LAST UPDATED ON 15/02/2019 @ 1742 HRS.
NEIL TREWIN FROM ABBOTS IS THIS SEASON'S FIRST CONTENDER FOR THE HIGHEST 3 AWAY SCORES TROPHY. HE HAS COMPILED A TOTAL OF 236 FOR YOU ALL TO AIM AT.
A NEW LEAGUE RECORD FOR A TEAM SCORE HAS BEEN MADE. GERRY'S BOYS FROM THE JOINERS ARMS AMASSED A TOTAL OF 471. THEY PLAY IN DIVISION 4 AND WON THE MATCH BY 103.
BACKER-UP WAYNE VAGGERS LED THE WAY WITH 94, LEAD MAN AND CAPTAIN JAMIE THOMPSON HAD 86, EX-CAPTAIN CHRIS EASTERBROOK 76, R BROWN & M KIDD BOTH 73 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST M THOMPSON WITH THE EVER POPULAR SCORE OF 69.
DEVON OPEN UPDATE: SUPERSTUDS BEAT STRIKERS, PARKHAM STRAYS LOST, RED DEVILS AND MASHERS HAD BYES, & HUNTERS LOST. IN THE SECOND ROUND SUPERSTUDS ARE AT HOME TO HOLSWORTHY, MASHERS ARE AT HOME TO BARNSTAPLE AND RED DEVILS ARE AWAY TO BRAUNTON.
THERE WILL BE A NEW NAME ON THE CAPTAIN'S CUP THIS SEASON.MARK HEDDEN OF WEARE GIFFARD B WILL CONTEST THE FINAL WITH FRANKLIN TUCKER OF OLD PROS.
THIS SEASON'S PAIRS FINAL WILL BE CONTESTED BETWEEN LAST YEARS CHAMPIONS DAVE ALLIN & MATT WONNACOTT OF STRIKERS AND ROGER HONEY & DAVE CLEVERDON OFPARKHAM STARS.
On behalf of Bideford AFC I would like to invite the Bideford & District Skittles teams to a match at Bideford AFC on Saturday January 26th 2019 for our home match Vs Bristol Manor Farm.
We would like to offer match entry and buffet lunch for £20 per team (no maximum per team) – One team can then choose and present a man of the match award with photo.
Do you think this is something that may be of interest?
You are welcome to pass on my details to the teams and they can contact me to book.
Regards
Tristan Bannister
Director - Bideford AFC
PLEASE CONTACT TRISTAN ON 07876718053 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
FINALISTS IN THE KNOCK-OUT THREES THIS SEASON ARE SINKERS (TOM DOWNING, MICKY JENKINS & TREVOR MAYNE) AND LANGTREE B (TOM DOWN, ANTHONY DOWN & COLIN LARKWORTHY).
THE PHOTO ABOVE WAS TAKEN AT THE AGM ON 4TH JUNE. IT SHOWS THE PRESIDENT MALCOLM SKINNER PRESENTING A CHEQUE FOR £300 TO JOHN VIOLET THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JAMES COLMER ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.
THIS WEBSITE HAS NOW HAD 87591 HITS by 7293 DIFFERENT VISITORS from 89 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. FROM BRAZIL to TUNISIA to SINGAPORE to AUSTRALIA to MOZAMBIQUE to JAPAN to ALGERIA to VENEZUELA to SURINAM, SINCE IT'S CONCEPTION IN DECEMBER 2009 UP TO 9TH NOVEMBER 2018.
CONGRATULATIONS to Strikers who have become North Devon's Champion team for the second year running. They overcame our other representatives, Langtree B, in a tense semi-final before thrashing Barnstaple's Exeter Bibbers in the final without needing to play the last rub! Langtree didn't come home empty handed, Ray Daniel brought home the Singles Trophy, which was also the second year on the trot, following Steve Wonnacott's win last year.
We hosted the Devon Open finals at Pollyfield and one of our teams, Superstuds, made it to the final. Unfortunately they were well beaten runners-up to a team from Totnes. One of the Totnes team also won the Singles competition and the trophy for the highest score of the day. However, the ladies competition was dominated by North Devon as Holsworthy beat Totnes in the team final and Barnstaple's Jill Thorne won the Singles competition. Shirley Grills from champions Holsworthy also won the highest score of the day trophy. I was helped by committee members Wilfy Beer, Mark Milton, Richard Watson, John Chew, Peter Bowden, Chris Bulled & Jon Tapping. I would like to give my personal thanks to Wilf, Mark, Richard and John, without their help I wouldn't have been able to cope. Chris would have willingly helped more but he was playing in three matches as the captain of Superstuds. One skittler responded to my appeal for help, many thanks Anthony Down.
All the results from finals day can be seen on the trophy winners page.
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.
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 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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.