Rinks now open for the 2024 outdoor season!

Robin Greyer, Andrew Baker, Evelyn Crook and Margaret Ringsell, pictured with Tony Mackness

Nick Jones and Tony Mackness

Budleigh outdoor season opening day

​Budleigh Bowls Club opened their Outdoor Rinks on Saturday 20th April, and 40 members enjoyed a sunny and warm afternoon of bowls.

2 competitions were played, the first of which was a Spider competition. This involves the Jack being placed in the centre of the Green and the players stand around the outside perimeter with a single Wood. The Woods are all released at the same time and the winner is the player whose Wood ends up closest to the Jack. Several Woods came to a rest within inches of the Jack and, after a measure, the Wood belonging to Nick Jones was declared the Winner. 

The Members then played a Round Robin Competition in teams of 4, with the 10 teams playing each other over 2 Ends. After nearly 3 hours of the play the winning team by a margin of only 2 Shots was Robin Grenyer (Skip), Andrew Baker, Evelyn Crook and Margaret Ringsell.

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"Considering the volume of rain over recent weeks, the Green was remarkably dry, and I want to thank our groundsman Mark Perrett and his team for all their hard work that enabled us to play."
Tony Mackness