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Congratulations to Paul McGrath and Jim Feeley who have reached the Berkshire/Oxfordshire area Final of the National Men’s Over 60s Pairs, beating West Witney 16-18 in the Semi Final. 

They will play a team from Reading in the Final, date and venue tbc.

 

This weekend at Banbury Chestnuts, our men would love your support.

Fours: Paul, Jim, Jonathan and Ray 

Pairs: Eddie and Ray

 

 

 

 

Kidlington members have reached the semi final stages of the following:

- Men’s county pairs

- Men’s county fours

- Men’s national senior pairs

- County Australian mixed pairs

- Men’s county Allison Cup

 

Good luck everyone  

 

Both ladies’ and men’s senior fours lost in the semi finals of their county competitions but congratulations for reaching that stage.

Our Hot Shot ladies.

Ruth Clark, Mandy Rodway and Sue Feeley,

proudly displaying their certificates and badges.

 

 

Congratulations to club member John Henman who recently completed a tandem skydive and raised £703 for Thames Valley Air Ambulance.
Well done  

 

 

The chaos that is the ‘spider’ started off a fabulous afternoon of bowls with friends from across the county.
Congratulations on organising a great event Audrey Fairgrieve..

 

 

On 12th May we were pleased to host a match against a team from The Friends of English Bowling, a fundraising organisation with members across the country.  They support the sport of outdoor lawn bowls in England by funding youth development, disability bowls and as a backer of National Championships & competition events.

 

The following is their report on the day, along with photos:

 

We arrived at Kidlington on a cool but dry day. Warm clothing was the order of the day. The ladies in the kitchen had prepared an array of filled rolls which we could add to with onion, tomato or sweet pickle. Very tasty indeed.

I already knew club President Chris Cox so it was good to catch up on old times. We started proceedings with a Spider for a large bottle of Whiskey which was won by Adrian, one of the club members. The Spider proceeds were given to the Club Charity which is respite care for local children. The match proceeded in the usual fashion and the Friends prevailed with a 104 to 89 victory. We had one runaway rink and if it had not been for that, the match would have been very tight.

Once again the ladies in the kitchen were magnificent. They suffered a power cut during the afternoon but still managed to feed us on time. The roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roasties, veg and gravy were delicious followed by a cold dessert with cream. Many thanks to Sue 1, Sue 2, Mary, Jo and Sue 3 for all your hard work.

Top rink for the Friends were Brian Haines, Maddie McConomy, Steve Goff and Tony Waller. Top rink for Kidlington were Ruth, Ian, Alan & Chris.

We had 13 counties represented on the day which is an unusually large number. Thanks to everyone who attended.

Paul Robson - Captain of the day

 

 

Kidlington v Friends of English Bowling

 

 

Presentation to Kidlington President Chris Cox

 

 

Kidlingtons winning rink, Ruth Clark, Chris Cox, Alan Blunsdon & Ian Whelpton

 

 

New Club Shirts  

These will be available to collect at the pre season meeting on Tues 24th March 7pm.

N.B. Annual subs & payment for any extra shirts ordered must be paid before collection.

 

Club President, Chris Cox, has chosen to support ROSY (Respite for Oxfordshire’s Sick Youngsters) as his charity of the year.

ROSY is a charity that funds crucial at-home respite nursing and support for families in Oxfordshire with children who have life-limiting, chronic or terminal illnesses.

We hope that you will support Chris’ fund raising for ROSY throughout his year as President, if you are able.