Ember Bowls Club

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EMBER BOWLS CLUB - EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS  

Ember is a very active club that provides its membership with opportunities to enter and compete against fellow bowlers throughout the area in a variety of external competitions.

COUNTY COMPETITIONS

The Surrey County Bowling Associations run County Competitions for both Men and Ladies in Fours, Triples, Pairs and Singles. Ember enters several players in most events. Currently 14 club members have been awarded their County badge.

Ember Ladies also enter a team in the regional inter-club Louisa Smith Two-Wood Triples League, which is played on Monday and Tuesday evenings. In recent seasons Ember has performed well and in 2009 won the event for the second time. In 2010 they finished in 3rd place by winning the play-off between the two losing semi-finalists.

In 2009 the Ladies also reached the semi-final of the Surrey County Top Club event and our Ladies Champion reached the last 16 of the National Champion of Champions competition. In 2011 the ladies went one better winning the Surrey County Pairs Championship and then progressed to the second round of the National Championships held at Leamington Spa.

DISTRICT COMPETITIONS

Ember is affiliated to the North West Surrey Bowling Association and enters a team in the Friday evening Men’s Double Rinks League, where we usually finish in the top four places. Beginning in 2012 we will also be entering the Friday Evening Single Rink league, which will give more players competitive experience.  We also have a team in the top division of the Thursday evening Mixed Fours League and have been winners four times in recent years.

The North West Surrey BA also runs individual competitions in ten events: Singles, Pairs and Triples for both Men and Ladies together with Mixed Pairs, Triples and Fours. They also run an Unbadged Singles competition open to both men and ladies. These events are well supported and Ember players won both the Ladies’ and Men’s Singles and the Mixed Fours events in 2008, the Men’s and Mixed Triples in 2009 and the Men’s Pairs and the Mixed Triples in 2010, and the Ladies’ Singles (again) in 2011.

In 2008 we joined the Racal Decca 3 Rink Mixed League. Matches are played throughout the season against a number of local clubs and Ember were champions in both 2008 and 2009.

OTHER COMPETITIONS

Ember runs the popular Men’s Coronation Triples event for local clubs. Matches are played on Sunday mornings and the competition has been staged every year since 1953, the year of the Queen’s coronation. Ember won the competition in 2010, and were runners up in 2009 and 2011.

We regularly enter the Men's and Ladies’ National Club competitions. In addition teams have been entered for the Men’s Surrey Heathfield Double Rinks, the local area Mixed Top 10, the Men's Top Four and the Surrey Ladies’ Benevolent Triples competitions.

Ember has their own popular internal Evening Mixed Triples League with teams selected on a handicap basis. We also run sixteen different club competitions each year, some on a handicap basis. All finals are held over the first complete weekend in September and are always very well supported. More details of our internal events can be found on the Club Activities page.

Ember Bowls Club
21A The Drive
Car park next to 2 Grove Way, Esher, Surrey KT10 8HL
(off Ember Lane)
Phone 0208 398 2145