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HuddWeb is the website for the Huddersfield Winter League and the unofficial website for the Veterans League as well as being for news from all Huddersfield crown green bowling clubs.


Memories
Mar 13, 2024
Name the Green response is on target
A follow up to yesterday's quest to identify a green and the two bolwers on it made some progress.
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Memories
Mar 12, 2024
Name the Green and plea for information
Going back to 1944-50 and asking questions about this photo. Can you name the green and do you know anything about the two bowlers?
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Memories
Mar 6, 2024
Disclosure of the 3 Slags v 3 Gents
Last week we challenged you all to name the green and the 6 bowlers in a unique charity bowling match. Here are the answers.
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Memories
Feb 29, 2024
1991 Charity match: 3 Slags v 3 Gents
A lighter look back to 1991 and three young lady escorts joining up with three distinguished gentleman bowlers of that time. Name them.
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Memories
Feb 11, 2024
Linthwaite Hall win 1959 Henry Taylor
Linthwaite Hall lifted the Henry Taylor Cup for the first time in 1959 and Dave Parkin delves into The Examiner archives for the full story.
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Memories
Jan 30, 2024
The History of Saturday Bowling Part 3
Dave Parkin's trilogy covers 1970 to 2024 and includes the story of the first time the League ever moved to a Home & Away format.
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Memories
Jan 29, 2024
The History of Saturday Bowling - Part 2
Dave Parkin's three-part potted history of Saturday bowling covers the period 1943-1969 and the first real change in its format.
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Memories
Jan 28, 2024
The History of Saturday bowling - Part 1
Part 1 of Dave Parkin's trilogy on the 127 years of History of Saturday Bowling in Huddersfield covers the years 1896-1942.
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Memories
Jan 26, 2024
Mystery photo possible answers
A follow-up to the query about Barbara Peacock's family photo from around 1925 and Dave Parkin has been digging in The Examiner archives.
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Memories
Jan 22, 2024
Help fill the gaps in this family history
An old bowling photograph from around 1925 with a number of gaps which we would like to fill, Can you help?
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Memories
Jan 20, 2024
Winter Bowling in Huddersfield Part 7
The 7th and final episode in Dave Parkin's pocket history of Winter bowling in Huddersfield featuring The Griffin.
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Memories
Jan 19, 2024
Winter Bowling in Huddersfield 2010-2023
Part 6 brings the history lesson bang up to date as Dave Parkin tells of the loss of the King of the Griffin, Paul Sigsworth.
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Memories
Jan 18, 2024
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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Memories
Jan 17, 2024
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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Memories
Jan 16, 2024
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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Memories
Jan 15, 2024
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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Memories
Jan 15, 2024
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, 2024
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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Memories
Jan 14, 2024
Another noisy club story
Another noisy bowling club story but this one is about a Huddersfield club with a noise problem.
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Memories
Jan 4, 2024
3 Merit winners from 40 years ago
I am once again indebted to Dave Parkin for sharing this Examiner press report on 3 Huddersfield Merit Finals from 1984.
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