Congratulations to the Triples team of Thomas Greechan, Mike Videgrain and Graham Thomas of St Brelades and Ross Davis of the Sun BC for for reaching the finals of the BIBC Triples and Singles tomorrow.
Best of luck to you all!
Full report of days action to follow.
The Men’s British Isles championships underway today with The Men’s Fours prelim.
It was old foes Guernsey in the way and Guernsey found themselves 16-3 down after 6 ends. Our boys came back into it but lost out 25-16.
They will now try and regroup for the Senior Fours tomorrow at 9am.
Men’s British Isles Championships
Thursday 28th June 9am Prelim Games
Pairs: England V Jersey
Senior Fours: Jersey v Wales
10am
U25 Singles: England V Jersey
Jersey Men’s singles and Triples have byes in the prelims and will contest the semi finals later in the day.
live scoring can be found at the below link
Best of luck guys!!!!
Bowls Jersey wish to share the success of the Ladies Gold Medal winning team of Chris Grimes, Lorraine Bowman, Jane Mayo and Sheila McGinnigle who returned home from Belfast with Gold in the Ladies Senior Fours! Well done girls!
Also, hearty congratulations to the Ladies Fours of Joan Renouf, Jackie Knight, Sue Cockle and Cathy Le Sueur, and the pairs of Chris Grimes and Sheila McGinnigle who returned home with silvers medals in both their disciplines.
Good Luck!
The Bowls Jersey Management Committee wish the very best of luck to all the Men competing in Leamington at the British Isles Championships for 2017 champions.
Under 25 Singles: Jared Brown
Men’s Singles: Ross Davis
Men’s Pairs: Thomas Greechan, Michael Videgrain
Men’s Triples: Thomas Greechan, Michael Videgrain, Graham Thomas
Men’s Fours and Men’s Senior Fours: Rob Clive, Alex Stewart, Roddy Macdonald, Jim Douglas
Clubs will shortly be informed that tonight’s Liz Collings game is cancelled.
Bowls Jersey have been forced to take this decision as the Ladies Series teams got disrupted by fog yesterday and the earliest flight back is 19.05 this evening.
The girls who were disrupted were forced to head to Brighton for accommodation for the night, after nothing was available in the Gatwick area.
We apologise for the inconvenience, but do not think it is in the interests of the clubs or players for this to go ahead.
Lawrence De Gruchy Games will still go ahead as planned unless agreement is reached between the two clubs.
All the team fighting well this morning at Belmont… COME ON JERSEY!
Day One of the BIWBC 2018 at Belmont Bowls Club in Belfast gave Jersey the long sought after breakthrough in the International Series they’d been looking for – unfortunately at the expense of our dear friends Ireland.
Jersey picked up a score of 1 on all 6 rinks on the first end, and never relinquished the lead. Storming into a 20+ shot lead, it was clear Ireland would fight back and so they did, eventually drawing Jersey to an agonisingly close 2 shot lead. Jersey held their nerve and pressed back on, quickly re-establishing a 10 shot lead and managing to cling on to what has been a long sought after victory in a match on this stage – and a moment the girls could quite rightly be proud of.
Team Manager Greg Davis commented on the win, “it was pleasure to watch the girls raise their game this morning and to make a real statement about Jersey’s right to be in the Tournament. 1 win in x years won’t turn away the doubters, but it’s a massive step forwards from where we have been. The girls played with such passion and enthusiasm, it was a joy to watch them in their work across all rinks – a solid team performance.”
Sunday Afternoon saw Jersey face Scotland, and whilst the overall score was disappointing, we were soundly beaten by the better team. Scotland were another class and relentless in their pursuit of shots and turning heads over. Only one Jersey rink found a winning position but Scotland skip Lorna Smith thwarted what was to be and sealed a resounding Scottish triumph. Whilst all the girls agreed the margin was incredibly disappointing, nothing could be taken away from a Scottish team who roared out the blocks and played conversion shots for fun.
Regardless of the results against Wales and England to come, Jersey will be bringing Home at least one win. This is progress. It’s baby steps towards building a compatible team who want the best for each other. The compliments received from members of all nations, particularly after this mornings win, prove we are slowly making the right decisions and we must continue to build on the more solid platform we’ve created.
Onwards, and upward! Wales in the morning 🙂
What a start Jersey have beaten Ireland 114-97 in the first game, winning 4/6 rinks, fanstastic ladies keep it going!!! Next up Scotland this afternoon
BREAKING NEWS!!!! BIWBC Update:
They have only gone and done it, congratulations to Jayne Mayo, Sheila Mcginnigle, Lorraine Bowman and Chrissie Grimes who picked up a 2 last end to win 17-16 and become Ladies British Isles Senior Fours Champions 2018. Brilliant achievement congrats ladies!!!!!
*** Flight Details ***
For all those players involved in the CI Finals 2018, the flight times are as follows:
Saturday:
Outbound BE6406 Departing 07.30 Inbound BE6434 Departing 17.50
Sunday:
Outbound BE6411 Departing 08.50 Inbound BE6446 Departing 19.10
Invoices for the flights have today been emailed or posted to all players concerned.
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