EBA Fixtures 2011

Wed 4th May Norbridge Z Away
Wed 11th May Sproughton Home
Wed 18th May Ipswich BC Away
Wed 25th May Earl Stonham Away
Wed 1st June Norbridge A Home
Wed 8th June California Away
Wed 15th June Margaret Catchpole Home
Wed 22nd June Norbridge Z Home
Wed 29th June Sproughton Away
Wed 6th July Ipswich BC Home
Wed 13th July Earl Stonham Home
Wed 20th July Norbridge A Away
Wed 27th July California Home
Wed 3rd Aug Margaret Catchpole Away

2011 Season

Saturday 23rd April

St Albans Townsend Bowls Club

19 Bourne Vale players travelled to Hertfordshire for the third annual match against Townsend. We all had a very enjoyable afternoon in the sunshine and there were a few red faces at the end of the day after being beaten on 5 rinks with just 1 winning rink for Bourne Vale.

Thanks must go to Townsend for allowing us to use their wonderful facilities and for their hospitality. We are all looking forward to the next meeting at the start of the 2012 season.

EBA Fixtures and Results 2010

5th May 2010 - Norbridge Z Away - Won 4 - 2

5th May 2010 - 2010 season off to a great start

Monday - the Samford team started their campaign with a 7-0 victory.

Tuesday - Federation A won their first game in Division B against California B, winning 6-1.

Wednesday - EBA are away to Norbridge Z. This is the first match back in charge for Phil Macro and we are all looking forward to hearing his winning speech.

24th April 2010 - St Albans Townsend - the Home Leg

For our opening match of the new season we hosted a friendly against Townsend. We played 6 rinks of fours and we even had a record turnout of supporters if you include the 2 dogs. Bourne Vale managed to scrape a 10 point victory and all involved had an enjoyable afternoon.

The president of Townsend Bowls Club contacted us during the week to thank us for the game and invite us back for a re-match in Hertfordshire next year.

Fire!!

Evening Star

EBA Results - 08/07/2009

01/07/09 - Margaret Catchpole - Home - WON 5 -1
08/07/09 - Ipswich Bowls Club - Home - WON 6 - 0

EBA: Second Felixstowe Fixture Postponed

Our first fixture against Felixstowe and Suffolk was moved before the start of the season to avoid a clash with the Felixstowe Tournament at the end of July. This will now be played on Weds 12th August.

Our home fixture, due to be played had to be delayed because Felixstowe had the Top Team match and Fours league on the same night... We accomodated the move, rearranging this for Weds 19th August. We have since discovered that the Top Team match was played a week earlier, and our match was cancelled due to some of the players being involved in a friendly against a touring team that afternoon. They didn't want to play twice in a day. Not sure why they lied to us, but we have reported them to the league - and we will try extra hard to stuff them 2 weeks a row!!

EBA 01/07/09: Still top (just)

Weds 3rd June - California - Away - LOST 5 - 1
California remain our bogey team. Everybody else seem to be able to beat them - even Felixstowe and Suffolk who are bottom of the league. Perhaps we will break our run of defeats when they visit us on 22nd July.

Weds 17th June - Norbridge Z - Home - WON 5 - 1
We almost lost the match against Norbridge Z. With 4 ends to go it was looking like a certain 5 - 1 loss as we were losing on 3 rinks and by 20 shots on the game. One rink was 17 - 8 down on the 14th end, but managed to pick up a 2, then a 3, then a 2, then a 3 on the last end to win the rink 18 - 17. We won 5 - 1, winning by 5 shots overall.

Weds 24th June - Sproughton - Away - WON 4 1/2 - 1 1/2
An unusual result as we drew on 3 rinks, but luckily the "late-starters" only gave an 8 point head-start and managed to win comfortably to win the match.

Weds 1st July - Margaret Catchpole - Home
This will be a tough match. There have a number of Eastern Counties/Middleton Cup players and I am sure they will be hoping to get some of the points back which we took off of them on the away leg.

League Table
....................Played...For.....Against.+ or -...Pts.
Bourne Vale............8.....572.....500.....+72......30.5
Norbridge “A”..........8.....592.....490.....+102.....30
Ipswich BC "A”.........9.....612.....580.....+32......27.5
California.............9.....613.....591.....+22......26.5
Sproughton.............9.....607.....615.....-8.......24.5
Norbridge “Z”..........8.....541.....537.....+4.......23
Margaret C/Pole........9.....563.....672.....-109.....19.5
Felixstowe & Suffolk...8.....482.....601.....-119.....19.5

EBA 31/05/09: Top of the league

Following a 5 1/2 - 1/2 win over Norbridge A last week, we have moved to the top of the table. It will be a tough match on Wednesday when we play California away.

..............................Played..For..Against..+/-...Pts
Bourne Vale................5 ...369 ....304 ...+65 ...20
Ipswich BC “A”..........5 ...377 .....309 ...+68 ...17.5
Sproughton.................5 ...346 ....328 ...+18 ...17
Norbridge “Z” ............5 ...320 ...323 ...-3 ......17
Norbridge “A” ............5 ...362 ...338 ...+24 ...16
California ....................5 ...338 ...330 ...+8 .....13.5
Margaret C/Pole .......5 ...324 ...395 ...-71 .....9.5
Felixstowe & Suffolk..5 ...291 ...391 ...-100 ..9.5

EBA Result - 20/05/2009

This week we became the first team to beat Ipswich Bowls Club this season in a very tactical battle. In our first league visit to Graham Road, we won comfortably on 2 rinks to take the match 4 - 2 and end their unbeaten run. We will be prepared for the home leg where we hope to take lots more points from them (we will have an umpire on hand).

We must keep our feet on the mat - sorry I meant ground - as we have got another tough match next week against one of the best teams in the league, Norbridge A.

Well done team.

Samford and Federation A Results

Samford
Monday 4th May - Waldringfield - Home - WON 6 1/2 - 1/2 (89 - 55)
Monday 11th May - Ipswich Hospitals - Away - WON 5 1/2 - 1 1/2 (73 - 63)
Monday 18th May - Bentley - Home - WON 6 - 1 (77 - 70)

Federation A
Tuesday 5th May - Bramford - Home - WON 7 - 0
Tuesday 12th May - Combs Ford - Away - LOST 6 - 1
Tuesday 19th May - Kirton & Fakenham - Home - LOST 7 - 0

EBA Results and League Table

6th May - Sproughton - Home - Lost 5 - 1
13th May - Margaret Catchpole - Away - Won 4 - 2

League Table - Week 3
Played For Against Diff Pts
Ipswich BC “A” 3 270 162 +108 15.5
Bourne Vale 3 227 186 +41 10.5
Norbridge “A” 3 213 201 +12 10
Norbridge “Z” 3 196 203 -7 9.5
Sproughton 3 201 206 -5 8
California 3 200 200 0 7.5
Margaret C/Pole 3 195 232 -37 7
Felixstowe & Suffolk 3 162 274 -112 4

Still to come

In the very near future you can expect:

• Samford league fixtures
• Federation A league fixtures
• Federation B league fixtures
• Photos
• Results
• News

If anybody has anything they would to contribute towards the site please e-mail me at bournevale@ymail.com

Results - Winning start

EBA Triples - Weds 29th April - Norbridge Z Away - WON 5 1/2 - 1/2
In our first match back after the winter break we managed to pick up 5 1/2 points - winning on three rinks and drawing on one. This is a great start to the league campaign and I hope that we can continue this against Sproghton tonight.

Federation A - Tues 5th May - Bramford Home - WON 7 - 0
A flawless start to the season with wins on all 4 rinks.

Contacts

Team Captains
Samford League - Monday nights - Diane Roper - 01473 689368
Ipswich and District - Federation A - Tuesday nights - Bob Gibbs - 01473 310787
EBA Triples - Wednesday nights - Phil Macro - 01473 410195

Ipswich & District - Federation B - Thursday nights - Robbie Goodchild - 07880846138

Committee
Secretary - David Nightingale - 01473 602228

Treasurer - Sam Macro - 01473 624285
Green keeper - John Roper - 01473 689368
Competition Secretary - Brian Macro - 01449 722714

Chairman - Brian Macro - 01449 722714

EBA Triples League Fixtures 2009

Leaugue Matches

Weds 29th April - Norbridge Z - Away - WON 5 1/2 - 1/2

Weds 6h May - Sproughton - Home - LOST 5 - 1

Weds 13th May - Margaret Catchpole - Away - WON 4 - 2

Weds 20th May - Ipswich Bowls Club - Away - WON 4 - 2

Weds 27th May - Norbridge A - Home - WON 5 1/2 - 1/2

Weds 3rd June - California - Away - LOST 5 - 1

Weds 17th June - Norbridge Z - Home - WON 5 - 1

Weds 24th June - Sproughton - Away - WON 4 1/2 - 1 1/2

Weds 1st July - Margaret Catchpole - Home - WON 5 - 1

Weds 8th July - Ipswich Bowls Club - Home - WON 6 - 0

Weds 15th July - Norbridge A - Away

Weds 22nd July - California - Home

Weds 12th August - Felixstowe & Suffolk - Away *REARRANGED*

Weds 19th August - Felistowe & Suffolk - Home *REARRANGED*

League Playoffs

28 - 31 August - Quarter Final - Home & Away

Sunday 6th September - Semi and Final

Norton

Sunday 10th May - West Row - Home & Away - LOST

Millenium

Before 22nd June - Marlborough - Home - LOST

Townsend Friendly

On Saturday 25th April 2009, 24 players and a number of spectators made the trip to St Albans, Hertfordshire for our first friendly of the season. Although we lost by 10 shots, we all had a great day out and were very well looked after. We are now in discussions about a return leg.

Thanks to all at Townsend for their hospitality, and to everyone involved from Bourne Vale to make the trip possible.

Welcome to our new web site

Bourne Vale Bowls Club welcomes you to it's new web site. Here you will be able to keep up to date with all of the latest news as well as photos, fixtures and results.