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Indoor Bowling 2009 - 2010

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Sunday 7th Feb 2010 at Warners Lakeside Resort, Hayling Island

Tom Bishop played Nicky Brett in the Final of the National Champion of Champions Singles.

Tom won a magnificent Semi Final 21 - 4 against John Rednall in the morning, producing a virtually faultless display of singles bowling. In the Final at 2:00 p.m., although outplayed by a vastly more experienced Nicky Brett, Tom fought all the way and was better than the 21 - 7 scoreline in Brett's favour would suggest.

The Atherley is proud of Tom and he can be justifiably proud of himself!

Tom with the 2010 EIBA Champion of Champions Finalist Trophies

TLH Leisure 'Top Club'

Atherley have progressed to the National Finals stage of the TLH Leisure National Top Club competition with a thrilling win against Dolphin on Monday 1st February.

The Ladies 2-wood singles was won by Wendy Line to get the evening off to a good start. However, the Mixed Pairs with Jean Arnaud and John Armstrong never looked like going our way and Dave Bishop, next on the rink following Wendy, lost a tight Mens 2-wood singles. The Fours, however, was going well, in spite of one 'glitch' that saw 9 shots lost in 3 ends, but Anne Pearce, Jean Terrell, Greg Davis and Iain Bunday eventually ran out comfortable winners.

This left the Triples, featuring Eileen Askell, Tom Bishop and Mick Barrett, to decide the game. This had been poised on a knife edge all evening, with the Dolphin skip burning several ends. Finally, at almost 10:50 p.m., with Atherley holding shots, his attempt to force a 3rd replay of the 18th end failed and Atherley emerged winners by 6 points to 4, having won 3 of the 5 disciplines.

The Finals stage is held at the TLH Leisure Resort in Torquay over 3 days, Friday 26th to Sunday 28th March 2010. Details of the draw will be reported here when available.

Bramley and Riversmeet latest

The Men's Bramley squad lost 1-7 to Palmerston, while the ladies won their Riversmeet encounter against the same club.

Coming Soon - Johnny Johnson, Moreton Cup and Hamblin Trophy news.

Outdoor Bowls - Atherley is proud to be the home of the Southampton Open Bowls Tournament and we are pleased to say that Southampton Open Tournament website pages will soon appear on this site.

The Atherley Bowling Club is situated a mile from the centre of Southampton adjoining Southampton Common. Find us on a map.

The club offers indoor (6 rink) and outdoor (12 rink) bowling as well as other sporting facilities.

New members are always welcome.

The Atherley was founded on 15th April 1906 at a meeting of Directors of Southampton Football Club. The Atherley is proud of its heritage and continues to offer some of the finest facilities in the South of England.

Looking for a new hobby?

Why not join us and let our coaches show you how to bowl!

As well as high quality bowls facilities, our club also offers a wide range of social events including an excellent bar and restaurant.

So if this interests you, why not come along to have a chat. From time to time, we run organised taster sessions, which will be advertised here. Informal 'try before you buy' can usually be arranged with one of our coaches at other times.

The Indoor season runs from the end of September to the middle of April and this year the OUTDOOR OPENING is on Saturday 25th April 2009, with sunshine all the way through to the end of September (we live in hope!!)

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