Competition Forms have been emailed or posted to all members.
If you have not received yours, please email bowlsjerseyresults@gmail.com for us to send you them again!
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Bowls Jersey Diary (DRAFT)
Now the Competition Forms for the impending 2020 season have been distributed to members, we felt that it would be prudent to publish the proposed dates for Bowls Jersey National Games.
The diary – as it is at the moment – can be found here:
In summary:
- Bowls Jersey Nationals that are British Isles Qualifiers WILL NOT commence until after World Bowls has completed.
- No games will be played until May.
- The space between rounds has been extended to allow for game re-arranging following feedback from 2019.
- Club Nights that were successfully trialled in 2019 have been spread out throughout the course of the season to be alternate weeks throughout the season rather than as a block of every Friday in July and August.
- JBC will host the Le Quesne
- St Brelades will host Island Finals
- The draft diary has been circulated and approved by ALL Club Captains.
The Bowls Jersey Management Committee thanks everyone who gave feedback to the new schemes trialled last year and hope that this years diary addresses many of the frustrations and concerns of last year have been addressed.
We wish all our members a successful, but most importantly, an enjoyable bowling season.
All Best Wishes for 2020 from the Management Committee
Ladies Selectors Required
AGM 2019 – Election of Officers
Thank you to all all those who braved the rain to attend tonight’s Bowls Jersey AGM.
Following the Election of Officers, the new Committee will be:
President: Greg Davis
Senior Vice President: Malcolm De Sousa
Junior Vice President: Jean Holmes
Junior Vice President: Raymond Baxter
Honorary Secretary: Scott Ruderham
Asst. Honorary Secretary: Kim Gallichan
Honorary Treasurer: Peter Ascroft
Competitions Secretary: Sue Cockle
Asst. Competitions Secretary: Peter Davis
Media Officer: Matt Herve
Asst. Media Officer: Ross Davis
Men’s Selectors:
Chris Andrews, Cyril Renouf, Peter Le Long
Ladies Selectors:
Gina Le Long, Vacant, Vacant
Elite Squad Applications
Members wishing to apply for the Bowls Jersey Elite Squad are reminded that applications close at the end of November. Members wishing to enter the Commonwealth Games Pathway for Birmingham 2022 must have submitted their paperwork by this date.
A quicker to load version of the pathway can now be found here.
If you are stuck with the Rankings of other Countries you have played, the Men’s World Ranking List can be found here and the Ladies World Ranking List can be found here.
If you have any questions – please email bowlsjersey@gmail.com sooner rather than later!
Deadlines for Application for the 2020 Elite Squad close at the end of November!
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COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2022
Calling all members who wish to be considered for Selection for Commonwealth Games 2022!
Please see below Presentation explaining selection criteria:
A full copy of the Bowls Jersey Pathway and Application form can be found by clicking here
If you have any questions, please email bowlsjersey@gmail.com as soon as possible – there will not be any extensions to the dates.
EBU Day 4 Report
In a slight change of style for the day, only one session of Men’s and Ladies Pairs is scheduled and competitors have a bowls free afternoon to explore Guernsey. Bowls Guernsey have kindly organised an island wide coach tour which has been accepted by many of the Countries – here at Bowls Jersey we are sure the highlight will be seeing the Jersey coastline in the far distance 😉
Good news today though – 8 points up for grabs and 8 points brought home!
The Ladies at the picturesque Delancey Park took home a commanding 2-0 victory against Spain, whilst the Men romped the first set against two very pleasant brothers from Switzerland but had to dig deep the second set as the Skipper decided he’d found his line when playing weight!
A good day for Jersey – both teams hopefully sliding slightly further up the leaderboard. Although unconfirmed, both teams were lying 6th overall before today’s play.
3 more games each of Men’s and Ladies pairs tomorrow to come!
EBU Day 3 – Mixed Fours
Day 3 for the intrepid Jersey hopefuls found them again playing at the heavier Guernsey Bowls Club, although the drier conditions did help improve the pace from yesterday – that said it was still very much up and at it Bowls!
The Jersey foursome skipped by Greg Davis with Derek Boswell, Fiona Archibald and Kim Gallichan started with an encounter against Wales. A very cagey affair in the first set saw the Crappauds sneak a 1 shot victory having been tied playing the last. In the second set, although Competitive, our Welsh friends had slightly more prowess and the spoils were shared 1 set each.
The next game was against our local rivals and hosts Guernsey – who at this point were steam rolling the competition undefeated. Fresh off a 2-0 demolition of England, the in form Guernsey players and vocal home crowd made rather mince meat of a sorry Jersey team who couldn’t find the conversion rate or consistency of their Sarnian rivals. Guernsey ran out convincing victors in a 2-0 defeat of Jersey.
The afternoon game saw Jersey play Germany – a side improving every European Championships. Although there were more humps, lumps and bumps in the rink than any other that had previously sought to challenge the Jersey quarter, some excellent draw bowls coupled with some conversions that actually came off made for a pleasant 2-0 victory to complete the day.
The Mixed Fours concludes Friday morning against a tricky debutant side from Sweden who are grabbing points off teams throughout the group. Nothing can be taken for granted here!
EBU Day 2 – Mens and Ladies Pairs
Day Two of the EBU in Guernsey saw two very soggy Jersey Teams battle it out in the Men’s and Ladies Pairs.
The Ladies, playing at the scenic Delancey Park, had a tough day on paper, scheduled to face off against Scotland, England and Sweden which wasn’t the easiest of fixtures to kick off the campaign! However, Fiona and Kim returned a handsome 8 points from their days work which included a 2-0 defeat of Scotland, a 1-1 draw with England and a 1-1 draw with Sweden. Quite rightly, the girls were very satisfied with this horde of points and brimming with confidence for the remainder of the campaign.
The Men had the joys of Guernsey Bowls Club, which started very heavy and the continued and persistent rain only made it worse. The men faced off against Spain, Netherlands and Wales. In the first game against Spain, a shared 1-1 draw could have been so much better had Davis’ bowl not dived in off the line and narrowly missed the 3 Jersey Bowls begging for promotion and instead turned in a Spanish bowl to concede the set. Against Netherlands, a commanding Jersey duo stormed to a 22 shot victory over the two sets. The Welsh were by far the masters of the soaking conditions and heavy greens, opting for full length jacks. They outslung the Jersey hopefuls who unfortunately crumbled to a very wet 2-0 defeat. Still, half the points collected for the day and 4 games remaining for both teams!
