CLOCK HOUSE (UPMINSTER) BOWLING CLUB

Our green is situated in Clockhouse Gardens, St Marys Lane, Upminster, close to Waitrose, in delightful surroundings.
We play in competitive leagues for both men and ladies.
There are also friendly matches with other local Clubs and, if you so wish, just some social bowling.
We are a friendly social Club and run several social events throughout the year.

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2026

The Hetty Foster Trophy 7th June

8 mixed triples teams competed for this years
Hetty Foster Trophy match. The winners by one
point were Clare Hull, Toni Woodgate and
Bernie Finch.

Men's 2 Wood Selected Pairs Trophy 4th June

20 men turned up to play the 2 Wood Pairs competition. Only two short breaks for showers.
The winners after 4 rounds of 7 ends were Barry Watkins and John Noble.

Sunday 17th May - Friendly v Griffin (Harlow)

Our friendly matches this season kicked off with a visit from Griffin Bowls Club (Harlow), Captained by Ann King, an Upminster friend of many years. Although only needing 12 players to make up our team of 4 triples, that's all Clockhouse could muster for this first home game of the season, from a membership of 109, that's very disappointing.
The lack of interest didn't have an adverse effect on the final result of the match with Clockhouse romping to a comfortable win by all 4 triples with an overall score of 84 shots to 44. Well done to Captain Val, who stood down to organise tea, cakes, cakes and more cakes, ably assisted by Wendy.

Saturday 25th April - President's Day

Sun is shining in the sky - There ain't a cloud in sight - It's stopped raining - Everybody's in the play - And don't you know, it's a beautiful new day.
The afternoon started with the "Arachnid" as star of the show, with this year's Captain Rob Crabb taking the prize, that's about all the Captains were going to get from today's event, well it was the President's Day. So after a stretch and loosen up of all those joints, directed by our in-house Osteopath, the Captains v Presidents match got under way. With all 6 rinks in play, each team played 3 matches of 6 ends. The final result was an overwhelming win for new President, Rebecca Smith, by 119 - 79 shots. The afternoon was concluded with sandwiches, cake and liquid in some form or another. There were prizes for winning Captains and Presidents teams and booby prizes for final places. A good day was had by all, from what I remember.