Ringwood Bowling Club

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Weekly Bulletin 3rd May

Published: Sunday, 03 May 2026 06:10
 
It was generally a good start to the League Season with 3 Wins, 1 Loss, and 1 match cancelled. See below for full details. 

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The Club Open Days take place on Sunday 10th May and Sunday 17th May from 10.00am until 4.00pm.

Please come along and help introduce would be Bowlers to the Wonderful Game.

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The 1st 50/50 Club winner of the year, for Saturday 2nd May, is Jim Silitoe with No. 29.
The Draw was made on Friday as Doug is away.
Well Done Jim
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You can download the latest Bowls England communiqué by clicking on the following
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This is the last News Bulletin for three weeks as I will be away in Ireland. It will be back again on the 31st May.
 
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 Click on the coloured Team Names below to see the latest results and League positions.

Tuesday 28th April  NFBA Men's 1st Team at Home versus Waterside. On a cold and windy evening, the 1st Team start their League Season with a great win.Rinks 3 - 1. Shots 86 - 53. Points 7 - 1.

Thursday 30th April. NFBA Men's A Team Away versus Lyndhurst A. Also, a very good win for the A Team, in a very close game, that could have gone either way.Rinks 1 - 3. Shots 55 - 59. Points 1 - 7.

Saturday 2nd May. B&DBA Morning Mixed B Team at Home versus Poole Park Mallards. Sadly, this game was not played as Ringwood could not raise a side and had to concede the match.Rinks 0 - 0. Shots 0 - 10. Points 0 - 6.

Saturday 2nd May. B&DBA Mixed 1st Team at Home versus New Milton A. Played on a very wet afternoon with, at times, strong gusts of wind, the 1st team battled through the tough conditions to get a good win.Rinks 2 - 1. Shots 64 - 38. Points 8 - 2.

Saturday 2nd May. B&DBA Mixed A Team at Home versus Poole Park B. Suffering the same conditions as the 1st team, this match was cut down to 12 Ends. A very close game but the A Team just fell short by 3 shots. Rinks 1 - 2. Shots 26 - 29. Points 2 - 8.

 

Coming Up in the Next 4 Weeks

Tuesday 5th May. NFWBA Ladies Team Away versus New Milton Foxes. 2.00pm start.

Tuesday 5th May. NFBA Men's 1st Team Away versus Totton & Eling. 6.00pm start.

Thursday 7th May. B&DWBA Ladies Team at Home versus Braeside Butterflies. 2.00pm start.

Thursday 7th May. NFBA Men's A Team Away versus Milford on Sea. 6.00pm start.

Saturday 9th May. B&DBA Morning Mixed B Team at Home versus Pelham's Sea Horses. 10.00am start.

Saturday 9th May. B&DBA Mixed 1st Team Away versus Wimborne. 2.00pm start.

Saturday 9th May. B&DBA Mixed A Team at Home versus New Milton B. 2.00pm start.

Sunday 10th May. Club Open Day 1. 10.00am - 4.00pm.

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Monday 11th May. Delayed Green Opening. 1.00pm.

Monday 11th May. BE Men's Top Club Away versus Bournemouth. 6.00pm start.

Tuesday 12th May. NFWBA Ladies Team at Home versus Waterside 2. 2.00pm start.

Tuesday 12th May. NFBA Men's 1st Team Away versus New Milton. 6.00pm start.

Thursday 14th May. B&DWBA Ladies Team Away versus Moordown. 2.00pm start.

Thursday 14th May. NFBA Men's A Team at Home versus Lymington A. 6.00pm start.

Saturday 16th May. B&DBA Morning Mixed B Team Away versus West Moors Bees. 10.00am start.

Saturday 16th May. B&DBA Mixed 1st Team Away versus Kings Park. 2.00pm start.

Saturday 16th May. B&DBA Mixed A Team at Away versus Argyll B. 2.00pm start.

Sunday 17th May. Club Open Day 2. 10.00am - 4.00pm.

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Tuesday 19th May. NFWBA Ladies Team at Home versus New Milton Bees. 2.00pm start.

Tuesday 19th May. NFBA Men's 1st Team at Home versus Fordingbridge A. 6.00pm start.

Wednesday 20th May. BE Club Two Fours Away versus Boscombe Cliff. 6.00pm start.

Thursday 21st May. B&DWBA Ladies Team. No Match, BYE.

Thursday 21th May. NFBA Men's A Team at Home versus West Moors A. 6.00pm start.

Saturday 23rd May. B&DBA Morning Mixed B Team at Home versus Lyndhurst Lightining. 10.00am start.

Saturday 23rd May. B&DBA Mixed 1st Team at Home versus West Moors. 2.00pm start.

Saturday 23rd May. B&DBA Mixed A Team Away versus Boscombe Cliff B. 2.00pm start.

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Monday 25th May. Harry Wright Trophy. 5.30pm Start.

Tuesday 26th May. NFWBA Ladies Team Away versus Brockenhurst. 2.00pm start.

Tuesday 26th May. NFBA Men's 1st Team Away versus Lyndhurst. 6.00pm start.

Thursday 28th May. B&DWBA Ladies Team at Home versus Swanage. 2.00pm start.

Thursday 28th May. NFBA Men's A Team Away versus Fordingbridge B. 6.00pm start.

Saturday 30th May. B&DBA Morning Mixed B Team Away versus Argyll C. 10.00am start.

Saturday 30th May. B&DBA Mixed 1st Team Away versus Fordingbridge A. 2.00pm start.

Saturday 30th May. B&DBA Mixed A Team at Home versus Electric Electrons. 2.00pm start.

Sunday 31st May. BH Mixed Top Club at Home versus Fordingbridge. 10.00am start.

 If you are not playing and have a bit of time on your hands, go along and support a match.