Banwell Bowling Club

Umbrella Competition - Final Evening Details

Banwell Ladies at Yatton

Umbrella Hotshot

A couple of weeks ago, one of the Umbrella Teams achieved a 'Hotshot'
and last Monday President Barry was on hand to present the medals to:

Joy Lane, Martina Garfield and Mike Bass.

Umbrella games have eight woods per side, no matter the number of players.
In this case it was a triples match with the numbers one and two having 3 woods each
and skip MIke Bass 2 woods

Congratulations you three, it is the first Hotshot of the season

Phil Villis adds the Rinks Competition to his list of
triumphs.

You could not have wished for better
weather to play a game of bowls.

Some could argue that it was far too hot !!

The game was 'Hotely' contested
( If you will excuse the Pun) and the result
could have gone either way.

But Phil Villis and his rink pulled away
to win the game by 18 shots to 12

Congratulations to the winners and
commiserations to the runners up

So you think you had a tough day at the office?

MIke noticed smoke coming from the engine and when he looked
found that the engine was on fire.
Moving quickly he evacuated all the passengers from the bus
and phoned the fire brigade.

The fire brigade reported that:

"We were called to the reports of
a bus fire on the Long Ashton Bypass.

On arrival we found one double decker bus well alight.
Crews from Bath, Bedminster and Kingswood attended the scene.
Breathing apparatus, high presuure hose reels and extinguishers
were used to tackle the blaze".

Well done Mike on your quick reactions.

However I can confirm that, after discussion,
The club will not be presenting Mike with a copy of
the 1968 song:

"Wheels on fire, rolling down the road.......
By Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity"

or

"A Hot Shot medal?"

Yes it's a tough old world

Banwell Retain the Parrott Shield

Well they don't get very much closer than this game.
At ten ends there was only one shot in the game and Banwell were looking comfortable
sitting on a 15 shot lead from the first game.

And then to use that well known bowls saying "The Wheels fell off the wagon"

Winscombe came back with a vengence and the game developed into Nail biting proportions.
Winscome gobbled up the 15 shot lead and with one rink still playing there was
one shot in the game.

That rink was skipped by Phil Villis, who was told in no uncertain terms that he and his rink had to win the end.
And win the end they did, by one shot to ensure the shield hangs in the Banwell Clubhouse for another year

A great evening of bowls.
Congrats to the Winscombe Green Keeping team
on a green that played very well, and for their hospitality.

Gentlemen.We shall resume battle next year

Left: An exhausted Barry Taylor with the trophy
(Congrats on being the only winning rink,
and of course we won't mention the 5 you dropped
on the last end Barry!!!)

Phil Villis and his team take the Triples Trophy 2021

In the final, Skip, Hilary Guckian and his team stormed off to a powerful start picking up 9 shots on the first two ends,
but a dogged fight back from the other Skip, Phil Villis and his team saw the scores levelled at 10 all at the 7th end.

It was nip and tuck to the final end where Phil Villis and his team won by just the one shot
to become Banwell’s Triples Champions for 2021.
Congrats to the winners and commiserations to the Runners Up. It was a good game to watch

T.Coleman, M.Kirby and P.Villis 18 shots - J.Wright, T.Byrne and H.Guckian 17 shots