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MORE MEDAL SUCCESS FOR WELSH SHORT MAT BOWLS
At the Short Mat Bowls Championships held in Belgium in March, Welsh bowlers kept up their enviable and impressive record of success at the event by winning two silver medals and one bronze medal.
The first silver was won by Lee Daniels, who lost to Colm Murphy (Ireland) in a closely fought Singles final.
The second silver came in the Fours, when Mark Richards, Tom Jones, Luke Haddon and Stephen Williams lost on the last bowl to England..
Then along came the Bronze, when Laura Thomas, Edward Rees and Peter Rees combined to comfortably defeat the Irish Triple in the play-off game.
Many congratulations to all out medal winners and all who represented Wales so well at these Championships.
Added: 11th June 2008
WALES - v - ENGLAND TEST MATCH (SHORT MAT)
Fresh from the above Championship success, WSMBA then hosted a one-off Test Match against England at Bro Myrddin Indoor Bowls Stadium on 19th April, with both sides fielding 6 Pairs and 6 Triples.
Against a strong English team Welsh Officials were very impressed with the overall standard of play, and felt the match had been of great value to the future development of the young Welsh bowlers.
Perhaps next time those "last ends" will turn out different! CONGRATULATIONS again to all the young bowlers who represented Wales so well in this match.
Added: 11th June 2008
JOB VACANCIES – WELSH BOWLS DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Due to the retirement of certain post-holders, and the expansion of the Scheme for the forthcoming Outdoor Bowls season, vacancies for … Area Co-ordinator and Community Hub Officers have arisen.
Please click here for information on the posts
** Closing Dates for applications is 6th March 2008 and the posts will be effective from 1st April 2008 **
For more information on how to apply, for either/ both vacancies, please contact: - Gerald Harris, Secretary/Treasurer, Welsh Bowls Federation, by the following methods-
By Post
D.G.Harris, The Grange, Trevaughan, Whitland, Carms., SA34 OQL.
By Telephone: - 01994/ 241022
By E-mail:- Gerald Harris
We look forward to receiving your applications.
Wales Ladies Fly High, Down Under
World Bowls Championships, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Congratulations to the Ladies of our World Bowls Team who did so well in last month’s World Bowls Championships.
Results*
Ladies' Fours
SILVER MEDAL (Hannah Smith, Wendy Price, Isobel Jones, Anwen Button)
Ladies' Triples
BRONZE MEDAL (Hannah Smith, Anwen Button & Kathy Pearce).
Team Result
WALES – 6th (Taylor Trophy)
As well as being excellent ambassadors, their high standard of play, enthusiasm and team spirit carried this fine team to their richly deserved success where ALL members of the team returned with medals. Many Congratulations to all the Players and Officials of our Ladies World Bowls Team.
Men’s Fours
Quarter Finalist (Neil Rees, Martin Selway, Robert Horgan & Andrew Atwood)
As with their Singles team-mate (Mike Prosser), this team beat other leading countries in the various Competitions, but unfortunately did not make the knock-out stages of the other competitions.
While results might have gone against them, these fine ambassadors for Wales will surely benefit greatly from the experience gained by playing in a World Championships.
Team Result
WALES – 13th (Leonard Trophy)
* (See World Bowls Ltd Website for full results).
Added 17th February 2008
New Website for the WBF
The WBF has just launched its new website. We hope it will provide much relevant information to hopefully assist everyone involved in the games of bowls today. Beginning with what we feel are the relevant Topics/ Links, we hope it will be of great benefit to Welsh Bowls in the years to come.
Added: 12th February 2008