Linda Kettlety receieving Lady winners cup fron President Joy Campbell.
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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 Linda Kettlety and Mick Clark.
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Richard English the 2024 Open Green winner with
President Val Hyam presenting the cup.
2024 OPEN GREEN DAY: Saturday 20th April saw the start of the 2024 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, Val Hyam.
The day was well attended with 56 members present of which 48 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 Val Hyam, 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 it was Richard English who had won with +24 shots. He was presented with the winner’s cup (The Vic Pursley Trophy) by the club’s President Val Hyam after which she thanked all those people involved in organising and helping on the day and thanked everyone for their attendance.
As part of the enjoyable day everyone sat down and feasted on the large buffet generously donated by all those in attendance and our thanks to Hazel Bradley and Maggie Abbott for ensuring the buffet table look appetising. After the meal the days raffle took place and our thanks Wendy Parkhouse for selling the tickets and our thanks to Steve Andow & Lorna Harker for serving at the bar providing the liquid refreshments. All of which added to a great Open Day.
The day was well attended with 56 members present of which 48 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 Val Hyam, 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 it was Richard English who had won with +24 shots. He was presented with the winner’s cup (The Vic Pursley Trophy) by the club’s President Val Hyam after which she thanked all those people involved in organising and helping on the day and thanked everyone for their attendance.
As part of the enjoyable day everyone sat down and feasted on the large buffet generously donated by all those in attendance and our thanks to Hazel Bradley and Maggie Abbott for ensuring the buffet table look appetising. After the meal the days raffle took place and our thanks Wendy Parkhouse for selling the tickets and our thanks to Steve Andow & Lorna Harker for serving at the bar providing the liquid refreshments. All of which added to a great Open Day.
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.
Joy Campbell, Club President, Presenting Shirley Sims with the prize for being the overall bowls winner on the day.
KING CHARLES III CORONATION WEEKEND: Burnham Hillside Bowls Club like millions of other people celebrated the Coronation weekend of King Charles III. On Coronation Day they held an evening dance that was well attended by members and friends that turned out to be an excellent time of celebration. On the Coronation Bank Holiday Monday, they held a Red, White and Blue themed bowls game at which 39 bowlers turned up to play along with a number of onlookers. Before the game started a spider was held for a bottle of whisky, donated by David Gamble, which was won by Ron Stanford. The bowls game was an individual event of three games of six ends with each game giving the players randomly selected teams and positions with the individual winner being the one with the highest aggregate score from the three games. After checking all the score cards the final winner turned out to be Shirley Sims who had 16 shots. Shirley was presented with a monitory prize, donated by the men’s Captain Sid Curtis, by the Club’s President Joy Campbell. After the game everyone sat down to enjoy a buffet generous donated by all those in attendance when they had a good enjoyable social chat. Our thanks go to all those people who supported and organised the day and to the ladies who helped to clean up the dishes and Wendy Parkhouse for looking after the bar for most of the day along with other bar staff that helped out.
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.
Hazel Bradley (Vice Ladies Captain) presenting the winners prize to Dawn Hood.
2023 BURNHAM'S LADIES CAPTAIN'S DAY: The 2023 Burnham Hillside BC Ladies Captain's Day was held on Thursday 10th August. Sadly, the lady Captain Trish Hollis was unable to be there due to ill health but Hazel Bradley the Vice Lady Captain stood in for Trish. There were 32 lady bowlers plus BHBC's Steve Nicholls and Steve Andow who kindly agreed to play to even the numbers up. The weather was excellent. 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! Before the games started a Spider was run for a bottle of baileys donated by Sid Curtis which was won by Maggie Abbott. An excellent raffle was held with numerous prizes generously donated by the attending bowlers. After the games everyone sat down to a two-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 Brian Hollow and Tony Rowling with Terry Sims looking after selling the raffle tickets . When the score cards were checked there was one clear winner which was Dawn Hood who was presented with a bottle of whisky by Hazel Bradley. Hazel also presented gifts to all the men volunteer workers along with Flowers to Christine Reynolds for helping on the day and finally asking Bob Hollis to take a special pot plant to Trish Hollis from all the ladies to wish her a speedy recovery.
Winning Trio: From Left - Peter Cox, Jeanette Wilson ( President Joy Cambell presenting Cup) & Sid Curtis
2023 CHARITY DAY: Bank Holiday Monday 28th August saw Burnham Hillside’s BC Annual Charity Day take place organised by Eleanor Bridge and assisted by Sid Curtis. 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 Gin (donated by John Wilson) for the winner, which turned out to be Gill Mortensen. A raffle was held for numerous prizes generous donated by many of the players and refreshments were served up by Len Shippey with Brian Holloway and Tony Brock looking after 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 Terry Sims, had calculated the results the positions could be declared. In the end the runners-up were Pat Short, Paulette Norfolk & Val Hyam with the winners being Jeanette Wilson, Peter Cox and Sid Curtis. The winners were presented with the Charity Cup by the Club’s President Joy Campbell following which she thanked everyone for taking part and contributing to her charities, Macmillan Nurses and Royal National Lifeboat Institution
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 the Chairman, Kevin Olley whose side won on the day.
2023 BHBC PRESIDENT V CAPTAINS DAY: On Saturday 23rd 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 42 Burnham bowlers taking part over 3 rinks of 21 ends and 3 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 but despite that it was the President's side who narrowly won with an overall score of 105/102. The Club Chairman, Kevin Olley, generously awarded to each player of the highest winning game a monetary gift which happened to be his own triples game with Ron Stanford and Iris Machell. He then expressed his appreciation to all those members involved in making it such a successful day. 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 Chairman, Kevin Olley, who was standing in for the club's President, Joy Campbell, who was, unfortunately, unable to attend on the day. During the day a raffle took place which was well subscribed to and 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 served by various bar members.
2023 Carnival Triples winners. From left - Hazel Bradley, Brian Holloway & Christine Reynolds.
BHBC Trio Win 2023 Carnival Triples:
The Carnival Invitation Triples this year was held at Tillingham Bowls Club on Saturday 30th September. As always, this event is well attended and this year was no exception as there were 16 triples teams all aiming to win the Carnival shield. Due to the number of teams there were two leagues of eight in which both leagues had 4 teams from Burnham, 2 from Tillingham and 2 from Southminster. The play was four games of 6 ends with the set-up of a 4321 fixed jack. Half way through the players sat down to a cheese or ham salad prepared and served up by the Tillingham volunteer members. Ther were some close results throughout but in the end, it was a Tillingham and a Burnham team who won their respective leagues. To decide the overall winner a final was held between the Tillingham and Burnham winners which proved to be undecided right up until the last bowl. The Tillingham side were winning with just one bowl to go from Burnham. Christine Reynolds, Burnham's Skip, had to dislodge one of Tillingham's woods in order for them to win the game which she achieved with precision giving Burnham 10 points on the last end and making them the 2023 Carnival Invitation Winners. Well done Christine and well done to Hazel Bradley and Brian Holloway who were presented with the Winners Shield by the DBHA President John Paveley.
The Carnival Invitation Triples this year was held at Tillingham Bowls Club on Saturday 30th September. As always, this event is well attended and this year was no exception as there were 16 triples teams all aiming to win the Carnival shield. Due to the number of teams there were two leagues of eight in which both leagues had 4 teams from Burnham, 2 from Tillingham and 2 from Southminster. The play was four games of 6 ends with the set-up of a 4321 fixed jack. Half way through the players sat down to a cheese or ham salad prepared and served up by the Tillingham volunteer members. Ther were some close results throughout but in the end, it was a Tillingham and a Burnham team who won their respective leagues. To decide the overall winner a final was held between the Tillingham and Burnham winners which proved to be undecided right up until the last bowl. The Tillingham side were winning with just one bowl to go from Burnham. Christine Reynolds, Burnham's Skip, had to dislodge one of Tillingham's woods in order for them to win the game which she achieved with precision giving Burnham 10 points on the last end and making them the 2023 Carnival Invitation Winners. Well done Christine and well done to Hazel Bradley and Brian Holloway who were presented with the Winners Shield by the DBHA President John Paveley.
Joy Campbell (President) presenting Fun Day Trophy to the winner Sid Curtis.
2023 END OF SEASON FUN DAY: On Sunday 1st October to see the last bowling day of the outdoor 2023 season out in style Burnham Hillside BC held a Fun Day with instructions that the dress code was to be Pop Artists, and the majority of the 30 bowlers who played got into the spirit of the occasion. Thankfully even the weather took part as it was a warm and pleasant afternoon. The competition ended up being two games of 8 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, Joy Campbell thanking everyone for taking part and gave a special thanks to Lorna Harker, Johns Wilson & Tony Brock for looking after the bar for the afternoon. She then announced the winner on the day which turned out to be the club Captain, Sid Curtis, who Joy presented the Fun Day trophy to.
