The minutes for the recent AGM (22-05-14) and the committee meeting (14-08-14) are now available to download from the documents section of the website.

The minutes of the ECCBA & ECBA AGM's which have recenty been held are now available to view within the "Documents" section of the website

There was no success for Hertfordshire at the Champion of Champions in Wolsingham , County Durham at the weekend (7th-8th June 2014).

Craig Hearn in the singles managed 4 wins, 4 defeats and a draw from his 9 games to finish on 9 points and in 5th position.

Marilyn & Pete Cook managed 6 wins and 3 defeats from their 9 games finishing on 12 points and in 4th position.

Andy Cobbold, Mick Cook & Rebecca Hearn managed 2 wins and 7 defeats from their 9 games finishing on 4 points in 9th position.

Jim & Margaret Forrest and Paul & Jacqui Harris managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their 9 games to finish on 7 points in 8th position.

The singles was won by Neil Tuckey of Bedfordshire. The pairs were won by John Leonard Jr and John Leonard Sr of Durham. The triples were won by Clint Watling, Sam Runnacles & Tom Runnacles of Suffolk. The fours were won by Barry & Maureen Giddens and Beryl & Colin Wicks of Cambridgeshire.

A full detailed report of the Hertfordshire players will be available on the website later in the week.

Please see details of some up coming tournaments around the Eastern Counties

Competition Venue Date Closing Date 

Marion's Fab Fours Needham Market 20/07/14 04/07/14

ECBA Triples Braintree Leisure Centre 14/09/14 19/07/14

Essex Teambowl Braintree Leisure Centre 19/10/14 05/09/14

Entry forms are available to download from the document section on this website

Hertfordshire's annual general meeting was held at Essendon Village Hall last night (22/05/14). All members of last years committee were willing to stand again, with the exception of Mike Bennett (Chairman) and Sylvia Page/Mary Cobbold (Secretary).

Pete Cook was elected as chairman after being the only nomination. There were no nominations for secretary so Pete also agreed to fill this vacancy on a temporary basis on the proviso that all clubs speak to their members and a secretary is put in place before the next committee meeting. Alan Bull of Great Amwell was also voted on to the committee as an additional Committee Member. The Hertfordshire committee pass their thanks on to Mike, Mary & Sylvia for their efforts during their time in the posts.

The most important item on last nights agenda was the proposal for a reduction in the number of players required for league matches. The proposal was to enable teams to play league games with any combination of 8-12 players. If a team has less than 12 players (which would mean a player needing to bowl in the fours and the pairs) they would not be permitted to bowl as skip twice and would not be permitted to bowl on the same mat twice. This proposal was passed at last nights AGM.

This should enable some of the clubs that are low on numbers to retain their league status. It will also possibly make it easier for us to approach other clubs who have dropped out of the league but still continue to bowl (Hunsdon, Woolmer Green, Redbourne & Bramfield) to come back in. The new club that has been set up at Anstey are also now more likely to enter the league if they only need a minimum of 8 bowlers.

The full minutes of last nights AGM will appear on the website when available

The Hertfordshire AGM will take place at Essendon Village Hall on Thursday 22nd May starting at 7.30pm.

Please ensure that a representative of your club is in attendance, it's an important meeting and a decision will be made on the format of league games for coming seasons.

It brings me great sadness to announce the passing of Mr Bill Hutley at the age of 83. Bill was one of the founder members of Great Amwell carpet bowls club and was also their former club captain.

Bill competed to a very high standard at carpet bowls within Hertfordshire, competing for the county for many years and also winning the county singles title in 1999.

Bill's funeral service will take place at Harlow Crematorium at 1pm on Tuesday 27th May

The minutes of the recent Eastern Counties Committee Meeting are now available to view in the documents section of the website

For those of you that are not already aware there is a quiz night taking place on Saturday 1st March (night before the county singles). This is being held at Stanstead Abbotts Parish Hall (where Stanstead Abbotts play bowls) and starts at 7.30pm.

There is no limit on the number of players in a team and the cost is £7 per head. The funds raised will be going towards the cost of Potters for county bowlers.

Therefore, we would expect to see the large majority of the county team present to help support this event. At the moment we have not had a great deal of response and the event is in danger of being cancelled.

Evening everybody,

I have posted a forum post called  Reducing numbers for league games in Forums > General Discussion 

Please can you all read and post a reply to the topic giving your thoughts. If you are not already a member please sign up (it is very quick and easy) and leave your comments

Thanks

Pete