Linda Kettlety receieving Lady winners cup fron President John Wlson.
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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 2022 winners were Linda Kettlety and Len Shippey.
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GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR BURNHAM HILLSIDE BC INDOOR (A) SQUAD: With the Winter indoor bowling competitions coming to an end many Burnham Hillside Bowls Club outside bowlers are looking forward to the outdoors summer bowling season which starts on 22nd April for the BHBC bowlers. Before then though a squad of BHBC bowlers had a finals competition to determine their overall position in the Jacks Indoor/Outdoor leagues. The squad in question was the ‘A’ team who managed to reach the runner-up position in their league which qualified them to take part in the play-off for 3rd/4th overall position. This took place on Saturday 15th April. Two rinks of four played over 21 ends. Their opponents were Wickford BC who were the runners-up in their league. On both rinks BHBC’s teams played very well and eventually won on both rinks with scores of 26/22 and 31/14 giving them overall 3rd spot. After the game Burnham were presented with the 3rd place prize money. It was an excellent achievement for BHBC’s ‘A’ team.
David Gamble the 2023 Open Green winner with
President Joy Campbell presenting the cup.
2023 OPEN GREEN DAY: Saturday 23nd April saw the start of 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.
The day was well attended with 65 members present of which 56 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. 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 David Gamble, who won a bottle of Whisky, which was generously donated by Sheila Shuker and David very kindly returned the whisky to be used in another event. The days competition was three separate games of eight ends which lasted approximately 3 hours overall.
When all the scorecards had been checked it was a close finish. Kevin Olley had 33 shots for runner-up place but it was David Gamble making a day of it by winning with 35 shots. He was presented with the winner’s cup (The Vic Pursley Trophy) by the club’s President Joy Campbell 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 it was Wendy Parkhouse who tirelessly looked after the bar providing the liquid refreshments along with some help from other volunteer bar members. All of which added to a great Open Day.
The day was well attended with 65 members present of which 56 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. 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 David Gamble, who won a bottle of Whisky, which was generously donated by Sheila Shuker and David very kindly returned the whisky to be used in another event. The days competition was three separate games of eight ends which lasted approximately 3 hours overall.
When all the scorecards had been checked it was a close finish. Kevin Olley had 33 shots for runner-up place but it was David Gamble making a day of it by winning with 35 shots. He was presented with the winner’s cup (The Vic Pursley Trophy) by the club’s President Joy Campbell 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 it was Wendy Parkhouse who tirelessly looked after the bar providing the liquid refreshments along with some help from other volunteer bar members. All of which added to a great Open Day.
2023 Winners Paulette Norfolk & David Gamble with Club President, Joy Campbell presenting Cup.
2023 SPRING PAIRS: On Monday the 1st 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 & Eleanor Bridge the club’s Competition Secretary’s. There were two leagues of 12 teams respectively and each team played four games of 8 ends. 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 along Beryl Gamble, Pat Short and Balinder Brown who kept a constant flow of tea/coffee and homemade cakes on the go. Our thanks also to Jeanette Wilson for making and donating all the cakes. Also, thanks of course to all those other helpers on the day.
To decide the eventual winners a final was played between the two winning teams from each of the leagues and in the end David Gamble & Paulette Norfolkyam beat Nigel Barnes & Shirley Sims 12/3. Each of the finalist were presented with a monitory award and the winners were also presented with the Blay Cup by the club’s President, Joy Campbell.
To decide the eventual winners a final was played between the two winning teams from each of the leagues and in the end David Gamble & Paulette Norfolkyam beat Nigel Barnes & Shirley Sims 12/3. Each of the finalist were presented with a monitory award and the winners were also presented with the Blay Cup by the club’s President, Joy Campbell.
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.
2023 Winners: From Left Bob Hollis, Joy Campbell Club President presenting Shield, Iris Machel & Karen Hull.
2023 TOM FILTNESS TRIPLES: Burnham Hillside BC held its annual internal Tom Filtness Competition on Saturday 27th May run by the Club’s Competition Secretary Eleanor Bridge and added by Sid Curtis. 14 triples teams played through the day across 4 separate games of 6 ends with the weather holding up well. The day started off with a Spider which was won by Karen Hull who was presented with a bottle of spirit, donated by Terry Sims who also sold the raffle tickets and did the calculations for all the scoring of the games. Bar helpers Eleanor Bridge, Wendy Parkhouse and a few other volunteers supplied liquid refreshments and Belinda Brown worked in the kitchen providing tea/coffee and Biscuits. 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 the eventual winners of the Tom Filtness competition was announced who were Karen Hull, Iris Machal & Bob Hollis who were presented with the Tom Filtness Shield by the Club President Joy Campbell. There were two runners up teams on the day Gill Mortensen, Peter Cox & Dennis Bonning along with Terry Jerome, Steve Nicholls & John Wilson.
Hazel Bradley DHBA 2022 President giving her after meal speach.
2022 DHBA vs C&DBA: As Hazel Bradley is this year’s President of the Dengie Hundred BA Burnham Hillside BC hosted the annual friendly between the DHBA and the Chelmsford & District BA on Sunday 29th May . The game was over 5 mixed rinks and was a great success with C&D winning on all five rinks with an overall score of 107/79. After the game an excellent meal was provided for all the players and guests by BHBC members Jeanette Wilson, Christine Reynolds, Pam Noble, Brian patten and Sid Curtis with bar refreshments being served by Wendy Parkhouse.
Group Photo of days players
2022 PRESIDENTS DAY: On Saturday 25th June the Annual Burnham Hillside Bowls Club President's Day took place. The Club's President John Wilson had selected his team of six rinks of various bowlers from BHBC, Southminster & Tillingham Bowls Clubs, with Burnham’s Karen Hull as his Captain. They played against a six-rink side of BHBC bowlers Captained by Sid Curtis. The Green and weather were excellent and some of the bowling wasn't bad either! This event was well attended and great enjoyment was had by all. There was lots of laughing, joking and appropriate socialising throughout the games. As part of the day's activities a raffle was held for numerous prizes donated by some of the bowlers. As for the outcome of the game, the President John Wilson’s side won. The BHBC side did manage to win on two of the six rinks but the President put out a very strong side so had a convincing over win of 137/86. After the game all the players sat down to an excellent two course buffet meal suitably provided by outside caterers followed by speeches from the two Captains and the President which included a thanks to all the helpers on the day for making it such a successful one and to Wendy Parkhouse who served behind the bar all day.
Winning Trio: From Left - John Greenane, Wendy Parkhouse (John Wilson President presenting Cup) & Alan Johnson.
2022 CHARITY DAY: Saturday 9th July saw Burnham Hillside’s BC Annual Charity day take place organised by Jeanette Wilson & Eleanor Bridge. On a glorious sunny day 36 players took part in 12 triples teams all matching their skills over three separate games of 8 ends. Before the game started a spider was held for a bottle of Pims (donated by Steve Andow) for the winner, which turned out to be Jeanette Wilson. A raffle was held for numerous prizes generous donated by many of the players and there were plenty of cakes, made and donated by Wendy Parkhouse, Christine Reynolds and Jeanette Wilson all served up by Tina Wallace her sister Trudy and Maggie Foster. 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, could declare the results. In the end the runners-up were John Wilson, Derek Machell & Sid Curtis with the winners being Alan Johnson, Wendy Parkhouse & John Greenane. The winners were presented with the Charity Cup by the Club’s President John Wilson following which he thanked everyone for taking part and contributing to his charity, The Essex & Herts Air Ambulance, along with thanking all the helpers on the day. He also stated part of the charity money would go to the Ukraine Appeal.
2022 Winners (from left): Kevin Olley, Pat Spraggon (Karen Hull presenting Cup) Steve Nicholls.
2022 SID HULL CUP: On Saturday 6th August Burnham Hillside Bowls Club had its internal annual Sid Hull Cup Competition for it members which was organised by Jeanette Wilson and Eleanor Bridge. In all there were 36 bowlers making up 12 teams of Triples that played over four games of six ends. The weather was glorious and made the day that much more enjoyable. The day started with a spider with the prize of a bottle of Gin (donated by Mrs S Shuker) which was won by Sid Curtis. Throughout the day there was plenty of tea/coffee available served up by Tina Wallace and her sister Trudy with wonderful cakes generously made and donated by Jeanette Wilson, Dennis Bonning, Val Hyam and Christine Reynolds. As always the club bar was on tap with 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 Linda Kettlety, Derek Machell & Nigel Barnes but the clear winners were Pat Spraggon, Steve Nicholls & Kevin Olley. The winners were presented with the Sid Hull Cup by Karen Hull.
Christine Reynolds (Ladies Captain) presenting the winners prizes to Jodie Waumsley & Maggie Foster.
2022 BURNHAM'S LADIES CAPTAIN'S DAY: The 2022 Burnham Hillside BC Ladies Captain's (Christine Reynolds) Day was held on Thursday 11th August. There were 30 bowlers there which included BHBC's Steve Nicholls who agreed to play to even the numbers up. It was a very hot afternoon so it was decide to only play two games of six ends. There was a variety of bowling and lots of chatting going on all afternoon! Before the games started a free Spider was run for a bottle spirits donated Christine Reynolds which was won by Val Stack. 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 seven of Burnham's volunteer men bowlers (Sid Curtis, Dennis Bonning, John Noble, Peter Cox, Alec Champball, Terry Jerome & John Greenane) who each adorned a tea shirt with one of the seven dwarfs printed on it. The bar was looked after by John Wilson and Steve Andow. When the score cards were checked it was a dead hit for the winning spot between BHBC's Maggie Foster and Southminster's Jodie Waumsley, who were presented with a gift by Christine Reynolds who then presented gifts to the all the men volunteers workers. The lady Vice Captain Hazel Bradley also presented a bouquet of flowers to Christine Reynolds.
2022 BHBC FINALS DAY: BHBC held their end of season internal Finals during the 9th to 11th 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. Its organisation was down to the Club’s Competition Secretary, Jeanette Wilson and her helpers which included plenty of refreshments throughout the period.
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Malcolm Read presenting the Arnold Read Trophy to the President, John Wilson whose side won on the day.
2022 BHBC PRESIDENT V CAPTAINS DAY: Burnham Hillside BC held their traditional end of season inter-club game of the President versus the Captains on Saturday 17th September with each side hoping to win the coverted Arnold Read Trophy. It was very well attended with 48 Burnham bowlers playing over 6 rinks of 21 ends. The occasion was a light hearted affair with plenty of fun during and after the game. The weather was excellent and the Green bowled very well. The scores across the six rinks varied and individually the Captain’s side won 3 and drew 1 of the 6 rinks but it was the President's side who narrowly won with an overall score of 110/107. Present during the day was Arnold Read's son (Malcolm) and Malcolm's wife (Rachel) and it was Malcom who presented the trophy to the President John Wilson after Malcolm gave his appreciation speech. 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.
Karen Hull & Kevin Brown had to share the winners spot.
2022 END OF SEASON FUN DAY:On Sunday 25th September to see the last bowling day of the outdoor 2022 season out in style Burnham Hillside BC held a Fun Day with instructions that the dress code was to be Cowboys, Cowgirls, and Indians and all 39 bowlers who played got into the spirit of the occasion. Thankfully even the weather took part as it didn’t rain. The competition was 3 games of 8 ends with each session being randomly picked positions but the last game ended up as only 6 ends as it was beginning to get a little chilly. 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, John Wilson thanking everyone for taking part and gave a special thanks to Len Hyam and Lorna Harker for looking after the bar for the day. He then announced the winner on the day which ended up being a tie between Karen Hull and Kevin Brown. They both had 16 points and had both won 15 ends so they shared the winner’s fun trophy. This was then followed up with the raffle draw after which many of the bowlers continued to socialise for several hours.
C&D BA 2022 Presentation Dinner:
The Chelmsford & District BA 2022 Presentation Dinner was held on Sunday 30th October and our Men's Captain Sid and Ladies Vice Captain Hazel were in attendance to receive the Winners and Runners-up cups and medals. See pictures below.
The Chelmsford & District BA 2022 Presentation Dinner was held on Sunday 30th October and our Men's Captain Sid and Ladies Vice Captain Hazel were in attendance to receive the Winners and Runners-up cups and medals. See pictures below.
Hazel Bradley recieving runners-up medals on behalf of Joy Campbell & Val Hyam for the Ladies Pairs.
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Sid Curtis receiving winners cup and medals on behalf of the Burnham 'A' team for winning the 2nd Division.
Sid Curtis & Hazel Bradley receiving the winners cup and medals on behalf of the Burnham 'B' team for winning the 4th Division.
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Members having a good chat after their meal. Click on the image to see more photos of the night.
DINNER, DANCE AND PRESENTATION NIGHT 2022: Burnham Hillside BC held its annual Dinner, Presentation and Dance night on Friday 4th November at the Corinthian Yacht Club. It was a very enjoyable evening with 54 people in attendance. The evening started with a very nice three course meal. This was then followed with a brief speech from the BHBC President John Wilson which included welcoming the guests and visitors. Jeanette Wilson then ran the presentation of all the club trophies won over the year with John Wilson Presenting them to those winners in attendance. The Club person of the year award went to Dawn Hood who sadly was unable to attend due to illness on the day. The evening then finished off with dancing until 12.00pm. A big thank you to everyone who attended. It was a great night.
