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CAVALIERS V TEMPLARS
KNIGHTS V BBC SHARKS

26th October - All 3 El Cid teams were on the green at the home club today! With the El Cid Cavaliers taking on the El Cid Templars and the El Cid Knights taking on the BBC Sharks. Strangely similar results though with both the Cavaliers and Knights both looking like taking 8-0 wins. However The Templars team of Keith Hamilton, Christina Harris and Greg Sperring picked up 3 shots in their 18th end to ensure their team took 2 points. The Cavaliers best result 20-10 coming from Tony Bishop, Bob Williams and John Feek and they took the overall shots 50-40. In the Knights match one rink was holding 1 shot to draw their game but their skip sadly knocked a Sharks bowl in for shot and they lost by 2. The Knights best result 27-15 coming from Jean McLaughlin, Velia Wood and Chris Salter. The Knights taking the overall shots by 62 to 42. The Templars have a delayed home match v BBC Dolphins tomorrow then next Monday the Knights take on the Templars and the Cavaliers are away to Bonalba Rebels.

DIREKT OPTIK
HONG KONG PAIRS

24th October - Success. With 48 bowlers taking part it all came down to shot difference to decide the prize winners. · Games played over 8 ends or to a time limit of 55 minutes. In 3rd place from BBC it was Robin Flaxman and Bert McLean with 9 points and plus 13 shots. In 2nd place from El Cid it was Jean McLaughlin and Chris Salter with 9 points and plus 15 shots but this years winners also from El Cid are Richard Warrilow and Stewart Beattie with 9 points and plus 16 shots! Presentations made by Club Captain Trefor Evans whilst competitors enjoyed a free drink. Thanks given to DIREKT OPTIK for their continued generous sponsorship, to Richard Warrilow for organising the competition, To our Match Secretary Alan Phillips ably assisted by Jan Phillips and Jennifer Beattie. Well done to the bar and kitchen staff for keeping us in food and drink throughout the day. Roll on next year.

Northern League results

22nd October - The horrific Storm Adam caused all league games to be postponed on Monday. The Knights and Cavaliers rearranged the matches for today and the Templars will play theirs on Tuesday. Mixed results for the teams playing today. The Cavaliers travelling to BBC to take on their Sharks. Oh so close but in the end the Sharks took the day by 6 points to 2. Just 9 shots in the total overall scores 55-46 for the Sharks. The Cavaliers win by 1 shot coming from Pat Coburn, Phil Newham and Jill Glastonbury and that was some fightback as they had been 14-5 down. Another rink losing by just 2 shots. Their next match is against our Templars on Monday!

Better news for the Knights. An away match against the Bonalba Renegades and they came away with a 7-1 win including the overall shots by 69 to 33. Best result coming from Paul Trunchion, Tania Rivers and David Hall with a 32-9 win. An important last end for Jean McLaughlin, Per Deckel and Chris Salter picking up a single shot to tie their game. The Knights next game is a home game against the BBC Sharks on Monday so all 3 El Cid teams will be on the rink at the same time! Should be fun!? League tables unlikely to be updated before conclusion of the Templars game on Tuesday. Watch this space.

Lancers v Bonalba Broncos

21st October - Thats better. Our Winter League team flies up to 2nd place in the League table with a fantastic 8-2 home win against the Bonalba Broncos. That included the points for taking the overall shots by 81-53. Result of the day though by just 1 shot goes to Tania Rivers, Richard Warrilow, Christina Harris and Greg Sperring with a 23-10 win. Selma Blight, Jean McLaughlin, Velia Wood and Chris Salter winning 22-10! Great to see a few members from both clubs come along to support their teams. The Lancers next match sees their marathon travel trip to Country Bowls to take on their Cobras who currently sit top of the table on shot difference! Come on El Cid!

BBC FOUNDERS DAY

20th October - 38th Anniversary Founders Day at BBC. This time sponsored by Ark Capital. Each team consisting of two BBC members and one invited guest. Played over 3 games of 2 bowl 10 end Triples. MORE success for El Cid with Richard Warrilow playing with Steve Inglis and Judith Goodall taking the win. 3 wins and the best shot difference beating the other 6 teams who also had 3 wins! 2nd place going to the team including Janet Jukes from Greenlands BC and 3rd place to the team including Dave Hard of Calpe BC. Just missing out were the teams including Stewart Beattie and Trefor Evans both with 3 wins. A lovely spread of tapas served afterwards before the presentations. Thanks go to Gerry for organizing the competition, their sponsors and to all those at BBC that made it a successful day. Full results will be on the BBC website later

EL CID DO THE DOUBLE

15th and 16th October - Firstly its congratulations to Selma and Ian Blight with Adrian Cowdrey on winning the Calpe Paseo BC competition v the Swiss! Taking the win with highest aggregate shots over their 3 out of 3 wins. Unusually this was a Calpe Paseo BC competition but they only had 6 members available to play a team of 18 over from Switzerland. So El Cid was asked to help out and 12 members volunteered to play. Richard Warrilow was asked to Captain the mixed club "International" team. Not only did the all El Cid team win but Richard also saw his International team take the overall shots by 9! A thoroughly enjoyable day though it must be said that Swiss team has some very high quality players!

Then on the 16th it was the Inmobres Rotation Triples Open at Calpe BC. A long day with an impressive entry of 66 bowlers including visitors from Penarth in Wales and some of the Swiss team as well. 4 x 50 minute games with team positions rotating in the middle games. Another win for El Cid but this time by Christina Harris, Dee Hamilton and Greg Sperring. 3 wins and a draw plus a big shot difference seeing them take the win from a BBC team in 2nd and a Calpe BC team 3rd. So unlucky for one Swiss team 3 wins and 5-1 up in their last game but managing to lose in the last end. An excellent raffle, fantastic food and drink on offer throughout the day. Thankyou to everyone at Calpe BC.

San Miguel v Lancers

14th October - This week our Winter League team The Lancers had another away match this time to San Miguel BC. This time the result went to San Miguel by 8 points to 2 including taking the shots by 79 to 47. The Lancers 2 points coming from Selma Blight, Jean McLaughlin, Velia Wood and Chris Salter with a 19-14 win. However with 2 tough away games out of the way the Lancers still find themselves in 5th place in the League just 6 points off San Miguel at the top. Full fixtures and results and the league table can be found under the Winter League section of this website. Next Wednesday its a home game against the Bonalba Broncos. Come on El Cid

Knights and Cavaliers off to a flyer

12th October - Challenge accepted! After our Templars got off to a great start with an 6-2 win last week it was down to the Knights and Cavaliers to get off to a strong home start as well today. AND THEY DID! After 9 ends it wasn't looking great for the Cavaliers under their new Captain Tony Spike against the Bonalba Renegades with all 3 rinks behind. However the second 9 saw them fight back to win 8-0 taking the shots by 61-47. Their best result 25-17 coming from Selma Blight, Ian Blight anf Jill Glastonbury. As for the Knights a comprehensive 8-0 win with the shots taken by 95 to 30 against the Calpe Marlins. Their best result 38-11 coming from Paul Trunchion, Jeff Stevens and David Hall. Well done El Cid!! Next week sees the Cavaliers take on the BBC Sharks away, the Knights away to Bonalba Renegades and the Templars take on the BBC Dolphins at El Cid. All matches on Monday 19th October.

EL CID V SAWBRIDGEWORTH

9th October

The last of 3 touring teams to visit El Cid this week were from Sawbridgeworth BC based in the Hertfordshire area of England. Back to 5 rinks matches this time with 2 trial ends plus 18 played. El Cid taking the day by 3 matches to 2 with each of the wins being big ones! However some very impressive bowling from the visitors saw them take the wins on the other 2 rinks though only in the last end on one with the El Cid skips last bowl somehow going through a gap barely big enough for a bowl, millimetres to either side would probably have given El Cid the extra win! Another enjoyable day though with everyone able to enjoy their lunch out in the glorious sun afterwards. Best effort yet from the staff in the bar and kitchen.

Great start for the Lancers

7th October

A fantastic start for our Winter League team The Lancers. A tough first match away to Quesada but coming away with an 8-2 win! This including the shots by 75 to 55. Result of the day a 25-12 win for Tania Rivers, Christina Harris, Jeff Stevens and Greg Sperring. Unlucky on the losing rink with only a 3 shot loss. The Lancers next game once again away is to San Miguel on the 14th October. Come on El Cid. Remember all the fixtures, results and League tables can found in the Winter League section of this website.

Busy start to the season

Sunday 4th October - El Cid v Moonfleet

After a one year break we welcomed Moonfleet BC from the Weymouth area of the UK back to El Cid. This time we played 5 rinks games - 2 trial ends plus 18. A thoroughly enjoyable match with El Cid taking the day 3 matches to 2 but with a big shot difference. However more importantly everyone enjoyed the day with soup, filler rolls - sausage rolls and chips served in the restaurant afterwards.

Monday 5th October - El Cid v City Of Plymouth BC

Another touring team back after a years break. Unusually this was a match of 5 x 3 wood Pairs played over 19 ends with just one shot only counting in the first end. El Cid taking a clean sweep of wins though one match was only 1 shot in it going into the last end. Another fun day though with the same food offered afterwards as for the Moonfleet match. Thanks go to the staff in the bar / kitchen with the food and service much improved after a couple of issues yesterday.

Also on the 5th October the Northern League team TheTemplars travelled to Bonalba to take on their Rascals! This match being played early due to some players from both teams playing in the Indalo Invitation Rinks on the 12th. A great start for the Templars though taking a 6-2 win including the shots by 53 to 46. Result of the day going to Pat Wardrop, Alan Phillips and Jack Wardrop with a 21-13 win. Now its over to the Knights and Cavaliers to play their matches on the 12th and see if they can go top of the table over the Templars at this very early stage of the season. Come on El Cid!