Afternoon tea at Cheesemans for this worthy cause – attended by some of our Merrow family.

In memory of David and Lorna Raison, this competition is held every year. Congratulations to John and Sally as winners. Well done to Helen and Steve for reaching the final.

Thank you to Allen and Joan for organising every year, and to all those who took part.

Congratulations to Pauline, Helen, Robert and Melanie after their final and successful assessment to become. LEVEL 1 Coaches. Also thanks to Bob (middle of photo) for being the learner bowler on the day.

Our annual President v Chair match took place on Sunday 19th July and was attended by over 30 bowlers.  Our chair, Richard D, organised the teams beautifully and his selections resulted in a very close match!  The afternoon began with a welcome from Richard, followed by some interesting information from David F about his chosen charity; the Royal Surrey County hospital.  Play began with a closest to the spider competition which was won by Richard C, one of the class of 2026, well done Richard!  The match then began in earnest with some very close matches and many shouts of encouragement to all participants.

After some feverish counting at the end of the match, the President was declared the winner by 75 points to 73, and very delighted he was, too! 

Sincere thanks to the volunteer cake makers, to Joan and Christine for checking everyone in, to everyone who donated a raffle prize, to Barbara for a most entertaining raffle and to everyone for coming out to support this annual club event!

A total of £182 was raised on the day for the Royal Surrey County Hospital- well done everybody

Ruth B
Secretary, Merrow Village Bowls Club

We welcomed our new members with a club night and bbq.

Over 80% of our members turned up for this event, to help them settle in and get to know a few more people.

Very successful evening with a friendly game of bowls, some great food by Chef’s David and Tony, and lovely salads supplied by our ladies. All finished off nicely with cornetto’s supplied by our social club. And of course, the bar was open.

Lots of chat and laughter between new and old members, creating an event we hope to hold more often as our Merrow family grows.

Welcome to all new members, we hope you had a good time and feel more a part of our club.

Ruth – Club secretary. 

Judging Day

This was an accolade we deservedly won last year.

Barbara Owen and some of her gardening team welcomed the judges for this year’s entry. Volunteer members weed, water, and apply compost – which we make ourselves, and keep the beds tidy and beautiful.

Well done everyone! And let’s hope for another win this year!

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!