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Team, green, year and competition challenge answers

Memories

Mar 17, 2023

Team, green, year and competition challenge answers

16 Questions about one photograph. How many of the 16 did you correctly identify? All the answers.

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Mar 16, 2023

Huddersfield Merit Final 1998 - Part 2

Part 2 of our report on the 1998 Merit Final reviews the outcome with all the scores included in Peter Muff's report.

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Mar 15, 2023

Huddersfield Merit Final 1998 - Part 1

The latest memory jerker is a two-parter starting with the build-up to the 1998 Final of the Huddersafield Merit. Tomorrow we add the result

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Team, green, year and competition challenge

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Mar 14, 2023

Team, green, year and competition challenge

12 bowlers names please as well as the year, green, team and competition they were bowling in.

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Mar 13, 2023

Linthwaite Hall green construction 1917

The contract for the construction of this green included a clause about a second green.

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Mar 12, 2023

Yorkshire Consolation Cup 1913

Going back in time to 1913 and a handwritten report on the Final of a new competition for the County, the Consolation Cup.

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Mar 11, 2023

Champion-of-Champions 1994

This complete record of the 1994 competition includes all the final day's match scores as well as pen pictures of all 16 finalists.

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Mar 10, 2023

Lindley BC clubhouse 1900

What on earth is a white horse doing centre stage on the photograph of the formal opening of the new clubhouse at Lindley BC in 1900?

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Veterans League

Mar 9, 2023

2016 Vets League reorganisation

A major reorganisation of the Veterans League in 2016 sorted out the imbalance of team numbers in the lower divisions. Ring any bells?

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Mar 8, 2023

Answer to Name the Juniors

The Yorkshire County Juniors team won the 2001 British Juniors County title. How many did you get right?

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Third Champion-of-Champions title for Tony Young

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Mar 8, 2023

Third Champion-of-Champions title for Tony Young

The first ever three times winner of the Huddersfield Champion-of-Champions title was clocked up in October 1992.

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Mar 6, 2023

The 1975 season opener

The Examiner reports on the first day of the 1975 season with a packed fixture programme struggling to cope with all the KO competitions.

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Mar 5, 2023

Name the junior bowlers and green

A real challenge for you and this isn't easy at all. This team is more than half the age in the photo that they are now, can you name them?

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Mar 4, 2023

Saturday League new setup 1984

A 1984 shake up of the saturday League saw a totally new format for the coming season but it was still a 3pm start time.

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Mar 3, 2023

Home & Away or Neutral Greens in 1977

Last week the Saturday League voted narrowly to remain playing on neutral greens which is similar to the vote on the same topic 46 years ago

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Mar 2, 2023

Huddersfield Merit 1982

We go back to 1982 for the latest March Memory when Tony Young claimed his 2nd Huddersfield Merit title in dramatic style.

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Mar 1, 2023

Henry Taylor Cup Final 1971

Starting our One-A-Day memory jerker right through the month of March with a copy of the programme and question about this Cup Final.

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Feb 28, 2023

March is Memory Month

March is a quiet month for bowling as teams prepare for the six-month summer season. So no action on the green but we take time to look back

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Answer to latest 'Name the team, green, bowlers and year'

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Feb 27, 2023

Answer to latest 'Name the team, green, bowlers and year'

No one managed to correctly answer all four elements of this set poser so time to put you out of your misery by revealing all the answers.

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Feb 25, 2023

Peter Muff's bequests and memories

The former Examiner sports writer has bequeathed a sum to local bowling leagues which prompts this revival of one of his many articles.

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