2025 NEWS

What a lovely time we had at our NYE party!
Thank you Frances for capturing the spirit of the evening in your photos.
Thank you Graham for providing our entertainment as we danced the night away.
Thank you everyone for contributing to a fabulous spread of party food.
Thank you Ian Marshall & Sue Tabbard, our bar staff who served us with a smile all evening and was still able to dance and enjoy themselves.
Thank you Linda Turnbull for providing the table quizzes.
Thank you everyone for making the clearing up so easy.
We are all so very blessed to belong to this wonderful club.
Hope to see you all soon at our upcoming events at the Bowlers Return.
We wish you all a blessed, fruitful, healthy and HAPPY NEW YEAR
from your
Social Committee.

It was great to see so many of you at the Christmas Jumper event last Friday night 19th Dec.
Well done to Frances for winning the prize.

A most enchanting elf.

Our 2026 events are starting early this year and are almost upon us.

If you have any questions about any Event please email Linda Turnbull – lindaturnbull49@gmail.com 

Frances wanted to thank all the ladies who were part of the Thursday Night League, thanking them for their commitment, enthusiasm, energy, great team spirit and wonderful bowling. Looking forward to next year when we do it all again. I also want to thank Val and Sue for their support in my first year as Ladies Vice Captain.
She was super chuffed that they won this year as its the first year she has organised the teams.
Roger wanted to congratulate the mens A, B & C teams for  all finishing second in there individual leagues. Everyone had a good time. Dancing was enjoyed to the great music of Graham Lavender yet again. He thanked Vic for all his hard work throughout the year making the competitions run so smoothly. He finished by thanking all the social team for sorting out everyones food donations on the night to make it very enjoyable. He also thanked all the members working behind the bar for their hard work.

These are the competition 2025 winners.

Baldry Cup was won by Peter Yarwood & Chas Wilkinson – Runners Up Alan Reed and Allan Cook
Berry Cup was won by Julie Aiken – Runner Up Linda Turnbull
Blower Flitch Cup Partners was won by Linda & Jeff Turnbull – Runners Camilla and Vic Coles
Claydens Trophy was won by Val Hicks, Ed Kelly, David Powell, Chris Waite, Camilla Coles, Kathy Ramage, Jim Ramage & Christopher Webb
EE-Goodey Cup was won by Alan Simmons – Runner Up Keith Ingram
Faulkner Cup was won by David Eaton – Runner Up Keith Ingram
Frank Simpson Cup was won by Alan Simmons & David Wells – Runners Up Dave Wastell and Chas Wilkinson
Holloway Cup was won by Ian Morris – Runner Up Chris Webb
IDA Whybrow Cup was won by Sue Waite & Linda Turnbull – Runners Up Val Hicks and Jackie Morris
Ladies Presidents Cup was won by Debbie Sales – Runner Up Sally Simmons
Ladies Two Woods was won by Jan Tomlin
Lipman Cup was won by Sally Simmons – Runner Up: Linda Turnbull
Men’s President Cup was won by Danny O’Donovan – Runner Up David Eaton
Mens Two Woods was won by Chris Waite
Seabrook Cup was won by Alan Simmons, Mary Weston & Michael Rogers – Runners Up Dave Wastell, Sheilagh Pithers and Jan Tomlin
Ladies League was won by Dunmow Ladies

26 players spent the morning contesting to go forward to the quarter finals.

The winners of the quarter finals were Dave Eaton, Chris Waite, John Cogswell and Dave Wastell.

The semi final rounds were won by close margins by John Cogswell and Chris Waite.

Unfortunately the finals were interrupted by heavy rain but after a break Chris Waite came through victorious.

Well done Chris and to Danny for his great organisational skills.

Please see the list of winners below. It was a very enjoyable weekend watching some very good bowls.
It was also nice to see over 50 people coming to give their support and watching the matches clapping the good shots.

Baldry Cup was won by Peter Yarwood & Chas Wilkinson
Berry Cup was won by Julie Aiken
Blower Flitch Cup Partners was won by Linda & Jeff Turnbull
Claydens Trophy was won by Val Hicks, Ed Kelly, David Powell, Chris Waite, Camilla Coles, Kathy Ramage, Jim Ramage & Christopher Webb
EE-Goodey Cup was won by Alan Simmons
Faulkner Cup was won by David Eaton
Frank Simpson Cup was won by Alan Simmons & David Wells
Holloway Cup was won by Ian Morris
IDA Whybrow Cup was won by Sue Waite & Linda Turnbull
Ladies Presidents Cup was won by Debbie Sales
Ladies Two Woods was won by Jan Tomlin
Lipman Cup was won by Sally Simmons
Men’s President Cup was won by Danny O’Donovan
Mens Two Woods was won by Chris Waite
Seabrook Cup was won by Alan Simmons, Mary Weston & Michael Rogers

Lovely weather for our Bank Holiday Drive and very colourful as you can see in the photos. The afternoon began with Debbie winning the Spider, followed by 14 ends of bowling, won by Roger, Frances & Debbie.

Special thanks to Danny & Linda on the BBQ and Sue W & Mary A in the kitchen for the cooking of burgers and sausages from Priors Hall Farm, complimented by salads. Music from our resident DJ, Graham, enhanced the afternoon and encouraged all to sing along in the Music Bingo game. The afternoon ended with a bumper raffle. Thanks to all who contribute prizes. The prep work done in the morning and clearing away at leaving time by so many is very much appreciated.

The social Committee

A very big thank you to everybody who came to support the teams who played last night (14th Aug) Home and Away. It’s always very much appreciated to have the support, unfortunately we were unable to win the competition losing on points, but very well done to the teams who were able to get into the semi-final.
Dave Wastell

Congratulations to our winner Jan Tomlin.🏆

Runner up was Frances Lavender.

It was a nail biting final with an extra end being played to determine the winner.

It was a well supported day with lots of  happy faces. That’s what bowling is all about

Our thanks go to Danny O’Donovan and Linda White for the smooth running of the day.

Plus our team of Men Markers.

Sue Wastell

27 May 2025: The Dunmow Men’s teams are through to the second round of the ECBA Double Fours competition beating Clacton with a good win in difficult conditions well done. They are looking forward to the next round date to be confirmed.

6th May 2025: The Dunmow Men’s teams of Ian Marshall, Dave Wastell, Alan Reed and Keith Ingram and Alan Simmons, Ed Kelly,  Peter Yarwood and Chris Waite went through to the next round of the Club Double Fours. Dave Wastell wants to say a big thank you to all those who came and gave their support.
Dunmow Men will play either Falcon B or Chelmsford yet to be decided by them but we will be the challengers again so will be a home game. Date to be confirmed and again Dave would ask for support on the day.

On Saturday 24th May 2025: a thrilling match took place for our Ladies Top club against Wanstead Central at home.
Sadly we lost by one point on the last end as the saying goes revenge is sweet as we beat them last year by one point.
We wished them well in their next round. A game of bowls enjoyed by all.
Sue, Ladies Captain.

10th May 2025: Sue the Ladies Captain has said today (10th May) our Ladies was in the first round of the County Ladies Top Club league against Writtle ladies. Dunmow ladies were victorious and are through to the next round which will be on the 24th May against Wanstead Central. Sue wants to say a big thanks to Debbie , Doreen, Tina, Sally, Frances, Val, Camilla, Lynda, Maxine and Linda T for coming as our reserve .

On Thursday 22nd May two mixed teams competed at Bocking Alliance in the Tony Allcock competition. We won on one rink but lost on the other and overall we lost the competition on a combined points score. Many thanks to the reserves who sat patiently on a cold evening .
Well done to the teams and look forward to competing again next year .

Everyone had a good bowl, then had some food and drink to round off a lovely day.

65 bowlers in total enjoyed a slightly cold, then wet, afternoon on the green but it was good to see so many come along and enjoy the outdoor bowling again after a long winter.  The buffet that followed was, as usual, very ample and everyone enjoyed visiting the “The Bowlers Return” to purchase their drinks.   Stephen Rosewell won the Spider.

A pre season Chinese meal at Tanoshi in town was enjoyed by 29 ladies for the start of our bowling season.

A wonderful evening with this great band.

Bill Cutmore has asked me to pass on his thanks to everyone who turned out today and did a fantastic amount of work to prepare the club and grounds ready for the 13th April.

Linda White also wants to thank everyone who helped on the day and Linda is sorry she wasn’t there due to another commitment.