St. Anne's Park Bowls Club

Today was the annual Captains vs Presidents game. 4 rinks played in match over 18 ends with the Captains team led by Graham Davis winning against the Presidents team led by Pete Moore in Ray Prices absence.

Captains 76 Presidents 55

Rink 3 Presidents win 21-12
(P) Anne Richards, Mike Burridge & Kev Hazell
(C) Helen Burridge, Geoff Sibley & Rob Brice

Rink 4 Captains Win 23-8
(P) Caroline Williams, Steve Rogers & Mike Davies.
(C) Mike Williams, Ryan Morgan & Sandra Hann

Rink 5 Captains Win 27 -11
(P) Lin Filer, Barry Fletcher, Pete Moore & Mike Taylor.
(C) Mike Hillier, Steve Yates (Wendy Yates), Graham Davis, Steve Donavan.

Rink 6 Presidents win 15-14
(P) Dave Phillips, Ted Filer, Margaret Renwick & Kev Whitehead.
(C) Gwen Whitehead, Colin Clapp, John Gardiner & Chris Harris.

Today was the final club competition of the season. The Aussie Pairs trophy was up for grabs with 18 teams contesting 4 games each play over 6 ends.

At the end there were 2 teams who won all 4 games with the winners being decided by shots scored.

Congratulations to the following

1st - Andy Dixon & Steve Rogers
2nd - Gary Grant & Ryan Morgan
3rd - Mike Burridge & Charley O Reilly.

Thank you to Kev Hazell for running the day in Cam Monks absent.

We still have singles competition finals day to play in 2 weeks time.

Results from a couple of friendlies played over the last few days.

Sunday 30th August

Avonmouth 48 St Anne’s Park 78

Rink 1
June Roberts, Pete Moore, Sandra Hann & Chris Harris. Won 8-17

Rink 2
Caroline Williams, Vijay Hanoman, Barry Fletcher & Steve Rogers. Drew 21-21

Rink 3
Mike Hadley, Merv Lavender, Margaret Renwick & Rob Brice. 5-23

Rink 4
Roger Roberts, Rob Smith, Steve Donavan & Mike Taylor. Won 14-17

Wednesday 2nd September
Knowle 49 St Anne’s Park 47

Rink 2
Mike Hillier, Colin Clapp, Pete Moore & Barry Fletcher. Won 11-25

Rink 3
Mike Williams, Rob Smith, Margaret Renwick & Steve Rogers. Lost 18-14

Rink 4
Babs Rogers, Merv Lavender, Steve Donavan & Mike Taylor. Lost 20-8

Tonight we played our final league game of the season in the B&D Div 2 when we travelled to Victoria Park in a rearranged game. Which would have been played in sunny warm conditions on the original date rather than the wet conditions this evening.

The game finished after 15 ends with us in a commanding position which unfortunately relegated our hosts.

Victoria Park 29 (2) St Anne’s Park 58(8)

Rink 2
Kev Whitehead, Steve Donavan, Cam Monks & Chris Harris. Won 10-16

Rink 4
Max Dixon, Steve Johnson, Ryan Morgan & Kyran Davis. Won 2-32

Rink 5
John Gardiner, Ricky Spiers, Kev Hazell & Mike Monks. Lost 18-11

With the season starting to wind down we only have a couple of league fixtures this week.

Coming up this week

Wednesday 2.30pm

Friendly
Knowle vs St Anne’s Park

Thursday 6pm
B&D Div 2
Victoria Park vs St Anne’s Park

This is a rearranged game following the league decision to uphold the hosts appeal when we were awarded the game.

Friday 2.15pm
Triples League
St Anne’s Park vs Greenbank

Saturday 12pm

Club Aussie Pairs Competition

Sunday 2pm
Captain vs President game

With the leagues & team cup competitions now completed we can now post our achievements for 2026.

We thought we done well last season but have surpassed that this season.

Congratulations to every member that played their part this season no matter how small or big. 👏👏👏👏

2026 Roll of Honour.

Somerset Prem 2 - Winners
Somerset East 2 - Winners
BNE Div 1 - Winners
B&D Div 4 - Winners
Bristol Ladies League Div 3 - Winners
Clarence Davey Plate - Winners
BNE League Cup - Winners
Triples League Cup - Winners

We still have Club Finals Day on 19th of September.

And we have 2 finalists in BNE League finals day on Saturday 12th September

Max Dixon, Sam Loft, Ryan Morgan & Kyran Davis will play in the 4s Final

Ryan & Kyran will also contest the Pairs Final after beating Phil Davis & Kev Hazell last night in the Semi Final

Unfortunately there was no photo taken for the Triples League Cup win. Hope to get that rectified

With a successful Somerset County League season now at a end it’s that time of the season that I would like to pass on thanks to a few people behind the scenes that make my job & the teams job so much easier.

Firstly thank you to Bobbie Monks who arranges the after game food for both teams.
And has been supported for the last 3 seasons by Deb Davis, Tracey Price & Lauren O Reilly.

Thank you to the following ladies that prepare the ‘B’ teams food when they are at home.
Caroline Williams, Helen Burridge & Trish Badman.

Next thank you to our bar staff Ange Hazell & Deb Davis who keep our drinks topped up without us leaving the green.
Also to Geoff Sibley who has stepped in when it’s been busy or ran it if people have not been available.

Thank you to Avon Sportground Maintenance for preparing a first class green all season.
Matt, Sam and team have worked hard all season in near drought conditions to give us a green we are proud off.

All of the above have been a massive part of our success over the last 3 years and to be honest we could not do it without them.

When we entered the league 3 years ago I really don’t think we envisaged we could win 3 back to back titles and next season take our place amongst the best teams in Somerset.
But we have progressed season on season and have close knit bunch of players who just don’t know when we are beaten.
The 3 games that probably won Prem 2 for us were away to North Petherton, Wedmore & Taunton Deane. Matches played on tough greens & won by the smallest of margins.

So thanks to all the players who have been involved over the last 3 years for the ‘A’ team it’s been a pleasure to Captain & play with you all.

Thank you to the players that have been involved in the ‘B’ team and made it a double league winning season. Having the 2nd team has made it easier for players to step up to the ‘A’ team when needed.
Thanks to Dave Phillips & Steve Yates who have Captained the team throughout the season.

So that’s the 2026 season finished. We don’t know what 2027 will bring but you can guarantee both teams will give it everything next season and we look forward to playing new teams.

Again thank you to everyone that has helped out this season & before.

Cheers

Kev

Rink Scores from today’s final Somerset County league games.

Prem 2

Congresbury 48 (4) St Anne’s ‘A’ 53 (8)

Rink 1
Kyran Davis, Ricky Spiers, Charley O Reilly & Luke Price. lost 20-9

Rink 2
Max Dixon, Cam Monks, Kev Hazell & Mike Monks. Lost 21-20

Rink 3
Chris Harris, Ryan Morgan, Phil Davis & John Price. Won 7-24

Div 2 East

St Anne’s ‘B’ 57 (10) Keynsham’B’ 40 (2)

Rink 2
Mike Burridge, Mike Williams, Ted Filer & Steve Rogers. Lost 13-14

Rink 3
Dave Phillips, Russ Silsbury, Geoff Sibley & Rob Brice. Won 22-9

Rink 4
Steve Donavan, Mike Davies, Graham Davis & Ray Price. Won 22-17

A good day for the club today.
Both our Somerset teams finished the season with wins to maintain our 100% records.
And winning a league & cup double this morning.

Somerset Prem 2

Congresbury 48 (4) St Anne’s Park A 53 (8)

East Div 2

St Anne’s Park ‘B’ 57 (10) Keynsham ‘B’ 40 (2)

Another cracking day for our club as we complete the BNE league & cup double.

Result
St Anne’s Spartans 60 Bristol St Andrews 41.

Rink 3
Max Dixon, Deb Davis, Steve Yates & Phil Davis. Won 20-11
A good performance from all 4 players with the score tight until the 8th end. We then picked up 7 shots in 4 ends to go ahead.

Rink 4
Ricky Spiers, Ange & Kev Hazell, Mike Monks.
Won 23-21
We had a nightmare start & were 13- 0 down after 3 ends & 9 shots after 10 ends. We then pick up 14 shots in 6 ends to win the rink.

Rink 5
Cam Monks, Sam Loft, Ryan Morgan & Kyran Davis. Won 17-8.

Always in control from the start and a convincing rink win.