The Cheshire County Bowling Association exists to promote, organise and govern Crown Green Bowls in its area. It operates in conjunction with the British Crown Green Bowling Association and is governed by its rules and bye-laws.
We run several competitions for Cheshire bowlers:
- Team knockouts
- Brunner Cup - the premier competition
- De-Knoop Cup - for reserve teams
- Norman Cup - for early losers in the Brunner and De-Knoop cups
- Individual competitions
- Inter-league competition
We also enter senior and junior teams in the BCGBA county competition.
The dates of these competitions (and other events) for the 2012 season are now available.
It’s the time of year for clubs and leagues to renew their affiliation, and also to make entries to the Brunner and De-Knoop Cups, and Inter-league competition. It’s also not too early to enter the Merit or Junior Merit. All the paperwork you need is now available on the forms page.
The Annual General Meeting was held on 29 October. The meeting approved various rule changes:
- Eligibility for team competitions
- Teams to phone in match results as well as posting
- Procedure for final day of team competitions
- Various increases in fees
Full details on the bye-laws and match rules pages.
All bowlers playing in competitions organised by Cheshire CBA or in any of the affiliated leagues are required to hold life membership of the BCGBA and of Cheshire CBA. The membership cards can be obtained from the County Registrar:
Mr John Small
17 Farriers Way
Winsford
CW7 2TS
He can also be contacted via the Contacts page.
Applications should enclose the fee (£6 for BCGBA membership and £3 for Cheshire membership). If you are applying only for Cheshire membership (e.g. if you have a BCGBA card via another county), please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. New members of BCGBA receive a Welcome Pack, which won’t fit in a small envelope.
The Cheshire qualifying round for the Jack and Jean Isherwood Veterans’ Championship was held at the Beech Tree, Barnton on Wednesday 8 June. Twelve entrants played off to find one qualifier for the final day at Prees Cricket & Recreation Club on Wednesday 6 July, 10am start. Mark Winnington (Castle Private) beat Gerald Merry (Delamere) 21-16 to qualify for the final day.
In the final, Mark Winnington won his first round match but then lost 19-21 to semi-finalist Fred Donaldson.