2008 Season

Pictured above is Rhiwbina's top winning rink (40- 7)against Fairoak in this season's WBA section match. 

Gordon Hazell (skip), Jack Harris (lead), Alan Jarrett (third), Gerald Smith (second)

On the final Sunday of the season, the club hosted a group of Canadian bowlers in a mixed tour match. The tourists visited Rhiwbina as the only stop in Wales during a UK bowling holiday organised by DeNure Tours.

In glorious sunshine and with all ten rinks in use, the home team managed to win the final match of the season 
by 152 - 127. The weather left everyone realising what we had missed during the second half of the season.

Discussions have been opened regarding the return match / tour!

County Selection

Congratulations to 4 of our bowlers on their selection for the South Glamorgan Over 60s Championship side. 
Three of them - Colin Wood, David Rundle, and Derek Hyde -  have represented the 'golden oldies' previously, but 'youngster' Mike Allen has only just crept into the necessary age bracket. 

The first match for the county side was against Ceredigion at Llanbradach on Tuesday, 3 June. South Glamorgan won by 135 - 88. In the second match at Welshpool against Montgomeryshire on 17 June , South Glamorgan gained an equally convincing win by 133-96. All four of our bowlers again played a part in the victory. The third match at Llanbradach also resulted in a win for the home county, by 131 - 93 shots. 

The final section match against the Vale of Glamorgan took place on July 15 at Barry, where South Glamorgan suffered a first defeat by 119 - 104 shots, although winning on 4 rinks. 

Despite this result, South Glamorgan have qualified for the final against West Glamorgan at Llandrindod in August, as a result of Mid Glamorgan's win over the Vale in the final sectional fixture. 

West Glamorgan won the final by 13 shots, 119 - 106; the South managed just one winning rink, with another drawn. 

CRATCHLEY BOWL 2008

Colin Wood played against David Harding of Penylan in the final of this year's WPGBA's Cratchley Bowl at Cardiff Athletic's green.

The Cratchley Bowl is the WPGBA's singles competition for club champions.

Although losing 21-7 to the Welsh International bowler, congratulations are extended to Colin on reaching this final stage of the event.

BARRY ATHLETIC OPEN PAIRS

Congratulations to two Rhiwbina pairs on reaching the semi-finals of the Barry Athletic Open Pairs Tournament last week. David Rundle / Derek Hyde and Bob Eascott / Ernie Godwin brought credit to the club by getting to this stage of the competition before losing to combinations which included Welsh internationals David Vowles and Robert Horgan.

Caribbean night at the Athletic!

Just before their night out on the town, Rhiwbina's Caribbean trio of Bob Cooper, Paul and Malcolm Mitchell stopped off to reach the final of Cardiff Athletic's charity triples event on Friday, 11 July. Unfortunately they lost in the final to Cardiff Bus, but must have won the prize - after this week's rain - for most optimistic costumes.

Rhiwbina Bowls Club's Top Ten Tournament

Leading the way for Rhiwbina was Colin Wood, who won all 3 of his singles matches, the first on a tie-break after a 1-1 sets result; in the second, Colin won one set and drew the other to claim the points and finished the day with a 2-0 sets victory. The Rhiwbina rink of Sid Scannell, Derek Hyde, Graham Griffiths and Ian Kelly also went through the day undefeated, with 2 wins and a draw (17-13, 13-13, 17-12). In the triples competition, David Rundle, Paul and Malcolm Mitchell won the opening and closing matches 24-11 and 15-8, whilst narrowly losing the second match 18-19. After losing both their earlier matches (8-22, 11-13), Rhiwbina pair Jack Harris and Mike Allen won the final game of the day 18-15 to claim another 2 points.

The club is grateful to the Recreation Club for its sponsorship of this event, which proved to be a popular format in its inaugural year. As winners, Rhiwbina received a prize of £200, with £100 going to the runners-up. It is hoped that the competition can be repeated in the future. 

County Competitions

Congratulations to David Rundle, our only representative to reach the semi-final stage of the South Glamorgan CBA competitions. David failed in his bid to reach the final, but enjoyed a good run in the over 60s singles competition.

2008 Veterans &  7-up Final

In the final of the Veterans competition, Colin Wood beat Jack Harris to claim the 2008 trophy.

As a result of the delay in playing this match, Colin's reign as Veterans champion lasted just a few days before being knocked out of the 2009 competition by Alan Jarrett.