Chew Stoke Bowling Club
Match Reports and Tables
Clevedon District BA
Long Ashton
Wednesday 11 June - Home
WE WON! WE WON!
A fine evening for bowling was equalled by a fine bowling display from Chew Stoke as we won our first match of the season in the Clevedon District league.
Long Ashton is our sister club, with both clubs being founded by Don Radford, so a friendly rivalry has developed over the years.
We didn't have it all our own way as we won two rinks and lost two but took the game overall by 64 shots to 57.
So good win for Chew Stoke and well done to all the lads who took part.
We're still second from bottom in the league but are a lot closer to the next team, West Backwell, than we were.
Clevedon Prom
Wednesday 4 June - Away
A kind of moral victory as Chew Stoke won on three rinks. Unfortunately the overall match was lost by 99 shots to 68.
Next week we're at home against bottom club Long Ashton so are determined to get our first win of the season.
Congresbury
Wednesday 28 May - Home
After some heavy rain on and off for a few days the evening turned out to be fair and sunny.
We've lost heavily to Congresbury in the past so a defeat by just 13 shots almost seemed like some sort of moral victory. We claimed a win on one rink with defeats on all four others with Congresbury now sitting at the top of the table.
Along with Long Ashton we're quite a way behind the rest of the teams with just over a third of the fixtures already having been played.
Nailsea
Wednesday 21 May - Home
A tough defeat to stomach as Chew Stoke were in front coming in to the final ends. A loss of four shots on one rink, ironically our best performing rink, resulted in overall defeat by just 2 shots.
The two points gained for winning on two rinks has seen us leapfrog Long Ashton who we now lead by half a point. Both teams, however, are well adrift of the rest of the teams in the league.
A bit of encouragement in that we have a number of new bowlers joined this year who are gaining valuable experience by being "thrown in at the deep end" and playing good quality teams from other clubs.
Clevedon
Wednesday 14 May - Away
Despite what looks like a very one sided result Chew Stoke gave a good account of themselves and were close to winning on three rinks. We couldn't quite hold on and had to settle for winning on one rink and one point.
Portishead RBL
Clevedon District BA - Wednesday 7 May
A sunny but slightly chilly evening welcomed our visitors from the Portishead RBL club.
Before the game started a minute's silence was held for one of the Portishead members who had passed away suddenly that day.
Portishead have always been a good side and as expected proved too strong for Chew Stoke who, once again, had to contend with a couple of late changes to the line up.
But no excuses as we were well beaten by 100 shots to 61 with Chew Stoke only winning on one rink. 8 points to Portishead and 1 to Chew Stoke.
Unfortunately we're now propping up the table and have another tough fixture next week away to Clevedon.
West Backwell
Clevedon District BA - Wednesday 30 April
A hot and sunny day greeted the men's first fixture in the Clevedon District Wednesday night league at home against West Backwell.
As ever the green was in fantastic condition and received much praise from our visitors. A last minute crisis for Chew Stoke was averted when a couple of players had to drop out. Thanks to Allen Taylor and Steve Penfold for stepping in at short notice and making their league debuts.
Unfortunately the perfect weather wasn't matched with a perfect result as we were well beaten by 105 shots to 64. The results and table are shown below.
At least we're not bottom with one of our arch rivals Portishead RBL propping up the table.
Make the most of this Chew Stoke as we'll be lucky to stay above Portishead for long.
2024 League Results
Clevedon District BA
Clevedon District BA Over 55s League
Both teams in the Clevedon District League finished second from bottom in their respective divisions.
