CONWY ARE THE NEW WELSH CLUB CHAMPIONS AFTER BEATING ESCLUSHAM IN THE FINAL.
Review of the Welsh Crown Green Bowling Season 2013.
Compiled by Mal Parry.
As usual a brief summary of the season..
1/ When compiling this summary I usually try and look for a an outstanding team performance or an individual performance to put at the top, this year I have gone for 2 junior players in Dylan Williams (llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch) or Llanfair.P.G. for not only winning the Welsh Junior Merit but also getting to the Junior All England final where he lost 21-18 in the final, and Courtney Metcalfe (Ellesmere B.C.) who won the BCG Ladies 2013 Junior Merit. (the rest are in no particular running order)
2/John Bonatti (Coed Talon) at last won the Welsh Senior Merit at Meliden beating Darren Williams (Conwy) in the final, Darren is another player who has been striving and got very close to winning many times before.
3/Kevin Nicholas (Gresford Colliery) won the Veterans Welsh merit at the first time of asking, beating Alan Davies (Craig-y-Don) in the final.
4/Gay Cooper won the Ladies Welsh Merit, and also got to the quarter final of the Ladies Champion of Champions, and Jane Bowler had a superb day at the Ladies British Merit where she lost in the final, also getting to the Ladies Talbot final and just getting edged out 20-21.
5/The Welsh Senior Men's Team had a promising start to their group games, but in the end did not progress, although they blooded some new players in the Supplementary Competition and came away with some promising results which bodes well for the future.
6/The Junior team again had some promising results early on in their group, but again did not progress.
7/The Ladies team was almost a carbon copy of the other Welsh Teams 2013, in that they again started well but did not go through to the knock out stage.
8/Again it seems like it is deja vu when it comes to John Bailey, who for a few years now has arguably been regarded as Wales No 1 Player, again doing well in a lot of the major competitions and again qualifying for The Prestigious Champion of Champions at Blackpool, although having said that Dave (rocky) Jones in some quarters could well be right up there alongside John having won the Welsh Counties League Merit yet again, which means he has now won it three out of the last four years.
9/Conwy won the Welsh Club Championship beating Esclusham by 41 points in the final, they will now represent Wales in The British Championships at Irlam in early 2014, (along with Esclusham) they also won the Gwynedd County cup and the Section A of the North Wales coastal bowling league for the first time in the clubs history.
10/Esclusham B.C. won the Prestigious Welsh Counties League having played 22 games and won 22 a superb achievement that has never been done before,, They also won The Wrexham Premier Division, The Cyril Adams County Cup, The W.G. Roberts Cup, The Division One Pairs League, The Premier Division Cup, and lost in the final of The Welsh Club Championship.
11/The other major happening for the association in 2013 is that Matt Foster has been appointed as the new CEO (Chief Exec) of the W.C.G.B.A.
12/Another achievement of the season was the appointment of D.T.Evans as the referee to officiate the home match with regards to the B.C.GB.A. Crosfield Cup Final between W&W and Derbyshire.
Please Go to The Glyndwr Area News to see a tribute to the late John Bray, and The Gwynedd Area News section to see a tribute to Gwyn Morris.
BREAKING NEWS: A new tab can be found at the top of the page called "COMMUNITY ISSUES"
Courtney receiving the BCG Ladies 2013 Junior Merit Cup.
Following on from the AGM on March 2nd 2013, there are the following vacancies -
Welfare Officer,
Press Officer
and Welsh Junior Team Coordinator.
For details and job descriptions contact: Matt Foster. @ matt.m.foster@btopenworld.com
Click here to view The W.C.G.B.A. 2013 Calendar.
Conwy (pictured below) have beaten Esclusham in the Welsh Club Championship final of which was held at The Oval in Llandudno by a superb 41 points, a good crowd enjoyed some excellent bowling under pretty much wall to wall sunshine.
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The Mens Welsh Veterans' Merit was won by Kevin Nicholas, more info can be found in the Veterans Section of this web site. Wales lost to Staffordshire, more info can be found in the Senior Mens Section of this web site. The Ladies Welsh Merit was won by Gay Cooper, more info can be found in the Ladies Welsh Merit Section of this web site. Go to Mens Senior Merit Section for details of this years winner. Go to The Veterans Section for some news concerning Mens & Ladies Veterans, and also to the Junior Section to see some latest information concerning Junior Ladies. Wayne Jevons has won the Stan Higham trophy go to The Referees' section of this web site for more details. Click on this link for details of: THE NATIONAL MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013. Below is a statement from the new owners of the Waterloo Hotel in Blackpool.
British Crown Green agm 2013. Coaching Report 2012 season. Development Report 2012 season. Junior Report 2012 season. Ladies Report 2012 season. Referees Report 2012 season. Senior Mens Report 2012 season. Sponsorship Report 2012 season. Vets Ladies Report 2012 season. Mens Vets Report 2012 season. Web Site Report 2012 season. Click on the months below to see the 2013 Competition Calendar.
March April May June July August September October The referee's section has two new officials go to the referees section for more details.
Click here to see details of : TUNISIA OPEN BOWLS FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 6TH-13TH 2013
*** See the latest BCGBA Newsletter to the left hand side of this page. *** The GWYN MORRIS WELSH MENS SENIOR MERIT NEWS 2013.
The 88th Welsh Merit was won by John Bonatti, who beat Darren Williams 21 - 14 in the final with what was some devastating long length bowling.
Peter Scott presenting The Welsh Merit Cup to The 2013 winner John Bonatti. The draw will take place @ St Asaph B.C. Tuesday 4th June at 7-00 pm. Below is the entrants and venues for Flintshire/Wrexham. LADIES SENIOR MERIT NEWS 2013.
Jane Bowler lost in the Final of the British Merit. Gay Cooper has won the Ladies Welsh Merit beating Sarah Hey in the Final, Gay also got to the quarter finals of The Ladies Champion of Champions.
WELSH LADIES SENIOR NEWS 2013.
Click here to see the Mid Cheshire Results. Click here to see the Mid Cheshire Results. Click here to see the selected teams to face Mid Cheshire. Click here to see Emmas' report v South Yorkshire. Click here to see The Welsh Ladies Result v South Yorkshire. Click here to see The Welsh Ladies Team to face South Yorkshire.
Click here to see a match report from the away Shropshire game. Click here to see The Welsh Ladies Team results v Shropshire.
Click here to see The Welsh Ladies Team to face Shropshire. Click here to see The Welsh Ladies Team results v Wirral.
Click here to see The Welsh Ladies Team against Wirral. Click here to see The Welsh Ladies Teams results against Greater Manchester. Click here to see The Welsh Ladies Team to face Greater Manchester. SENIOR MENS TEAM NEWS 2013.
Below are all the different reports for 2012 from the various sections of The W.C.G.B.A. please click on the links to view.
A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING WAS HELD ON SATURDAY 27TH OCTOBER AT THE PAVILION THEATRE RHYL WHERE THE PROPOSALS FOR A NEW MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE WERE PASSED, MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.
Some of the more fancied players lost in the first round, amongst them were last years winner Chris Slater, the millennium winner Dave (rocky) Jones and the 2011 All England winner Mike Riley.
Thanks should also go to Dave Walker, Terry Williams, D.T.Evans, and Dusia Price and the other referees and measurers who worked tirelessly through out the day.
Thanks also to Meliden B.C. who hosted the event and had the green in excellent condition which proved challenging to the players, another mention should go to the ladies in the kitchen who put on some excellent refreshments.
John Bonatti and Darren Williams.
2013 Finalists with the 2013 President Peter Scott.
Graham Rogers Simon Tyler & Marcus Hughes - (Cunliffe) Mike Riley - (Bailey Hill) John Bonatti & Nick Jones - (Coed Talon) Dave (rocky) Jones & Leighton Roberts - (Esclusham) Chris Slater & Ivor Jones - (Rhos Park) Anthony Harper - (Abergele) Mike Pritchard - (Llanwrst) Darren Williams - (Conwy) Gary Buckland - (Llanfair P.G.) Craig Richardson - (Min-y-Don) Adam Harris - (Beaumaris) have qualified for the final.
There are 4 previous winners of the competition who have made it through to the final, Ivor Jones, Mike Riley, Dave Jones and Chris Slater, with Ivor and Mike going for their third title and again trying to equal Gwyn Morris & Eric Ashton as the only 2 players to have won it more than twice, for the record Ashton 5 titles, and Morris 4 titles.
The Final will be held at Meliden B.C. on the 23rd June.
SEMI FINAL
GAY COOPER 21 SARAH NICHOLAS 13
SARAH HEY 21 SUE VAYRO 13
GAY COOPER 21 SARAH HEY 18
JANE BOWLER WAS THE OTHER QUALIFIER FOR The BCGLBA Ladies Merit, LOSING IN THE Q.FINAL TO GAY COOPER
Merit to be held in Glyndwr @ Colwyn Bay R.B.L. Start 10-30
The Welsh Ladies have lost their last match of the season against a strong Mid Cheshire side, (383 - 451) click on the link below to see the results, also a picture of the away squad and officials.
The Welsh Ladies lost their latest match against South Yorkshire, (383 - 419) click on the link below to see the results also there is a report as seen by Emma Broad, also some pictures from the game at Coed Talon.
Below are some pictures from Conwy of the home Welsh Match against Shropshire, which Wales lost by 354 - 444 overall, the scores are below.
The Ladies team beat Greater Manchester on 21st April by 12 points overall, click on the link below to see the scores.
There was a meeting for all ladies bowlers on Wed 30th Jan 2013 at 7.00pm at Abergele B.C. to discuss the new structure, to form a selection committee, to choose home and away team captains and to set down criteria for selection of players. Even if you're not on the squad but would like to express your views and/or help in any way, your support would be greatly appreciated.
Although Wales did not qualify for the final of The Supplementary Championship they won two out of the three matches and lost to the eventual winners Potteries & District, there were some pleasing performances from the players that came in for this competition making their debuts at this level, the scores can be found below via the links.
Report Staffordshire Home Game.
Report Staffordshire Away Game. Click here to see The Welsh team to face Staffordshire. Wales have lost their second game to North Lanc & Fylde, loosing by 18 at home and by 40 points away, scores are below, also there is a report by Roger Morgan from the away game, and Colin Evans for the home game, apologise for the print quality of the home report, but there have been technical difficulties!. Click here to see The Welsh team to face North Lancs & Fylde.
Click here to see The Welsh Team to face Merseyside. County Associations shown in the order of draw.
Section One: North Lancs. Fylde, Cheshire, Warwick & Worcester, Cumbria Section One: North Lancs & Fylde, Lancashire, South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester Section One: North Lancs Fylde, Shropshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire Section One: North Lancs, Fylde, Staffordshire, Wales, Merseyside
Section One: Cheshire, Shropshire, South Yorkshire, Merseyside JUNIOR NEWS 2013.
Wales have lost their final game of the group, resulting in them not qualifying for the semi-finals, they will now compete in the Supplementary Competition.
The team had an excellent start to the season beating Merseyside in the first group game of the season and in doing so won both the home and away games, the scores can be found below along with a picture of the team that played away, and also an insight into the two games by Gareth Hughes & Roger Morgan.
County Championship 5-year Calendar 2010 to 2014
2010
Endsleigh Senior County Sections
Section Two: Lancashire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Potteries & District
Section Three: South Yorkshire, Derbyshire,Wales,North Midlands
Section Four: Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, Merseyside.
2011
Endsleigh Senior County Sections
Section Two: Cheshire, Staffordshire, North Midlands, Yorkshire
Section Three: Warwick & Worcester, Potteries & District, Derbyshire, Merseyside
Section Four: Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales.
2012
Endsleigh Senior County Sections
Section Two: Cheshire, Potteries & District, Wales, Greater Manchester
Section Three: Cumbria, Lancashire, North Midlands, Merseyside
Section Four: Warwick & Worcester, Staffordshire, South Yorkshire.
2013
Endsleigh Senior County Sections
Section Two: Warwick & Worcester, Shropshire, North Midlands, Greater Manchester
Section Three: Cumbria, Potteries & District, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire
Section Four: Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire.
2014
Endsleigh Senior County Sections
Section Two: Warwick & Worcester, Lancashire, Wales, Yorkshire
Section Three: Cumbria, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester
Section Four: North Lancs & Fylde, Potteries & District, North Midlands.
Courtney receiving the BCG Ladies 2013 Junior Merit Cup.
Junior All England Results.
Wales lost their last match of the group 382 - 438
The Junior Merit was won by Dylan Williams Llanfair P.G. (pictured below) who beat Jay Salisbury Farndon 21 - 12 in the final.
Sun 16th June Welsh Junior Merit Finals
Venue Gate Hangs High
Rhosnensi Lane
Wrexham LL13 9 ES
10-30 START
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Below is the home team who beat North Midlands so convincingly.
Below are the details and venues for Wales v North Midlands.
Wales had a superb win in their first group game against Cheshire, and in doing so only suffered 6 defeats over the two venues, scores are below, also a picture of Harry Lawton who was the MOM at Abergele,and a report from Owley Wood.
Below are pictures from the recent Threeways'Junior East v West Match which was held at Abergele on Sunday 28th April.