It was a pleasure to support the BBA at my Club on what turned out to be a rather hot afternoon. Thankfully, the bar remained open throughout the afternoon, for a wide selection of drinks. The green looked well maintained and we hoped for a keenly contested game. Sadly, the game did not turn out […]
Match Report – Horsham BC – 1July22
Horsham welcomed us on a beautiful day to their very quick green for a match contested over 5 rinks. Catering is always good at Horsham and the food before the game was up to the usual high standard. The match score was even from the start and BBA often had a narrow lead but that […]
Match Report – Borough of Croydon BA 11May22
The season is now underway and I’d like to thank everyone who turned out to represent us on Wednesday May 11th against the BCBA. To be able to provide 4 rinks plus a triple so early in the season is extremely encouraging and it’s always good to start with a win, albeit on a curtailed […]
Match Report – Purley BC – 15 June 2022
On a very hot afternoon we were warmly welcomed by Purley – it was a very sensible idea to reduce the number of ends to be played to 18. BBA had a bowler making his debut for us, Peter Humphrey, who played against us at Bromley IBC – welcome Peter. The match was closely contested […]
Match Report – Shirley Park BC – 23 June 2022
Shirley Park is a venue where we are always welcomed and this week was no exception. The match was contested over four triples – the weather was very warm, although the forecast showed a scattering of thunder storms from mid-afternoon. Thankfully they never arrived and we were blessed with a fine afternoon. BBA started well […]
Match Report – Mote Park IBC
Mote Park made us feel very welcome and it was good to see they had the same catering staff who looked after us well, last year, both before the match and with a good meal afterwards. The match was contested over six triples and was close throughout the entire game and for once BBA had […]
Match Report – Denton Island IBC – 28 February 2022
The organisers at Denton Island, Christine, Kim and Tina did a great job for us with the catering. As a result of Covid, the Club had parted company with their caterer as she was reaching retirement age, and they had a slow build up of numbers thereafter, which was making it financially unviable. In the […]
Match Report – Grattons IBC – 29 March 2022
Grattons welcomed us heartily and the game was conducted in good spirit.. The home team got off to a good start and took leads on most rinks, increasing their lead to something approaching 30. It was just after halfway through the match that BBA started closing the gap. With about 5 ends to play on […]
Match Report – Langney Sports IBC
The game was agreed as five triples.. Before the game, Langney Sports were very helpful trying to find a replacement for us to make up the numbers, as we were short with new cases of Covid and drop outs on the morning that we couldn’t cover. Regrettably one rink had to be played as a […]
Match Report – Wey Valley IBC
With Worthing cancellation and Crystal Palace folding, Wey Valley yesterday was our only February fixture The game itself was contested over 6 rinks , and sadly, BBA got off to an horrific start, losing the first end on every rink leaving us 16-0 down straight away!! The green was very quick and was not an […]