Welcome to the website for winter bowling at Edgworth BC, located at BL7 0AP |
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New information for the 2025 / 2026 season is shown in red below. Introduction: The two winter leagues are being run by Edgworth Bowling Club. We are using the Multi Use Games Arena (MUGA) situated behind Edgworth Cricket and Recreation Club. We welcome players from all around the local area to join in. Teams do not need to be specifically from any one Club and can consist of male only, female only or mixed, however all players must be registered with BCGBA (see below). Captains are asked to remind their players of the terms of hire in that no food or drink (except water) or smoking is allowed in the MUGA area. Match format: For both leagues we are playing three pairs games of 15 up. The first game will start at 12 noon prompt and the last game will aim to finish by 3pm. The HOME team takes the Jack and is responsible for marking and entering the results of each game on this website. Assistance is available from the Admins listed below, or a Home captain may agree with the Away captain that they will enter the results for that particular match. Key rules: Area of play - we will play inside the white lines denoting the outer edge of the football pitch. All other lines are to be ignored. If any part of a stationary Jack or bowl is over the inside edge of the line when viewed from above it shall be classed as off the Green (in the gutter) and normal rules apply going forwards. If, when delivering a Jack or bowl, that Jack or bowl obviously enters or crosses the white line but then finishes inside the playing area then that Jack or bowl will be classed as having gone in the gutter. The Jack will be replayed as per the normal rules of the game and the bowl will be classed as dead. In case of a dispute that cannot be agreed between players or their captains, then a neutral captain will make the final judgement. Player eligibility - all players must have a BCGBA registration number in order to become registered and play in the leagues. Recommended minimum squad size - this is our 4th season and more and more bowlers have heard about us, want to take part and have registered with teams. We are approximately 4 times oversubscribed for the amount of bowling that we provide so I would encourage teams to have a minimum of 11 or 12 players in their squad. This should avoid the need to borrow a player from another team on the day in order to field 3 pairs. Please review your team and move players between teams in order to give more people the chance to play. Team shortages - If, in exception circumstances, any team cannot field a squad of 6 players for a match then any player from any other team who does not have a game that particular day can step in and play for the short team, as a 'guest' for that team. In order for the website to cope with this flexibility, ONE additional 'fake / guest' player has been registered for each team, please pick this name instead of the actual player as they will only appear in the listing for their own team and therefore cannot be selected. Practice - no roll up prior to the matches starting will be allowed. However, the MUGA is open to the community, free of charge, from around 3pm to 5pm on weekdays. This is primarily for the local children using the pitch for football but during term time the pitch is usually empty from 3pm to about 3:40pm so can be used for bowling practice. Please respect the children's usage as a priority, as they probably won't be aware of a bowl coming towards them and might not get out of the way in time to avoid an injury. Games during league match days will stagger finish times. Please do not practice whilst there are matches still in progress. Handicaps:- these were introduced last year and will be continued for the 25/26 season - the top three placed teams from the previous season will be handicapped by giving 3, 2 and 1 point respectively per game. This will be implemented manually on the appropriate score card for each game, as minus numbers (i.e. the team starting on -3 will effectively need to get 18 points to win the match and so on). The final positions at the end of the 24/25 season were: Wednesday League - 1st place Turton, 2nd place Irritable Bowls, 3rd place Allen's Green. Friday League - 1st place Mixed Bunch 11, 2nd place Totty Park, 3rd place Tonge Twisters. Home Captains for each match are to ensure that each score card has the appropriate annotation. Note that for simplicity, in the instances when two handicapped teams play each other then the nett handicap will be annotated on the score cards, I.e when team A plays team B and team A should give 3 and team B should give 2, then the nett handicap is team A gives 1 to team B. Admins: Andy Warman - Tel 07482 628500 Ian Price - Tel 07971 062151 Margaret Turtington - 07539 045792 Jim Sheffield - 07484 761551 or email edgworthbowlingclub@outlook.com Team Contacts: Allen's Green - Ronnie Howarth (07870 796895 ronniemelbourne@icloud.com) Bradshaw - Kathleen Hadjinicolaou (07769 622594 nick.hadjinicolaou@ntlworld.com) Coconutters - Ian Price (07971 062151 ianturtonprice@aol.com) Dodgers - Alan Holt (07985 638565 alanholt1057@gmail.com) Eltonians - Andrew Brown (07971 030972 browne-andrew@sky.com) Hoddlesden - Margaret Corden (07570 129080 thecordens@talktalk.net) Irritable Bowls - Stuart Duncan (07398 202067 lucydog@gmx.co.uk) Mixed Bunch - Margaret Turtington (07539 045792 margaretstreet2511@live.co.uk) Mixed Bunch II - Margaret Turtington (07539 045792 margaretstreet2511@live.co.uk) Tonge Twisters - Sam Turtington (07531 749787 samturt@talktalk.net) Turton - Peter Clinton (07835 301919 peter.clinton1@hotmail.com) Warriors - Sandra Doel (07516 432318 sandradoel@hotmail.com) Totty Park - Geoff Leach (07860 645828 gleach2202@gmail.com) Frozen Sprouts - Stuart Duncan (07398 202067 lucydog@gmx.co.uk)
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