16 Players took part, after a preliminary round, in Merrow Bowls Club 2 Wood knockout competition. It was a marathon day with finalists playing up to 84 ends to get there!
Congratulations to Barbara Owen and Steve Morris for reaching the final. – with Steve just nudging the win!
Well done to everyone taking part. It was a hot, competitive and very tiring competition, but worth the effort and good fun.
With Doughnuts and Coffee!
Come and join John Preston for some bowls, morning treats and good conversation. A good way to start your Thursdays!
Doughnuts and drinks at 10.00
Bowls from 10.30 – 12.00
We welcomed Mayford Hall to Merrow for a 4 rink triples friendly, meeting some old friends we play with during the indoor season at Wey Valley. We played at their green a few weeks earlier and were struck by hail, as seen in an earlier post.
This was a competitive match, but good fun as well with nice people! We had a guess the overall combined score competition at half time tea break, with one of our players and one of Mayford’s winning £5 each for guessing the exact score correctly.
We won the game, but as a friendly we had a fun afternoon, and that was just as important.
This is always a fun night!
All abilities play together and interact with members they may not otherwise get to know. It’s a quick way to get to know everyone in the club, and give you experience of competitive games in a league.
The league is growing rapidly. We have 6 teams currently, with 39 members involved. Next year we will be increasing this to 8 teams. We treat this league as a fun, member bonding, casual game of bowls, where the more experienced players will pass on some tips and advice to help improve your game.
If you are not currently involved, give it a try next year. Once you join it, you won’t want to give it up!
Normally played in the Social Club, we had a first playing outdoors in the relative cool. Two decided on playing bowls – so you can do that as well.
Happy Merrow Wednesday evenings!
Well done to Barbara Owen, Steve Dowling and all their helpers, who weed, trim, and apply our own made compost and keep everything watered.
Congratulations to our Merrow Top Club Team! Entering for the first time in the Women’s Top Club competition, your intrepid team travelled to Tongham and emerged victorious! We’re now in the Semi Final !
Congratulations to 2 of our members Clive and Robin
Between them raised £800
Robin and I undertook the 12 mile Sponsored Walk to raise funds for the Trust. A lot of Merrows members Sponsored us in our endeavour. We started at 9.30 and finished at approx 4.30. The weather was very kind to us, no rain.
The Wey & Arun Canal Trust’s Annual Sponsored Walk (often called the “Poddle”) took place on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
The Route: Started at Brinsbury College, passed Hill Farm and Stopham Bridge, stopped for lunch at Fittleworth Village Hall, and returned via the Wey South Path.
Report by Clive Eaton
Sometimes the weather in its infinite wisdom decides to surprise us with hailstones from above.
A complete white-out during out game – so we escaped to the clubhouse for tea and cake. But it cleared after tea and we carried on!
Life in an outdoor bowling world: sun, rain, wind, lightning, and, occasionally, hailstones.
You name it, we try and play in it!
