18th July 2024 – It is with great sadness we must advise that Peter Pearce has passed away. Peter had bowled for the County for many years. His Indoor club was Sutton BC and Outdoor Club was Epsom Park BC; Formerly with Sutton BC and Epsom BC.
Our thoughts go to Peter’s Family at this difficult time.
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National Finals
Egham have now reached the Egham Trophy final at Nottingham, to be played Sunday 24th March. They beat Swale.
Surrey reach the Over 60s Inter County National final in Nottingham again.
The County men and women are now in 5 team national finals.
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM EIBA
Dear Bowler,
As announced on our website earlier this week, entries are now open for the EIBA’s 2024 Summer National Competitions at £5.00 per player. We will be staging 4 individual competitions – Men’s & Women’s Singles, Open Pairs and Open Triples, along with the Fantastic Fives inter-club competition.
All entries for the individual competitions are being taken via the Competitions Portal (click here to access the Summer 2024 entries page)
Details on how to enter the Fantastic Fives has been sent to clubs this week.
The closing date for entries is Friday 26th April 2024.
Tickets for the 2023-2024 National Championship Finals at Nottingham IBC are now also available.
Due to capacity levels, it is encouraged that tickets, which cost £4 per person per day (plus booking fee), are purchased in advance via Ticketsource who the EIBA are using for online sales. Please click here to purchase tickets.
Please note that competitors will be issued with a player’s pass for the days of their event, but if they wish to attend any days before or after they will need to contact EIBA Head Office to obtain a complimentary pass so that they can be included in the permitted spectator numbers.
George Hopper (Donyngs Indoor Bowling Club)
George had a successful weekend at the U18 BIIBC U18 Series in Wales (weekend 13/01/24).
He retained a bronze in the Pairs and won silver in the Singles.
He was 1 shot off the gold and played well against two very strong Scottish lads.
England were a close second to Scotland overall.
Surrey Over 60’s
Surrey Over 60’s team reach the semi-final of the National Inter-County Competition. They play Devon on 20/02/24.
The other semi-final is between Yorkshire & Suffolk.
World Indoor Bowls Championship 2024
Congratulations to Jon Wilson Who has won his first round of the World Indoor Bowls Championship 2024 at Potters.
See Match here
Liberty Cup
Surrey reach the quarter-finals of the Liberty Cup to be held at Essex County IBC on 13th January at 10 am. See here for details
Website Update
Brian Collis has taken over the position of webmaster from 2nd January and will be updating the site over the next few weeks.
Our new Members Area is under development including:-
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County League – Showing the latest League table
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County Competitions – Showing the latest competition draw/results and competitor contact details.
- More information will be available once testing has been completed.
Congratulations to Egham IBC, winners of the 2022-2023 Denny Cup
Surrey Over 60‘s
Congratulations to the Surrey Over 60’s team for reaching the final of the EIBA Over 60’s Inter County 2022-23 Competition.
They beat Devon in the Semi Final on 21st February at the Dolphin Indoor Bowls Club 107 – 94.
They will play Norfolk in the final on 23/03/23 at Nottingham (10.30am start).
Well done Surrey.
Egham IBC – Denny Cup
Congratulations to Egham I B C for reaching the final of the Denny Cup.
They did so by beating Falcon I B C in the Semi Final 75 – 69.
They now play Riverain in the final on Saturday 15th April 2023 at 3pm
New County Secretary Appointed
Following the tragic loss of Trevor Prentice in November last year, Les Owen has been recently appointed as the new County Secretary
Home Counties Individual Finals
(held at Camberley and District IBC on Sunday 18″ December)
Peter Salmon, Clive Kendall, Rob Ciaff & Chris Jones (Mole Valley) become Home Counties Fours Champions.
On Sunday 18* December 2022 they beat Middlesex by 1 shot in the morning & beat Sussex in the afternoon 26 – 19 to become Champions.
Barry Jenkins won the Home Counties Singles beating Rob Morphett from
Sussex 21-20 having been 14-20 down