A reminder that the closing date for entries to the memorial 4's being held on Sunday 7th September at Ware Drill Hall is Sunday 17th August. No entires will be accepted after this date as the draw will take place on Monday 18th August 

A little bit later then intended but there are now detailed reports on the performances of our representatives from the recent ECBA Champion of Champions event.

This can be found under Results & Stats > County Game Reports

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.

This coming weekend Hertfordshire will compete alongside the other ECBA members to try and become ECBA Champion of Champions. This event sees each ECBA member represented by a Single, Pair, Triple & Four. In the Eastern Counties this is generally the winner of their own county competition event. In the Northern Counties there team is generally picked.

The team representing Hertfordshire this year is as follows;

Single

Craig Hearn

Pair

Marilyn & Pete Cook

Triple

Mick Cook, Rebecca Hearn & Andy Cobbold

Four

Jacqui Harris, Paul Harris, Jim Forrest & Margaret Forrest

Good luck to all those competing, lets hope we have some success to report on next 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.

The 2nd Mick & Sandra Hearn Memorial 4's Tournament takes place at Ware Drill Hall on Sunday 7th September 2014. In last years inaugural event 24 teams took part and the winners were Shirley & Mick Watkins & Andy & Gilder.

With earlier and more advertisement this year we hope to have a significant increase in entry numbers. Due to time and size restrictions at the Ware Drill Hall this event is limited to 40 entries. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please get your entry form back early.

To download the entry form please visit Results & Stats > Other Tournaments > Mick & Sandra Hearn Mem. 4's

Letters will be sent out to all clubs in Hertfordshire. If you are unable to enter full teams but wish to take part in this event then please let us know as it is likely that we will be able to find others bowlers to make up teams. For further details about this event or for any other information please contact Pete Cook on 07429 142525 or [email protected]

Congratulations to Paul Harris of Bedmond for making the ECBA festival of bowls singles final. He played the final earlier this evening but unfortunately just come up a little short as he lost 7-6 to Martin Campbell of Sunderland who is a multiple winner of ECBA festival of bowls events.

A great effort by Paul who done himself and Hertfordshire proud!