Club News

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Christmas 2025

The Short Mat players enjoyed a Christmas special, with delicious cakes baked by Teresa Rosser as well as sausage rolls and mince pies. Also, a few games of short mat were enjoyed, but somehow the food seemed more important!

Thanks go to Steven Rosser and John Banks for organising the twice-weekly sessions, much enjoyed by all concerned.

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Earlier, musician Jan Robinson entertained club members with his excellent renditions of classic hits, including some by his current group Marmalade. (pictures by Chris Mocko)

Then, on the Sunday, the Thames Vale Singers sang a selection of Christmas Carols and seasonal songs, and successfully encouraged the club members to sing along, more or less in tune!

A particular highlight was Val Ryan's reading of a very cheeky Christmas poem, written by Nigel Smith. As well as being a member of the choir, Val is a bowling member of the club.

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Club Presentation Evening: November 2025

Grateful thanks go to Julie Merry for organising the club's presentation evening, held on Friday 28th November.

It was a great success with many of the trophy recipients attending.

The food provided by the excellent Food Fairies, was really good, with three different spicy curries and a very tasty lasagna.

Thanks also go to Gerry Neal for running this year's competitions.

The trophy winners can be seen in a gallery here.

Co-Op Generosity

Recently, Jay Lloyd, Store Manager of Coop in School Road, presented Tilehurst Bowls Club with a cheque for £75.

This means that, with their earlier cheque for £250, Coop have given a total of £325 to the Club.

When you add this to the food that they donated to support the charity match in aid of Thames Valley Air Ambulance, their generosity has been absolutely tremendous.

The photo shows Glyn Crowther receiving the cheque from Jay Lloyd.

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Air Ambulance Fund Raiser

On Monday 8th September, Northern powerhouse Glyn Crowther faced former UK Commonwealth Games bowler Andy Knapper in a bowls game to raise money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance. It was a great evening: club members sponsored Glyn and there was a BBQ, raffle and the bar. After 18 closely fought ends, the score finished at 17-9 in Andy Knapper's favour.

On the evening £685.45 was raised (Raffle - £329; BBQ - £225; £131.45). There is still some sponsorship to come in but a provisional projection for the total raised is £1,783.45!

Total update: As of 17th October, the total raised for the Air Ambulance Charity is £1835.45

Food was generously supplied by Bracknell Meats and Reading West Tesco.

A special thank you goes to Co-Op, School Road, Tilehurst who also presented a cheque for the club's use for £250.

Huge thanks go to Glyn, Andy and to everyone who helped run the evening as well, of course, to all the club members who sponsored Glyn and attended the event.

It was a fantastic evening!

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Tilehurst County Double Fours Triumph

Kudos to the Tilehurst squad for their remarkable victory in the County Double Fours Championship. They emerged victorious against Bracknell with a score of 37-29 during the match held at Suttons on Sunday, 7th September.

The winning team comprised of Andy Knapper, Dan Wetherley- Emberson, Adrian Collins, Scott Winskill, Aubrey Merry, James Drisse, Mark Clisby, and Patrick Hulbert.

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Club Finals Weekend

Despite some showers, the finals weekend was a great success with some great bowling on display. Congratulations to the winners of the various competitions, and commiserations to the runners up.

Thanks go to Competitions' secretary Gerry Neal for oprganising the weekend so efficiently and to Bob Kiddle for Umpiring, as well as everyone else who supported by attending and helping.

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Kennet League News:

The KLA Team finished third in division 1 West.
The KLB Team finished last in division1 West and will be playing in division 2 next year, but consistently managed to field a full team for every fixture, often travelling considerable distances to fulfill the match commitments.
The KLVA Team won Division 1 Central West: many congratulations to them!
The KLVB Team finished fourth in Division 1 Central West.
The KLVC Team finished last in Division 1 Central West and will be playing in Division 2 next year.

Thanks should go to all the players who gave their time to represent the club in these matches.

2025 Invitation 2 Wood Day

Despite a few rain showers, the 2 Wood Day held on 6th July was a great success.

As in previous years, the standard of bowling was superb, with players showing tremendous skill and clearly enjoying their games. Everyone enjoyed the food and drink and appreciated the hard work put in by the organisers and their helpers.

It was an excellent day!

Shane Cooper and Sam Watts- cup winners

Clive Watson and Keith Roper- Cup runners up

Carl Brooks and Levi Hembrow- plate winners

Ian Henwood and Mark Charlett- plate runners up

Mick Sigamoney and Dennis O'Mahoney- cup semi finalists

James Efde and Calvert Farrer- cup semi finalists

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Try Bowls Open Day

Thanks to the very hard work of organisers Ann and Rod Gray and the many club members who hosted the event, this was a very successful Open Day with a lot of visitors attending. Luckily the rain held off, and our visitors enjoyed trying their hands at bowls as well as sampling the other facilities of the club, especially the bar!

It was also good to see Graeme & Maurice from Hospital Radio broadcasting live from greenside.

Grateful thanks to all involved.

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OTL Presentation Evening

On Friday 9th May, Tilehurst hosted the OTL presentation evening, during which the club received the 2024 winner's trophy.

The pictures show Steven Rosser (Tilehurst OTL Selector) & Gill Chamberlain (Burghfield) receiving the winning and second place trophies respectively. Also shown are Tilehurst member Wendy West, James Drisse and Glynis Pease

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Eric Eels Triples-VE Day Special

Notwithstanding the traditional early bank holiday weather, everyone enjoyed the bowling, wrapped up in many layers as they were.

Congratulations to Andy Finnie, Dave Miles and Richard Harman who came first in the competition. Alan Richards won the Spider.

Many thanks to organisers Rod and Ann Gray and also to the many helpers who prepared and set out the magnificent spread of food, under Lisa Jones's efficient guidance. Lisa also prepared most of the food. Thanks to the people who baked cakes. Many people attended in themed attire. The table of memorabilia was also very interesting: many thanks for the contributions.

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