We had a roll up on Saturday morning with many of our new members joining us for their first taste of a full match. 4 triples teams and 2 pairs played in three close matches followed by tea and biscuits. A thoroughly enjoyable morning which hopefully will be the first of many for our new members.
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A beautiful day for our home match against Topsham, who brought the sun and a touch of colour to our green. Some of the matches were closely fought but sadly the final score was not in our favour but we all enjoyed the afternoon.
We would like to extend a warm welcome to the following new members of our club. They have all joined after attending our Open Day.
Wendy Brookes, Chris Silverthorne, Derek and Ann Simmonds and Steven Humby We hope this will be the start of a happy and rewarding bowls career. Our open day was a great success, the sun shone and the club looked at its best. We had well over 40 visitors who thoroughly enjoyed the experience with comments such as "that was great fun" and "I am looking forward to coming back and giving it another try" And a first for us - Tony Mackness (our Club Captain) was interviewed live on air by Richard Green of BBC Radio Devon. If you want to hear it please click on the link and listen to Tony at about 1 hour 35 minutes into the report
We were welcomed by St Thomas yesterday on a beautiful warm and sunny afternoon. Budleigh were ahead at half time. Unfortunately the game was cut short as one of their team was unwell. We wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing them again later in the summer.
Budleigh Beavers got their Exeter and District Triples League season started with a fine overall home win against Hemyock 34-23. Andy Skudder, Les Gay and Bryan Membery were always in charge with an impressive 22-9 win whilst Ted Shanahan, Brian Ward and Terry Flynn fought a close match just losing out 12-14.
The Budleigh Otters played local rivals Phear Park with a close encounter on both rinks. Paul Griffin, Andy Cardy and David Roberts held their nerve to run out 21-19 winners whilst Martin Creed, Norman Upchurch and Peter Cooper lost 15-18. The Otters sit second in division 3 and travel to top of the league Cullompton in their next match whilst the Beavers host Ottery Eagles. It was a beautiful day for a visit to our friends at Ottery St Mary for our first friendly away match of the outdoor season. Always a pleasure to play at their friendly club and they made us welcome as usual. An enjoyable game resulted in overall victory for Budleigh, well done everyone!
Westlecot brought teams from the Swindon area to play at Budleigh Salterton on a stunning, warm, spring afternoon, on their annual tour of the East Devon clubs.
We always enjoy their company, with their good humour and friendliness. It was our first touring team visit of the year and it was an enjoyable afternoon in the spring sunshine, Budleigh prevailing at the end on this occasion. We are already looking forward to welcoming them again next year. Budleigh Bowls Club opened their Outdoor Rinks on Saturday 20th April, and 40 members enjoyed a sunny and warm afternoon of bowls. 2 competitions were played, the first of which was a Spider competition. This involves the Jack being placed in the centre of the Green and the players stand around the outside perimeter with a single Wood. The Woods are all released at the same time and the winner is the player whose Wood ends up closest to the Jack. Several Woods came to a rest within inches of the Jack and, after a measure, the Wood belonging to Nick Jones was declared the Winner. The Members then played a Round Robin Competition in teams of 4, with the 10 teams playing each other over 2 Ends. After nearly 3 hours of the play the winning team by a margin of only 2 Shots was Robin Grenyer (Skip), Andrew Baker, Evelyn Crook and Margaret Ringsell. "Considering the volume of rain over recent weeks, the Green was remarkably dry, and I want to thank our groundsman Mark Perrett and his team for all their hard work that enabled us to play." On 16th April the bowlers played their final Indoor competitions of the season. The morning competition was won by the team of Margaret Alverez, Peter Caspar, Chris Woodward, and Anne Workman. In the afternoon, the winners were the team of Clive Paul, David Owen, Mike Turff, and Stuart White. “I would like to thank Budleigh Bowls Club for hosting our weekly sessions, which have proven to be very popular and enjoyable. Tony Mackness and Mike Clark have ensured the sessions run very smoothly and have provided valuable assistance to the many new bowlers who have joined the group”. Another very successful quiz last night. The proud winners are displaying the wonderful shiny new trophy. The Indian meal went down very well and the quizmaster did a superb job of compiling the questions again and keeping us all in order and entertained. There were a couple of contentious questions, but he managed to quash the mutiny before it really took hold. Thanks to all for a lovely fun evening, to Kath and Tim for serving the food and to Deirdre and Tony for their help in organising the diners.
Congratulations to all the winners of our 2024 Internal Competitions and thank you to everyone taking part.
Last match of the season today and a good one for our teams against the friendly Topsham crowd. The result was a draw on one rink and a 21-9 win on the other. Well done to all and look forward to seeing Topsham outside soon.
Budleigh played a return friendly match at Honiton against the same team as visited the Budleigh Club recently. After a closely fought match on one rink, the result was a Budleigh win overall. It was a very enjoyable match and well done to all.
Our first quiz night, with a sausage and mash supper. A thoroughly enjoyable one as well. Well done to Kath and Tim for the lovely hot food and Andy and Brian for manning the bar. Special thanks to the entertaining but harsh quizmaster John who did a splendid job of keeping the momentum going.
Chardstock were our guests on Saturday 27th and we enjoyed a friendly game with good humour, despite their loss to us on both rinks. Well done to all and thanks to them for travelling all that way.
A good social afternoon match against the friendly teams from Honiton, who are always a pleasure to host and after two well fought games, it resulted in a win for the Budleigh teams. Well played everyone!
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