Archive News 2017

2017 Charity Donation – Our cheque for £1278.89 was presented to the Braintree & District Stroke Support Group on 13th October 2017. A photo of the presentation is on the Photo Gallery page.

Club Successes during 2017 – For the first time in club history we were winners of the Memorial Shield. Other successes included Widdup Cup runners-up, Sudbury League runners-up, Ladies NWE League 4th place, C and D teams promoted and Peter Hart was runner-up in the NWE Champion of Champions (losing 20-21 in the final)

E-MAIL ADDRESSES

E-mail addresses have been added for contacting the Secretary and the Captain. These addresses are included on the Contact Us page.

County Match at Bocking

Bocking Alliance Bowls Club are honoured to be chosen to host the ESSEX COUNTY BOWLING ASSOCIATION v N.W.E.B.A. on Tuesday 4th July 2017.

2017 Opening Match – Captain v Chairman

The 2017 season opened on the very pleasant afternoon of 22nd April with 34 club members taking part in the traditional CAPTAIN v CHAIRMAN fixture. With just 3 ends to play on each of the 6 rinks the overall scores could not have been much closer with the Chairman’s team holding a 3 shot lead. However the final 3 ends saw the Captain’s team score 30 shots against the Chairman’s team score of 10 shots. The final score being 101 shots against 88 shots in favour of the Captain.

FRIENDLY against halstead is CANCELLED

The friendly fixture against Halstead on Saturday 10th June has been cancelled as both clubs are involved in other competitions on the day.

Friendly against boreham is cancelled

Our friendly on 30th July against Boreham has been cancelled as our visitors are unable to fulfil the fixture.

C and D Teams Are Promoted

Congratulations to the Bocking Alliance C and D teams both of which have confirmed their promotions with one game left to play. The C team will join our A team in the NWE A league next season and the D team will join our B team in the B league.

2017 Presentation dinner

This year’s Presentation Dinner will be held on Saturday 21st October at Weaver’s Restaurant, Bocking Village Hall. 6.30pm for 7.00pm.

The restaurant has asked that numbers are limited to 55.

Yvonne has circulated the menu and your booking must be returned to Yvonne by Friday October 6th.

A G M 2017

The club AGM for 2017 will be held on Sunday 29th October 2017 at 10.30am in the Clubhouse.

Please make every effort to attend.

BOCKING ALLIANCE WIN THE MEMORIAL SHIELD 2017

For the first time in our club’s history Bocking Alliance have won the Memorial Shield.

Other ahievements in what has been a highly successful season for the club are:

WIDDUP CUP – RUNNERS-UP

SUDBURY LEAGUE – RUNNERS-UP

LADIES NWE LEAGUE – 4th PLACE

AND Peter Hart was RUNNER-UP IN THE NWE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS Competition, losing 20-21 in the final.