Clockhouse (Upminster) Bowling Club

Welcome to the Website for Clockhouse (Upminster) Bowling Club

The Club welcomes new members, either existing bowlers or beginners. 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.

Ladies Albert Crabb Competition (Double Rink) - Monday 8th July

Both teams galloped away in this Albert Crabb 2nd round tie against Rainham played on Monday 8th July, following their Top Club Semi-Final win the day before.
Patricia Heather, Sandra Ringshaw, Stella Briton and Hazel Pudney won the home tie 35-13, Margaret Tinton, Michelle Carlin, Hayley Kenny and Rebecca Smith won the away tie 21-11, with a concession, an overall 56-24 win and a shot difference of 32.
The next round is against Elm Park on Thursday 18th July.

County Top Club Semi-Final - Sunday 7th July

The Ladies had an excellent win against Thorpe-le-Soken in their County Top Club Semi-Final on the neutral green at Stock and Buttsbury B/C on Sunday 7th July winning 3 out of the 4 disciplines and by 31 shots overall.

In a tight, well fought battle Hayley Kenny lost her singles by just one point 20-21, Margaret Tinton and Rebecca Smith won their pairs 26-13, Patricia Heather, Sandra Ringshaw and Stella Briton won their triples 28-11.

The fours of Val Hayes, Debbie Walmsley, Michella Carlin and Hazel Pudney won 21-19.

The Final of this competition will be played at Aveley, the Essex President's home Club, on Saturday 27th July 1.30pm start.

A tense last end on the fours rink.

Alvera Plate Mixed Pairs - Sunday 30th June

The Alvera Plate 2 wood mixed pairs event on Sunday 30th June is a competition held in memory of past members Alan and Vera Clark, introduced in 1995 by Vera following Alan's death. With all rinks in use, this years competition consisted of 4 rounds of 8 ends each and ended up a close run event. There were 3 pairs who won all 4 rounds, making the result being calculated on shot countback. In 3rd place with a shot difference of +10, was Margaret Tinton and Syd Stubbs, 2nd was Jane Legge and Geoff Carvosso on +15, with the winners, on a mighty shot difference of +39, were Patricia Heather and Tony Hayes.

Ladies Top Club - Saturday 29th June

On Saturday 29th June, the hottest day of the year so far and in temperatures reaching 30 degrees or more Clockhouse Ladies battled their way through the Area Final of the County Top Club competition, beating arch rivals Aveley on three out of four rinks and by 16 shots overall to earn themselves a place in the Semi-Final against Thorpe-le-Soken at Stock and Buttsbury Bowling Club on Sunday 7th July commencing at 10.30am.
Match results:
Singles player Hayley Kenny won 21-20, the pairs, Margaret Tinton and Rebecca Smith won 17-15, the triples, Patricia Heather, Sandra Ringshaw and Stella Briton lost 14-16 and the fours team of Val Hayes, Debbie Walmsley, Michelle Carlin and Hazel Pudney won 25-10.

Ladies County Pairs - 28th June

The pairing of Hayley Kenny and Rebecca Smith won their Area A Final match against the Upminster duo of Christina Allen and Jennifer Spearman-Adkins on Friday 28th June by 26 shots to 13 to land themselves yet another County Semi-Final at Great Baddow on Saturday 20th July.

Ladies County Fours - Tuesday 25th June

The Ladies Fours team of Sandra Ringshaw, Michelle Carlin, Hayley Kenny and Skip Rebecca Smith had a very close game just pipping a competitive Aveley team to the post with a 21-20 win in the Area A Final. They now go on to compete in the County Semi-Finals and hopefully the Finals which are being held on the same day at Great Baddow on Saturday 20th July.

BDBA President's Challenge - Sunday 23rd June

Clockhouse hosted the Brentwood and District Bowling Association annual President’s Challenge match on Sunday 23rd June.
The honour fell to Clockhouse as Secretary, Mike Long, is this years President of the Brentwood Association.
The match, consisting of 5 rinks, was a close fought affair that was enjoyed by all 40 players from participating clubs of the Brentwood League. Although Clockhouse won 3 of the 5 rinks, it was Brentwood Association who outscored the hosts by 93 to 87 shots.

County Top Club 2nd Round - Saturday 15th June

Clockhouse Ladies played their second round match in the County Top Club competition away to Rainham on a fairly heavy green and had excellent wins across all 4 disciplines.
Hayley Kenny won her singles 21-14, Margaret Tinton and Rebecca Smith won their pairs 24-6, Patricia Heather, Sandra Ringshaw and Stella Briton had a convincing 49-2 triples win with Val Hayes, Debbie Walmsley, Michelle Carlin and Hazel Pudney winning their Fours 13-11.
A total of 107-33 making a winning shot difference of 74 overall. A great result.
Round 3, held on a neutral green, is against Aveley BC, who beat Elm Park in the second round, and will be played at Haynes Park on Saturday 29th June 10.30am start.

Albert Crabb 1st Round - Tuesday 11th June

The Ladies played their first round in this competition on Tuesday night with a comprehensive win over Haynes Park. The home team of Hayley, Val Hayes, Michelle and Becky won 22-16 and the away team Patricia, Sandra, Stella and Hazel won 28-12, a shot total of 50-28 making a difference of 22 overall.

Welcome Drive - Saturday 8th June

Current members came along to welcome into the club some of the 35 new bowlers that has been recruited this year.
Throughout May they have attended The Bowls Development Alliance and Bowls England’s Learn to Bowl course, run by Trevor Plank.
Following an afternoon of bowling and a buffet everyone of the new bowlers received certificates as acknowledgment of their successful completion of the course.

Essex County Badge for Clockhouse

Doug Baxter was presented with his Essex County badge by Terry Mizen, County President, at the Essex v Berkshire match at Wanstead Central on Thursday 30th May. Doug said that it was a great end to an extremely pleasant 5 years playing Ashford Cup matches. He hopes this will put Clockhouse well and truly back on the Mens County scene as in addition Clockhouse also have Dennis Mills, Mike Long and Peter Galloway competing in these County matches.

County Top Club 1st Round - Saturday 25th May

The Ladies took on Haynes Park in the 1st round of the County Top Club competition at home on Saturday 25th May.
This competition involves 4 teams combining singles, pairs, triples and a rink.
Hayley Kenny, the Club's youngest member, had a resounding 21-2 victory in the singles.
The pairing of Margaret Tinton and Rebecca Smith triumphed 24-16 and the triples, Patricia Heather, Pat Flood and Stella Briton ended all level at 14-14. The rink, Val Hayes, Debbie Walmsley, Michelle Carlin and Hazel Pudney had a comfortable 36-13 win.
The 3½-½ win earns Clockhouse a 2nd round tie against Rainham on 15th June.

Welcome Drive
8th June

1.30 for 2.00pm
till approx. 5.00pm.

For the new bowlers, you will split you into three groups, two will bowl straight away, the third group will do the admin stuff in the clubhouse, then we will rotate one group at a time.
Dress is grey and white where possible, otherwise as you have been.

Current club members will be invited and a small finger buffet is available.
Should be great day.

The Earls - Sunday 19th May 2019

Winners - Debbie Walmsley, Paul Vine & Hazel Pudney (pictured)
Runners Up - Trevor Plank, Patricia Heather & Catherine Bull

On a fine sunny Sunday afternoon, it was a second trophy for Paul this weekend, partnered by Debbie and Hazel in The Earls mixed triples. With 3 wins and a draw, 7 points was enough to take the trophy by 1 point from the runners up.

Mens Selected Pairs - Friday 17th May 2019

Winners - Mike Long & Paul Vine (pictured)
Runners Up - Charles Rolph & Malcolm Tidbury

It was a very closely fought final going right to the last bowl. Charles and Malcolm were holding shot and Mike Long having one bowl left with the score at 7 all. All waited with baited breath as Mike delivered taking out Charles bowl to take shot and win the match 8-7.

Open Days "What happens next"

All new bowlers interested in joining the club will be offered four free bowls sessions during which our qualified coach will work with them to understand how to bowl. The sessions will cover enough for them to be able to bowl confidently and enable them to take part in club roll ups and fun events.
Trevor has set up a new bowlers facebook page called ‘Learn to bowl at Clockhouse’ to enable the new bowlers to keep in contact and be made aware of coaching sessions.

Club Open Days

At least 60 people responded to the advertising campaign by coming along to one or other of the Open Days and out of that number 40 have signed up for coaching.
The next step will be coaching during May followed by the gradual integration into the Club for those who wish to become members.
Any further enquiries to: coachbowls@clockhousebowlingclub.co.uk

Sunday 28th October 2018
- Presentation Lunch

Once again the Presentation Lunch was held at Orsett Hall. Although the numbers were down from previous years this years event was another social success, arranged and hosted once again by Brian Samuels.

The photos taken on the day can be seen on the "Presentation" page.

Saturday 29th September - Fancy Dress Drive

What a fine day it was for the final event of the summer bowling calendar. A good turn out in fancy dress terms with a very jovial session of bowls followed by wine with biscuits, cheese and sausage rolls. The drive was won by Veronica Wells (Gnome/Smurf/Nod) with +20 points. The best Ladies fancy dress was awarded to Sally Emes (Cleopatra) and the Mens fancy dress to Peter Galloway (Superman).

Link to all of the photos on the 'Fancy Dress' page.

Sunday 16th September - ECBA Group 4 Finals at Kings Chase

Unbadged Two Wood Pairs Final

Played at Kings Chase, Clockhouse pair Doug Baxter and Charles Rolph overcame the Romford pairing of M Quinton and R Hutchinson 21 -15, to win the Group 4 Unbadged Two Wood Pairs title.
A great result for 91 year old Charles and for Doug who has now won this trophy for the 2nd time in the last 3 years.

Unbadged Triples Final - Colin Morton Trophy

Clockhouse entered 2 teams this year in the Colin Morton Trophy. The ‘B’ squad reached the final, sadly losing both rinks 25 - 17 & 18 -15 to Haynes Park. This was a superb result considering our two teams of triples consisting of Tom Newton, Brian White, John Acreman & Syd Stubbs, John Carter, Terry Robson had never bowled as a team before. Several changes had to be made to the original teams owing to all sorts of unforeseen circumstances.

Club Finals Weekend
8th & 9th September

Thanks to the Captains and assistants, the Club Finals weekend went smoothly and provided some good matches without to many surprises.
Thanks to the refreshment providers and catering team the weekend was a gastronomic success which was most appreciated.

Click here to see a summary on the 'Finals' page.

Click for all of the Finals Day photos in 'Gallery'

Friday 31st August -
Warley Woods Finals

The Warley woods Finals took place at Haynes Park on Friday afternoon with Clockhouse represented by Rebecca Smith, Michelle Carlin and Margaret Tinton in the triples final, against the Ingatestone triples team of Jean Palmer, Sue Harrington and Jenny Paternoster.

After a slow start, our ladies fought back to lead after 10 ends, but a 6 end winning streak by Ingatestone was enough to hold off a late rally, with Ingatestone taking the title 18-15.

Saturday 25th August - Essex County Unfinished Finals

Clockhouse were represented at the Essex County Unfinished Finals on Saturday by Rebecca Smith in the Champion of Champions and by Hayley Kenny in the Unbadged Singles.

Hayley progressed through the semi-final of the Unbadged Singles with a 21-18 win over Frances Hill of PML to meet Cynthia Lee of Fairwood in the afternoon final.

Getting off to a slow start in the final, Hayley eventually clawed her way back to take the title 21-18.

Rebecca had a hard fought Champion of Champions semi-final game, going down 14-21 to the eventual winner, Brenda Bowyer of Essex County.

Friday 17th August - Ladies Day

Hartswood League Triples Final

Sandra Ringshaw, Stella Briton and Michelle Carlin played the final of the Hartswood League Triples at Liberty on Friday 17th August and had a convincing 27-3 victory, conceded after 15 ends, over Mary Bryant, Diana Pennell and Christina Allen from Upminster.

The trophy will be presented at the Hartswood League Presentation Day hosted by Brentwood Bowling Club on Monday 10th September.

Aveley Ladies Open

Hazel Pudney, Jenny Bullock, Val Hayes and Debbie Walmsley entered the Ladies Fours Open Day at Aveley Bowling Club playing 3 games of 9 ends during the days event.

With an entry of 24 teams, they progressed with an unbeaten run against Orsett 16-4, Ingatestone 8-6 and Rainham 10-5, taking the second place prize of £150, only one point behind the winners Corringham.

Needless to say they were pleased with their days work.

Coming up

Hetty Foster Competition

In your handbooks, shown as 9th June, this competition has been re-arranged for 21st July due to clash of weekend events.
Please make a note in your diaries and enter your name on the new sheet on the notice board.

Potters 2019

Ron Hilditch & Ada Goodall are now taking bookings for Potters 2019. Dates are 23rd – 27th September 2019. Full details to follow. List is now on the board in the club to add your name.