On Saturday, the 13th of August 2022, Metro bowlers met to play their in-house singles tournament.
There were eight of us divided into two groups by Steve Simmons. We then played a round robin against each other, and the winners of each round robin played off at the final
Marjorie convoy won her group against Alan Mariza, and Joe and Wilbert won their group against Josie Jackie and Eric
Marjorie and Wilbert played off at the end of the day after a very, very hot tournament they did really well, but Marjorie was not feeling too great, and Wilbert beat her, but it was a very close thing.
Metro Bowls Singles Tournament 2022 first and second place winners
Runners up at the Metro Bowls Singles Tournament 2022
We all enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.
Report by Jackie Venus
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Metro Bowls Pairs Competition 2022- Results and Photos
Last Saturday, 12 of the Metro bowlers participated in a round-robin pairs’ competition at Ravenscourt Park on a very hot day.
For your interest, a list of the results are presented in the table below:
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
Pts
Joe & Marjorie
4
3
0
1
30
19
+11
6
Eric & Josie
4
3
0
1
29
22
+7
6
David & Jackie
4
2
0
2
30
28
+2
4
Mark & Wilbert
4
1
0
3
26
30
-4
2
George & Junette
4
1
0
3
19
35
-15
2
Photo from Metro Bowls Pairs 2022
Group photo of Metro pairs Bowls tournament Saturday 11th June 2022
Runners up of the Metro pairs Bowls -Lee Ryan in the middle of the photo having just presented Eric Gallacher and Josie Wood with their runners up prizes. A £10 multi store card each - Metro pairs Bowls tournament winners 2022
Marjorie Convey and Joe Meehan with the trophy cup and a £15 multi store card each with Lee Ryan in middle of the photo having just presented the winners - Metro pairs Bowls tournament winners 2022
If anyone is tempted to join us or just wants to know more about blind and partially sighted bowls, please get in touch with Wilbert Williams Contact: wilbert.wwilliams@outlook.com or call 07956 352 199
48 bowlers enjoyed four days of glorious weather, great bowling and good company at this, the 10th Anniversary Tournament, hosted by Clarence Bowling Club, with support from Lions Club members.
The Saturday night Social and Quiz raised in excess of £100 and, after more was raised in Sunday’s Spider, £176 is being donated to Weston Hospicecare.
Thanks, as ever, go to Bernie Robinson for raising over £1000 from the raffles. Such raffle money keeps entry fees down for the players and allows us to pay the green fees necessary to support Clarence and Wessex LBC members to provide such great playing surfaces.
Results
Best non- medaling Lady: Sarah Marshall ( Berkhamstead )
Open section winner: Toby Warren (Swansea)
Runner-up: Jon Cox (Swansea)
Bronze Medal: Phil Dutton (Taunton Deane)
B1 winner: Keith Brenton (Gateshead)
B1 Runner-up: Eric Gallacher (Metro, London)
B1Bronze Medal: Margaret Cusker (Rugby)
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VIBE National indoor pairs bowls tournament report
Three Metro pairs descended on Nottingham hoping to win the annual VIBE indoor pairs competition. They were, initially, to play four games each against randomly selected teams.
Maritza Jurgens and Wilbert Williams fought hard particularly as Maritza had to get used to playing as a B1 for the first time. Her son is also having to learn as a director.
Gause Khanmuzaffarul and Steven Simmons played together. A formidable partnership. However, they were to play against stiff opposition. They failed to accrue sufficient points to get into the top four in order to try and win the main competition. Both of these pairs then found it hard going in the plate competition, not quite managing to finish in the top two.
However, Maureen and David got a slightly more comfortable draw. They won their first two matches comfortably. Then they had to play Maritza and Wilbur which proved to be more difficult, but they managed to win by 3 shots. In their last game Maureen and David played against the eventual winners, who had also won all 3 games. After a tight match the Metro pair managed to fall over the line.
This meant that Maureen and David qualified to play in the top four. They then had to play the eventual winners once more. In what was otherwise a close game Maureen and David managed to drop 8 shots in one end.
In such a short match this was a disaster. Sadly, their second top four match was curtailed due to the unfortunate ill-health of one of their opponents. Therefore, our pair won by default. This meant that they needed to win their last game to finish runners-up. Despite some controversy on a couple of ends Maureen and David prevailed.
The hospitality at the venue was, as ever, excellent. We are grateful to all those who provided support. It is also nice to report that their were a few new VIBE bowlers at the tournament.
Photo above of Maureen Ryan and David Mears [Metro] Receiving their runner up medalsreport by David Mears
We regret to inform you that the Thursday indoor bowls sessions at Brixton will be cancelled with immediate effect; until further notice. This is due to the current health situation.
Metro Blind Sport advises checking the latest government Coronavirus advice: link here and the NHS advice on infection control: NHS Advice
Metro Weekly Blind & Partially Sighted Indoor Bowls
Why not learn how to play Bowls, join us, enjoy the warm friendly atmosphere with some new friends!
Every Thursday to the middle of April 2020, with a break for Christmas and the new year. Time: 4.00 pm – 7.00 pm Venue: Brixton Leisure Centre, 27 Brixton Station Rd, Brixton, London, SW9 8QQ Contact: Wilbertwilliams433@msn.com or call 07956 352 199
If anyone is tempted to join us or just wants to know more about the game, please get in touch with Wilbert Williams
Blind & Partially Sighted Indoor Bowls in Brixton video
Volunteers wanted
If any Members or partners would like to help the bowlers at the station collections or volunteer at the bowling sessions, they would be warmly welcomed.
Blind and partially sighted bowls videos below
Bowls for blind and partially sighted people
Bowls is a game which is very suited totally blind and partially sighted players, as only very minor adaptations need to be made. Vision impaired bowlers can play singles, pairs, triples or in teams of four. There is no reason why vision impaired bowlers can’t play against fully sighted players and they often do. It is a sport for people of all ages.
Although this skilful and fascinating game has been around for centuries, it was not until 1959 that the bowls started rolling for the blind, in Scotland.
Today, we use the ‘clock method’. The ‘marker’, who is stationed beyond the ‘jack’, indicates to those at the mat end, at what angle and distance from the ‘jack’ the bowl has come to rest.
The ‘jack’ is the centre of the clock. So, six o’clock would be in front and twelve o’clock behind, with all other positions being relative to the clock. From the information given by the ‘marker’ the player can build up a mental picture of the ‘head’ (area around the jack), knowing exactly the position of each bowl.
The only small concession made to blind players is that a fine white centre string runs under the mat and is fixed at both ends. This is to help the bowler to judge the angle for the amount of green required.
These minor variations enable blind and sighted people to play together as they do not alter in any way the basic game (or the Bowls England rules).
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