EARLY SEASON
On a clear but very windy day a reasonable proportion of the club played in the Ladies v Gents. The Men won on shots 89 to 78 but the Ladies won 3 rinks to 2 rinks. An honorable draw?????  Nice to see the 4 Salters watching all afternoon. A big thank you to Dennis Burroughs for providing a buffet.

MEN’S SECTION
P.C.L.
A good start against Division 2 opponents Hayes Common winning on all 4 rinks, but one rink went into the last end 2 down but recovered to get 3 shots on that last end. Sadly the form was not continued despite winning on 2 rinks and drawing on 1 rink we lost 2 ½ to 4 ½ to Blackheath & Greenwich and then lost 1-6 to R.B.S.
Sadly Britannic House have dropped out of the league and the committee and Club’s are currently looking at how the League will now be arranged this season re promotion and relegation.

Bowls England Men’s National Top Club ( Singles, 2 Wood, Pairs, Triples & Fours – 5 points at stake).
We entered 2 teams in this competition. In the 1st round a very close encounter with Sidcup B and although we won 4-1 it did not reflect on the closeness of the game. The other team played Bromley and lost 4-1 but gave Bromley a fright as three games were very close right down to the final ends. Special mention to Tony Willis who stepped in late in the singles and only narrowly lost to Chris Smith (Kent Middleton Cup player and one of our Social members!!) and actually beat him on ends 12-9 !!

Bowls England Men’s National Club Two Fours (2 Rinks with the total shots settling the result).
Again we entered 2 teams. In the Preliminary round we had a good win against Bellingham and then a superb encounter with Bromley A, winning on one rink by 2 and only losing on the last end on the other, sadly by 3 to lose overall by 1. A great performance against a strong Bromley outfit. The other team beat Bromley Town and followed it up with a convincing win against R.B.S. and now face B & G in the next round.

LADIES SECTION
Jubilee League
In the first game we had a close encounter against Hayes Common winning on one rink but losing the other rink and the overall score, going down by 4 points to 2 points. However in the next match we comprehensively outplayed Eltham and won 6-0.

KENT COMPETITIONS &LONDON & SOUTHERN COUNTIES COMPS
Now in full swing and all the best to those ladies and men competing.

BOWLERS HOSPITAL AMENITIES FUND
BHAF have now made the draw for this years competitions details of which Keith McQuitty has posted on the Ladies and Men’s notice boards together with contact details for all skips. Please would all participants make a note of the deadline for each round and ensure the results are entered on the relevant sheet as soon as possible. Good luck everybody.

PRESIDENTS DAY
A lovely early summer’s afternoon for Mike Truan’s day, 46 players and a few spectators. Irene McCulloch won the spider and the President’s team won 150 – 106, although Nick’s Picks selection was done by Mike Truan !!! An excellent meal and thanks to Dennis Burroughs and his helpers and Bryan Smith on the bar and his helpers. The raffle raised £256 and was put to the Captains chosen charity this year, Demelza.

AGGREGATES
Plenty attending every week and the winners for May are as follows :-  1st Jack Skinner, 2nd June Jones, 3rd Terry Deavall

PRIZE DRAW
Thanks to everyone participating for their continued support and to the new people who have joined in this fund raising scheme. The new year has now started but there are still some unsold places and anyone wishing to join should contact Peter Wakeford, Jeanette Whitehead / Malcolm Whitehead.

The following draw dates are detailed below

May                 Saturday           4th June            After the Men’s P.C.L. game.
June                 Friday              17th                 After the Mayor of Bromley’s game.
July                  Sunday             31st                 After the Civil Service game.

PRIZE MONEY REMAINS UNCHANGED

Monthly                        £100                £50                  £25                  Quarterly                      £250

                                                                                               
WORKING PARTIES & CLEANING ROTA
The Working Parties will continue through the season on Tuesday mornings  - all support welcome.
The Cleaning team are back on a weekly rota also on Tuesday mornings. If not already on the rota please ring John Potts if you are able to give up some of your time to help.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
Saturday 11th June   2-30pm Ladies Charity Invitation  
Friday     17th June   2-30pm Mayor Of  Bromley’s Game          
Tuesday  21st June   All Day Kent County Women’s Bowling Association 2 Wood Singles        
Friday     24th June   6-00pm Kent County Bowling Association Semi Finals Fours   
Friday       1st July    6-00pm Kent County Bowling Association Finals Fours 

E MAIL / WEB SITES

Keep viewing www.westwickhambc.org.uk, the men’s Kent County site www.aylesham.org/kcba
and the Ladies Kent County site www.kcwba.co.uk

E MAIL / WEB SITES
Keep viewing www.westwickhambc.org.uk + the men’s Kent County site  www.aylesham.org/kcba
+ the Ladies Kent County site www.kcwba.co.uk

Every effort has been made to ensure that the content in this Newsletter is accurate and any comments made are not necessarily the views of the West Wickham Bowling Club’s various committees. Any contributions please discuss with M. Whitehead or e mail to malcolmwhitehead47@gmail.com 

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