These are some of the Bowling Tournaments that took place in 2009, if you know of any dates of these bowls tournaments for 2010 please contact us with them so that we can add them to the diary and create a comprehensive calendar of Bowls Tournaments.

If you know of any bowls tournaments taking place, whether indoors or outdoors that is not listed then please contact us.

Barnstaple Open                          (Devon)       25th May – 30th May 2009

Bath Open                               (Somerset)       25th May – 30th May 2009

Teignmouth Open                       (Devon)      7th – 13th June 2009

English Riviera (Torquay) Open (Devon)       14th – 21st June 2009

Margate Open                                 (Kent)      15th  – 28th June 2009

Hunstanton & District Open  (Norfolk)      18th  June – 3rd July 2009

Lyme Regis Open                       (Dorset)      20th – 26th June 2009

Littlehampton Ladies Open     (Sussex)    22nd June – 28th June 2009

Southend-on-Sea Open               (Essex)     29th June  – 12th July 2009

Littlehampton Men’s Open      (Sussex)     30th June – 4th July 2009

Mansfield Open                     (Middlesex)      5th – 11th July 2009

Sandown Open                 (Isle of Wight)       6th – 12th July 2009

Eastbourne Ladies/Mens Open          (Sussex)      12th – 17th July 2009

Madeira BC Open                       (Devon)      12th – 18th July 2009

Deal Open                                       (Kent)       14th – 22nd July 2009

Felixtowe Open                         (Suffolk)      15th July – 28th July 2009

Budleigh Salterton Open           (Devon)      19th – 24th July 2009

Leamington Spa Men’s Open  (Warks)      19th July 2009

Driffield Bowls Festival     (Yorkshire)      20th July – 28th July 2009

Folkestone Open                           (Kent)      20th July – 1st August 2009

Hove Open                                   (Sussex)        20th – 25th July 2009

St Austell Open                      (Cornwall)      20th – 25th July 2009

Poole Mens Open                       (Dorset)      26th July – 31st July 2009

Bexhill Ladies Open                 (Sussex)      27th July – 1st August  2009

Bideford Open                              (Devon)      27th July – 1st August  2009

Cowes Open                     (Isle of Wight)       27th July – 1st August  2009

Preston Club (Brighton)                          (Sussex)      27th July – 1st August  2009

Southampton Open            (Hampshire)      27th July – 1st August 2009

York Open                            (Yorkshire)      27th July – 1st August  2009

Gloucester Open      (Gloucestershire)      28th July – 1st August 2009

Ramsgate Open                              (Kent)       28th  July – 10th August 2009

Bournemouth Mens Open        (Dorset)        2nd – 8th August 2009

Royal Tunbridge Wells Open      (Kent)      1st – 12th August 2009

Bexhill Open                              (Sussex)      3rd – 8th August  2009

Mount’s Bay Open                 (Cornwall)       3rd – 8th August  2009

Phear Park Open                       (Devon)       3rd – 8th August  2009

Scarborough Open             (Yorkshire)      7th – 18th August 2009

Chippenham Open                (Wiltshire)      10th – 22nd August 2009

Hastings Open Tournament              (Sussex)      10th – 15th August 2009

Bembridge Open             (Isle of Wight)       16th – 22nd August 2009

Weymouth & Portland Open   (Dorset)      16th – 22nd August 2009

Herne Bay Festival Open              (Kent)      17th August – 28th September 2009

St Neots Open            (Cambridgeshire)      19th – 22nd August 2009

Great Yarmouth Open            (Norfolk)      23rd August – 18th September 2009

Newquay Trenance Open      (Cornwall)      24th August – 29th August 2009

Worthing 1st Unified Open            (Sussex)  24th August – 5th Sept 2009

Newquay West End Open      (Cornwall)      30th August – 4th September 2009

Broadstairs Open                         (Kent)      6th September – 19th September 2009

Hastings Charity Open Triples     (Sussex)      27th September 2009

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Bideford Open Bowling Tournament — mixed triples — semi-finals: Heather Taylor (Rock Park), Rikki Sykes (Bideford BC), Alan Seth (Romford) 9 Janet & Barry Boucher (Rock Park), Dennis Daniel (Bideford BC) 12; Margaret Headon, Lee Sykes, Charlie Headon (Bideford BC) 12 Joyce Tucker, Tom Pyke, Ian Mitchell (Bideford Vic Park) 22. Final: Daniel, Boucher & Boucher 18 Mitchell, Tucker & Pyke 12.

Ladies’ pairs — semi-finals: Pat Moores & Barbara Jeffery (Bideford Vic Park) 21 Ann Owen (Hove) & Hillary Cattran (Penlee) 20, Jean Walker & Helena Woolf (Bideford Vic Park) 23 Carol Rockey (Bideford BC) & Joy Cooke (Solihull) 3. Final: Jeffery & Moores 33 Woolf & Walker 32.

Men’s triples — semi-finals: Gordon Short (South Molton), John & Nigel Short (Barnstaple) 21 Archie Hearn, Bob & Gary Marsh (Bideford BC) 9; Bob Richardson (Norfolk), Dan Holloway (Utd Services) Dennis Daniel (Bideford BC) 17 Brett Dutson, Arthur Blackmore & Alan Seth (Romford) 20. Final: Short, Short & Short 6 Seth, Blackmore & Dutson 18.

Men’s pairs — semi-finals: Derek Pope (South Molton) & Alan Seth (Romford) 27 Maurice Adams & Peter Wade (Bradworthy) 8, Paul James & Derek James (Bideford BC) 25 Mark Burbanks & Tony Jayes (Bulwell Forest) 15. Final: Seth & Pope 9 James & James 18.

Men’s singles — semi-finals: Steve Bonetta (Bideford BC) 21 Martyn James (Bideford BC) 13, John Hooper (Exonia) 19 Roy Burnett (Bristol Greenbank) 21. Final: Bonetta 18 Burnett 21.

Special awards — Bideford player best in singles but not appearing in final (ED Williams Cup): Martyn James.

Bideford player gaining most tournament points (F Hopwood Cup): Paul James.

Visiting player going furthest in singles (Len Ricks Cup): Roy Burnett.

News

Bowls tournament ready to roll
Published Date: 10 August 2009
Simon Carey
The new-look Hastings Annual Mixed Open Bowls Tournament gets ready to roll at White Rock Gardens today (Monday).
The tournament will take place over one week instead of the usual two, and, as a result, the number of events has been reduced from eight to five.

It is hoped the changes will lead to the regeneration of the tournament which has been held since 1911.

Entries are roughly similar to last year although the number of ladies taking part is somewhat sparse in comparison to the men’s competitions.

“In some of the events the numbers have increased which is very gratifying,” said tournament treasurer Gordon Leggatt. “We’re quite happy.”

Prize-money totalling £2,000 will be up for grabs across the five competitions – the men’s singles, ladies’ singles, men’s pairs, ladies’ pairs and open triples.

The opening bowl is due to be sent down at around 9.15am and the tournament proper gets under way a quarter-of-an-hour later.

The bowls tournament – whose main sponsor is once again Croft Glass Ltd – continues until Saturday August 15.

Glenfield Bowling Club winners of the mixed triples competition were Hugh Lynch, Jeanette Lynch and Andy Kerr.