Each game in the MatchPlay is a two set affair with a tie-break. The round-robin stages determined the semi-finalists and there was a Plate competition too. The winners of three groups would go through to the semis along with the best runner-up. Group A was arguably the most open and contained two debutants, namely Essex’s John Fenton and all the way from the Royals in Tunbridge Wells, Paddy Rozier. Paddy did well to adjust to what was by his standards a slowish carpet to take second spot in the group behind the increasingly confident Tony Down from Bristol. Though Down did lose out to Rozier in their head-to-head match on the tie-break.
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Category: Archived News
TRAINING WEEKEND NEWS
The BWBA hosts several weekends at its headquarters in Stoke Mandeville. Traditionally the first one each year includes a pairs competition in memory of the late Kay Pipe. The Kay Pipe Pairs matches up the more experienced bowlers with those with less experience – a formula that is popular and works well.
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THE NEW NUMBER 1 HAS A NEW NUMBER 1
Match results in the BWBA MatchPlay Singles had a significant effect on the National rankings. Singles winner Lea Davis secures 8th spot but the really important change occurred at the top end of the top ten.
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MATCH RESULT
BWBA v Worthing Pavilion BC 2011
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EIBA FINALS
…and a sisterly update from the last edition…
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Transitions 2011
HAT-TRICK OF WINS FOR ENGLAND IN ANNUAL HOME COUNTRIES BOWLS
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ENGLISH TRIUMPH IN THE VALLEYS – BUT ONLY JUST
This year’s annual Home Countries Wheelchair Bowls Championships were held in Wales by hosts the Welsh Paraplegic and Tetraplegic Sports Association. The Championships were put together with the help of the Presenting Partner ‘Mon Motors Group’ and was supported by Disability Sport Wales and Village Hotels. The venue was the picturesque Sully IBC overlooking the Severn estuary.
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EIBA FINAL – WHEELCHAIR WOMEN MAKE THEIR MARK
A Special Report by David Rhys-Jones : Still the Voice of Bowls
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BWBA MATCHPLAY PAIRS 2010
Tamworth and Distict IBC hosted the BWBA’s MatchPlay Pairs weekend recently. Wheelchair bowlers can pair up with a partner of their choice – disabled or not. This format – a tried and tested one for the BWBA – highlights the fact that a wheelchair bowler can play on equal terms with other bowlers. Matches are the best of two sets along with a shoot-out if necessary.
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BWBA v SOMERSET COUNTY PRESIDENT’S TEAM
A little bit of bowls history occurred recently in the sunny climes of Weston-super-Mare when a team of bowlers representing the BWBA played a county side outdoors for the very first time.
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