MIKE HEDDEN WENT TO THE COUNTY FINALS AT NEWTON ABBOT YESTERDAY AS RUNNER-UP IN OUR SINGLES COMPETITION AND CAME AWAY AS DEVON COUNTY SINGLES CHAMPION! UNFORTUNATELY MASHERS, WHO WENT THERE AS DEVON COUNTY TEAM CHAMPIONS, WERE BEATEN BY 3 PINS IN THE SEMI-FINAL BY THE DARTMOOR LEAGUE WHO LOST IN THE FINAL AGAINST GOODLEIGH KNIGHTS OF BARNSTAPLE.


SUPERSTUDS ARE NORTH DEVON CHAMPIONS, THE PHOTO SHOWS PROUD CAPTAIN CHRIS BULLED WITH HIS TEAM-MATES COLIN WEBBER, FRED AVERY, CHRIS AND ROGER SYMONS AND MALCOLM SKINNER. CHRIS WAS ALSO RUNNER-UP IN THE SINGLES COMPETITION.

MASHERS WERE THE BIG WINNERS AT THIS SEASON’S FINAL’S DAY. AFTER DEFENDING THEIR CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TITLE THEY WENT ON TO WIN THE PRESIDENTS CUP, THE BRIDGMAN CUP AND THE MAN FOR MAN TROPHY, BEFORE BEING BEATEN BY SUPERSTUDS IN THE COUNTY CUP FINAL. OTHER CUP WINNERS WERE HUNTERS (STEVE SCHILLER CUP), LANGTREE B (FRONT PIN CUP) & ABBOTS (JUBILEE CUP). RATS RABBLE TOOK THE K.O.THREES CUP, SUPERSTUDS THE PAIRS CUP, TOM DOWN THE SINGLES CUP, JAMES DOBLE THE CAPTAIN’S CUP AND JASON SMITH THE COMMITTEE CUP.

HEY EVERYONE, I HAVE DONE THIS JOB FOR 47 YEARS NOW AND THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT. I AM NOT GIVING UP BUT IT IS TIME FOR SOMEONE TO LEARN THE ROPES. AT THE AGM IN JUNE I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO COME FORWARD. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER NOW IS THE TIME TO LET ME KNOW SO THAT I CAN START TRAINING YOU.


THE NEXT  MEETING WILL BE  THE AGM ON 2nd JUNE AT 8PM AT THE CONSERVATIVE CLUB.                                                                                        

LAST UPDATED ON 10/05/2026 @ 1340, DEVON COUNTY FINAL’S RESULTS ADDED.

THE PHOTO  BELOW IS OF THE RECLINING CHAIR WHICH YOU ALL HELPED TO PAY FOR. IT IS NOW BEING USED ON GLOSSSOP WARD OF THE NDDH TO HELP WITH RECOVERY FOR LIMB AND SPINAL PATIENTS. THE NURSES ARE TRYING IT OUT.

HUNTERS ARE NORTH DEVON CHAMPIONS FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING. THEY BEAT HOSTS ILFRACOMBE BY 58 IN THE FINAL AFTER OVERCOMING SUPERSTUDS IN THEIR SEMI-FINAL. CAPTAIN IAN BRAUNTON SCORED 80 IN THEIR  QUARTER FINAL. ADAM PAYNTER FROM HOLSWORTHY WON THE SINGLES CUP AFTER BEATING CHRIS SYMONS IN THE SEMI-FINAL.

MASHERS ARE DEVON COUNTY CHAMPIONS, THEY BEAT ST THOMAS SOCIAL CLUB BY 38 PINS IN YESTERDAY'S FINAL AT POLLYFIELD. THE LINE-UP FROM THE LEFT IS: BACK ROW BROTHERS ALISTAIR AND MATTHEW WESTAWAY, BROTHERS IAN AND ANDREW BRAUNTON, FRONT ROW ALEX TURNER, JASON SMITH, MARK MILTON AND ALEX'S FATHER JON TURNER. ROB MILL FROM HOLSWORTHY WON THE SINGLES TROPHY AFTER BEATING IAN IN THE SEMI-FINAL.On Saturday they added  the Devon Open Trophy beating Exeter in the final,
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 I KNOW OF A FEW OF OUR SKITTLING MATES WHO ARE NOT FEELING TOO WELL AT THE PRESENT TIME.  I'M SURE YOU WILL ALL JOIN ME IN WISHING THEM A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK ON THE ALLEY IN THE FUTURE.                                                                                                            ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I AM TRYING TO FIND SOME HISTORY OF THE BEGINNING OF OUR LEAGUE.

I HAVE GOT THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE EARLY CHAMPIONS AND I AM HOPING THAT SOME OF YOU OUT THERE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL ME WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY DID, MAYBE FOR A LIVING OR IF THEY FOUGHT IN THE WAR.

WE STARTED IN 1929-30 AND THE CHAMPION TEAM WAS CONSERVATIVE CLUB 'B' AND THE TEAM MEMBERS WERE W MOORE, F JOHNS, RS LEY, R PASSMORE, A HILLS, C GREEN, G SHORT, J HUXTABLE.

1930-31 LIBERAL CLUB 'A'- J SHORT, H RENDALL, L BRAUND, J HEARN, J TAYLOR, R VODDEN, F TUCKER, W TRICK.

1931-32 CONSERVATIVE 'B'- W PICKARD, W HAMBLY, E LEWIS, R PASSMORE, J BALE, W LOCK, S LEY, J HUXTABLE.

1932-33 CONSREVATIVE 'B'- A JENN, H PIDGEON, R PETHERICK.

1933-34-          -”-              T ANSTEY.

1934-35 INSTOW – J SNELL, W JENNINGS, W SMALE, L MOORE, H WELSH, F HOYLE, F STEVENS, E HODGE.

1935-36 MALTSCOOP- F MAYNE, A JENN, C CLANFIELD, T BRIMACOMBE, W PICKARD, H PIDGEON, W STONEMAN, L SUSSEX.

1936-37 LIBERAL 'A'- G SQUIRES, F TUCKER, R DOWNING, P STEER, G POOLEY, W TAYLOR, C WAKELEY, J TAYLOR.

1937-38 CONSERVATIVE 'A'- J MILLS, W NICHOLLS, R BURNETT, S NICHOLLS, W BISSETT, A SHERBORNE, W LOCK, S LEY.

1938-39 LIBERAL 'A'- R VODDEN, J BALE, G POOLEY, J HEARN, C WAKELEY, C SQUIRES, R DOWNING, W TAYLOR.

1946-47 B BREWER 'B'- R DENNIS, W TUCKER, W BRAUND, R BLIGHT, P MILLS, G FERRITT, W HORRELL.

1947-48 CONSERVATIVE CLUB- S LEY, W MOORE, E CLEMENTS, W NICHOLLS, F PARR, A SHERBOURNE.

1948-49 CONSERVATIVE 'A'- SAME PLAYERS AS 1948.                                               --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

IF YOU HAVE ANY OLD PHOTOS THAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE WHO READ THIS WEBSITE PLEASE e-mail THEM TO ME AND I WILL MAKE UP A PAGE CALLED 'OLD PHOTOS'.

THE LEAGUE'S ORIGINAL WINNER'S SHIELDS HAVE RECENTLY COME TO LIGHT AT ABBOTSHAM. THEY DATE BACK TO WHEN OUR LEAGUE STARTED IN 1929. NOT ONLY HAVE THEY GOT THE TEAM'S NAMES ON THEM BUT THEY HAVE THE PLAYER'S NAMES ALSO. SO IF YOU HAD A GRANDAD WHO WAS PLAYING THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND IF YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER.         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

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