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HONGKONG OPEN OZ PAIRS AT BONALBA

More success for El Cid! This time it's CONGRATULATIONS to Selma Blight and Paul Trunchion WINNING the HongKong Australian Pairs competition at Bonalba. They won all 4 games and scored 31points, 2nd place Lisa and Peter Bonsor (Greenlands )29 points. 3rd place to Belinda Archer with JoeTobin (Bonalba). Unlucky Jean McLaughlin and Chris Salter just missing out on the podium though they also won all 4 games . As always a fantastic competition. Many thanks to everyone at Bonalba .

Other news - a reminder that all league results and tables can be found under the individual team names on the website menu. However its great to see the Knights now 5 points clear at the top! The Templars currently in 4th and the Cavaliers 7th. The Lancers our Winter League team currently 7th. COME ON ELCID.

DIREKT OPTIK 321

Direkt Optik 321 competition. First and foremost its a massive thank you to our sponsors for their continued support of this competition. The competition excellently run by the club Competition Secretary Velia Wood. Seeing the competition through to a successful conclusion even after late withdrawals and unavoidable late arrivals. Ably helped throughout by Jan Phillips and Jennifer Beattie. The results kept up to date throughout Match Secretary Alan Phillips

Now to the results -

In 3rd place the mixed El Cid/BBC team of Jeff Stevens, Robin Flaxman and Steve Inglis 24 points

In 2nd place the all El Cid team of Bernard Power, Christina Harris and Greg Sperring 29 points

But its CONGRATULATIONS to this years winners,again from El Cid. JEAN MCLAUGHLIN, TONY BISHOP AND CHRIS SALTER 30 points.

The presentations made by Club Captain Stewart Beattie. Thanks and a collection given to Dima behind the bar for keeping us in drink throughout the 2 days!

What an amazing job done by Betty Pierrot over the 2 days selling raffle tickets and pink ribbons. Some competitors also making contributions to the selection of prizes. What an amazing result though with Betty able to present €600 to Jeanette Missons of CANCER CARE! This included generous donations from the prize winners.

All in all a fantastic two days. Roll on next year.

NEWS UPDATE - 3 teams not long back from taking part in the Indalo BC Invitation Rinks Open down in Mojacar, Almeria. Best result goes to the team of Alan and Jan Phillips with Christina Harris and Greg Sperring with 4 wins and 2 losses. As always a a well run competition. 112 bowlers this year! Once again the competition won by Peter Bonsor this time playing with Lisa Bonsor, Darren Reynolds and Dave Morrison (Greenlands BC)

In the Select Villas Triples Open at Calpe BC a late entry (10pm the night before the competition) saw El Cids Paul Trunchion teamed up with Dave Hard (Calpe BC Captain) and Calpe club member Liz Scott. They went on to win all 4 games and took the title by just 1 point!

Finally in todays (27th October) Northern League games some great results. The Knights away to BBC Sharks taking a 8-0 win, the Templars away to Bonalba Renegades also taking a 8-0 win but the Cavaliers losing at home to the Calpe Orcas 2-6. Unlucky though with the Orcas only taking the overall shots by 5.

EL CID SUCCESS JUST KEEPS COMING

VALENCIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - 18TH SEPTEMBER TO 14TH OCTOBER

This year the Championships were excellently hosted by Benitachell and Bonalba Bowls Clubs. Great to see a good entry from El Cid this year. AND WOW - DIDNT WE DO WELL!

First and foremost its CONGRATULATIONS to this years LADIES PAIRS CHAMPIONS - JEAN MCLAUGHLIN AND YVONNE BRIDEN beating BBC in the final.

In the RINKS - SELMA BLIGHT, JEAN MCLAUGHLIN, PAUL TRUNCHION AND CHRIS SALTER won through to the final only to just lose out to Vistabella in an extra end. SO CLOSE!

In the TRIPLES - Only played yesterday (14th October) another team JEAN MCLAUGHLIN, STEWART BEATTIE AND CHRIS SALTER also won through to the final but again only just lost out 15-13 to Vistabella. SO CLOSE!

Some great performances in the other disciplines as well. In the Mens singles PAUL TRUNCHION, GREG SPERRING AND CHRIS SALTER all made it through to the last 8. So many other near misses with 21-20 losses in some games, extra end losses in others. All in all a very impressive Championships for El Cid. Still difficult to believe how well those 2 youngsters Jean and Chris did. Often playing 2 games in a day and entering almost all disciplines and of course achieving some incredible results!

NORTHERN LEAGUE - A completely different format for the league this year. Now just teams of 9. Two matches on the green at the same time and no restriction on moving players between teams except they are unable to play for different teams in the same week. This year El Cid have entered 3 teams, The Knights, The Cavaliers and The Templars. Mixed results over the first 3 weeks. The Knights with 6-2, 6-2,5-3 wins, The Cavaliers 0-8, 2-6 losses then a fantastic 8-0 win. Best start though to the Templars with 8-0 and 8-0 wins, their 3rd match to be rearranged shortly. Results can be found under the individual team names in the website main menu.

WINTER LEAGUE -a much changed squad this year. The first match played at El Cid a 3-7 loss to Quesada. Then just today their longest trip of the season to Country Bowls saw a 2-8 loss.

This years Club Championships also underway this week. It sure is a busy time. Come on El Cid!