Tuesday16 th July
Tuesday proved to be a delightful evening for our match against Bicester which turned out to be a night of mixed fortunes for us. Phil Frenchs` squad lost despite picking up a five on the penultimate end and Joe Wright's quartet went down by two points in a fairly even game. Ian Dunn's rink were all but even after 14 ends but ran out winners by 16 points after a final charge. The Captain's band were never in trouble and romped home by a margin of 24 points to give us a 98 - 72 victory which more than made up for our three point loss in early May at Bicester.
Wednesday 10th July
League Points: Adderbury 5 Chipping Norton 1
Saturday 6th July
An overcast day at Kineton, but not enough to dampen the enthusiasm and end result. It was utter confusion from the start, they said they were 2 short which, we thought would be easy, us lending them 1 player and having 19 each, giving us 4 rinks and 1 triple. Unfortunately they had the game as 5 triples and not 5 rinks and therefore only had 13 players. Their captain had little idea of how to overcome this situation and it was left to Bryan to suggest we loan them 3 players and play 3 triples and 2 rinks with one of their rinks having only 3 players, with their lead and No. 2 bowling 3 woods and their skip 2. Eventually we started the game at 2.45pm and all rinks played 18 ends. The 3 loaned players played with the Kineton captain against Bryan's rink. They began very well and after 8 ends it was 5 all, they then must have realised who should win the game and obviously let the Adderbury captain win 17-9, very magnanimously. Chris Holmes triple battled well, but lost 7 over the last 4 ends to go down 18-8. Chris Twomey's triple were in it up to the end, but lost 2 on the last end to go down 16-13. Tom Clark's rink, who played against their 3 stayed in the game throughout but eventually succumbed 18-12. The hero was once again Malcolm Brown's triple who were always leading and romped home 26-9, giving an overall result of a win for Adderbury 76-70.
Tuesday 2nd July
Our midweek fixture was against our near neighbours across the fields at Bloxham on what was an enjoyable if not chilly night, despite our trailing in 63 points to 75. This meant that we were honours even for the season as we had a victory margin of 35 points on the home leg.
Saturday 29th June
Unfortunately West Witney could only muster 10 players for the game and so we loaned them 3 of our members and played 1 rink and 3 triples. They obviously played well, as 2 of the 3 rinks they were loaned to won their games. In fact it was a complete reversal of last weeks result whereby we won 4 of the 5 rinks last week and lost the game, this week we lost 3 of the 4 rinks and won the game. Each of the games was played over 18 ends and, because of the extremely hot weather we came off after 9 ends to sit in the shade and take refreshments, which was most welcome. We also welcomed a new bowler to our midst, Norman Oakey, who we hope enjoyed his game and will continue to turn out for us in the future. The captain had an extremely close game with his counterpart conceding 1 on the last 2 ends to go down 12-10. Chris Holmes, who played in the only rink fought back from 22-11 down after 15 ends, to lose by only 5 shots 23-18. Chris Twomey unfortunately lost 6 shots over the last 2 ends to go down 19-11. The big winners of the afternoon were Malcolm Brown's triple with Chris Skidmore and Phil French, who conceded only 4 of the 18 ends and romped home 28-8. Overall result Adderbury 67 West Witney(Plus) 62
Thursday 27th June
Adderbury v City and County A
Overall Score: 59 - 71
League Points Adderbury 0 City and County A 6
Wednesday 26th June
It was good to meet up with Old Friends from the Oxon Fire and Rescue Service for our annual game. We could have done with them bringing a fire as we played in near Arctic conditions, hardly the weather for late June. That said, we had a very enjoyable evening and ended up just scraping home by three points with a 63 - 60 win.
Tuesday 25th June
We were hosted by our near neighbours at Banbury Central on a somewhat indifferent evening of weather despite it being late June. That said, we managed a small victory by 78 points to 76 by virtue of our two successful rinks winning by seven points despite the other three all going down by four points.
Saturday 22nd June
What a pleasant surprise not having to play in either thermals or wets. The game was played in the right spirit and the end result was extremely close. Malcolm's rink claimed a one shot victory by taking 5 shots over the last 2 ends and Frenchy's rink were all square going into the last end and with the opposition holding 4 shots, with his penultimate wood he drew the jack (with a teeny weeny wick) to win the end and the game. The Captain and Chris's rinks had comfortable wins, albeit both squandered big leads near the end which proved costly in the end because although we won 4 of the 5 rinks, Tom's rink suffered a heavy defeat, winning only 4 of the 21 ends and going down by 22 shots, which meant that the overall score was 91 to 88 in Witney Mills favour.
Saturday 15th June
The weather tried again to prevent us from playing on Saturday at Carterton, but we were very lucky in that, after everyone had donned their 'wets', the rain relented after the first 2 ends and we played the remaining 19 ends without further interruption. The Captains rink had a very close game, but eventually succumbed by 2 shots. Chris Holmes rink were level at 11-11 after 14 ends, but then must have had some 'Red Bull' or other such substance and ran away 25-16 winners. Chris Twomey's rink made the best comeback, as they were 8 down going into the last 2 ends, but picked up 4 on each of the 2 ends and therefore came away with a draw. Unfortunately however Malcolm's rink had a bad afternoon and lost 27-9 - it was obviously the rink they played on!! The overall score was therefore a loss for Adderbury 67 - 78.
Thursday 6th June
Adderbury maintained their winning ways at Charlbury winning on 3 of the 4 rinks. Phil Gladdens rink picking up 7 shots on the last 2 ends to win by 3. Tom Clarks rink picked up a HOT SHOT on the 6th end and the home team struggled to recover after that.
The decision to go ahead with Tuesday's game against Wychwood B.C. was vindicated, much to the relief of the Captain, as the afternoon's heavy showers cleared away to leave a dry and sunny evening. Adderbury fielded a strong squad (we even lent them 3 players) and came out victors 78 points to 40 but Wychwood get the opportunity to extract revenge on their delightful green on 27 June.
Saturday 1st June
For a pleasant change we played an afternoon of bowls in glorious sunshine without having to wear thermals and sweaters. The overall result was even better than the 72-60 achieved when Chandos Park visited Adderbury in April, we ran out winners by 88-70. Three of the rinks were very close, the captain's rink sneaked home by 1 shot, but Tom's rink lost by 4 on the very last end and Chris, who came back from 15-5 down just lost by 1 shot. The hero of the hour was Malcolm, whose rink ran away with the game, finishing up winners by 33-11.
On Tuesday we were hosted by Middle Barton for an experimental mid-week afternoon match which thankfully was completed in the dry despite highly menacing black clouds looming up and threatening to ruin the event. We managed an honourable draw 2 - 2 on a rinks basis but lost 56 - 69 on the points system. We look forward to seeking our revenge on 6th August.
Thursday 23rd May
Tuesday 21st May
This evening was the best night of the year so far for two reasons. One, the weather was perfect with plenty of warm sunshine although it turned a bit chilly towards the end for our visitors from Byfield and two, we managed a healthy 95 - 71 win.
Saturday 18th May
Although the forecast was for showers, the afternoon turned out to be a very warm and enjoyable time with no rain at all. Unfortunately we could only muster 18 players and therefore we loaned one from the opposition and played 4 rinks and 1 triple. On the plus side we had two new bowlers playing for us, Jill Hart and David Phipps, both of whom performed extremely well and I believe enjoyed their afternoon. Every rink was very close, but I think what helped us was the break after 10 ends for tea and biscuits. Jill and David played with the Captain Bryan and sneaked home by 1 shot, Graham skipped for the first time and made a good job of it being the best rink, running out winners by 6 shots, Brian came back from 10-4 down to lose by only 2 shots, unfortunately Malcolm's triple were leading after the 12th end 11-10, but ran out of steam and lost 18-11, Chris however left it late and was 2 shots down going into the last end and scored a 6 making him winners by 4 shots and giving us the overall victory by 2 shots. 2 shots seems to be the in thing, as we have won our last 3 games by the same margin.
The final result Adderbury 89 Buckingham West End 87.
- Dennis Roberts, David Phipps, Jill Hart and Bryan Ogilvie 17 -16
- Terry Mold, John Holt, John Hermon and Graham Tyrrell 22 - 16
- Peter Wells, Erica Brown and Malcolm Brown 11 - 18
- Yvonne Twomey, Peter Miller, Roy Dickson and Chris Twomey 22 - 18
- Herbie , Dave Drinkwater, Ray Puddle and Brian Ray 17 - 19
- (Herbie loaned from Buckingham West End)
Thursday 16th May
Adderbury bounced back with a win in their second match in the Oxford and Districts League 2. They were away to South Oxford A and came away with 3 winning rinks. Phil Gladdens rink reversing last weeks result with a resounding victory.
Overall result 77 - 57
Tuesday 14th May
We hosted Banbury Chestnuts on a perfect evening for bowls even if it did get a bit chilly towards the end. The green looked perfect, played well, and we won on two rinks with creditable performances being given by Malcolm Brown's and Bryan Ogilvie's quartets and managed to come home victors by 67 - 65 points.
Saturday11th May
It was lovely playing with no wind and rain and with the sun shining all afternoon. However, we did hear from the opposition that Bill Giles had told them "it would be fine all afternoon" and after the last time he told us that it threw it down all afternoon and we only managed to get 5 ends completed. The afternoon therefore was extremely pleasant and the final result very close, although we lost 3 out of the 4 rinks, Brian letting a 14-11 lead slip away to a 22-14 loss, the captain managed to win by a significant margin enabling us to win by 2 shots, the final result being 71-69 in our favour. Results are as follows:
Thursday 9th May
Adderburys first league match in the Oxford and Districts League 2 got off to a losing start against City and County 58 - 71. The plaudits must go to Darren Sharpes rink who with 3 ends to go turned a losing 10 - 17 to a winning 20 - 17.
League Points: Adderbury 2 City and County 4
Tuesday 7th May
On Tuesday we entertained our nearest guests from Bloxham in a match which was slightly truncated due to the dull weather conditions but managed to win on three rinks and run out victors 78 - 43.
Saturday 4th May
Adderbury came away from the first leg of the Barney Shield with a very healthy lead to take into the return fixture later in September. Some rinks performed extremely well whilst others, not naming them, but both the Captain and League Captain came second, they thought they would give the opposition a little help! The big winners were Tom Clark and his rink and Phil Gladden and his rink. The overall score was a massive win by 143 shots to 97, well done guys.
- Dennis Roberts, George Sainsbury, Pete Griffin and Chris Skidmore 21 - 12
- Ian Dunn, Bill Dowling, Paul Jelfs and Ted Eley 15 - 23
- Roy Dickson, Graham Tyrrell, Phil French and Phil Gladden 33 - 16
- Yvonne Twomey, Peter Wells, Chris Holmes and Chris Twomey 20 - 14
- Terry Mold, Dave Drinkwater, John Herman and Bryan Ogilvie 17 - 21
- Mick Jelfs, Dave Allington, Nigel Eley and Tom Clark 37 -11
Thursday 2nd May
A close match was played at Bicester on Thursday 2 May 19 with Bicester just scraping home by 64 shots to 61. After the first 2 rinks had finished, Adderbury were ahead by 10 shots, both Brian Ray's rink and the captain Bryan Ogilvies rink won by 5 shots each. Both rinks went into the club house for some warmth only to discover that the remaining 2 rinks had unfortunately lost, Chris Holmes rink went down by 4 shots and George Sainsbury's rink lost 8 shots over the last 2 ends to go down by 9 shots in total. At one stage the captain's rink were down by 10 shots to 1 but came back to win 21 - 16.
- Ian Dunn, John Holt, Graham Tyrell and George Sainsbury 10 -19
- Peter Wells, Dave Drinkwater, John Herman and Bryan Ogilvie 21 - 16
- Roy Dickson, Bob Jones, Dave Allington and Chris Holmes 14 -18
- (Bob is a Bicester member - standing in for Steve Goodenough who was in A&E)
- Bill Dowling, Peter Miller, Trevor Stevens and Brian Ray 16 -11
Tuesday 30th April
We were soundly beaten by our guests from Fenny Compton on Tuesday evening 30 points to 70. What bragging rights there were could be claimed by Chris Twomey's quartet as they at least achieved double figures!
Saturday 27th April
Never mind Thursdays game being Arctic, Saturdays game against Chandos Park was almost sub-zero. We did have 2 rinks which were sheltered a little by the club house but rinks 3 and particularly rink 4 were almost blown off the green. We had 2 winning rinks and 2 losses and suffice to say the winning rinks were on rinks 1 and 2! Glancing across the green after 4 ends it looked like Malcolm's rink were running away with the game, as the scoreboard showed a score of 44 against 6, but unfortunately it was only the wind altering the score. Chris was the hero of the day winning by a convincing 19 shots, Bryan's rink managed an 8 shot win, thanks mainly to the youngsters on the team - John Herman and Terry Mold bowling well.
- Terry Mold, Dave Drinkwater, John Herman and Bryan Ogilvie 22 - 14
- Yvonne Twomey,Bill Dowling, Dave Allington and Chris Twomey 28 - 9
- Dennis Roberts, Erica Brown, Trevor Stevens and Malcolm Brown 13 - 17
- Roy Dickson, Graham Tyrrell, Phil French and Tom Clark 9 - 20
- Overall result - Adderbury 72 - Chandos Park 60
Thursday 25th April
We were afforded a warm welcome by Chipping Norton which was just as well as the playing conditions were best described as Arctic! We won on two rinks, drew on one and lost one but did run out winners 59 - 51.
Tuesday 23rd April
Our first evening match was away to Kidlington where we suffered a 65 - 81 defeat.
On the bright side we had one winning rink, that of Peter Wells, Dave Drinkwater, John Harmon and Brian Ogilvie who didn't score until the seventh end but kept their foot on the gas eventually running out winners 27 - 15.
Saturday 20th April
Our first outdoor game of the season ended with a convincing win against Little Compton by 94 shots to 63, with 3 of the 4 rinks victorious, our President decided to take sympathy with the opposition by losing 9 shots over the last 4 ends - I think this may have been because Steve Goodenough had to sit out the game after 1 end as he was not feeling well which meant that Mick had to play with 3 players against the hosts 4 - well that was Mick's excuse anyway!. Results are as follows:
- Terry Mold, Dave Drinkwater, John Herman and Bryan Ogilvie 23 - 13
- Yvonne Twomey, Bill Dowling, Trevor Stevens and Chris Twomey 24 - 11
- Roy Dickson, Graham Tyrrell, Paul Jelfs and Tom Clark 27 - 15
- Dennis Roberts, Steve Goodenough (withdrew after 1 end), Phil French and Mick Jelfs 20 - 24
Sunday 10th March
Annual Indoor match against Banbury Cross
Adderbury were in the lead after the 17th end, but unfortunately we lost 7shots on the last end. However, it is the best result we have had over the past few years.
- Roy(In the ditch again) Dickson, Trevor Stevens and Mick Jelfs 15 - 15
- Peter Wells, Dave Allington and Graham Tyrell 9 - 18
- Terry Mold, Dave Drinkwater and Bryan Ogilvie 13 - 15
- Dennis Roberts,George Sainsbury and Ted Eley 7 - 18
- Last but certainly not least;
- Hilda Zimmer, Paul Jelfs and Phil Gladden 27 - 9
- Overall result - Adderbury 71 - Banbury Cross 75
