What we do and when do we do it

The club plays two times a week most weeks of the year and through out the summer. We can put out three mats as needed, it is a bit cosy but there is the room!

Mondays                                                         1.45pm until 4.15pm roll up
Wednesdays                                                  09.45am until 12.45 roll up 
                                                                       (10.15 start in School Holidays)
Thursdays (Winter Time)                              New Day for the "Friday League"

During the year, on a Saturday or Sunday we arrange in-house Singles and Pairs Competitions.
Play in the Test Valley League against seven other clubs dotted around the New Forest area up towards Salisbury.   Also we invite Victoria Park Short Mat Bowls Club over from the Isle of Wight every other year to play the Gordon Beere Trophy

The Friday League

The Friday League is played during the winter months from November until  just before Easter. Its new day is now a Thursday afternoon. Games of Triples 15 ends 3 woods made up of six teams.

The the Friday League Shield was kindly donated by Dave and Jean Renyard.

You can see the results of competitions on the Hall of Fame Page. 

Weekend Competitions

At the weekend, we play one day events playing Singles and Pairs  Competitions, One in the December and one in January.  We play in the Test Valley Short Mat Bowling Association.
They organise One Day Competitions as well as their League.  
You can see the past results of the competitions on the Hall of Fame Page. 

The Gordon Beere Trophy

This Competition has run since about 1998. One of our members (who played both Outdoor Bowls as well as Short Mat Bowls into his 90's) went on holiday to the Isle of Wight, staying in a hotel that had a short mat bowls mat in the back of the hotel. He managed to get involved in a game with others against a local team called Victoria Park Short Mat Bowls Club, Newport. It was arranged for that team to come over and play at the old Esso Sports and Social Club and that is where is was born, we either go over to the IOW or they come to play here on the mainland.
Nearly International?    

 Test Valley League

Our forth year in the Test Valley League playing against clubs in the New Forest Area up towards Salisbury. This again has improved match skills playing at different venues on different mats. 

So much so, we ended forth in this league. Not bad for the season!