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The Welsh Pair got off to a truly inspried star t and were up by 15 6 after ten ends, however this was clawed back in no uncer tain terms to 16 16 after four teen Dan and Jarrad held on for the win, even after the English pair had one bowls to force the extra end it went wide Dan then followed up this success claiming the Welsh National Open Singles Championship (pictured right)
To star t the success, and having won the Commonwealth Games Pairs Title four years ago on the Gold Coast with par tner Marc Wyatt, he reapeated the feat with Jarrad Breen in a competitive final against English pair Sam Tolchard and Jamie Walker
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Dan Salmon has really been on top form this Summer, bagging a couple of titles to add to his ever growing collection.
Wales now has the four pairs above going to the British Mixed Pairs day in early October
Crown Green Mixed airs qualifier
NEWS IN BRIEF 2 WELSH BOWLER AUTUMN/WINTER 2022 WELSH BOWLER is an independently produced magazine for the benefit of all Welsh bowlers The editorial and advertising views expressed in any section of this magazine are not necessarily the views of the publishers Whilst ever y effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the details herein, the publishers can accept no responsibility for such No part of this magazine may be used,reproduced, stored and retrieved without prior permission of the publishers All correspondence and any views should be sent to: WELSH BOWLER, 3 Biddenden Way, Istead Rise, Gravesend, Kent DA13 9DE Tel: 01322 352648 Email: info@bljournals plus com Web: www welshbowler com Editor: S Kane , Sales Manager: A Puttock Publisher: D Peters Contributors: G Hughes, M Flanagan, H King @WelshBowler RTB Ebbw Vale Car r ut hers C hamp io ns RTB Ebbw Vale have once again excelled themselves and become Carruthers Shield Welsh Club Champions for a second year running Congratulations to all concerned. Cham eleo n pair take take Disability Pair s title Our warmest congratulations go out t o M i l l i e a n d N a o m i f r o m Chameleons Bowls for their win in the We l s h D i s a b i l i t y P a i r s a n d Llandrindod Wells recently. B O WL I N G G RE E N S U RR OU ND S • DITCH UNITS in GRC and CONCRETE • DITCHFILL - infill material • ASTRO TURF • LOOSEFILL - infill material • ARTIFICIAL GRASS • BOWLERAMP • RINK NUMBERS • PROTECTION NETTING for bowls greens • NET BAGS for loose infill materials in ditches EMAIL: rich@greensandleisure.co.uk WEB: www.greensandleisure.co.uk ‘The complete supplier’
y was much great er this year for the Mixed Pairs qualifier and Welsh final day held at Craig y Don BC at the end of August, with 17 mixed pairs cont ending on the day. The event was ably refereed by DT Evans, Alan Davies, Ar thur Peake and Richard Haywood
The early stages saw Nicola Boulton and Tom Loundes gaining an excellent win 21 11 in their first game Paul and Marie Hallett also progressed to the next round along with Gar y and Sian Maddox, and Linda Williams with Ritchie Jameson These were the four that made it all the way to the semi finals
In the semis, Linda and Ritchie played the Halletts, who were also showing excellent form Marie, playing at the back for most of the day came up with some cracking shots, thus securing winning ends and sealing their place in the final Nicola and Tom played were also in great form, beating Sian and Gar y Maddox to secure their place
In the final there was some truly great bowls on show, but Nicola and Tom were in devastating form Paul and Marie played well and tried to ‘hang in’ but Nicola and Tom ran out victors by 21 shots to 7.
Newtown's Welsh Under 25 International, Ben Evans, defeated Sol Jones of Kerr y Bowling Club 21 12 to win his 2nd successive Under 25s Singles
Machynlleth Bowling C l u b c o m p l e t e d t h e d o u b l e b y b e a t i n g K e r r y 9 7 5 8 i n t h e
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Montgomer yshire Bowling Association Senior Singles champion after beating Newtown's Mer vyn Jones 21 3 Dai went on to lose in the final of the Welsh Senior Singles 21 19 to Llanelli's Mar tin Rober ts
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C h a m p i o n s a f t e r c o m i n g f r o m behind to defeat
Af t er some wonder ful t our naments and some tremendous bowls per formances across the County, pictured below are the Mongomer yshire County Champions. Congratulation t o all involved.
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Montgomer yshire County Bowling Association 2022 Championship results
The Berriew triple o f J o h n D a v i e s ,
League Cup Final at President Mike Morgan's club Carno Machynlleth had earlier won the League finishing undefeated and 10 points ahead of second place Berriew Pictured with the League Cup trophy is the Machynlleth team with captain Mark Rowlands (pictured front row, 3rd from right)
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The Berriew triple of John Davies, Tony Croft and John Davies are the 2022 Senior Triples champions after a 22 11 victor y against their Llanfair Caereinion opponents
To n y C r o f t a n d John Davies are the 2 0 2 2 S e n i o r Tr i p l e s c h a m p i o n s after a 22 11 victor y against their Llanfair Caereinion opponents
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Open Fours Club the Open Fours the Machynlleth
John Thompson, Peter D a v i e s , E l w y n Morgan and David Wa t k i n s f r o m M o n t g o m e r y defeated the Senior Rink of Berriew's Tony Croft, Del Gittins, Rob Hamer and John Davies 21 16 to win the 2022 title
Pictured with the Under 16 trophy is Kerr y's Henr y Davies who defeated Montgomer y's Finley Watkins 2 0 in a tie break after both had won a set a piece (9 6, 4 10, 2 0)
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The home team, playing at Caernar fon had some extremely good results, making it a ver y difficult place for teams to visit Congratulations to all our young bowlers who took par t
Pentyrch versus Cardiff Athletic again....
Af t er a ver y wet third meeting of the season for the two clubs back in July lef t Pentyrch with three wins, Cardif f Athletic must have been rightly concerned about their four th meeting of the campaign recently in Cardif f. However, after the recent Pentyrch dominance, Cardiff Athletic finally chalked up a win The three rinks skipped by skipped by Mark Krawiecki, John Davies and Peter Stuar t lost for Pentyrch and Cardiff ran out winners 20 19 by one shot at the final end
The championship was won by a ver y dominant Yorkshire team, who were many people’s pre championship favourites, but the Welsh team (pictured above, away and home) was just pipped to second place by a ver y creditable team from Shropshire
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As well as working with local clubs, b4b’s software developers were recently commissioned by the spor t’s national governing bodies, Bowls England and the EIBA, to create bespoke competitions por tals to help streamline admin and improve the player experience b4b have also worked at county level, developing systems for both the Essex and Sussex County Bowling Associations Alistair Hollis, Head of Spor t Development at Bowls England, said: “We have been delighted to work with Bowlr to develop our competitions por tal over the past few years We now have a robust system that enables us to manage our events from the first round to the national finals The team behind Bowlr is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the spor t, which makes all the dif ference ”
Software developers hope to revolutionise the world of bowls
A smar tphone app is also currently in the works, which will give players complete control over their club membership and rink bookings at the touch of a button It will also make communication between club management and members even easier
Anthony Tilley, MD of b4b, says: “It’s been an honour to work with some of the spor t’s biggest names We have ambitious plans for growth, and within the next few years we want to be in as many bowls clubs across the UK as possible. We also plan to take on the international market ”
Ken Joy, Club Manager at Dolphin Indoor Bowls Club (England’s largest indoor bowls club, and the first to star t using Bowlr) says: “Bowlr has completely revolutionised how we run our club It simplifies pretty much all of our admin, and our players love it too It’s been great to work with Bowlr since the ver y beginning, and we ’ re excited to see it continue to go from strength to strength ” www.b4b.co.uk
With their unique management sys t em and competitions por t al, UK based sof tware, web and marketing agency b4b has transformed the world of bowls for club adminis trat ors and players alike.
The company ’ s proprietar y system, Bowlr, has already been rolled out to over 110 bowls clubs nationwide, and shows no signs of slowing down Billed as a membership and league management system for indoor and outdoor bowls clubs, Bowlr streamlines club admin, provides a simple platform for running competitions and leagues, and lets players manage their bookings from anywhere using their mobile device.
Excitingly, the Bowlr system also has applications for other spor ts clubs, such as curling and netball Anthony adds: “The possibilities are almost endless, and we see the Bowlr system being an established fixture in the wider spor ting world ”
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6th 6 00pm, Quar ters and Semis, U25s Singles, Mer thyr Tydfil
11th K O Cup 1st Round
29th Open Singles 2nd and 3rd Rounds, Mer thyr Tydfil.
8th 3 00pm, Final Over 60s
5th U25s International Team Practice
12th 10 00am Open Pairs 2nd and 3rd Rounds
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Roughly even numbers feel that the current structures and communications are working to those who feel that real changes are needed
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• Despite this, a majority either expressed a view that the spor t will not be sustainable without changes, or did not know if it would be sustainable
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• It is not always clear enough ‘who does what’ from clubs, to NGBs and BowlsWales itself
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• There is a great deal of enthusiasm for change and modernisation within the spor t
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A number of respondents also shared specific suggestions on competition and league reform, modernisation of the spor t, how to make the spor t more welcoming and how best to engage younger people Concerns and barriers to par ticipation have been raised including a lack of information, cost and availability of facilities. We will be looking at all of this in more detail. As ever, please do get in touch if you would like to share any suggestions, comments or concerns ”
Review of bo wls in Wale s - a pro g re ss u pdate fro m Bo wlsWale s
6th 2 00pm, Semis, Over 60s
8 t h 1 0 . 0 0 a m , F i n a l U 2 5 s Singles, Mer thyr Tydfil
12th Open Singles 1st Round, Cardif f, Por t Talbot Llanelli, Frith
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Fours, Mer thyr Tydfil
13th, 14th, 15th BIIBC Under 18s International 21st K O Cup Semi Final
26th 10 00am Open Triples 2nd & 3rd Rounds.
In case you have missed it, this is a reproduction from the BowlsWales websit e (www.bowlswales.com) of t h e g e n e r a l p r o g r e s s u p d a t e o n t h e o n g o i n g complet e review of bowls across the Principality. It is something that will, in the long t erm, benefit us all, so is well wor th the read.
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“First of all, a huge thank you to ever yone that has expressed an interest in the review so far and, in par ticular to the nearly 600 of you that took the time to complete the sur vey The sur vey has provided a ver y rich set of data to analyse and to shape the next stages of the review To those of you who shared email addresses and asked to be kept informed, more detailed repor ting and analysis will be shared with you as we get fur ther into the process In addition, we will be in touch to invite you to a series of public meetings which will form a par t of the review process in the coming months We are ver y open to your suggestions on who should attend these meetings please feel free either to nominate yourself, to suggest other contacts, or both of these Our plan is to host meetings on a regional basis with at least one in Nor th Wales, one in South West Wales, one or two in South Wales Central and South Wales East and another in Mid Wales if there is enough demand.
In the meantime, here is a snapshot of key findings from the sur vey:
Clubs remain the biggest source of advice, information and suppor t
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Over time, the change becomes noticeable, and one Club Treasurer remembers standing under the canopy by the clubhouse during heavy rain and watching the green filling with water It became sodden, unplayable and left fifty or more members without playing facilities until it dried out This all too frequent cancellation of matches causes severe loss of summer revenue
Flooded green
It is a common problem. S t anding wat er and even severe wat erlogging on bowling greens brings miser y, with play being halt ed and of t en for long periods of waiting for them t o drain. Normal aeration is fine for maintaining the per fect sward for bowling but in many cases the problem goes much deeper One club estimated that spanning sixty years, more than fifty thousand people have walked over the club green, not to mention the use of heavy machiner y for mowing and, indeed, aeration Gradual compaction occurs and the deeper it gets, the less likely regular treatment such as Ver tidraining will relieve the area after rainfall At another club, the green had seen ninety years of play and, as is typical of many greens, it was built on shale
These are just some of the instances seen by deep aeration specialists, Terrain Aeration Ser vices, over their thir ty seven years of treating bowling greens They know the problem lies deep below the sur face and have developed their machiner y to reach a depth of one metre and break up the compaction Their Terralift machine is able to negotiate narrow accesses to greens and work with minimum disruption It hammers a hollow probe to one metre depth and releases a blast of compressed air to fracture and fissure the soil On the tail end of the air blast, dried, milled seaweed is incorporated, and this seaweed, over a period of time, expands and contracts with the moisture content in the soil, similar to "breathing" underground, which helps to keep the fractures open longer The probe is removed, and the process repeated using two metre centre spacings on a staggered grid pattern This grid ensures that each probe shot links with the previous ones, creating an underground system of drainage with no damage to the green above The probe hole is backfilled with an aggregate to provide a long term aeration/ventilation shaft, allowing air and water to percolate into the fissures The top 1" 2" should then have a cap of normal top dressing to encourage the grass to grow over the holes
It is not as if they have not followed normal procedure, with hollow tining regularly carried out and solid tining done six times a year
Dee p aeratio n to cu re bo wling g reen b lue s
The result is an improved healthier root system, a healthier sward as well as less disease damage to the tur f There is no mess, they can carr y out treatment mid season, should the green be too waterlogged to play, but other wise pre or end of season is the best time Once a bowling green has had this deep aeration treatment, the process would not be required again for many years 12 to15 years perhaps say Terrain Aeration, so it is also cost effective as well as long term The club can continue with their own top sur face aeration treatment as normal, with their spikes/tines linking to the Terralift machine's fractures www terrainaeration co uk
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The Astro Drakes Pride Bowls Shoes are the ultimate in terms of their design, comfor t, style and technology
They feature a soft EVA midsole which allows for light, flexible and resilient cushioning, and the hard wearing micro grip rubber outer single piece sole sur face makes this shoe truly heel less and Bowling Green friendly The extraordinarily soft and luxurious EVA innersole also features a feather weight, form fitting, vir tually seamless microfibre flyknit upper providing the ultimate in compor t, flexibility and breathability
Superb looking bowls bag, complete with 2 bowls bags, an extra strong pull handle (rated to 25kgs), and water and tear resistant high quality fabric, this makes the CX extremely good value Made from 800 denier rip stop material, complete with 2 x 2 bowl bags that you take onto the green, turn upside down and presto, your bowls are ready to play No more risk of dropping them on a concrete path Comfitpro have also developed a moulded base for strength and lightness
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‘The bowls bag of bowls bags’ No other bag on wheels comes anywhere near Complete with two registered design bowls bags that protect your valuable bowls, you can unzip them and turn upside on the green and your bowls are ready for use No fear of dropping bowls between the green and the bank The LX uses 800 denier rip stop material, is supplied with a UV20 and waterproof cover, has specific space for wallet and phone together with a purpose made bottle holder The compar
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Henselite Ladies HL74 Sports Bowls Shoes with IMPACT X Technology has part breathable high sole
Introducing the Nir vana Aeros latest shoe which is the most comfor table bowls shoe you’ll find Designed specifically to be worn on the Green, and in a fitting to suit the widest to the narrowest foot Superbly comfor table with a cross section mesh designed to give suppor t, flexibility and keep the foot cool £74.95 Ladies
for ease of use and you’ll never be shor t of storage in this luxur y bag Available in blue or maroon
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Superbly comfor table with a cross section mesh designed to give suppor t, flexibility and keep the foot cool Smar t enough to wear to the shopping centre and comfor table enough for all day on the green £74.95 Ladies
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Bowls shoes you've ever seen They are quite simply unique Fashionable and look stunning with grey or black trousers They have a lightweight outer sole too making the whole shoe extremely comfor table to wear Available in black, white and raspberr y £49.99 Aero
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