Tag: Hoole Village Hall Bowls Competition
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Social Bowling Competition Results 2026
On Sunday 30th August, the Social Bowling Competition finals were held, and the quality of the bowling did not disappoint the crowd! But let’s have a look how the finalists got there first. Sixteen participants were divided into 2 groups of 8 bowlers, and each one would play every other player in the group once,…
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Village Hall Cup 2026
This year’s Village Hall Cup marked the last club competition of the summer season. With the Classic Car Show going on at the Village Hall on the same day, it promised to be a lively and interesting day. The weather kept itself together and gave a pleasant 20 degrees all day long, with only the…
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President’s Day 2026
This year, Gill Johnston is our chosen President and she made sure the annual President’s Day competition was a memorable one. Arriving laden with cakes and drinks for all, her generosity and intention to make it a special day was immediately obvious. And with wall-to-wall sunshine and temperatures set to reach 27 degrees, the day…
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Tony Brogden Cup 2026
As you can see from the main photo, Anne Brogden, wife of late husband Tony Brogden, lifted the trophy on what turned out to be a very emotional day. But let’s go back to the beginning and see how she achieved this. Under grey skies, the competition began with 16 players in a round robin,…
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Eastwood Cup 2026
Believe it or not, the Eastwood Cup this year was not run by humans alone. With 10 entries into the Eastwood Cup, Janice turned to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help her design a suitable competition format for 10 players. AI not only decided that a round robin with 2 groups of 5 players would be…
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Billy Miller Cup 2025
For the first time this year, a club competition was predominantly played under wet conditions. Twenty competitors took to the green in five groups of four, with everyone playing others in their group once in the first stage of this round robin style tournament, all playing for the Billy Miller Cup. Rain did not stop…
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Village Hall Cup Results 2025
The Village Hall Cup day began under dreary skies for the 16 competitors, with the first of the round robin games taking place in drizzly conditions. But by midday, the sun was peaking through and made the rest of the day very pleasant both for players and spectators. The round robin produced some really tight…
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President’s Day 2025
On Sunday 6th July 2025, the Hoole President’s Day began early, with this year’s President, John Medcalf eager for the competition to get going. The format would be a knockout, with a consolation ‘plate’ round for those losing their first game. While those not involved in the first games looked on, John wandered around the…
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Tony Brogden Cup 2025
As forecast, the Tony Brogden Cup got underway with a blanket of showery skies forcing players to dig out their waterproofs. But after the first round, fine weather prevailed and the bowlers enjoyed a dry day in the sunshine. The cup was run as a round-robin, with the players divided into groups of 4. Each…
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Eastwood Cup 2025 Results
Sunday saw the first club competition of the year take place – the Eastwood Cup.
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President’s Day 2024 Results
President’s Day kicked off with a large number of entries taking part in the competition’s first round, on what began as a wet and windy Sunday morning. This year’s club President, Geoff Blamire, was amongst the field of entries, and soon progressed to the second round. By lunchtime, the sun began to peek through, and, combined…
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Billy Miller Cup 2023 Results
You wouldn’t be wrong in thinking that the Billy Miller Cup had a very wet ending on Sunday, after a hot and humid day that included some very close results and high quality bowling on display. With the 2 finals (main and plate competition) in progress, the dark clouds moved in and brought with them…