Thursday 1st April 2009.

The over 60's team played the first leg of their league game today at home against Chigwell and swamped them with a 22 shots to 8 victory. The second leg away is on Friday (tmrow) at Chigwell.

Tuesday 31st March 2009.

This evening saw the semi -finals of the club pairs. On rink 4 Lou Jacobs and Barry Holbrook took on Roland Beckett and Brian Kelly. A fairly even game for the first half dozen games when Jacobs and Holbrook dropped a five. They then won a couple of ends, but after the tenth never managed to score again and shook hands at 26-7 down. On rink 3 last years winners, Dave Betts and Russel Hughes, played Terry Day and Vic Rappaport. A pretty even game up to the 13 end with Betts and Hughes holding a 15-13 advantage. They managed a couple of singles in the next two ends, but then nicked a four. Winning the last two ends saw them run out 24-17 winners and go on to play Kelly and Beckett in the final.

Sunday 29th March 2009.

Sunday evening saw a club triples played on rink 3. L Jacobs, C Foster and T Lichkin ran out comfortable winners against A Donovan, M Chissim and S Bruno by 19-9

Ilford played a team from Clayhall today and lost out by three shots. Rink one J Miller, A Michael, S Simmons and B Tarrel lost to J Rutter 10-17. On rink two S Macatonia, F Kaye, C Mully and T Trelease lost to J Howe 15-22. On rink three A Kushner, J Povas, M Butt and J Bingley of Clayhall  beat H Smith 17-16. On rink four M Silver, T Pratt, R Lawrence and A Hutcherson beat R Little 23-13.

Saturday 28th March 2009.

Ilford men entertained Wanstead Central this afternoon and came out overall winners by 80-68. Rink one saw T Thake, T Pratt, D Edwards and E Trelease beat J Reynolds 24-17. On rink two J Knubley, M Rogers, I Robertson and S Forrest drew with R Anderson 15-15. On rink three R Beckett, S Simons, J Pluck and B Kelly beat M Bird 22-16. On rink four M Silver, G Weiland, T Ross and E Walker lost to P Whellams 19-20.

Tuesday 24^th March 2009.

Three domestic triples and one fours tonight. On rink one, I Robertson, M Stuart, and D Stockdale beat T Thake, R Ainscow and E Walker 22-4. On rink two M Brenner, W Wray and P Woodford lost to V Rappaport, T Seago and B Holbrook 23-12. On rink three M Bevis, C Granger and D Waters beat J Fester, J Townsend and P Depino 25-12. On rink four a belated early round fours was played. At six ends R Beckett, T Batchelor, A Batchelor and Brian Kelly had a 12-0 advantage, but a spirited fightback saws Minns, B Bessel K Spicer and B Jones work their way back to only four shots adrift at seventeen ends 16-12. A couple of two counts though was enough to see the Kelly rink win by 20-15.

Sunday 22^nd March 2009.

SENSATIONAL NEWS

On Sunday morning, Terry Lichkin, Jock McCabe. Paul Whellams, and Dave Betts travelled to Tye Green to play in the semi-final of the County Fours, against a four from Turpins skipped by K Moore. Having won the first end by a single shot, they then proceeded to drop a 6 on the second end. They won their way back to 6-6, and it was fairly close from then on, when they took the lead at 14-11. They never looked back, and only allowed Turpins 3 more shots, winning the game by 27-14. They now go on to play in the County Final at Falcon on Sunday 19^th April. Well done lads and good luck.

Sunday afternoon saw an Ilford mixed team take on Chingford. They had a comfortable win by 103 shots to 61.

S Kerr, T Kerr, J Budgen beat N Sutherland 26-13. C Mears, B Woodcraft, T McGavin, H Simons beat A Mason 26-13.

J Simons, A Michael, I Oaten, T Ross beat F Stowl 29-17.

I Miller B Miles, P Brown, B Lucas beat R Griffiths 22-18

Saturday21st March 2009.

Ilford men played Hainult today, and won overall by 79 shots to 65. M Rogers, S Minns, B Chaplin, G Weilanb lost to D Stockdale 27-7. A Dron, J Fennessy, E King, A Hutcherson lost to E Trelease 19-18. R Beckett, G McCelvey, J Pluck and B Kelly beat R Gowers 17-16. M Silver, T Pratt, S Simmons and H Simons beat E Gleave 27-3.

Friday 20^th March 2009.

Club singles tonight, qtr final stages and all four rinks are in use. On rink one, by the tenth end it looked like Mick Bevis had it all tied up as he was leading by 14-1 against Jock McCabe. Undeterred, Jock won the next end and took the mat up. Bevis couldn�t cope and Jock proceeded to win end after end , and now the score was 16-14 to Bevis. The jack was cast longer, and Bevis managed to hold on , the fat lady started singing and he won 20-15. On rink two a very close game which could have gone either way, Dave Prior was leading 7-5 then proceeded to lose the next 6 ends and Keith Tyler stormed into a 14-7 lead. Back came Prior to level the scores at 18-18, and to then score a 2, and at 20-18 needed only one to win. Tyler was not amused, and made it the last end by scoring a 3, to tie the game up. Rink 3 saw Dave Betts, last years champion, take on Terry Lichkin. Betts was his usual masterful self and went on to win by 22-8. On rink 4 was a much louder affair with Mitch Brenner playing Paco Rodriguez. A game of nip and tuck to start, with the scores tied at 13 each. Paco took a 3 shot lead with a single and a two, but was unable to score again, and Brenner ran out the winner by 22-17.

Tuesday 17^th March 2009.

Domestic pairs today on all four rinks today, for the winners to play in the semi finals. On rink one V Rappaport and T Day beat K Tyler and Mick Bevis. On rink two last years champions Russell Hughes and Dave Betts had a comfortable win against Dave Prior and Bob Ainscow by 28-13. On rink three, Lou Jacobs and Barry Holbrook accounted for Jock McCabe and Dave Waters in a closely fought game. There was never much in it and at fifteen ends, the score was 14-14. Jacobs and Holbrook then strung together a couple of threes and finished up winning by 22-16. On rink four Brian Kelly and Roland Beckett by the thirteenth end had a comfortable lead of 15-5, against Paco Rodriguez and Paul Whellams. Kelly and Beckett kept their nerve and went on to win 20-13.

Sunday 15^th March 2009.

Ilford men played a team from May & Baker this afternoon and losing on two of the rinks, came out winning by 85 � 65. E Walker, A Michael, K Bird and D Prior 13-23 against T Hatch. N Ahmed, G McKelvey, A Dron, B Ainscow 22-8 against H Woolward. C Penn, T Pratt, T Ross, T Trelease 31-9 against C Hough. M Silver, F Kaye, G Weiland and W Abell 19-25 against B Driscoll.

Saturday 14^th March 2009.

Saturday afternoon Ilford entertained a mixed team from Loughton and won on three rinks of the four to finish overall winners by 77-59. R Lewis, J Povoas, J Thorpe and D Griffiths 19-11 against C Doncaster. E King, P Cowan, J Walker, G Weiland 19-16 against C Pullen. A Cooper, T Bamford, A Dron and C Tresedern 16-21 against H Musaphia. M Rogers, B Eades, H Bush and V Rappaport 23-11 against B Martin.

County League today against Turpins, and after a solid performance at home winning on all three rinks, a mishap by the away rinks meant Ilford came off second best losing by 8 points to 5. Home rinks of R Kenny I Robertson R Hughes and D Waters won 25-13. J Pluck, T Thake, P Whellams and P Rodriguez won 21-19. T Seago, C Hassell, D Betts and C Granger won 21-19. Away rinks of J McCabe, R Anderson, B Holbrook and M Brenner lost to R Catton 15-29. M Bevis, K Weames, C Foster and T Lichkin lost 10-27 to M Ferris. L Jacobs, B Druce, S Bruno and R Hudson lost 26-13 to T Shoebridge. The result leaves Ilford around midtable.

Friday 13^th March 2009.

Three domestic singles tonight. On rink 1 Dave Prior beat Gerry Weiland 21-5. On rink 3, in a close fought game Paco Rodriguez accounted for Colin Foster 21-17. Finally on rink 4 aftter being in command for the first half of the game by 13-6, young Ryan Kenny let it slip, and after a fightback, Barry Holbrook won by 23-16

Thursday 12^th March 2009.

Today saw the away fixture at Rayleigh for the over 60�s league. Having a 22 shot cushion the team of Mick Bevis, Chris Hassell, Derek Stockdale and Tony Bruno secured all the six points on offer, by winning 22 shots to 15.

Wednesday 11^th March 2009.

Today saw Ilford play the home leg of the over 60�s league against the newcomer�s to Essex bowls , namely Rayleigh.

The home rink was Tom Thake, Lou Jacobs, Jock McCabe and Paco Rodriguez. They had a very comfortable win by 30 shots to 8.

Sunday 8^th March 2009.

Ilford men took on Cranbrook today with more success winning by 80 shots to 55. C Lunn, F Kaye, K Spicer and C Foster beat B Chaplin 24 shots to 14.� C Penn, T Pratt, G Rose, T Trelease 26 A Shone 9. T Rising, J Povoas, A Dron, B Lucas 13 J Swinburne 16. J Barc, J Allen, M Silver, K Bird 17 S Macatown 16.

On Sunday evening Ilford hosted the semi-final of the London Southern Counties single rink between Barking and Tye Green. In what turned out to be a dramatic turnaround,� at 5 ends Barking were in the lead by 7 shots to 3. They then proceeded to lose the next 10 ends and shook hands on 15 ends at 23 shots to 7 down. The Tye Green rink was Barry O�Conner, Steve Tucker, Pat Watford and Steve Mitchinson. The Barking rink was Paul Wilson, Bill Nelson, Lee Chaplin and Mark Wilson.

Saturday 7^th March 2009.

A trip to Colchester for the rink of Terry Lichkin, Jock McCabe, Paul Wellhams and Dave Betts to play in the qtr finals of the County fours against a four skipped by Eddie Josh. After a steady start by both teams at nine ends Ilford had a lead of 12-10. The next three ends saw Colchester go into the lead by 16-12. On the seventeenth end at 15 -19 down Ilford strung together four ends of two�s to go into the last end 4 shots up. Colchester managed a three on the last end, which was not enough so Ilford progress to the semi-final where they face a team from Turpins.

Saturday afternoon saw Ilford men take on a team from Silverthorn. Three rink wins and a draw saw Ilford home by 112 shots to 54. I Robertson, M Rogers, T Ross and Vic Rappaport beat G Tyrell by 35-11. R Beckett, J Burnett J Pluck and B Kelly beat C Mercer by 28-9. M Silver, C Penn, K Spicer and S Forrest beat C Panthert26-11. G Weiland, J Povoas, K Bird and Lou Jacobs drew with B Holbrook 23-23.

Friday 6^th March 2009.

More club singles tonight. On rink four Jock McCabe proceeded to demolish Steve McKay 21-1. On rink two a good tussle between Terry Lichkin and Derek Stockdale saw Terry come out on top by 21-16. On rink one Mick Bevis progressed� to the next round, beating Ken Robinson ( who played very well ) by 21-16.

Thursday 5^th March 2009.

A domestic singles today between Tony Bruno and Mitch Brenner. A Noisy affair as you�d expect with Salvatory running up and down with � push it, push it �. Mitch stayed placid under the circumstances and half way through had a lead of 12-8. Bruno rallied and on the penultimate end held a lead of 20-18. From out of the blue Mitch grabbed a four and it was all over for the Italian till next year.

Tuesday 3^rd March 2009.

A couple of domestic fours were played tonight. Roland Beckett, Terry Batchelor, Alan Batchelor and Brian Kelly, beat the Barley contingent of Ken Weames, Mike Durston, Martin Chissim and Tony Bruno by 24 shots to 14. On rink 4 Mitch Brenner, Ian Robertson, Paul Woodford and Russell Hughes accounted for Len Welton, Bob Hawkins, Micky Bird and Bob Druce by 24 shots to 8.

Saturday 28^th February 2009.

Ilford lost their County League game against Jacks Centre today by 8.5 points to 4.5. No cards to hand.

Sunday 22^nd February 2009.

Ilford men welcomed a team from Wadham this afternoon, but came off second best by 70 to 74. On rink one saw young Daniel Hughes (9) help his team win by 27-13. Having played on a regular basis this season, young Daniel has come on in leaps and bounds and bodes well for the future. J Knubley, D Hughes, A Kushner, R Hughes 27 J Newinger 13.� M Silver, T Rising, G Weiland, K Bird 16 L Smith 16.� S Forrest, R Lawrence, T Kerr, T Trelease 13 P Butler 19.� M Taylor, C Penn, B Lucas, W Abel 14� N McDonald� 26.

Saturday 21^st February 2009.

Ladies charity� day today, an annual event run by the ladies to raise funds for the lady captains choice. Jean Gray, this years captain, chose Essex Air Ambulance which is funded by donations only. After an action packed day, enjoyed by all, the magnificent sum of �1843 was raised to be presented to the charity. Well done Ilford Ladies and guests.

Friday 20^th February 2009.

Ilford played Essex County in the over 60�s league and came off second best by 2 points to 4. Rink results are not to hand.

Ilford Indoor hosted the area final of the National Pairs this evening between John Tully and John James of Havering and Andy Sales and Richard Haley of Tye Green and what a match it proved to be.It went right to the wire and the last wood. Up to half way the Havering pair had built a steady lead and on ten ends were leading 14-6. They then dropped a three and a five in consecutive ends and at 14 all it was game on. On end 18 the Havering pair were back in front 19-16, but a dropped four was to put the two from Tye Green in front for the first time in the game.The 20^th end saw Havering take a two and going down the last end Tye Green needed a two to win. Havering had one on the jack which Richard Haley removed with his second wood , leaving Tye Green with one. After a close draw with his third wood he then drew shot with his last wood for Tye Green to go through to the National finals where we wish them good fortune.

THE COME BACK KID

On rink four we had a domestic issue with Russell Hughes playing young Ryan Kenny (15) in the club singles.Up to 16 ends young Ryan had only scored 5 shots to Russell�s 18 and was dead and buried. But for the next 12 ends Russell could manage only one more score and was magnanimous in defeat by 22-18. Ryan bought Russell a pint of Guiness from his pocket money, after the game.

Tuesday 17^th February 2009.

Domestic pairs tonight with all four rinks in use. On rink one Vic Rappaport and Terry Day beat Eddie Townsend and Mike Fenton.Rink two saw Russell Hughes and Dave Betts account for messr�s Watson and Dobrin.Rink three saw the demise of Colin Sinclair and Bob Hayter who lost to Dave Prior and Bob Ainscow. On rink four Mick Bevis and Keith Tyler beat G Weiland and K Bird

Sunday 15^th February 2009.

Ilford played a mixed friendly today against Bantham & Ongar,

But came off second best by 66 shots to 71.

A Kushner, T Pratt, B Eades, T Trelease 18 D Oddy 9

B Pratt, P Jowes, J Fennessy, B Ainscow 11 R Rotheray 19

C Penn, P Fennessy, T Kerr, K Bird 22 G Hyatt 21

S Kerr, T Rising, J Champness, G Weiland 15 G Murfitt 22.

The over 60�s rink of Mick Bevis, Jock McCabe, Paco Rodriguez and Rod Hudson reached the quater finals of the Nationals at Northampton but were beaten by Desborough Maidenhead to miss out on a semi-final place. A team from Essex County went on to win the final.

Tuesday 10^th February 2009.

County fours tonight when Terry Lichkin, Jock McCabe, Paul Whellams and Dave Betts took on a team from Barking. What a sensational start. A hot shot on the first end. A one on the following end, then dropping a five when Dave Butler moved the jack. The home team then proceeded to win the next seven ends and at 24-6 up were out of sight. A few ends later the team from Barking conceded (not sure if i spelt that right) and they all adjourned to the bar for a drink and a sandwich.

Sunday 8^th February 2009.

Ilford Indoor Men entertained The Ilford Club in a friendly today, and won the Steadman Cup Cup in the annual affair.

T Rising, C Penn, T Miller and T Ross lost to O Carter, F Roberts, P Lidbury and C Granger 21-20. P Lawrence, G Rose, D Edwardsand P Whellams beat A Potts, D Beecher, R Parnell and D Waters 35-10.� M Silver, D Ward, M Bevis and T Lichkin beat B Lucas, R Ward, T Thake and P Rodriguez 27-15.

A Kushner, B Lucas, C Foster and Rod Hudson drew with I Robertson, S Simpson, B Cullinan and J McCabe 17-17.

Saturday 7^th February 2009

Inhouse game today, Gents vs Ladies, with the ladies winning on three of the four rinks.Ladies names first, D Lowe, D McKenzie, I Oaten and M Dainton beat M Taylor, J Fennessy, S Simmons and B Bush� 17-16. J Simons, P Mason, H Bush and S Evans beat C Bond, L Evans, A Dron and K Bird� 27-11. B Pratt, B Woodcraft, M Balham and D Griffiths lost to M Silver, G McKelvey J Budgen and G Weiland� 21-15. J Gray, P Fennessey, R Eades and M Bond beat C Penn, T Pratt, P Dainton and H Simons 21-20.

Friday 6^th February 2009.

Three club singles tonight. Rink four saw Jock McCabe defeat J Fennesy21-3. Rink three saw K Robinson beat M Ahmed 21-9. And on rink one,� a much closer battle which could have gone either way, saw Mick Bevis defeat Chris Granger 21-19.

Thursday 5^th February 2009.

Ilford travelled to Tilbury today in the over 60 County dble fours but came off second best winning on one rink by seven shots but losing on the other by thirteen. On the same evening a domestic pairs was played with Vic Rappaport and Tony Seago beating Bob Druce and Chris Granger 28-11.

Tuesday 3^rd February 2009

Not a lot to report this last few days due to the weather,which i think must have affected Terry Lichkin, Colin Foster, Paco Rodriguez and Rod Hudson. They played the semi-final of the National fours tonight but came second to a four from Barking skipped by Mark Wilson. Two club fours were played tonight. In An exciting finish M Bevis, S Mackay, C Sinclair and V Rappaport left it till the last end to beat T Seago, J Festa, J Townsend and P Depino by one shot. In the other game T Thake, D Prior, H Grosvenor and R Ainscow beat R Kenny, K Tyler, D Waters and C Granger 22-11.

Sunday 1^st February 2009

Ilford played Wanstead Central today in a mixed friendly and came off second best by 64 shots to 93.

V Berry, S Kerr, J Allen and B Barr lost to D Kendrick 15-27. V Berry, R Lawrence, G Powell and G Weiland beat Ken Spicer 26-14. P Brown, T Pratt, F Lawrence and Bob Ainscow lost to D Kenny 22-10. T Kerr, B Eades, B Powell and B Lucas lost to Mick Bird 13-30.

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Friday 30^th January 2009

The over 60�s away team of Terry Lichkin, Lou Jacobs, Jock McCabe and Tony Bruno, played at Tye Green today against G Swaby, T Propert, H Peacock and M Tucker, but came away empty handed with a 19-16 defeat. However overall, Ilford claimed a 4 points

to two win.During the evening the triples team of Rod Hudson, Russel Hughes and Dave Betts were unsuccessful at Barking in the semi-final of the National triples.

Thursday 29 January 2009

The over 60�s played the home leg of their league fixture today against Tye Green and had a comfortable victory by 27 shots to 13. M Bevis, Tom Thake, Rod Hudson and Paco played D Spear, R Mason, J Furlong and D Fox.

Tuesday 27^th January 2009

More domestic triples tonight, with the other half of the the draw. Tom Thake, Bob Ainscow and Eric Walker beat Rod and Angela Hudson and Paco by 20-7. Alan Donovan, Martin Chissim and Tony Bruno accounted for Terry Thurbin, Ted Kerr and George Marshall by 16-10.

In a close fought game Terry Lichkin, Colin Foster and Lou Jacobs beat Tony Curran and the Batchelor Bros ( i wonder if it�s the famous ones ) by 21-19.

Monday 26^th January 2009

Domestic competition tonight,when the first round of the triples was played.Vic Rappaport, Tony Seago and Barry Holbrook beat Colin Sinclair, Keith Tyler and Bob Hayter 24-15. On rink three Bill Wray, Mitch Brenner and Paul Woodford took care of Brian Kelly, John Pluck and Roly Beckett by 17-13. On rink 4 Mick Bevis,� Chris Granger and Muddy Waters accounted for Ken Weames, Dennis Griffiths and Mike Durston by 18-9.

Not quite sure how to put this but on rink one Russel Hughes, Jock McCabe and Dave Betts lost on an extra end to Joe Festa, John Townsend and Percy Depino. The post match interview was a disaster as Russel couldn�t speak, but after a couple of pints of Guiness he said the best team on the night won.

Sunday 25^th January 2009

Ilford played a mixed game today against a team from Loughton and won by 87 shots to 53 winning on three rinks of the four. S Kerr, T Pratt, G Powell, H Simons� 33-11. V Berry, T Rising, G Marshall, A Abell 25-10. V Berry,� G Marshall (Mrs), T Kerr, B Barr� 17-14. R Powell, B Pratt, J Simons, W Abell, 12-18.

Saturday 24 January 2009.

Two domestic games were played this morning ie club singles. Derek Stockdale beat Bob Hayter 21-15, whilst on the other rink Terry Lichkin ended Rod Hudson�s thoughts of being club champion for another year in a close fought contest. Terry Lichkin ran out the eventual winner by 21 shots to 20.

Congratulations to Barking for reaching the semi-final of the Denny Cup.They beat Egham by two shots in the qtrs and play Cumbria on Sunday 15^th March at Lawson Park. Good Luck.

Wednesday 21^st January 2009

The ladies played a triples match against Barley today. Winning on two rinks of the three they had a comfortable victory by 67-40. J Bray, P Blades, L Wilson, lost to D Riches 8-21.�� M Balham, J Potticary, B Hughes,� beat J Champness 35-10.

B Pratt,� B Woodcraft and H Bush won 24-9 against P Jones, P Houseman and S Durston.

Tuesday 20^th January 2009

Derek Stockdale played his unbadged county singles tonight against T Barnes of Tilbury and after 16 ends was 17-11 down. He rallied well to take the lead 20-19 but then dropped a two on the last end to go out 21-19.

On rink two saw a National pairs game between Paco Rodriguez and Paul Whellams against John James and John Tully of Havering. After 14 ends

Paco and Paul were 17-10 in front, but failed to score another shot , and Tully and James proceed to the semi-finals where they play Jock McCabe and Rod Hudson of Ilford.

On rink four Chris Granger, Russel Hughes, Keith Tyler and Bill Wray took on a rink from Tilbury in the County Fours. Never behind they ran out winners by 23 shots to 17. The Tilbury rink was skipped by A Swann.

Rink 3 saw a domestic pairs game between Ken (music man ) Spicer and Brian Bessel against Muddy Waters and Jock with the latter running out comfortable winners.

THE UNDER 25 GAME BETWEEN ESSEX AND KENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOW BE PLAYED ON EITHER  21^ST OR 28^TH MARCH 2009.                                            I WILL ADVISE OF THE NEW DATE.

Sunday 18^th January 2009

Sunday evening and Rod Hudson, Russel Hughes and Dave Betts lock horns with a triple from Havering in the National triples quater finals. After ten ends the Ilford triple were 12-7 down when an unexpected 6 put them in front by 13-12. Although they dropped a 3 on the next end it was very close for the rest of the game  and on the 17 end the Havering trio of Ben Watkins, Kevin McGuire and Mark Nullmyers had a 3 shot lead. But Ilford were undeterred and claimed a 3 on the last end to tie the scores at 21 each. An extra end ensued and Ilford ran out winners and progress to the semi-finals.

Saturday 17^th January 2009

County League day today against Tilbury and a win for the opposition by 7.5 points 5.5pts. Home rinks were J Pluck, I Robertson, B Holbrook D Betts, 26-15 against R Bone.              T Thake, B Druce, R Anderson, R Hudson 26-11 against R Clark.     L Jacobs, D Stockdale, T Lichkin, S Bruno 24-25 against F Hewitt. The away scores were M Bevis, S Forrest, P Whellams, R Hughes  19- 17 against J Watson.  R Kenny, M Brenner,  K Tyler, C Granger, 7-38 against L James and V Rappaport, K Weames, C Foster, D Waters  16-16 against B Henry.Overall Ilford lost 118-122.                                                              

Friday 16^th January 2009

Today saw the second leg of the over 60�s league game against Barking. Mick Bevis, Terry Lichkin, Tony Bruno and Rod Hudson travelled to Barking with a fourteen shot lead already secured by the home rink. All six points were Ilfords after  winning against a rink skipped by Terry Hughes by 24 shots to 17.

Wednesday 14^th January 2009.

Colin Foster, Terry Lichkin, Paco Rodriguez and that man Hudson again went to Tye Green tonight to play in the National Fours. Against a strong four of Andy Sales, Steve Tucker, Pat Watford and Steve Mitchinson the Ilford four came away with a creditable victory by two shots 15-13. In the after match interview Rod Hudson said it was all down to the stunning performance from the front end.The semi final awaits.

Tuesday 13^th January 2009

Rod Hudson and Jock McCabe went to Barking today to play in the quater finals of the National Fours. Playing against Scott Reading and Frankie Abbott it was never going to be an easy task. Undaunted by the opposition they were never behind and on the 15^th end were 15-9 ahead. As if to tease the Barking pair they dropped a couple of three�s to bring the score to 15-15 but did enough in the closing ends to end up winners at 19-18. A place in the semi final awaits.

Monday 12^th January 2009

Ilford�s over 60�s league team played the home leg of the fixture against Barking and won convincingly by 28 shots to 14 to give the away team a good chance of gaining an overall win. The away fixture is on Friday 16^th at Barking.The home team was Tom Thake, Derek Stockdale, Jock McCabe and Paco Rodriguez

Sunday 11^th January 2009

n Sunday afternOoon Ilford played Connaught in a friendly but again came off second best, although winning on two rinks from four might be considered a draw. The overall score was better with Connaught winning 81-74. D Hughes, T Pratt, G Rose, and Russel Hughes won 21-17. B Lawson, A Michael, A Dron and K Bird went down 23-15 to Hugh Ingram. I Miller, C Harvey, M Silver and Harry Musaphia lost 28-9 to P Platten and A Kushner, M Bowen, S Simmons and B Lucas beat C Pack 29-13.                                                            Sunday evening saw the quater finals of the National Singles unfold between Dave Betts of Ilford against Bill Nelson of Barking.A Game worthy of the final saw Nelson as the eventual winner by 21 shots to 19. Up to ten ends it was nip and tuck with shots going either way,then betts won four ends on the trot to go 15-9 up.Not to be phased, Nelson hit back with a couple of three�s to get back to 15 all. Betts went into the lead again at 19-18, then Nelson scored three singles to win the game.The game was played in the spirit which can only be good for bowls.

Saturday10th January 2009

On Saturday morning Ilford lost to Barking in the London & Southern Counties Shield on all four rinks.There are no scores to hand.

Saturday afternoon Ilford men entertained Rainham in a friendly , and faired little better once again ,losing on three rinks of the  four. C Mears,J Povoas,S Simons and Steve Forrest lost to J Clapp 14-36.  C Harvey, T Pratt, G Weiland and E Walker lost to R Parsons  14-21. E King, A Dron, J Pluck and Brian Kelly were the only winning rink 27-16 against J Clapp. M Silver, S Simpson, I Robertson and Wally Abell losing to T Patrick 7-35.Overall Ilford lost 62-107.

Thursday 8^th January 2009

Rod Hudson played his over 60 singles semi final today against Pat Watford from Tye Green. With the final score at 21-14 to Pat Watford, Rod had to give second best and shook hands. The game was marked by Bob (he asked me to mention it) Druce.

Wednesday 7^th January 2009

Ilford hosted the Father and Son area final today between Jamie Holmes and dad from Barking against Brian O�Connel and son from Tye Green.In a hard fought game with excellent bowling from both teams it went right to the wire.Jamie and dad just won through by one shot on the last end with the score finishing 22-21 and now progress to the National Finals.On the same night an Ilford four of Terry Lichkin, Jock McCabe Paul Whellams and Dave Betts travelled to Barking to play in the County Fours.A sensational result,with the scorecard reading 21 shots to 1 on the thirteenth end the Barking four of Ron Bennet, Trevor Sayer Andy McNamara and Colin Morton waved a white flag and conceded the game to save further punishment.

Tuesday 6^th January 2009

Paco Rodriguez, Rod Hudson, Jock McCabe and Mick Bevis travelled to Chigwell today to play in the Area Final of the Over 60 Fours. They were up against a strong team from Barking ie Terry Hughes, Bill Nelson, Arthur Blackmore and Peter Neighbour. Ilford got off to a good start and began with a five on the first end,keeping their heads in front until about the fourteenth end when the Barking four went in front briefly by one shot. The Ilford four rallied and came out winners by 20 shots to 14 with Barking conceding on the twentieth end.Paco and his four now go to Northampton in February for the National Finals.

Sunday 4^th January 2009

Sunday morning a four from Ilford ie Bill Wray,Keith Tyler, Russel Hughes and Chris Granger travelled to Tye Green to play a team skipped by Steve Mitchenson in the National fours.All the Ilford team were bowling well and by the fifteenth end had built up a match winning lead 21 shots to 9. They then contrived to give it away by dropping a 6 then a 4 and then two ones. It�s now 21 each.Fortune and good bowling saved the day however and the Ilford boys scored two singles to run out winners 23-21.

Sunday afternoon Ilford entertained Clockhouse in a mens friendly game but came off second best losing on all four rinks.C Harvey, T Pratt, T Ross, B Ainscow  20  D Flood 21  M Ahmed, I Barc, S Simmons, K Bird 13 R Hilditch 21       R Lawrence, D Hughes, G Rose, R Hughes, 13 G Carvoso 22    T Rising, S Minns, M Silver, G Welland 19 H Warren 23          So Ilford lost overall by 67 shots to 87

Saturday 3^rd January 2009

Ilford Ladies played County League triples today against Barking. They won the home rink skipped by Ann Hutcherson by 18-13 but the away rink skipped by Pat Brown went down by 19 shots to 11 losing the overall by 3 shots.Just a bit of local news. On the same day Barking Indoor Bowls Club progressed to the quater finals of the Denny Cup and play Egham at Watford on the 24^th January.The same day incidentally that Ilford Indoor host the under 25�s from Essex when they play against Kent in the White Oaks League.Please come and watch.

Friday 2^nd January 2009

Happy New Year to all

Tuesday 23^rd December

We would like to wish everybody a merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous new year. On the 31^st January 2009 the club is hosting an open mixed fours competition. A few vacancies still exist so if you are interested please contact the club on 02085976040 or by email to ilfordindoorbowls@btconnect.com You are guaranteed three games and a buffet lunch all for �30 per team. We also have an all day bar. Winning team collects �150.

Friday 19^th December

Party night tonight and a great time was had by all. Best of all was the raffle and donations raised �506.30 for Haven House Children�s Hospice. Many thanks to all who contributed.

Wednesday 17^th December

Paco Rodriguez and Paul Whellams moved into the qtr finals of the pairs tonight winning 24-17 against Hugh Ingram at Chigwell

Tuesday 16^th December

A club pairs early round was played today. Roland Beckett and Brian Kelly defeated T Thurbin and K Robinson by 20 shots to 13.

Tuesday16th December

It was Ilford night at Barking tonight, with a pairs and a triple playing in the National comps.Young Ryan Kenny and Mitch Brenner had the unenviable task of playing Steve Pickford and Graham Arnold on their own patch, but put up a stalwart performance,but came second.In the triples Dave Betts,Russel Hughes and Rod Hudson had a comfortable win over Colin Morton�s rink by 19 shots to 11.They go forward to the qtr finals against Nullmeyers from Barking.

Sunday 14^th December

Rod Hudson and John McCabe had a memorable win today in the National Pairs against Bill Nelson and Jamie Holmes by 21 shots to 15.After seven burnt ends 5 from Hudson and 2 from Holmes the marathon ended in a win for the Ilford pair.It doesn�t get any easier in the next round either when they play Abbott and Reading from Barking. Jamie Holmes goes to Northampton next week for a trial to make the England team. We wish you well Jamie.

Saturday 13^th December

Ilford men played Southend in the County League today. Winning on four rinks of the six Ilford gained an eleven points to two victory.

Away ,R.Kenny,T Day,T Lichkin C Granger 19 J Vile 20     M Bevis,S Forrest R Hughes D Betts 23 C Chorley 20          L Jacobs P Woodford C Foster D Waters 27 G Martin 15

D Brock S McKay K Tyler P Rodriguez 19 D Cane 17              K Weames D Stockdale B Hayter S Bruno 22 B Honesy 33   J McCabe B Druce R Anderson R Hudson 26 J Betton 11