Mike Lewis and the Runner/up was Sue Whelan, please contact Ann to collect your winnings.

Well done to both of you

Well done to Dennis Barnett, Kay Dando and Les Fish for scoring a full 9 shots in today’s triples.

Their certificates were presented on Monday 5th August, congratulations.

Hi all, we have now finished our entry, Harris the Hogg, many thanks to Gill Howard for painting him, even though only his extremities are on display. Also to Pip for dressing him, he also has other features, such as a hot shot badge (thanks to Phil M.) a tattoo on his ear saying’ I love short mat bowls. As well as the club shield on each side.

He is sitting on a miniature short mat with a bowl and jack, we are planning to display him shortly in a window near you.

In addition to Harris, we are also entering a picture done by Phil M, celebrating 1974 with his memories or those that he can recall, peace to all!!!

Congratulations to our Phil for being presented with 2 medals for hot shots at the recent awards ceremony at recent WSMBA.

Well done Phil, very well deserved.

Whilst the Men’s league remains mostly unchanged, the Ladies have 2 new names at the top.

Mary Edwards has moved up from 2 to top spot having  been in the winning team 5 out of 7 games in May and Jilly Read in now up to second place having had a good run of wins, 3 out of 4 played.

Only one more league will be published and then the final positions will be announced at our annual luncheon in 2025.