January - 2024 3/6

Jan 19

Netherton matches today are OFF

All the Division 5 matches scheduled for Netherton today have been postponed. Overnight snowfall has made the green and surrounds unsafe.

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League News

Jan 19

Friday League update

The Milnsbridge Friday League is well into the 2nd half of its inaugural season so we are pleased to include an update from Ian Briggs.

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Winter Bowling in Huddersfield 2000-2009

Memories

Jan 18

Winter Bowling in Huddersfield 2000-2009

As we move into a new millennium a list of familiar winners to the top Griffin competitions but the Young Pretender emerges on the scene.

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Winter League

Jan 18

Cowcliffe lose 100% win record

A major surprise in Division 2 as Cowcliffe failed to win for the 1st time this season as the Div. 1 programme fell foul to a frozen green.

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How to run a successful club by Bowls England

Winter League

Jan 18

How to run a successful club by Bowls England

Clubs may be interested in this series of guides and free webinairs on how to run a bowling club produced on behalf of the BCGBA.

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Winter League

Jan 18

50 Photos from Lindley Lib

Exactly 50 photographs taken at Lindley Lib on Monday for the Division 4 fixture programme.

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Wednesday & Thursday fixtures rearranged

Winter League

Jan 17

Wednesday & Thursday fixtures rearranged

Frozen greens have resulted in all Thursday fixtures being postponed with some of the Wednesday games also lost. All the new dates listed.

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Winter Bowling in Huddersfield - the 1990's

Memories

Jan 17

Winter Bowling in Huddersfield - the 1990's

Part 4: The 1990's saw the greatest threat to the future of bowling at The Griffin with the pub sold and the ending of the green lease.

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Sun shines on the Div.3 bowlers on the Hill

Winter League

Jan 17

Sun shines on the Div.3 bowlers on the Hill

On a green which is frozen in one half becomes a real challenge for the Division 3 bowlers at Primrose Hill but they are up for it.

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Bowlers wanted for Vets League Division One team

Club News

Jan 17

Bowlers wanted for Vets League Division One team

The is the second airing of an appeal from a Veterans League Division 1 team looking for new bowlers for the coming season.

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Linthwaite Hall could be promoted this week

Winter League

Jan 17

Linthwaite Hall could be promoted this week

Linthwaite Hall will be the first team in the League to clinch promotion this season if they beat Kirkheaton Con B by 8-0 on Thursday.

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Memories

Jan 16

Winter Bowling in Huddersfield Part 3

Dave Parkin takes his story about the rise of winter bowling at The Griffin into the 1980's and the arrival of two rival competitions.

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Meltham & Lowerhouses in key relegation game

Winter League

Jan 16

Meltham & Lowerhouses in key relegation game

Two teams in the bottom three meet up which Lowerhouses cannot afford to lose if they are to retain any hope of avoiding relegation.

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Winter League

Jan 16

Marsh Utd held by Thorpe Green

Three 4-4 draws from the Division 3 & 4 Monday programme including a setback for Marsh United's Division 3 title hopes.

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Veterans League

Jan 16

Veterans League have finally done it

Five divisions of 12 teams in each was agreed by the Veteran's League Management Committee yesterday with the new Elland team in Division 3.

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Memories

Jan 15

Winter Bowling in the 1970's

Part 2 of our week-long record of bowling at The Griffin covers the 'strike years' in the 1970's.

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Springwood new threat to Meltham TTT bid

Fantasy League

Jan 15

Springwood new threat to Meltham TTT bid

Springwood emerge as the biggest threat to Meltham's bid to become the first winners of our new Top Team Trio competition.

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Jeff Jacklin

Jan 15

Bowls on TV today at 1pm

Live coverage on BBC2 from Potters Resorts at Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk, featuring the open pairs final and an open singles match.

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Memories

Jan 15

How old is your green?

A club-by-club listing of the opening dates of greens in the Huddersfield area which shows the oldest local green being 146 years old.

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Memories

Jan 14

Winter Bowling in Huddersfield Part 1

The first in a week-long daily series of articles about the introduction of winter bowling in Huddersfield. Part 1 covers the years 1967-69.

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