Our postponed season opening event was very successful and attended by 27 members. The spider and round robin competitions took place on Saturday on a lovely afternoon. 
The Spider competition was won by Rosemary and the Round Robin competition was won by the team of Ted, Lynda and Ann. Well done to them. 
Thanks to Tony Mackness for all his hard work in organising the afternoon, which ran smoothly and everyone knew where they had to be and when.  Thanks also to Ann and her team for providing the tea and cakes.

​We knew our regular Quizmaster, John, was not available for our quiz event yesterday evening and after weeks of suspense, it was finally revealed who was taking his place. 
Gerard McCarthy stepped in to present an excellent quiz, with a new Dingbats round to test our mental skills even further. A new team to grabbed the prestigious trophy this time. Well done to Terry, Brian, Mike and newcomer Trevor. The triumphant smiles say it all!​

The internal indoor competitions have now finished as the indoor season draws to a close. The winners are shown above with their trophies. Well done to the winners and all who took part.

Congratulations to Les Gay, Jackey Phillips and Ted Shanahan, on their Level 1 coaching qualification. They join Andy Cardy and now the Club are proud to be able to offer the services of four qualified coaches.

On Saturday 22nd March Budleigh Salterton Bowls Club hosted their final indoor match of the 2024/25 season against 2 Mixed Triples teams from Topsham.
On Rink 1, the Budleigh team of Stewart Jackson, Marilyn Jackson and Martyn Ashmead got off to a flying start and at the halfway point of 9 Ends, the Budleigh trio had scored 12 Shots against the 2 by Topsham.The Budleigh team maintained their form over the final 9 Ends and enjoyed a win of 26:5.
Meanwhile on Rink 2, the home team of Gwen Hurst, Beverley Ashmead and Peter Foreman maintained a narrow lead from the first end and came away the victors 12:10, giving Budleigh an overall win of 38:15.
Peter Foreman, the Budleigh Skip, congratulated his colleagues on their performance and hoped they would maintain their form when they play Topsham in an outdoors fixture in May.

​Our ladies had a lovely afternoon at Sidmouth on Saturday, despite losing by 8 points overall. It was nice to see one of our previous members, Lucy, playing for the opposition.

​On Saturday 8th March 6 players from Budleigh Bowls Club travelled to Honiton to play a Mixed Triples match.The match was played over 18 Ends and the Budleigh teams got off to a flying start on an Indoor Carpet that had been stretched recently and was playing extremely fast. After 11 Ends the Budleigh trio of Tony Mackness, Jackey Phillips and Andy Skudder were ahead by 10 shots at 15:5. However, over the final 7 Ends, the Honiton team, led by Judith Broom, amassed 15 Shots, with Budleigh gaining just 2. This gave Judith's team a win of 20:17.

On the adjoining Rink the Budleigh trio of Melissa Camp, John Sheppard and Ann Vincent were proving to be a strong team and after 9 Ends were losing by just 2 shots at 5:7. The Honiton team then found their form and went on to secure 15 shots over the final 9 Ends, compared to 5 from Budleigh. This gave the Honiton trio a victory of 22:10  and an overall victory to Honiton of 42:17.
Tony Mackness, the Budleigh Captain, congratulated Judith and her players for their strong performance and looked forward to the return game.

​A closely fought game with the teams from Axminster resulted in an overall draw, with 35 shots each. Well done everyone.

So the pesky Peskies (minus Evelyn) regained the prestigious trophy last night in a closely fought battle with The Other Team. The questions confounded many, as the difficulty level had been increased by the evil Quizmaster and the high scores of previous quizzes were sadly unattainable.
Again, there were internal disputes within the teams about the answers, to be brought up at some future date no doubt, but all were friends at the end of the night.
Photo above of the worthy winners, together with the Quizmaster.

It was an enjoyable afternoon, resulting in a marginal victory for both the Sidmouth teams, but we put up a good fight!

An enjoyable afternoon, welcoming the Exonia ladies to Budleigh. But sadly the result wasn’t in our favour. 
Ann, Melissa and Marilyn had a strong start on rink 1, it was level pegging at the half way stage. A few big wins put paid to the brief lead and Exonia finished strongly.
Angela, Gwen and Marilyn on rink 2 were well behind at the half way stage but rallied well to lead going into the last end, a good 3 from the Exonia ladies meant the final score went their way.
Congratulations to Exonia and well played to our ladies!!

​A very enjoyable afternoon and thank you Chardstock for coming all that way. Unfortunately you met a couple of Budleigh teams who were on form on the day and the result was a win for the home team 51-20. 
I’m sure they will get their revenge when we meet them on their home ground in the summer.

Another full house and a successful quiz and fish and chip event last night. But there was drama at the end when the scores were totted up, as neither of the two previous winners were able to retain their previous top form and the worthy winners were Anne, John, Tim and Sue, pictured above with the quizmaster John, and Tony Mackness. Well done.
Thanks to John for the quiz and the other volunteers who helped make this such an enjoyable event.

​A great win for our ladies today against Madeira. 
A very enjoyable afternoon and a win on both rinks for Budleigh at home.
On rink 1 Lynda, Melissa and Marilyn were behind nearly all the way until the last four ends when they drew level then crept ahead and maintained that lead until the final end.
On rink 2 Annie, Ann and Gwen were trailing Madeira until the half way stage then drew ahead and never looked back.
Well done to you all.

We would like to wish all our members and families a very happy Christmas and a happy and healthy 2025. Thank you all for your valued support this year.

​Our Budleigh ladies had a very enjoyable afternoon entertaining their old friends from Sidmouth, with lots of laughs. However, the result was not so much fun as they were runners up to a stronger Sidmouth side.

​Thanks to everyone who came to our Xmas Draw and Buffet this evening and making it a such a success.  Nearly all the draw tickets were sold and the 34 prizes were gratefully received by the winners. Thanks to all who donated them, including Krispies and Saveur Restaurant. Also thank you to everyone who helped serve the food, run the bar, collect the money at the door and especially Tony Gooding who organised the draw so efficiently.

Budleigh ladies had a very enjoyable afternoon playing at Madeira, we received a lovely welcome. The result of the match was never really in doubt but we hope to prevail on our next visit.

​Work continued all last week on the replacement of the backboards on two sides of the outdoor green. It’s been harder work than anticipated but due to the stalwart efforts of the volunteers the work has almost been completed. We are so grateful for all the volunteers who have generously given their time. It is now looking so good. Nearly there!!

The prestigious quiz trophy was reluctantly handed back last night by the previous winners and the new winners are shown above. Our quiz master John, who had definitely upped the ante with the difficult questions, is pictured below. 
A good time was had by all and the curry went down well again. 
Thanks to all those who helped in organising this enjoyable event. 
Any disappointed teams will have a chance to quiz again in the New Year.