Steve Bartlett and Tammy Davey winners of the 2026 Friday night league.
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FRIDAY CLUB NIGHT LEAGUE 2026: The last games for the Friday night league took place on the 28th August and after 17 weeks of play the man and lady winners were Steve Barlett with 81 points, who also won the league overall and Tammy Davey with 74 points, who came 2nd overall. Well done to them both and thank you to all the bowlers that turned up every Friday.
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Patsy Hammond,winner of the Vic Persley Cup being presented by the Club President Christine Reynolds.
2026 OPEN GREEN DAY: Saturday 18th April saw the start of the 2026 outdoor bowling season for the Burnham Hillside Bowls Club. Before the games got underway the club was honoured to have present Mark Royal (an English international lawn and indoor bowler who has been in the top 16 of the World Bowls Tour Rankings since 2003) to open the Green and bowl the first official bowl along with the clubs President, Christine Reynolds.
The day was well attended with over 60 members and visitors present of which 54 bowlers took part in the day’s games. In addition, Mark Royal was also selling bowls gear for any bowlers who needed to top up their bowling equipment and our thanks to Steve Andow for arranging Mark Royal to be present. The Green was looking excellent and bowled well after the Winter work.
A Spider was held with the nearest bowl to the spider being Gill Mortensen’s, who won a bottle of Whisky, which was generously donated by Sheila Shuker. The days competition was three separate games of six ends over two groups, which lasted approximately 5 hours overall.
When all the scorecards had been checked there was one clear winner, which was Patsy Hammond with a shot difference of 26. Patsy was presented with the winners cup (The Vic Persley Cup) by the club’s President Christine Reynolds after which Christine thanked everyone for turning up and specially thanked Wendy Parkhouse for selling the raffle tickets, Hazel Bradley for purchasing most of the raffle prizes, all the bar staff and the green team for the preparation of the green.
The day was well attended with over 60 members and visitors present of which 54 bowlers took part in the day’s games. In addition, Mark Royal was also selling bowls gear for any bowlers who needed to top up their bowling equipment and our thanks to Steve Andow for arranging Mark Royal to be present. The Green was looking excellent and bowled well after the Winter work.
A Spider was held with the nearest bowl to the spider being Gill Mortensen’s, who won a bottle of Whisky, which was generously donated by Sheila Shuker. The days competition was three separate games of six ends over two groups, which lasted approximately 5 hours overall.
When all the scorecards had been checked there was one clear winner, which was Patsy Hammond with a shot difference of 26. Patsy was presented with the winners cup (The Vic Persley Cup) by the club’s President Christine Reynolds after which Christine thanked everyone for turning up and specially thanked Wendy Parkhouse for selling the raffle tickets, Hazel Bradley for purchasing most of the raffle prizes, all the bar staff and the green team for the preparation of the green.
2026 Winners Val Hyam & Len Hyam with Club President, Christine Reynolds, presenting Cup.
2026 SPRING PAIRS: On Monday the 4th May 24 pairs of teams from Burnham Hillside Bowls Club played in the club’s annual Spring Pairs Competition for the Blay Cup, which was organised by Patsy Hammond & Kevin Olley the club’s Competition Secretary’s with assistances from Eleanor Bridge. There were two leagues of 12 teams respectively and each team played 3 games of 8 ends. The weather was intermittent but, in the main, stayed dry and the green bowled well. Plenty of chat and joviality took place making this day, as always, successful. During the day a bar service was available covered by various bowlers and homemade cakes, courtesy of Christine Reynolds, were available to purchase.
To decide the eventual winners a final was played between the two winning teams from each of the leagues and in the end Val & Len Hyam beat Kevin Brown & Nigel Norfolk. Before the presentations the Club’s Chairman, Kevin Olley, thanked all those in attendance for making it such a great day. The club’s President Christine Reynolds, then thanked the organisers, the bar helpers and the raffle ticket sellers. Christine then presented each of the finalist a monitory award and the winners were also presented with the Blay Cup. The day finished with the raffle draw taking place.
To decide the eventual winners a final was played between the two winning teams from each of the leagues and in the end Val & Len Hyam beat Kevin Brown & Nigel Norfolk. Before the presentations the Club’s Chairman, Kevin Olley, thanked all those in attendance for making it such a great day. The club’s President Christine Reynolds, then thanked the organisers, the bar helpers and the raffle ticket sellers. Christine then presented each of the finalist a monitory award and the winners were also presented with the Blay Cup. The day finished with the raffle draw taking place.
2026 Winners: From the right Kevin Brown, Patsy Hammond, Steve Bartlett with Helen Doe (Daughter of Tom & Margaret Filtness) presenting Shield.
2026 TOM FILTNESS TRIPLES: Burnham Hillside BC held its annual internal Tom Filtness Competition on Monday 25th May run by the Club’s Competition Secretaries Kevin Olley & Patsy Hammond. 14 triples teams played through the day, which originally was to be across 4 separate games of 6 ends followed by a final! However, due to the excessive hot weather, it was only three games plus the final. It was a great day with lots of bowling and social chatting taking place on the Green and throughout the period. After the games a raffle draw took place. The final was held between the first and second place teams with the result being that Steve Bartlett, Patsy Hammond & Kevin Brown won the final with Gill Mortensen, Diane Carter & Kevin Olley being runners-up. The winners were presented with the Tom Filtness Shield by Helen Doe, daughter of Tom & Margaret, who initially gave a speech thanking the club and the players for continuing to support her dads trophy. Our President Christine Reynolds thanked the Competition Secretaries for running the day, Wendy Parkhouse for selling the raffle tickets, the Green Team for the excellent green and thanks was given to all those people who served behind the bar.
Group Photo of days players
2026 PRESIDENTS DAY: On Saturday 20th June the Annual Burnham Hillside Bowls Club President's Day took place. The Club's President Christine Reynolds had selected her team of 5 rinks and one triples of various bowlers from BHBC plus some special friends and bowlers from other clubs, with Burnham’s Kevin Olley as her Captain. They played against BHBC bowlers, Captained by Sid Curtis. The Green bowled very well. The weather was perfect and great enjoyment was had by all. There were lots of laughing, joking and appropriate socialising throughout the games. As part of the day's activities a spider took place for a bottle of spirit which was donated by Gill Mortensen, and won by Diane Carter. There was also a raffle, with a vast number of prizes donated by many of the bowlers and a thanks was given to Karen Hull selling the tickets. As for the outcome of the game, the President’s side won overall by 13 shots. After the game all the players sat down to an excellent three course meal, which was followed by speeches, first, from the Captain (Sid Curtis), who presented a bunch of flowers to the President and then the President that included gifts and thanks to Hazel Bradley, Wendy Parkhouse, Maggie Abbott and Marilyn Rowling for providing the meal and to Kevin Brown for looking after the bar for a good part of the day.
2026 Winners (from left): Richard English, Paulette Norfolk with Christine Reynolds (President presenting cup) and Nic Hull (presenting Cup), and David Bateman & Lynne Parlour.
2026 SID HULL CUP: On Sunday 5th July Burnham Hillside Bowls Club had its internal annual Sid Hull Fours Cup Competition for its members which was organised by Kevin Olley & Patsy Hammond. In all there were 48 bowlers making up 12 teams of fours that played over four games of 6 ends. The weather was warm and ideal and made the day that much more enjoyable. Throughout the day there was plenty of tea/coffee available. As always, the club bar was on tap, with volunteer members helping out. Before the game a spider was held which was won by Nic Hull and he won a bottle of Whisky. There was some hot competition among the teams and when all the final scores were added there was the final to play between the two highest scoring teams, which also proved to be a very close game. In the end the team of Lynne Parlour, Dave Bateman, Richard English & Paulette Norfolk beat the team of Diane Carter, Barry Kettlety, Alan Johnson & Kevin Olley, so became the 2026 Sid Hull Four Cup winners. Before the presentation our President, Christine Reynolds, thanked Kevin Olley and Patsy Hammond for organising the day, Wendy Parkhouse for serving behind the bar, plus other bar staff who helped behind the bar, the various helpers selling raffle tickets and all the bowlers for attending. She then presented the bottle of whisky to Nic Hull for winning the spider. The winners of the Sid Hull Cup were then presented with the cup by Nic Hull, after which, the raffle draw took place.
Jean Etherington, Tillingham BC, Winner on the day.
2026 BURNHAM'S LADIES CAPTAIN'S DAY: The 2026 Burnham Hillside BC Ladies Captain's Day was held on Thursday 6th August. The lady Captain Lynne Parlour had invited 6 lady bowlers, who were from Tillingham. Southminster and Maldon, who joined 16 Burnham bowlers. The weather was very pleasant. Before the game, a spider was held and the winner was Karen Hull, who was presented with a bottle of spirit, supplied by Lynne Parlour. They actual competition was over three games of six ends and each game was a random selection of teams. There was a variety of bowling and lots of chatting going on all afternoon! An excellent raffle was held with numerous prizes generously donated by the attending bowlers. After the games everyone sat down to a three-course salad meal, prepared and served up by six of Burnham's volunteer men bowlers (Sid Curtis, Dennis Bonning, John Noble, Peter Cox, Bob Hollis & Terry Parlour) who were looking very smart in white shirts bow ties and black trousers. The bar was looked after by Tony Rowling & Brian Holloway with Wendy Parkhouse and Marilyn Rowling looking after selling the raffle tickets. When the score cards were checked there were two ladies with equal score of 15, but on the count back of ends won it was Jean Etherington, from Tillingham, who won, who was presented with a prize by Lynne Parlour. She also presented gifts to all the men volunteer workers.
2026 Charity Cup triples winners. From left: Tony Rowling, Christine Reynolds presenting cup, Peter Cox and Jan Cook.
2026 CHARITY DAY: Bank Holiday Monday 31st August saw Burnham Hillside’s BC Annual Charity Day take place organised by Patsy Hammond & Kevin Olley. 36 players took part in 12 triples teams all matching their skills over four separate games of 6 ends. Before the game started a spider was held for a bottle of Gin and some tonic water for the winner, which turned out to be Lynne Parlour. A raffle was held for numerous prizes generous donated by many of the players. Wendy Parkhouse covered the bar with some assistance from various volunteers. There was lots of excellent bowling on the day along with a great social atmosphere and it was not until the last game, after the official scorer Kevin Olley, had calculated the results, the positions could be declared. In the end the winners on the day were Tony Rowling, Peter Cox & Jan Cook.. They were presented with the Charity Cup by the Club’s President Christine Reynolds following which she thanked everyone for taking part and contributing to her charity, The Salvation Army.
2026 BHBC FINALS DAY: Burnham Hillside Bowls Club held their end of season internal Finals during the 11th to 13th September. 20 finalists matched their skills all putting up excellent games watched by supporting BHBC members. Most of the games were very tight results which proved to be good entertainment. There were plenty of sandwiches, cakes & tea/Coffee throughout the period for the players and on lookers for which our thanks go to Wendy Parkhouse, Patsy Hammond, Christine Reynolds, Maggie Foster and not forgetting our thanks to all the bar staff that were serving over the three days and the supporters for turning up.
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Malcolm Read presenting the Arnold Read Trophy to Sid Curti (Captain's Team) who won on the day.
2026 BHBC PRESIDENT V CAPTAINS DAY: On Saturday 19th September Burnham Hillside Bowls Club held its end of season internal competition of the President versus the Captain's with the winning side claiming the Arnold Read Trophy. It was well attended with 56 Burnham bowlers taking part over 7 rinks of 18 ends. The occasion was a light hearted affair with plenty of fun during and after the game. The weather was good and the Green bowled very well. The scores across the seven games varied and individually the Presidents’ side won 1 rink, with the Captain’s side taking 6 rinks, giving the Captains team the overall winning score of 138/98. After the game there was a super buffet with food generously donated by all the bowlers on the day which was suitably washed down with varied liquid refreshments. The Club President, Christine Reynolds expressed her appreciation to all those bowlers who took part and thanked them for the generous supply of food. She then thanked Wendy Parkhouse for looking after the bar during the games and the other bar volunteers who took over after the games. Present during the day was Arnold Read's son (Malcolm) and Malcolm's wife (Rachel). Malcolm Read then gave his appreciation speech followed by the official presentation of the trophy to the Club's Men’s Captain, Sid Curtis. After all the officialdom the raffle draw took place, with plenty of prizes on offer!
2026 Carnival Triples winners. From left - Eddie Barker, Southminster Nigel Norfolk, Burnham Hillside & Kevin Burridge, Southminster.
BHBC Trio Win 2026 Carnival Triples: In true tradition the 2026 annual Carnival Triples Bowling competition was held on Carnival Day, Saturday 26th September, which this year was hosted by Tillingham Bowls Club. This event is open to bowlers from Tillingham, Southminster & Burnham Bowls Clubs and this year 14 teams of triples took part. Due to the number involved two leagues were made up of 8 & 6 teams each. Each team played 4 games of 6 ends and half way through they sat down to a ploughmen’s lunch followed by a selection of sweets, all of which was prepared and served up by Tillingham’s club volunteers and after the games tea/coffee and cakes were available to purchase, plus of course the bar was open. All of which added to making the day an excellent one. As for the tournament this was a great success with the weather being perfect and everyone enjoying themselves. After a long day’s play the two winners of each league were announced who then had a play-off to determine the overall winner. It was the triples team of Eddie Barker, Kevin Burridge (Southminster BC )& Nigel Norfolk (Burnham Hillside BC) who won the final, by one shot with the runners-up being Hazel Bradley, Christine Reynolds and Lynne Parlour (Burnham Hillside BC). Pam Lacey, the DHBA 2026 President from Southminster BC, presented the winners shield.
Patsy Hammond & Dennis Bonning, Lady and Men winners of Fun Day.
2026 END OF SEASON FUN DAY: On Sunday 27th September to see the last bowling weekend out in style for the 2026 season Burnham Hillside BC held a Fun Day with instructions that the dress code was to be casual. It was a typical Autumn Day with some sunshine and cloudy moments, but the rain held off with 48 bowlers getting into the spirit of the occasion. The competition was of 3 games of 6 ends with each session being randomly picked positions. After the game everyone tucked into an excellent buffet generously provided by all the bowlers. This was followed by the club’s Chairman, Kevin Olley, thanking everyone for taking part, gave a special thanks to the bar volunteers and then expressed dear sincere comments on how wonderful he thought the club was along with what great members we have. The men’s Captain, Sid Curtis, then announced the highest scoring man and woman in the days game, which was Dennis Bonning and Patsy Hammond, who were both awarded a monitory prize, generously donated by the Sid Curtis and Kevin Olley.
Karen Hull reciving the Olley Trophy as Club Person of the Year, from Kevin Olley.
2024 PRESENTATION DINNER & DANCE:
On Friday, 8th November Burnham Hillside held their popular Annual Presentation Dinner & Dance at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club.
64 members, honoured guests and visitors attended the evening.
The evening started with pre-dinner drinks as people arrived and eventually sat down to a three course meal.
After the meal toasts were carried out followed by a speech by the club President Val Hyam during which she welcomed all the guest and visitors after which, Bill Wright, from Southminster Bowls club, responded on behalf of the visitors expressing their thanks.
Before the main presentation took place the club Chairman, Kevin Olley, announced this years "The Olley Trophy Ward" for the club person of the year, which was Karen Hull. Well done Karen.
The presentation of the various Cups and Trophies then took place with the President Val Hyam presenting them.
The rest of the evening many of those in attendance got up and danced to the excellent music performed by a five piece band.
During the evening a raffle took place which was well subscribed to.
A big thank you to all those people involved in organising the evening and to everyone who turned up to make it a great success.
On Friday, 8th November Burnham Hillside held their popular Annual Presentation Dinner & Dance at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club.
64 members, honoured guests and visitors attended the evening.
The evening started with pre-dinner drinks as people arrived and eventually sat down to a three course meal.
After the meal toasts were carried out followed by a speech by the club President Val Hyam during which she welcomed all the guest and visitors after which, Bill Wright, from Southminster Bowls club, responded on behalf of the visitors expressing their thanks.
Before the main presentation took place the club Chairman, Kevin Olley, announced this years "The Olley Trophy Ward" for the club person of the year, which was Karen Hull. Well done Karen.
The presentation of the various Cups and Trophies then took place with the President Val Hyam presenting them.
The rest of the evening many of those in attendance got up and danced to the excellent music performed by a five piece band.
During the evening a raffle took place which was well subscribed to.
A big thank you to all those people involved in organising the evening and to everyone who turned up to make it a great success.