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14 January 2026
County Match v HCWIBA
The annual match against the ladies has resulted in a fine win for the gentlemen by 131 shots against 72
Banister part provided the top rink, when they scored 14 shots in their last 4 ends. Players were
Geoff Jessup, Ray Rankine, Rob Oliver and Doug Nazer. Colts badges were awarded to Martin Reed from Longmeadow and Barry Fabian of Victory. A county badge was presented to Alan Cummins from Atherley
13 January 2026
Over 60 Inter County v Essex
A tough Quarter Final for our Over 60s team this morning against Essex which was played at King George Field IBC. Despite a good performance unfortunately we were defeated by 95 shots to 137 but we go again next season
The rinks scores were as follows:
Mick Barrett 10 -
Robbie Bines 14 -
Gary Carter 21 -
Barry Starks 18 -
Lee Croad 18 -
Colin Thresher 14 -
10 January 2026
Liberty Trophy v Dorset
We continued the good start to our Liberty Trophy campaign with comfortable win over Dorset at Atherley IBC by 132 shots to 100. We were 2-
Special congratulations to the 3 new caps who handled themselves well, Paul Sidwell, Tom Poore and Lee Trowern. The next round is against Devon on Saturday 28 February 2026 although the venue has yet to be decided as it will be on a neutral green and it’s Devon’s choice
The Rink Scores were as follows:
A Clark 19 -
C Kane 21 – 17 N Voss
A White 27 – 14 A Hobby
G Starks 28 – 16 J Watkiss
M Wise 22 – 19 B Pauley
S Rowney 14 – 14 A Geary
08 January 2026
Youth Bowling Tournament
In addition to this year’s EBYDS School of Excellence on 24 January there is also going to be a Youth Bowling Tournament at Banister Park on Sunday 15 March. For more details please click this link
04 January 2026
County Match v Berkshire
The good start to the year continued with victory at West Berks 110 shots against 98
A 25 game flash was awarded to Alan Stafford of Atherley and the top rink was Geoff Jessup and Rob Oliver from Banister Park, Gary C Johnson from Chawton Park and Derrick Fulker from Palmerston
The next game is at Victory against Hampshire County Women on Wednesday 14 January 2026.
03 January 2026
Patrons Match v Atherley
The New Year started with the rearranged game against Atherley and although the ended up three players short a victory was achieved by 88 shots against 85
The top rink was Jim Bellis, Derek Ham, George Roberts and Gary C Johnson from Chawton Park
The next Patrons match is at Palmerston, (8 triples), on 18 January 2026
14 December 2025
County Match v London Scottish BA
Hampshire had a successful afternoon at Chawton Park in a match enjoyed by all, which was followed by a fine meal. Score 133-
Our top rink was again the Executive rink of Neil Roderick, Gary M Johnson, John Gunson and Derrick Fulker. Colts badges were awarded to Kim Hunt from Banister Park and Hugh Ahearn of Longmeadow. Congratulations to Dave Thurgood, who received his County badge and Charlie Spear who was presented with his overdue 25 game flash. Both players from Chawton Park
Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year, when we are playing 6 triples against Atherley in the re-
23 November 2025
County Match v Dorset
In a match where we were grateful to players who stepped in to complete our team at the last moment, Hampshire got into an early lead but this was cut back to just 5 shots after about 13 ends
Everyone must have then hit the accelerator pedal as the county ran out winners 126 shots to 73. Congratulations to our Executive rink of Wayne Stewart, Nigel Bechelet, Bill Jackson and John Gunson were far too strong for their opposition and ran out winners by 34 shots to 3 against setting up our overall victory.
We have a team for our next match at Chawton Park against London Scottish but will be looking for
support for our re-
18 November 2025
Over 60 Inter County v Surrey
An excellent second round win for the Over 60s Inter County Team this afternoon against Surrey as we won by 125 shots to 107 with both teams losing all 3 rinks at their home green. That puts us through to the quarter final where we are drawn against Essex on Tuesday 13 January 2026
The rinks scores were as follows:
Mick Barrett 28 -
Robbie Bines 18 -
Steve Spreadbury 25 -
Barry Starks 20 -
Lee Croad 16 -
Colin Thresher 18 -
12 November 2025
County Match v Sussex
Our third County friendly against Sussex bought our first victory which had looked unlikely after the first 5 ends, when we had only won 10 of the 30 available and were trailing by 17 shots to 29
The top rink of Martin Thorpe, Paul Bowler, Steve Saunders and Gary Carter, from Atherley however, had a great start and had opened up a lead of 16 shots to 1 after 9 ends. They eventually won 26-
The next County friendly is at Atherley against Dorset on 23 November
02 November 2025
Home Counties Senior League v Kent
Our HCL campaign got off to a good start against Kent. After a very competitive 10 ends Hampshire led by 1. However, both home and away teams pulled away in the second half of the match to win by a comfortable 123 – 81 (14pts – 4 pts) win
Next match is against Sussex on Sunday 16 November at Atherley IBC and Grattons IBC
The Rink scores were as follows:
Home
N Beeson 14 -
A Nethercliffe 35 -
G Starks 20 -
Away
R Bines 20 -
P May 9 -
B Starks 25 -
26 October 2025
County Match v Dorset
Our second County match of the season started well but the when the score reached 52 all, Hampshire failed to move their shot total on for a period, eventually losing the Don Gough Trophy match with Dorset by 99 shots to 112, in spite of winning 4 rinks
Dorset president Jim retained the trophy which was presented to him by our President John Gunson. Congratulations to Ian Holmes, Riverside, Peter Sanders, Longmeadow and John Towner of New
Milton who were presented with their County badges. Also to Terry White, Atherley and Philip Burgess from Victory who received their Colt badges
Top rink for Hampshire was decided on ends won with three rinks finishing with the same shot difference. The winners were the Executive rink of Neil Roderick, Nigel Bechelet, John Kellow and John Gunson
The Patron’s match that was due to be played on 2 November at Atherley has been postponed until 3 January 2026. Please support this re-
25 October 2025
Liberty Trophy v Wiltshire
A good win today for our Liberty Trophy team as we defeated Wiltshire by 135 shots to 117. Hampshire led from the start and built a 20+ lead after 15 ends. However, this was reduced to 4 after 16 ends. Thankfully, the team rallied to win by 18 shots. This sets up a second-
The Rink scores were as follows:
A Clark 18 -
C Kane 15 -
S Rowney 20 -
G Starks 30 -
A White 20 -
M Wise 32 -
24 October 2025
Patron’s v Atherley Match Rearranged
The Patron’s fixture at Atherley, which was due to be played on Sunday 2 November 2025, has been postponed due to lack of Patron’s players. We have re-
Please support this fixture and get your teams in to John Kellow as soon as possible
21 October 2025
Over 60 Inter County v Sussex
A good opening round win for the Over 60s Liberty Team this afternoon against Sussex as we won by 119 shots to 77. In the next round we are drawn against Surrey
The rinks scores were as follows:
Mike Squires 11 -
Robbie Bines 17 -
Steve Spreadbury 18 -
Barry Starks 24 -
Lee Croad 16 -
Colin Thresher 23 -
15 October 2025
County Match v Surrey
Our first county match of the season did not go our way with a defeat by 40 shots, 97-
Unfortunately our two end rinks both lost heavily by a combined deficit of 45 shots. We did however have 2 winning rinks, with the top rink from Victory IBC comprising Roger Somerset, John Stephenson, Mick Clement and Vic Phipps
Congratulations to President, John Gunson who received his 50 game flash, Rob Oliver of Banister Park his County Badge and Phil Packham of Palmerston who got his Colt badge. Next game is at Dolphin against Dorset on Sunday 26 October 2025
11 October 2025
Patrons v Chawton Park
The first match of the season resulted in a defeat by 27 shots, (91-
team. We did however, manage to win three rinks and even shared the number of ends won. Our
downfall was dropping 1 seven, (1st end), 1 six, 3 fives and 5 fours against achieving 1 five and 5 fours
making a difference of 23 shots in those high scoring ends
Congratulations to our top rink from Riverside, Chas Swift, Andy Sharplin, Hugh Coulter and Malcom
Linn. Next Patrons game is at Atherley on 2 November
01 September 2025
County Team Competitions
The details of the various County Team EIBA Competitions have been added to the respective pages on the website
