​Following a very successful indoor season, the internal competitions were concluded over the finals weekend and the finalists are pictured above. Well done to all the winners and runners up. A big thank you to everyone who took part and made it a great series of competitions.
Special thanks to Andy and Marilyn for the organisation throughout the season.
We celebrated with a buffet evening on Saturday, which was well attended, and thanks too for the excellent spread organised by Ann Simmonds and her team.

A second win on the trot for our Budleigh teams! A cause for celebration for Tony Tulett’s team as they romped home with a 20-6 victory in the match against Topsham at Budleigh yesterday. He was still on cloud nine after his victory in the semi final of the four wood championship the day before, playing in his first indoor season. Andy Skudder and Bev Ashmead completed his team. On the other rink Martyn Ashmead led his team of Martin Creed and Trevor Davey to a 16-10 victory. 
It was a beautiful sunny day and they had the entertainment of watching the grafters working in the garden outside.
Well done to all.

It was a shame to be playing inside on a glorious sunny afternoon, and the Chudleigh players looked vibrant in their matching blue kit. 
It was a lovely, friendly, but close, competitive game. At half time Budleigh were in the lead on both rinks but one of the Chudleigh sides fought back to win on their rink by one point. The other Budleigh side, skipped by Andy Skudder won by 4 points so a narrow 3 point win overall. 
Well done to all players.

A ladies team from Madeira visited us on Saturday 24th. After some close play and a win on one rink and a good catch up on the other rink, the final score was close. It was a good afternoon, the result was Madeira 33 and Budleigh 29. Well done to all those who played.

On Saturday 10th Budleigh Ladies visited Sidmouth for a friendly match. We received a warm welcome including the loan of a player to complete our team. Unfortunately Budleigh Ladies suffered a heavy defeat but nonetheless an enjoyable afternoon was had by all.

​Congratulations to our home team of David Tomlinson, Ted Shanahan, Peter Foreman and Terry Flynn as they achieved a win of 24-20 against ISCA in the Parrott Shield competition on Wednesday. The away team of David Roberts, Paul Griffin, Gerard McCarthy and Martyn Ashmead were defeated by the ISCA players 13-25, despite putting up a good fight. 
The aggregate overall a loss for Budleigh, the score was 37-45. 
Well done to the ISCA players and we wish them luck in their next round matches.

​Sidmouth sent some skilled players on Saturday to Budleigh for an enjoyable afternoon of bowls. The home team of Melissa, Bev and Marilyn won on one rink 21-16, but a defeat on the other, with Angela, Ann and Margaret, gave the visitors an overall win of 42- 28.

​An enjoyable and friendly match at home to Exonia resulted in a close victory for the visitors. Whilst the rink of Peter, Marilyn and Russ recovered from an early deficit to win on their rink, the score of the trio of Stewart, Ted and Melissa went in the other direction! Overall score was 33-30.

​A good win for Budleigh against Axminster yesterday. As the saying goes, it all changed after tea, especially on Marilyn, Russ and Stewart’s rink as they forged ahead to win 21-17.  A narrow defeat on the other rink, but an overall 35-28 victory. Well done to all.

​A well fought battle by our Budleigh ladies at Madeira yesterday but unfortunately the home team defeated them on both rinks. An enjoyable afternoon, nevertheless.

​Chudleigh came to Budleigh on Saturday for their first indoor match with us. A friendly group, looking very smart in their new matching kit. Unfortunately we were outshone and outplayed!  But an enjoyable afternoon none the less.

Budleigh traveled to Honiton for a friendly match on Sunday. We received a warm welcome from our genial hosts. However that didn't mean we had an easy game and the hosts pulled out all the stops to soundly defeat the visiting team. We look forward to a return match in the future. 

​Smiles all round before the match, and ours were still there at the end, with a triumphant win on both rinks over the Topsham bowlers 34-18. They are always good company and didn’t seem to take it too badly. It was Budleigh’s Adrian Harris’s first friendly match and he seemed to enjoy it and played very well, even though he has only been playing since May this year.
Well done to all, under the captaincy of Melissa.

​Budleigh travelled to Sidmouth for a friendly match on a rainy and gloomy Sunday afternoon. A very friendly pair of Sidmouth teams did not help to left the gloom for Budleigh who came away with a significant defeat.  The scores were quite close at the half way stage but Sidmouth found their feet and romped away on one rink and slowly built up a lead on the other to win overall. Well done Sidmouth and commiserations to the gallant Budleigh teams.

​It was the first of our internal club matches between the men and the ladies.
The ladies had won the last outdoor battle in the summer, but had struggled to gain any victories during the last indoor season.
On one rink, after several ends, the ladies had yet to score and it looked like the start of another defeat, and but gradually they crept back to a resounding 19-13 win, under the leadership of the skip, Marilyn Foreman.
On the second rink it was nip and tuck all the way, until after tea and perhaps the gents were suffering a sugar rush from too much cake, enabling the ladies to forge ahead to a 22-14 victory.
Well played everyone and well done to the ladies. It was an enjoyable afternoon with some great bowling and banter.

We are always guaranteed a good friendly game when the members of the Masonic team join us in Budleigh. Most come from Plymouth but our own star player, Gordon, always joins the opposition and does his best to beat us.  Sadly for him, not on this occasion, as we continued our winning streak against the Masons with a score of 32-29. They didn’t seem take it too badly as they enjoyed a post match drink and chat, before their long journey home.

​It was a very close first match of the season against Honiton on Saturday.
It was a friendly, jolly, but competitive game and on one rink Honiton took a substantial lead and on the other rink Budleigh did likewise. But the final result was a one point lead for Honiton. Well done to all who took part.

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.

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.