2026 NEWS
2026 Amy Rose Bowl
Message from Dave Wastell
A very big thank you to Ron Ship, Bill & Sue Cutmore, Maureen Howard, Vic Coles, Roger Attridge, Ian Marshall and your teams of helpers who helped to make yesterday (14th June 2026). It was a very good day for Dunmow Bowling Club as a team we all worked very well and give yourselves a big Pat on your back for everyone.
Dave Wastell
Message from Roger Attridge
Thank you to all members who turned out to help today it all went smoothly. Well done to everyone.
Message of thanks from Suffolk team
On behalf of everyone from Suffolk that attended the Amy Rose Regional Qualifier at Dunmow today, I would like to thank you for your outstanding hospitality.
We had a wonderful day and thoroughly enjoyed our visit.
The green was in superb condition and was a credit to your club.
We were also extremely grateful for the many helpers on hand throughout the day, whose attentiveness and willingness to assist ensured everything ran smoothly.
Your club hosted the event exceptionally well, and the warm welcome we received was greatly appreciated by all who attended.
Thank you once again for making it such an enjoyable and memorable occasion. We look forward to visiting again in the future.
Many Thanks
Andrew Drummond
Suffolk
Link below to the Results of the Amy Rose Bowl – Dunmow BC
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Amy Rose Bowl Results
2026 Dunmow B team: Tony Allcock Mixed Trophy
31st May 2026
Dunmow ‘B’ teams started well on both rinks but got beaten by Courtlands Halstead 50-27.
Thanks go to Belinda, Tina, Danny, Roger, Frances, Peter, Dave & Sue Wastell
Better luck next year,
Sue Wastell
Ladies Club Captain
2026 Leather Jacket Experience
I personally would like to thank all those who have helped getting rid of a very large number of Leather Jackets over the past week, tomorrow Saturday we will finish the job for this time. We may have to do it again in a couple of months, it’s been a very hard working week for the Green team and those who have come to Help, at the start of this endeavour I asked for help, I received four names, but thankfully others have come along with their brooms and given their time and labour. I would like to thank the following people because they deserve recognition for the work that’s happened over the last week, just so that we all could all enjoy an excellent green to play on.
They are:
Green Team: Ron Ship, Alan Reed, Graham Lavender, Ian Morris, Jeff Turnbull, Jim Ramage, Peter Beaton, Peter Norman, Ron Weston, Vic Coles, and Dave Wastell.
Helpers: Lynda Turnbull, Dave Green, Michael Rogers, Richard Coates, Barry Spencer, Steve Biddlecombe, Peter Sykes, Rick Broadley, Peter Yarwood & Chris Matthews.
Looking after the team; Camila Coles, Jackie Morris & Sue ShipIf I forgotten anybody, please forgive me BUT THANK YOU ALL .Dave Wastell
Thanks to Camilla and Jacky for providing drinks and snacks.
2026 Ladies Top Club
13 June 2026
Our Ladies Top Club played today against Falcon ladies and after a draw and playing extra ends we sadly lost 64-62!
it was a fantastic game played in good spirit.
I would like to thank Debbie, Doreen, Hayley, Sue Waite, Frances ,Val, Camilla, Tina and Maxine and for Belinda standing in as reserve today and also Kellie & Sally for playing in previous games .
Several members of DBC came to support us and I would like to thank you all for taking the time to do that.
Better luck next year girls.
30 May 2026
Our Ladies Top Club won against Writtle Bowls Club today in the 2nd round .
Debbie played a nail biting singles match and won on the last end by 2 points
Congraulations to Debbie, Doreen, Hayley, Sue Waite, Frances ,Val, Sally, Camilla, Maxine and Kellie.
You all played brilliantly.
Next opponents are Falcons away at 10.30am on Saturday 13th June.
Thanks go to members that turned up to support the ladies and special thanks to Maureen and Lynda R for laying out the buffet for us.
Kind regards
Sue Wastell
26th May 2026
Our Ladies Top Club won their first round against Connaught on a blistering hot day on Saturday.
They played brilliantly and won on all rinks .
Congratulations to Debbie, Doreen, Hayley, Sue Waite, Frances, Val, Sally, Camilla, Maxine and Kellie.
Tina and myself were the supporting reserves . ( rah , rah girls )
Next opponents are Writtle at 10.30am this Saturday 30th May at home.
If anyone wishes to support our ladies please come along .
2026 Men’s Top Club
The first round of the Men’s Top Club was played against Braintree B team, unfortunately for us, we lost 4 – 1 against a very experienced bowls club.
Well done to Chris Waite who won our only point in the singles game and I appreciate all the effort by our team, that was applied during the matches.
Thank you.
Peter Yarwood
Men’s Club Captain
2026 Dunmow A team: Tony Allcock mixed Trophy
26 May 2026
Another close game in the Tony Allcock where Bocking Alliance won by 36 – 32.
Dunmow had started very well and was leading at the halfway point.
But lost one heavy end in each game that turned the match.
Thanks to the team who played well, (won 18 of the 36 ends) but was not going to be their day, better luck next year.
Peter Yarwood
Men’s Club Captain
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13th May 2026
Congratulations to Dunmow A team in beating Braintree yesterday in the Tony Allcock mixed Trophy.
It was a close game that could have gone either way, with the final score in our favour of 30 – 28.
Good luck in the next round who our opponents are Bocking Alliance.
Best regards
Peter Yarwood
Men’s Club Captain
2026 Message from Dave Wastell: Fantastic News
Message from Dave Wastell.
I would like to let all members know that the County Green Testers came to Dunmow Bowling Club this morning.
They tested all the rinks and the colours. We had a fantastic result on all the rinks both ways.
Excellent results as everything has pasted for County Games can be played at Dunmow.
Dave wants to say a big thank you to Ron and his Green Team for their continue work maintaining the Green.
Thanks also goes to those members who turned up today for the testing.
2026 Coffee Morning
The charity coffee morning was very well attended and made £316.60 for the Alexia Wilson Trust, a local charity benefiting local people in great need.
We have many wonderful cake makers among us. Some cakes were served with hot drinks and others were taken home.
Books and puzzles were sold and the tombola table was well supported. Linda O’Donovan brought her beautiful hand made clocks, jewellery, key rings and artwork.
Thank you to all those who supported this event, either by coming along, donating goods or manning the kitchen and tables.
2026 Petanque: In our first competitive match against players from other clubs
On Sunday Morning 29th March some of our regular petanque players took part in our first competitive match against players from other clubs. A great morning, and it was enjoyed by all that took part. Thanks to Trevor Blows who kindly co-ordinated everything for us with the away players and ran the games. He also acted as adjudicator for close calls!
Below is his report on the games.
Dunmow Petanquers v Invitation League select.
The Dunmow group hosted an Essex IPL select team for their first competitive match on the newly refurbished terrain. On a chilly Sunday morning 15 players enjoyed the matches and the chance for some laughs and banter along the way! The result was a 4-2 win for the visitors but sociable sporting petanque was the real winner on the day.
Well done to Rick and Peter for winning their two games.
Thanks to Joy Green for organising the morning.
| Round One | ||||
| Rick and Peter. | 13 | -V- | Simon and Len, (Bocking Bowlers). | 7 |
| Pat and Tony. | 6 | -V- | Paul and Dave, (Baddow Bandits). | 13 |
| Sue, Jim and Joy. | 2 | -V- | Richard and Christina, (Shalford) and Yvonne, (Onley Arms). | 13 |
| Round Two | ||||
| Rick and Peter. | 13 | -V- | Richard and Len. | 7 |
| Pat and Tony. | 3 | -V- | Simon and Trevor, (Onley Arms). | 13 |
| Sue, Yvonne and Joy. | 3 | -V- | Paul, Dave and Christina. | 13 |
| Match result: Dunmow | 2 | -V- | Essex IPL select. | 4 |
| Poimts | 40 | -V- | 66 |
The games showed the experience gained over the past few years by the Dunmow players. The new surface is helping to improve their standard and there is a promising future for petanque at the club.
2026 Quiz Night
A great evening was had by all at our Quiz. Many thanks go to Margo, Michael and their lovely daughter, Camilla for a really good selection of rounds and a lot of fun.
Thank you to the catering team of Sue Wastell, Susie Norman, Mary Attridge, Pat Turner and Marion Bales, who provided a lovely, wholesome Ploughman’s with mints to follow.
Thanks too, to Steve and Sue, serving at the bar and everyone who took part in a very enjoyable evening.
Your Social Committee: Vicky, Jacky & Linda T
