THE CLUB GOES FROM STRENGHT TO STRENGTH​

Despites all the normal goings and comings, the Club retains a good membership. We hope to still field 4 mens teams in the '26 season and several ladies teams. The men had a good showing in the Mens County Competions with a record number in entries in the various catagories. As mentioned before, our Club colours are admired by all and have proved very popular with the members. Don't forget you can purchase an extra shirt through the Club.​

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'TASTER DAYS'​

If you are here and not a member or a player yet, this may well interest you. The Club runs a couple of 'taster days' through the summer in various forms. The two best ones are already in place and are the following:-

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SUNDAY JULY 6th 12.00 - 4pm @ Ventnor Park

Once again, the Club had a pitch in Ventnor park in support of VENTNOR DAY , and  after a shaky start setting up in the rain, the clouds parted and the crowds came.

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​In great weather, a highly successful day was held again. Our Stall, a rink with targets and bowls, set up and run by Glen Cox and John Walker  was extremly popular with loads of adults and particulary refreshing, loads of youngsters  having a go on the 'mini rink'. Other members of the Club were on hand during the day to lend support - well done to those who bothered to turn up - and to reiterate last years editorial, shame that there were not more - same 'ol story  of only the 'stalwarts' lending support.

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 MADNESS NOW OVER

We are now at the end of the season and leagues are finished. A somewhat dissapointing performance by our teams, including the A team, narrowly missing relegation, which would have been devasting for the Club's image. The only team shining was a great effort by the mens 'B' team who have held their heads high. All final positions can be seen on the IOW Bowls website - link on our front page..

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The inter club competitions have finished, with as usual, some suprising results involving the favourites! and as predicted, a flurry of new faces appear on the Honours list.

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Unforunatley, the county competitions had no Ventnor players reaching the hallowed grounds of Leamington this year, although some of the Ladies teams and Glen Cox got very close - perhaps next year?

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The Clubs Men verse Ladies mighty battle took place Sunday 27th July. A round robin format was organised by Johnny Walker and proved a fun event once everyone understood it, even if some never did! A narrow win for the Men proved unpopular as ever! A very nice buffet was provided by the members and had a continental slant this time - very nice touch.

 

Our tourist matchs our now finished for this year, and please honour your stewards duties when we open again for 2026 season. We are fell down on club members not turning up to do thier spots and apart from a bad impression on themselves, its not good for the club. We have to have someone on duty to keep within the position of the Councils rules about offering services to the public. SO PLEASE TURN UP!

 

THE GREEN is without doubt the envy of so many! No doubt all members will be keen in taking part of the winter rota for keeping the green whipped and swept so that we will benefit next year.

 

"Do you mind if I roll up your green and take it home with me?" Is one frequent remark heard from visiting players so be proud! There are a few greens you would not want to be your home ground, not mentioning Ryde of course.

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NEW PICS FOR WEBSITE

If any members have pics that are good quality sharp images that they would like to be included on the website, please contact Richard. Hopefully we will be able to get some good ones on finals day, weather permitting! especially as Richard has been knocked out of everything and will have nothing to do Finals weekend except take photos!

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TOURIST MATCH TALK

We will be doing a small report on all Tourist matches reminding the participating players what went on and letting non attendees an idea what they missed. Below are this years reports which will be here till next season.

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Fleet Social Bowls Club

Summer came to the Bowling Club a couple of months early this day and on Sunday 27th April, we hosted our first Tourist match of the season in glorious sunshine. Fleet Social Bowls Club fielded 4 rinks ( 12 players ) who, together with the Ventnor players,  enjoyed a great day on the green. Unfortunatley for them, Ventnor managed a win by a narrow margin of 6 shots 65 -59. The best winning rink for Ventnor was Glen Cox, Colin Beavis and our President-Cherie Earle.The visitors were impressed by the quality of the green, commenting on that it was they best they had played on, a remarkable feat considering it is only April!. Let's hope this win is an omen for the rest.​​

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Bowlers on Tour

Bowlers on Tour were our next tourist opponents and  once again were welcomed onto  the green in bright sunshine on the  4th May. This time, however, Ventnor came second to a losing score of 126 - 106. The opposition were an almalgamation of several clubs with one or two very good players included! Again though, very good company and a great afternoon was enjoyed by all. Ventnors winning rink - ie  'best scoring rink' was Sandra Adkins, Rowan Bayliss, Roger Balmont and Steve Gallop - well done!. After the game, a good raffle was held by Glen, and a busy bar run by John Walker was well patronised. A big thanks to all the helpers from the Club on the day.

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Waveney Bowls Club​

Picked another sunny day for Waveney Bowls Club to visit us., Actually they were an almagamation of several clubs, and at an an unusual time and day too - Saturday 31st May at 10.am. We never have Tourist games on a Saturday due to league matches and morning matches are rare too. Anyway, we lost! with the visitors gaining 118 points to Ventnors 95. It was a great morning in good company and as usual, a fine raffle was organized by Glen. A big thenks to all that helped on the day in with various duties. We did have, as usual, a winning rink and well done to Glen Cox, Colin Nigh, Cherie Earle and Ben Scutt. There were some awards for the worst losing rink but we havn't time to discuss that now.

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Page Bowls

Page Bowls were welcomed onto the green once again by Cherie, our President, in fabulous sunny conditions , we seen to order this weather for all our visitors! Ventnor proved the stronger side once again and the score was 110 Ventnor - 90 Page Bowls. All Tourist matches are played in good spirits, and this was another example of bowlers have a good time in good company. Our top rink was Cherie Earle, Tanya Rynaldi, Glen Cox and John Walker. As usual, thanks to all the stalwart helpers who made the day possible.

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Yeovil Bowling Club

Somebody must be looking after us. Yeovil Bowling Club arrived in the afternoon sunshine to make it thier 3rd visit to us for a match. Not sure about the results in the past, but they were on a very narrow losing side this time -  Ventnor 104 - Yeovil 101 - Phew! There were some good close games and once again, our president resided on Ventnors best rink, being Glen Cox, Cherie Earle, Trevor Hooley and Jan Bentley. We are going to have to sabotage that rink somehow in the future! There are no more Tourist matches now 'till September, So when they come up, be sure to support as there are quite a few that month. Thanks to all the various bods who help make the day go smoothly.

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Datchworth Bowling Club

'STORMY WEATHER' as the song goes - heavy rainfall, moody skies, blustery winds, it was all going on in the morning, but behold, the bowling Gods looked down, and once again our visitors, Datchworth Bowling Club, enjoyed the sun and the  best of the weather that the Island can give. It also helped in them  giving us a hammering 107 - 85! Only 2 of our rinks won, one by 1 shot and one by 2 shots, giving the best rink to the Family of  Ian Saunders, Roger Belmont, Judy Saunders, and sharing the fourth spot was Harry and Riley, both under 14 and looking like future stars of the green - a proper family affair! Well done to all those that worked and supported the day with the various chores and jobs.

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Suffolk County

It seems like a song to be quoted every tourist match now. 'ITS NOT UNUSUAL' springs to mind as the weather seems glorious everytime we have a tourist bowls match. Suffolk County is a conglomeration of quite a few different clubs and naturally fielded quite a strong team, however; having lost none of their tour  matches at all so far, Ventnor managed to squeeze a mighty victory by one shot !!!!!!! , the score being 96-95.  Well done Ventnor, they were a strong team. Our top winning rink was Chris and Cherie Earle, Maurice Kane and Ben Scutt. They were a good crowd of players and the bar was well patronised, thanks again to all the hard work put in by helpers especially the ground staff as the green was under water in the early mornig and the storms had blown at least three bags of pine needles and rubbish onto the green as well.

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Royal Household BC

Well, we kept up our rather fantatic weather that we keep offering our visitors but we ran out of winnig lick this time. Maybe the song 'Whoops, we did it again' is probably apt as went down 106 to 116 - actually not too bad really. Our top winning rink was a triples format, comprising Derek venier, Keith Bishop and Colin Nigh. The bar did very well, run by John Walker and all the other jobs done by various bods. Well done to them all, there is a real lot do do for these matches - special thanks to Kate for organizing a buffet lunch taken beforehand for the visitors. Once again too, our green was highly praised for its condition and playability.

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Kent Past Presidents Tour

This one had a different twist. Seven rinks were played and all but one were men. Fine weather prevailed again but it didn't help us! There were some close games but the final score showed where we were pummelled again 103-114. There was some irony involved as the best winning ( and only winning ) rink was the one comprising all the ladies, especially as it was a mens tour. Well done to Tanya Rynaldi, Judy saunders, Rose Holmes and Jenny Fawcet. The green was praised ( yet again! ) for its playing so well and every one was thanked for their part in making the day.

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Carlshalton Bowls Club

Well, it had to come to an end sometime! The heavens opened up and although we dodged in and out of the heavy downpours, it was finally abandonded after about 4 ends when a member of the visiting club slipped over on a wet mat. He was hurt and an Ambulance was duly called and he was taken of to Hospital. Everyone then returned to the club house for a drink and a natter. A shame all round for the injured man and the rest of his Club unable to enjoy their last game of their tour.

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LINDFIELD BOWLS CLUB

Back to Normal! Our last tourist match of the year was once again held in glorious sunshine albeit a bit windy. It also produced probably our best winning result of the year - a whopping 147 - 74!. Despite a drubbing, the match was played in fine and friendly spirits. Our best rink and undoubtedly a contributee to our result was the best rink of Tanya Rinaldi, Paul Marfleet, Martin hatton and Danny McMeecham who battered their opponents by a massive some 30 points! As usual, we offered our visitors an excellent raffle organized by Glen and Tanya and hospitality by John Walker,  Loretta Dyer and Cherie Earle - our bar and teamakers.

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ALL LEAGUE RESULTS, TABLES, & COUNTY MATCH RESULTS -

For all results and info,  please click here -     https://www.bowlsisleofwight.com 

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