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 […]
Match Report Bromley IBC
Flushed with the euphoria of the previous week’s first win of the Indoor season, players arrived with the intention of continuing this running streak and it was good to see we turned out another six-rink team – (well done Mark!!) Disappointingly, the BBA had a sluggish start and by the time of the tea break, […]
Match Report – Donyngs IBC
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 – 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 […]