Malcom Pinch & Joan Howlett receieving the men's & Lady winners cup fron President Val Hyam.
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The FRIDAY CLUB NIGHT LEAGUE that is run Friday nights is well attended and is a great opportunity for socialising and getting to know other members. You just have to turn up in order the play. Each week you are randomly selected to play in a team and a position. Everyone keeps their own scores which are then given points that are accumulated throughout the season in a league table. The points system is (2) for an overall win, (1) for a draw, plus 1 point for each end you win. At the end of the season the winners are the man and lady with the highest points. The 2023 winners were Joan Howlett and Malcolm Pinch.
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Winner of the Vic Pursley Cup being presented by the Club President Christine Reynolds.
2024 OPEN GREEN DAY: Saturday 19th April saw the start of the 2025 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 officially open the Green and bowl the first official bowl along with the clubs President, Christine Reynolds.
The day was well attended with over 70 members and visitors present of which 62 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.
Before the games started a Spider was held with the nearest bowl to the spider being Sid Curtis’s, who won a bottle of Whisky, which was generously donated by Sheila Shuker. The days competition was three separate games of six ends which lasted approximately 3 hours overall.
When all the scorecards had been checked there were two players Len Shippey & Bob Hollis who had a highest score of 13 points but Len Shippey was declared the winner as he had won one more end than Bob Hollis. He was presented with the winner’s cup (The Vic Pursley Trophy) by the club’s President Christine Reynolds after which she thanked everyone for turning up and specially thanked Wendy Parkhouse for selling the raffle tickets, Hazel Bradley and Maggie Abbott for taking care of the food and plus Karen Hull, Nigel Barnes, Joan Howlett, Steve Andow & Tony Rowling for the bar work. Then thanked everyone for turning up to make it such a great Open Green Day.
As part of the enjoyable day everyone sat down and feasted on the large buffet generously donated by all those in attendance After the meal the days raffle took place and our thanks to Hazel Bradley and Maggie for purchasing most of the prizes and to those members who donated a prize.
The day was well attended with over 70 members and visitors present of which 62 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.
Before the games started a Spider was held with the nearest bowl to the spider being Sid Curtis’s, who won a bottle of Whisky, which was generously donated by Sheila Shuker. The days competition was three separate games of six ends which lasted approximately 3 hours overall.
When all the scorecards had been checked there were two players Len Shippey & Bob Hollis who had a highest score of 13 points but Len Shippey was declared the winner as he had won one more end than Bob Hollis. He was presented with the winner’s cup (The Vic Pursley Trophy) by the club’s President Christine Reynolds after which she thanked everyone for turning up and specially thanked Wendy Parkhouse for selling the raffle tickets, Hazel Bradley and Maggie Abbott for taking care of the food and plus Karen Hull, Nigel Barnes, Joan Howlett, Steve Andow & Tony Rowling for the bar work. Then thanked everyone for turning up to make it such a great Open Green Day.
As part of the enjoyable day everyone sat down and feasted on the large buffet generously donated by all those in attendance After the meal the days raffle took place and our thanks to Hazel Bradley and Maggie for purchasing most of the prizes and to those members who donated a prize.
2024 Winners Sid Curtis & Wendy Parkhouse with Club President, Val Hyam presenting Cup.
2024 SPRING PAIRS: On Monday the 6th May 24 pairs teams from Burnham Hillside Bowls Club played in the club’s annual Spring Pairs Competition for the Blay Cup, which was organised by Jeanette Wilson & Patsy Hammond the club’s Competition Secretary’s with assistances from Eleonor Bridge. There were two leagues of 12 teams respectively and each team played four games of 6 ends. Sadly, part of the day was dampened by some consistent rain but all the players pressed on to finish the days play. 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 who we thank.
To decide the eventual winners a final was played between the two winning teams from each of the leagues and in the end Wendy Parkhouse & Sid Curtis beat Tony Rowling & Nigel Norfolk 5/4. Afterwards the President, Val Hyam, thanked all those people involved and all the players for taking part. She then presented each of the finalist with a monitory award and the winners were also presented with the Blay Cup by the club’s President. 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 Wendy Parkhouse & Sid Curtis beat Tony Rowling & Nigel Norfolk 5/4. Afterwards the President, Val Hyam, thanked all those people involved and all the players for taking part. She then presented each of the finalist with a monitory award and the winners were also presented with the Blay Cup by the club’s President. The day finished with the raffle draw taking place.
2024 Winners: From Left Jeanette Wilson, Right Teresa Cox & Sid Curtis with Helen Doe (Daughter of Tom & Margaret Filtness) presenting Shield along with club President Val Hyam.
2024 TOM FILTNESS TRIPLES: Burnham Hillside BC held its annual internal Tom Filtness Competition on Monday 27th May run by the Club’s Competition Secretaries Jeanette Wilson & Patsy Hammond. 16 triples teams, split into two leagues, played through the day across 4 separate games of 6 ends with the weather holding up well. 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 and our thanks to Christine Reynolds for selling the tickets. The final was held between the two winners of each league with the result being that Teresa Cox, Jeanette Wilson and Sid Curtis won the final with Pat Short, Graeme Smith & Dennis Bonning being runners-up. The winners were presented with the Tom Filtness Shield by Helen Doe, daughter of Tom & Margaret Filtness. Our President Val Hyam thanked the Competition Secretaries along with John Greenane who calculated all the scores, Hazel Bradley & Maggie Abbott for serving the teas/coffees and Wendy Parkhouse for looking after the bar.
Group Photo of days players
2024 PRESIDENTS DAY: On Saturday 15th June the Annual Burnham Hillside Bowls Club President's Day took place. The Club's President Val Hyam had selected her team of six rinks 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 a six rink side of other BHBC bowlers Captained by Sid Curtis. The Green bowled very well. The weather had one moment of rain but in the main it stayed dry 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 Brian Stubbings from Maldon won. There was also a raffle, with a vast number of prizes donated by many of the bowlers. As for the outcome of the game, the President’s side won. The BHBC side did manage to win on two of the six rinks and overall, they did very well by just losing 120/100. After the game all the players sat down to an excellent three course buffet meal provided by the Presidents family and friends, which was followed by speeches from the two Captains and the President that included a thanks to all the helpers on the day for making it such a successful one and to Lorna Harker, Brian Holloway and John Noble for looking after the bar all day.
2024 Winners (from right): Sid Curtis, Roger Glendinning, Val Hyam (President), Nic Hull presenting cup, Graeme Smith & David Howlett
2024 SID HULL CUP: On Sunday 21st July Burnham Hillside Bowls Club had its internal annual Sid Hull Fours Cup Competition for its members which was organised by Jeanette Wilson & Patsy Hammond with assistance from Eleanor Bridge. In all there were 40 bowlers making up 10 teams of fours that played over four games of 8 ends. The weather was ideal and that made the day that much more enjoyable. As always, the club bar was on tap with, Wendy Parkhouse and a number of the volunteer bar helpers serving the drinks. There was some hot competition among the teams and when all the final scores were added up the runners up were Terry Jerome, Barry Kettlety, Paulette Norfolk & Kevin Olley but the clear winners were Graeme Smith, David Howlett, Roger Glendinning & Sid Curtis. The winners were presented with the Sid Hull Cup by Nic Hull.
Christine Reynolds (Ladies Captain) presenting the winners prize to Val Hyam.
2024 BURNHAM'S LADIES CAPTAIN'S DAY: The 2024 Burnham Hillside BC Ladies Captain's Day was held on Thursday 8th August. This lady Captain Christine Reynolds had invited 8 lady bowlers, who were from Tillingham. Southminster and Maldon who joined 27 Burnham bowlers. For the most part the weather was good except for a small downpour towards the end. They played 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 Jerome) who were looking very smart in white shirts bow ties and black trousers. The bar was looked after by Tony Rowling with Wendy Parkhouse and Marilyn Rowling looking after selling the raffle tickets . When the score cards were checked there was one clear winner which was Val Hyam who was presented with a prize by Christine Reynolds. She also presented gifts to all the men volunteer workers. Val Hyam ( club President) then Presented a bunch of flowers to the Lady captain from all the club lady bowlers. It was an excellent day all round.
Winning Trio: From Left - Maggie Foster, Nigel Barnes ( President Val Hyam, presenting Cup) & Richard English.
2024 CHARITY DAY: Bank Holiday Monday 26th August saw Burnham Hillside’s BC Annual Charity Day take place organised by Patsy Hammond & Jeanette Wilson. On a glorious sunny day 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 Whisky for the winner, which turned out to be Nigel Norfolk. A raffle was held for numerous prizes generous donated by many of the players and numerous volunteers helped on the bar. 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 John Greenane, had calculated the results the positions could be declared. In the end there were two runners-up teams Pam Noble, Nancy Steel & Len Hyam and Brian Holloway, Trish Hollis & Sid Curtis with the winners by one point being Maggie Foster, Richard English and Nigel Barnes. The winners were presented with the Charity Cup by the Club’s President Val Hyam following which she thanked everyone for taking part and contributing to her charity, Farleigh Hospice.
2024 BHBC FINALS DAY: Burnham Hillside Bowls Club held their end of season internal Finals during the 13th to 15th September. 18 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 and cakes throughout the period for the players and on lookers which our thanks go to Jeanette Wilson, Patsy Hammond and Christine Reynolds for preparing and not forgetting our thanks to all the bar staff Wendy Parkhouse, Karen Hull & others.
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Malcolm Read presenting the Arnold Read Trophy to Sid Curtis and Christine Reynolds (Captains) whose side won on the day.
2024 BHBC PRESIDENT V CAPTAINS DAY: On Saturday 21st September Burnham Hillside Bowls Club held its end of season internal competition of the President versus the Captains with the winning side claiming the Arnold Read Trophy. It was well attended with 43 Burnham bowlers taking part over 4 rinks of 21 ends and 2 triples 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 six games varied and individually the Captain’s side won 3 and drew 1, with the President's side taking 2 and drawing 1. As always, the overall score was very tight but, in the end, it was the Captain’s side who won 108/100. 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 the varied liquid refreshments. The Club President, Val Hyam 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 raffle and working on the bar all afternoon, along with other members who gave a hand during the busy times. 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 Captains, Christine Reynolds and Sid Curtis.
2024 Carnival Triples winners. From left - Steve Andow, Gill Mortensen (Shiela Bouttell DHBA President Presenting tropies) & Kevin Olley
BHBC Trio Win 2024 Carnival Triples: In true tradition the 2024 annual Carnival Triples Bowling competition was held on Carnival Day, 28th September, which this year was hosted by Burnham Hillside Bowls Club. This event is open to bowlers from Tillingham, Southminster & Burnham Bowls Clubs and this year 20 teams of triples took part. Due to the number involved two leagues were made up of 10 teams each. Each team played 4 games of 6 ends and half way through they all sat down to a ploughmen’s lunch followed by a selection of sweets, all of which was prepared and served up by club volunteers Christine Reynolds, Hazel Bradley, Devina Osbourne, Doreen Jerome, Pam Noble and Heather Whitman. Serving behind the bar keeping the liquid refreshments going was Wendy Parkhouse, who also managed and sold numerous raffle tickets. All of which added to making the day an excellent one. As for the tournament this was a great success with everyone enjoying themselves but after a long days play the two winners of each league were announced who then had a play-off to determine the overall winners. It was a close game but the triples team of Steve Andow, Gill Mortensen and Kevin Olley won with the runners-up being Val Hyam, Len Hyam & Nigel Barnes. Both teams were from Burnham Hillside BC. Sheila Bouttell, the DHBA President from Tillingham BC, presented the trophies and winners shield. After the presentations and the raffle draw, Sid Curtis, the days organiser, expressed his appreciation to all the volunteers for the food and bar and to all the bowlers present for attending and making the day a great success. From the proceeds taking on the day Burnham Hillside BC will be donating to the Carnival Charity Organisation.
Val Hyam (President) presenting Fun Day prize to the winner Derek Machell (centre).
2024 END OF SEASON FUN DAY: On Sunday 29th September to see the last bowling weekend out in style for the 2024 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 but a chilly wind. However, the 29 bowlers who played got into the spirit of the occasion. The competition was of 3 games of 6 ends with each session being randomly picked positions. Great fun was had by all with lots of laughter and chat. After the game everyone tucked into an excellent buffet generously provided by all the bowlers. This was followed by the club’s President, Val Hyam thanking everyone for taking part and gave a special thanks to Nigel Barnes for looking after the bar for the day and to the ladies who helped sort out the buffet table. Kevin Olley, the club's Chairman announced the winner and runner up of the competition who he awarded prizes to, which he donated. The winner on the day was Derek Machell, who had an aggregate score of 14 points closely followed by the runner up David Gamble who had 13 points. Sid Curtis then did the raffle draw after which he thanked everyone for taking part and Wendy Parkhouse for selling the tickets.
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.
