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***All Competitions started on 1st May, in accordance with Government Guidelines; also see some Handbook amendments on the Latest News page*** *** Results from All Competition Matches need to be sent to the Competition Secretary within 48 hours of the match; Names of ALL team members in the match must be included. ***RECENT NEWS
Sad News – Doug Shirley RIP
The Exec has just received the sad news that W&D Past President Doug Shirley (1996) passed away last December. We send our condolences to the family.
Handbook Amendments
Some amendments to the handbook are given below: Page 28 Aussie Pairs, 1st Round: Match 2) 22 v 106 is correct. Correction on Match 9) 116 vs 92 Page 35 Competitors list : No 71 – A Spanner – caspanner@talktalk.net tel: 07546527981 No 72 – T Thompson (details as per handbook) Page 36 No 97 …
Ken Duncan RIP – Funeral 17th April
Simon Johnson has put the following onto the W&DBA Facebook page The funeral of the late Ken Duncan will take place on Friday 17th April 2020 at 3.20pm at West Herts Crematorium, Garston. The Service will be led by Peter McNulty. Due to the restrictions currently in place only ten people are able to attend …
More Sad News – 21 Jan 2020
Following our recent news of Keith Whitehead’s passing, his funeral details are: Friday 31st Jan 11.30am at West Herts Crematorium, then afterwards at Three Crowns Pub, 1 High Road, Bushey WD23 1EA. The family have asked for donations to go to Cancer Relief Also we are sorry to note another death in the W&D …
Sad news: Joe Harper, Percy Butcher & Keith Whitehead
We are sad to begin 2020 with the following news: Joe Harper, who played a lot of comps at W&D during his bowling years, sadly passed away on 25th Dec 2019, his funeral was on 8th Jan. Our condolences go to Debbie, his family and friends at this sad time. Donations can be made to the British …
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Sad News – Ronnie Outrim North Watford BC & John Tierney Hemel Hempstead BC
We are sad to announce the death of Ronnie Outrim, who was a member at North Watford BC. Details of Ronnie’s funeral are as follows: it will be held on Monday 9th Dec at 12 noon, at West Herts Crematorium. The wake will be held at North Watford BC afterwards. We are also sad to announce …
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Sad News – Trevor Payne Abbots Langley BC.
We are sad to report that Trevor Payne from Abbots Langley BC has passed away, his funeral arrangements are Wednesday 13th Nov, 4 pm, at West Herts Crematorium, then afterwards at Watford IBC. Anne has requested no black attire please, but something yellow would be preferable.
Evening League 2019 Report
A report on this year’s Friday Evening League Competition appears below. It is also on the Competitions – Friday Evening league page. Click on this link to go to that page.
Ray Cup & Evening League Winners; Griffin Cup Finals
Congratulations to Garston who won this season’s Ray Cup by beating Bushey in the Final at Herts BC, Watford on Sunday 21st July. Congratulations to Harperbury on winning the Friday Evening League, narrowly beating Watford Cassio after an extra end on Friday 26th July. Saturday Aug 3rd is the date for this year’s Griffin Cup Finals …
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The Bunting Brothers will contest the U18 Singles Final at Finals Day on August 31
The U18 Singles Competition, at Kings Langley BC on Sunday 9th June, produced a final, to be held on the W&D Mens Finals Day at Berkhamsted on Saturday August 31, between Jack Bunting and Toby Bunting. U19 Finalists Toby Bunting (left) and Jack Bunting (right) with Alan Lewington (W&D President). Congratulations to them.
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