THINKING OF JOINING
OUR CLUB?
YOU WILL GET A VERY WARM WELCOME.
SNIPPETS
HOSE PIPE BAN
Yorkshire Water has confirmed that our green can only be watered if there is a health & safety requirement or to water in a recently applied treatment.
Anyone for an occassional group rain dance?
We just need enough to keep the green green!
Addendum:
The dancing is working. Keep it up, everyone.
“A VERY CLASSY GESTURE”
I wanted to make you aware of a very classy gesture by one of your members, Mark Peatman.
Mark and I played in the Yorkshire Men’s Singles earlier this year and I was fortunate to end up winning that tie. He was a perfect gentleman before, during and after that game so I perhaps shouldn't have been surprised to find a good luck message from him on my phone before the final on Sunday. I'm not sure I remember an opponent doing that, and I thought it said a lot about Mark and reflected excellently on Harrogate BC.
A further well done to your club for a strong showing at the Men’s Finals Day, to come away with the trophies you did is testament to the growing strength of Harrogate BC. I'm sure other trophies will follow.
Paul Humphreys
ACCESS VIA VALLEY GARDENS HAS BEEN RESTORED
This allows members of the public to wander in and enjoy watching the bowling, and also enables Club members to come and go via Valley Gardens if they wish.
Members are asked to unlock and lock up the Valley Gardens gate in the same way that they unlock and lock up the main side gate with the chain and padlock (it’s the same padlock key).
BOWLING SNIPPETS
YBA Competition (Ladies)
EDITH STONE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
SATURDAY 2ND AUGUST
WEST BANK PARK B.C.
HBC represented by Christine McWee
Supporters are very welcome.
MEN'S NORTHERN COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIPS
SATURDAY 2ND & SUNDAY 3RD AUGUST
SILLOTH B.C., CUMBRIA.
SATURDAY: UNDER 24 PAIRS
HBC represented by Tom Bielby
SUNDAY: TRIPLES
HBC Team: Ian Brickley, Lee Coutts, Paul Morton.
Supporters are very welcome.
YBA Competition (Ladies)
THE ANN WILKINSON 2025
Round 2
Borough Park v Harrogate
Tuesday 22nd July.
We won the match very handsomely by 51 shots to 20. One team Monica Metson, Margaret Speedie, Ann O Halloran and Margaret Bailey scored a Hot Shot of 8 in their total of 38 shots. The other team of Jean Lamb, Fiona Bentley, Judith Duncan and Judith Chappel fought back to win in the last end and deserve congratulating on helping our two new players to achieve a win. A tremendous team performance.
Margaret Bailey
We now play Thirsk Blue in the semi-final on
Monday August 4th at Harrogate in the afternoon.
Supporters are very welcome.
YBA Competition (Ladies)
THE BENEVOLENT TRIPLES
Wednesday 23 July
Our commiserations go to...
...Judith Chappel, Margaret Speedie and Margaret Bailey who won their first match against Railway Institute but then lost in their second match against Guisborough.
Margaret Bailey
COUNTY MEN'S FINALS DAY
SUNDAY 20TH JULY
AN EXCEPTIONAL DAY FOR HARROGATE BOWLING CLUB.
MEN'S TRIPLES CHAMPIONS
Win for Harrogate against Selby
HBC Team: Ian Brickley, Paul Morton and Lee Coutts
OVER 65 MEN'S FOURS CHAMPIONS
Win for Harrogate against Skelton
HBC Team: Gary Preston, Richard O’Halloran, Paul Morton and Les Bentley
UNDER 18 SINGLES RUNNER UP
Runner up: Freddie Robinson (HBC).
Winner: Marcus Mosley (Middlesborough BC)
YBA Competition (Gents)
THE MARSHALL SHIELD 2025
Next Matches: Semi-finals & Final
Congratulations to our three Harrogate teams.
"On the evening of Sunday 13th July the men continued their journey to regain the Marshall Shield trophy which we last won in 2023. We played York Railway at home in the quarter final and the support we received was fantastic and helped us win by 17 shots over the 3 rinks. The final score was 66 shots to 49."
Gary Preston.
The semi-finals and final are scheduled to be played on Saturday 30th August at Selby B.C. starting at 10.30 a.m.
Supporters are very welcome.
UPCOMING SOCIAL
BOWLING EVENTS
