West Witney Bowls Club

A busy day for West Witney today! 💙♥️

Firstly, our ladies are in action in the Ladies’ League Cup, taking on Banbury Central at Oxford City & County. Wishing them the very best of luck.

We also have our Club Finals Day today! 🏆

Some great games lined up:

🏆Two Wood Singles: Andy vs Shep
🏆 Pickard’s Shield: Matt vs Reg
🏆 Pat Saunders: Steven vs David L
🏆 Handicapped Singles: Georgie vs Spud
🏆 Men’s Singles: Andy vs David L
🏆 Ladies’ Singles: Rachel vs Jazz
🏆Handicapped Pairs: Steve & Graham vs Lynda & Russ

Best of luck to everyone playing today. 🔵🔴

Good luck to Jazz and Georgie today who will be playing in the walker cup at lemmy. 💙

Also enjoy the friendly at west Oxford this afternoon! 🔵🔴

Come and support our west players this weekend! 🔵🔴

🔵🔴 WWBC Update 🔴🔵

Here’s a quick round-up of last week’s results and what’s coming up this week.

Last Week’s Results

🏆 Ladies League
A narrow 6-4 defeat away at Long Hanborough.

🏆 Men’s League
A great 4-2 away victory at Burford. 👏

🏆 Ladies County Pairs Quarter-Finals

* Georgie & Morgan were defeated by Helen Young & partner.
* Helen & Jazz lost to Katherine & Lorraine.

🏆 Ladies Top Club
A hard-fought defeat away at Witney Town.

* ✅ Singles – Brigitte
* ❌ Pairs – Olivia & Karen
* ✅ Triples – Kay, Helen & Jazz
* ❌ Fours – Sheila O, Ann, Rachel & Barbie

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This Week’s Fixtures

Tuesday 14th
- Ladies League: Home v Carterton
- Good luck to Nigel & Kev A who play their Senior Pairs game tonight at home to reach the area final

Wednesday 15th
Ladies League Cup v Carterton

Thursday 16th
Men’s League
Away at Banbury Borough

Friday 17th
Hawker Cup
Home & Away v Witney Town B

Saturday 18th
Club Mixed Friendly
Away at Chipping Norton

🔵🔴 WWBC Update 🔴🔵

Last week’s highlights:

🎯 County Competitions

* Congratulations to Barbie, Jazz, Karen & Rachel, who won their Ladies County Fours match against Carterton to reach the semi-finals.
* Jazz also progressed to the Ladies County Singles semi-final after defeating Morgan.
* The WW men had a good run in the singles, but sadly not to be this year.

🔵Ladies League
A fantastic 9–1 away win at Witney Town leaves the team sitting 2nd in the table with just **two league games remaining.

🔴Club Friendly
A lovely afternoon of bowls was enjoyed at home against Middle Barton.

🌍 Representative Honours
Congratulations to Andy, who represented England at the Deaf Bowls Four Nations in Cardiff. Despite Wales lifting the trophy, England were involved in several closely fought games on a fast-running green. A fantastic achievement to represent your country!

This week’s fixtures:

📅 Wednesday – Ladies League vs Hanborough (Home)

📅 Thursday – Men’s League vs Burford (Away)

📅 Friday – Ladies County Pairs Quarter-Finals

* Georgie & Morgan vs Helen Young & partner (Headington)
* Helen & Jazz vs Katherine & Lorraine (Home)

📅 Saturday – Handicapped Pairs Club Competition
Draw at 10:30am. There’s still time to enter—please message or add your name to the list if you’d like to play. The more, the merrier!

📅 Sunday – Ladies Top Club away at Witney Town (10:00am)

Hey all!

West Witney are hosting the Oxfordshire Ladies v Men match today. Please come and support the club by helping out and watching some great bowling! ☀️

🔴 WWBC Update 🔴🔵

Here’s a round-up of last week’s results and a look ahead to the week ahead.

Results from Last Week

Ladies Senior Fours
Ann, Brig, Barbie & Karen were defeated by Annie Bristow and team from City & County.

Men’s County Pairs
Andy & David L lost away to Howard Watts at Headington.

Shep & Kev A enjoyed a successful week winning all their games and now through to the semi-finals. 🥳

Men’s Senior Fours
Kev W, Nigel, Andy & Kev A were defeated by Chris Cox and team.

Ladies League
A tough evening against Banbury Central, resulting in a 0-10 loss.

Mixed Triples League
A fantastic performance at home against Long Hanborough, securing a 10-2 victory and an impressive 84-40 shot difference. 👏

County Middleton Cup & John’s Trophy
Unfortunately both Oxfordshire teams were defeated. However, special congratulations go to Helen and Jazz, who were the only winning rink at City & County, securing victory with a fortunate opposition last wood.

Club Friendly v Charlbury
Played on a very warm afternoon with a welcome hydration break for all involved. West Witney won on two rinks, but narrowly lost the overall match by just 3 shots.

Club Competitions
There have been some closely contested games across the club competitions:

* Dave P and Russ enjoyed a hard-fought battle, with Russ eventually coming out on top.
* Matt and Georgie were tied on 75 points apiece in the 4-3-2-1 competition before Georgie secured victory on the final end.

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📆 This Week’s Fixtures

Tuesday 23rd June

County Mixed Fours

* Rachel, Andy, Kevin & Karen – Home v Watlington
* Helen, Jazz, Shep & Dave C – Away v Watlington

Wednesday 24th June

Ladies League - Home v Carterton

Friday 26th June

Men’s Singles – Round 1

* Andy (Home) v Nick Baldwin (South Oxford)
* Shep (Home) v Pete Sutton (Adderbury)
* David L (Away) v Joe Justin (Carterton)
* Nigel (Home) v Lewis Bullard (Adderbury)

Kev W, Kev A & David W have byes through to Monday’s matches.

Saturday 27th June

Mixed Triples League: Home v Banbury Chestnuts - team
On the board.

Sunday 28th June

Club Friendly - Away at Faringdon.

Good luck to everyone representing the club this week! 🔵🔴

🔵🔴 WWBC Update 🔴🔵

Here’s a round-up of last week’s results and a look ahead to the week ahead.

📆 Results from Last Week

National Mixed Fours
Barbie, Jazzmin, Nigel & Kev A were narrowly defeated by just one shot against Will Campion and team.

Ladies League
A 4-6 loss against Banbury Borough. However, results elsewhere went in our favour and we now sit top of the league with four games remaining. 🎉

Champion of Champions
Kev A won 21-16 and progresses to the Area Semi-Final.

Men’s League
A 2-4 loss away at South Oxford.

Club Friendly v Porters
This fixture was captained by David Woodcock, making a welcome return after his medical sabbatical.

Club Friendly v Blackbird Leys
A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon played in great spirit. A special mention goes to Felix, who put in an excellent performance at lead.

Men’s County Pairs – Round 2

* Andy & David L won 27-15.
* Shep & Kev A won 22-14.
* Kev W & Dave C were unfortunately defeated by 6 shots away to Ian Henwood at Headington.

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📆 This Week’s Fixtures

Monday 15th June

Ladies Senior Fours
Ann, Brig, Barbie & Karen v Annie Bristow and team (City & County)

Men’s County Pairs – Last 32

* Andy & David L away to Howard Watts at Headington.
* Shep & Kev A away to Paul Cox at Banbury Chestnuts.

Tuesday 16th June

Men’s Senior Fours
Kev W, Nigel, Andy & Kev A v Chris Cox and team @ home

Thursday 18th June

Ladies League
Home v Banbury Central

Men’s League
No fixture.

Friday 19th June

Men’s County Pairs
Further rounds dependent on Monday’s results.

Saturday 20th June

Mixed Triples League
Home v Long Hanborough

🔵🔴 WWBC Update 🔴🔵

Here’s a round-up of last week’s results and a look ahead to the week ahead.

📆 Results from Last Week…

Men’s County Triples
Nigel, Shep & David L won away at Watlington on Monday but unfortunately lost in the quarter-final on Friday.

Ladies County Triples
Rachel, Barbie & Karen won away at City & County last Monday and followed this up with another victory at Woodstock last night. They now progress to the quarter-final, which will be played at City & County on 29th June.

Brig, Helen & Jazz won their game last Monday but were unfortunately defeated last night by Katherine Hawes and her team from Headington.

Senior Fours
Nigel, Spud, Andy & Kev A secured a 21-11 victory and will play their quarter-final at home on 16th June.

Ladies League
A fantastic 5-1 away win at Long Hanborough.

Mixed Pairs
Kevin & Jazzmin were defeated at Banbury.

Men’s League
A 1-5 loss against Witney Mills.

Ladies Champion of Champions
Jazzmin was defeated by Katherine Hawes.

Ladies County Pairs

* Georgie won against Banbury Central.
* Rachel & Karen lost at City & County.
* Helen & Jazz defeated Maureen Cox from Kidlington.

Mixed Friendly v Kidlington
Played in mixed weather conditions. Thank you to everyone who made themselves available, especially Sam, who played in his first club friendly for West Witney.

There were several close rink scores throughout the afternoon, but West Witney unfortunately lost by 7 shots overall.

National Senior Pairs
Nigel & Kevin won 21-5 against Ray Gaskins & Howard Watts and have progressed to the Area Quarter-Final.

Men’s County Pairs – Round 1
Andy & David L won 27-10, including an impressive 8-shot first end! 🎉 They will now play Adrian Cuzner of Watlington at home in the next round.

Mixed Pairs
Georgie & Craig were defeated by Helen & Lee at Central.

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📆 This Week’s Fixtures

Tuesday 9th June
National Mixed Fours
Barbie, Jazzmin, Nigel & Kev A will play Will Campion and team at home.

Wednesday 10th June
Ladies League
Home v Banbury Borough.

Thursday 11th June
Men’s League
Away at South Oxford.

Friday 12th June
Club Friendly
Away at Porters – Team TBC.

Men’s County Pairs – Round 2

* Andy & David L – Home
* Shep & Kev A – Home v Jim Feeley (Kidlington)
* Kev A & Dave C – Away v Ian Henwood (Headington)

Saturday 13th June
Club Friendly
Home v Blackbird Leys – Team TBC.

If you are available to play, please sign up on the noticeboard or let Barbie know.

🔵♥️ WWBC UPDATE! ♥️🔵

🔴 Last week’s results included:

* Barbie, Jazzmin, Nigel & Kevin won their Mixed Fours game against Lyn Dunsby and team from Witney Mills.

* Ladies League won 6-4 against Carterton.

* Men’s League won 5-1 against Banbury Borough.

* Andy, Dave C & Kevin A lost against Piers Myatt.

* Nigel, Shep & David L won both games last week and now progress to play Adrian Cuzner away at Watlington.

* Jazzmin & Helen won at home against a team from Thame in the pairs.

* National Double Rink competition lost by just 2 shots against Adderbury.

* The friendly against Highworth was played in warm conditions and ended in a narrow 1-shot loss.

* Kevin A won his Champion of Champions game at Witney Town 21-5 against Fabrizio Boer.

📆This week’s games include:

🔵Monday 1st
Men’s County Triples

* Nigel, Shep & David L away at Watlington against Adrian Cuzner.

Ladies County Triples

* Rachel, Barbie & Karen away at City & County against Zoe Pratley.
* Brig, Helen & Jazz at home against Angie Ives.

🔵Tuesday 2nd

* Filkins Friendly — cancelled.

Senior Fours

* Nigel, Spud, Andy & Kev A at home against Simon Hatcher and team from Henley.

🔵Wednesday 3rd

* Ladies League away at Long Hanborough.

🔵Thursday 4th

* Men’s League at home against Witney Mills.

🔵Friday 5th

Ladies Champion of Champions

* Jazzmin will play Katherine Hawes at 11am.

Ladies County Pairs

* Georgie vs Caroline Campion from Banbury Central at Headington.
* Rachel & Karen away to Jody Flitter at City & County.
* Helen & Jazz at home against Maureen Cox from Kidlington.

Men’s County Triples

* Depending on Monday’s result, the team will be away.

🔵Saturday 6th

* Mixed Friendly away at Kidlington — team to be confirmed.