This is a game that was originally set for 6 rinks but Donyngs told us they could only do 3 rinks, which suited us as we only had 18 players. This also enabled me to release 3 Purley Bury members who had a club game they could support. Donyngs also had a problem as they […]
Match Report – Croydon B C
Sadly, Team Manager Mark was faced with another late reduction in availability, having had twenty-two players from which to choose six triples, this reduced to fifteen by the day of the fixture. Thankfully, the Croydon Captain for the Day was able to provide another three players, which meant there were two rinks and three triples […]
Match Report – Horsham District IBA
We had a lot of disruption to our team with players dropping out for genuine health reasons and we were thankful that David Evans found one extra player for us but we were still one short on the day. We wish everyone who was unwell, a speedy recovery. Horsham warmly welcomed us and the club […]
Match Report – Adur IBC
The report for the game at Adur is going to read like reports you have seen already this year as we had a similar pattern of BBA leading at tea then the game going away from us in the second half. At tea we were leading by 3 shots, but by the end we had […]
Match Report – Preston I B C, Brighton
We travelled to Preston, Brighton for our annual fixture there. As always there was a warm welcome from the Preston players and the game was played with a good sprinkling of lively banter, but competitively too. The BBA got off to a good start and we were neck and neck at half time but the game […]
Match Report – Sutton IBC
This has been the first game this year where we have fielded the entire 6 rinks that had been planned. Well done BBA and Sutton for this. We were made very welcome at Sutton and the game was contested in a good atmosphere and was very competitive. For the most part there was very little […]
Match Report: King George Fields IBC
Before we reached King George Field, we learnt of the sudden and unexpected death last week, of their Steward, Kevin. This set a sombre mood at the club but they continued and we were made welcome. In the speeches, Ian Frisby spoke of the sadness for their club and his family at losing Kevin who […]
Match Report – Sevenoaks I B C
For this Sevenoaks match we had a last minute issue to find an eighteenth man to complete our six triples and Ken McVeigh was able to find a friend from his Eastbourne club – Dave Smith who has played for us before and Dave came in to give us a full team. There was a […]
Match Report – Wealden I B C
BBA were warmly welcomed by Wealden and the game was marked by good humour and banter and was enjoyed by all. Three of the rinks were very closely contested with only two shots being the largest winning margin but on one of the rinks, the home side had a particularly strong team and won by […]
Match Report – Royal Bank of Scotland
After a run of five defeats, we were keen to round off the Outdoor season with a good win. It was a sunny afternoon, the opposition greeted us in a friendly manner and all was well until a pneumatic hole digger started up, just the other side of the hedge – but that did not […]