Honiton Bowling Club

21/09/2026

Can you give a hand to help with the winter maintenance work on the green on Saturday 26th September 10am and Tuesday 6th October 10am. If you can help please add your name to the list on the notice board

18/09/2026

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The last of the club finals have been played.
Centenary Pairs
Winners Carole Binmore & Sue Evans
Runners Up Jimmy Smith & Adam Dredge

Tucker Triples
Winners Gary Pester, Barbara Vallender& Trevor Pipe
Runners Up Bill Sherman,Joyce Granger & Robin Cooke

18/09/2026

Another drill to practice when you are looking to trial the jack.

🎯 TRAIL THE JACK — DRAW WITH PURPOSE!

A trail is a draw with a little extra weight. The goal? Kiss the jack and move it back — not smash it, not miss it! 😄

Think: “Draw through the jack to a spot behind it.”

👇🏻THE DRILL

You’ll need: • 4 bowls
• 1 mat
• 1 jack
• 1 spare bowl or marker as your receiving target

Place the jack on the centre line, with your marker 1–2 mat lengths behind it.

Then: ➡️ Use your normal draw routine
➡️ Add a little extra weight
➡️ Aim to hit the jack full in the face
➡️ The jack should travel towards your receiving target
➡️ Play 2 forehand + 2 backhand
➡️ Reset and repeat
➡️ Try 6 ends = 24 bowls

🏆 SCORE YOUR TRAILS

🥇 3 points — Jack reaches the target zone and your bowl stays counting
🥈 2 points — Jack moves back, but falls short of the target
🥉 1 point — You touch the jack but barely move it
⭕ 0 points — Miss, or lose control into the ditch

Trail shots take practice. One clean trail in five is still a shot worth celebrating! 👏

Keep the draw line. Change the weight. Trust the delivery.

KISS IT. MOVE IT. COUNT IT. 💛

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17/09/2026

Worth a read
It shows you:
• Which hand needs more work
• Which lengths challenge you
• Where you're consistently missing
• Whether your practice is actually paying off

🎯DRAW DRILL - 40 BOWLS. ONE JACK. ZERO EXCUSES.

The draw drill that tells you the truth… politely. 😄

New to the green? Welcome!

The 40-Bowl Draw Drill is one of the simplest ways to test your line, length and consistency — without taking yourself too seriously.

HOW IT WORKS:
🥣 10 ends × 4 bowls = 40 draws
🎯 Draw to short and long jacks
↔️ Play both forehand & backhand
📏 Score 1 point if your bowl finishes within one mat length (about 60cm) of the jack.

Maximum score: 40

And remember — it's not about being perfect. Beginners celebrating 12–18 are doing just fine. Club regulars might chase 20–28, while the show-offs are hunting 30+! 😉

Missed the jack? Be honest:
➡️ Narrow
➡️ Wide
➡️ Short
➡️ Long

WHY WE LOVE IT ❤️

It trains one of the most important shots in bowls — the draw.

It shows you:
• Which hand needs more work
• Which lengths challenge you
• Where you're consistently missing
• Whether your practice is actually paying off

And the best part? You can do it solo in around 45–60 minutes.

Warm up first. Keep your routine consistent. Watch every bowl right through to the stop. Change one thing at a time.

Then try to beat yesterday's score.

Because every bowl tells a story… and those short bowls?
They ALWAYS tell on you. 😂

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17/09/2026

Struggling with adapting to different lengths try this drill.
Have a go see how you score.

🎯 SHORT. MEDIUM. LONG. — MASTER YOUR WEIGHT!

One delivery. Three different lengths. Three different weights.

If you find yourself bowling the same length every time, this drill is for you! 😄

👍🏻 THE DRILL

Set up three jacks on the centre line: 🔹 Short — minimum legal length
🔹 Medium — halfway down the rink
🔹 Long — near the far T / 2-metre mark

Then: ➡️ 2 bowls to short
➡️ 2 bowls to medium
➡️ 2 bowls to long
➡️ Repeat using the opposite hand

🎯 SCORING

1 point if your bowl finishes within one mat length (±60cm) of the jack.

24 bowls = 24 points maximum.

👀 WHAT TO WATCH FOR

Too many short bowls? You may still be bowling medium in your head!

Always running through? You might be adding too much arm instead of making a controlled adjustment to your delivery.

Same routine. Same line. Change the weight.

Watch the bowl all the way to the stop — then adjust.

Because good weight control isn't about bowling harder…
it's about bowling smarter. 💛

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16/09/2026

Where do you position your feet?
Simple solution which can have more consistency.

🔥🟢 NEW SERIES ALERT — AND THIS ONE STARTS FROM THE GROUND UP! 🟢🔥

We spend hours talking about line, weight, backswing, release and follow-through… but what if better consistency actually starts before the bowl even moves? 👀

Introducing our brand-new series:

👣 LAWN BOWLS FOOT PLACEMENT

ONE LESS VARIABLE IN YOUR DELIVERY

Every time you step onto the mat, your feet create the foundation for what happens next. If that foundation keeps changing, you're asking your body to reproduce the same delivery from a different starting position every time.

🎯 Same setup.
👟 Same alignment.
🔁 More repeatability.
🟢 One less variable to worry about.

Over this series, we're going to dig deeper into foot placement, alignment and consistency on the mat — not because there is one magical position that suits every bowler, but because understanding your own setup can help make your delivery far more repeatable.

💥 CONTROL THE CONTROLLABLES!

And here's the question to kick off the series:

👇 When you step onto the mat, do you consciously place your feet in the same position every time — or have you never really thought about it?

Drop your answer in the comments. 👇 I think this one could start a VERY interesting bowls discussion! 😁🟢



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15/09/2026

Don’t forget to pay your Indoor subs and get your competition entries in by 21st September. Fixture cards will be in your pigeonholes at the club just pick them up.

15/09/2026

The final part of the balanced delivery

🏆🔥 SERIES FINALE | LAWN BOWLS DELIVERY TECHNIQUE 🔥🏆

We’ve worked through the delivery. We’ve broken down the fundamentals. We’ve looked at the little things that can make a BIG difference...

Now it’s time for the SERIES FINALE! 🎯🟢

A great lawn bowls delivery isn’t about making things complicated — it’s about making the basics repeatable.

⚖️ BALANCE — Stay stable and in control.
⏱️ RHYTHM — Find your natural tempo and stick to it.
🔁 REPETITION — Build a delivery you can trust under pressure.

And remember — mastering your delivery doesn’t mean you stop learning.

🎥 Analyse your delivery.
🧑‍🏫 Work with your coaches.
📝 Keep track of your practice.
🎯 Make small adjustments and build confidence through repetition.

Because when the pressure is on, you don't want to be thinking about every part of your delivery...

🔥 YOU WANT TO TRUST IT.

🏆 Every champion started with the basics.

MASTER YOUR DELIVERY — AND LET THE REST OF YOUR GAME FOLLOW.

👇 To finish our series, tell us:
What is the ONE thing you’ve learned about your own delivery that has made the biggest difference to your game?

Let’s get the bowlers talking! 👇🟢



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15/09/2026

How good is your drawing skill, test yourselves with this 40 bowl test.

🎯 WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR DRAW BOWLS? START HERE! 🟢🔥

We all want to play that perfect bowl — the one that leaves your hand, takes the line, bends beautifully and finishes exactly where you pictured it. 😍

But those bowls don’t happen by accident.

They’re built through PRACTICE. 💪

Introducing the LAWN BOWLS DRAWING DRILL — a simple practice routine designed to work on one of the most important skills in our game: LINE + WEIGHT + CONSISTENCY.

🎯 40 bowls
🎯 Different jack lengths
🎯 A simple scoring system
🎯 Keep your score
🎯 Challenge yourself to beat it next time!

And here’s the important part…

Don’t practise until you get it right.
Practise until getting it right becomes more consistent. 👊

Your biggest competition in this drill?

YOUR LAST SCORE. 😏

Save this drill. 📌
Share it with your bowls mates. 🔄
Take it to your next practice session.

Then come back and tell us…

👇 WHAT DID YOU SCORE OUT OF 80? 👇

No cheating — the scorecard knows! 😂😂

SMALL DRILLS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. 🎯



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