Following a lot of hard work by Helen and John W, our new shirts have arrived. First to show them off were the ladies after their win in the Surrey Advertiser match against Seale and Sands on Friday 17th May.

The weather couldn’t have been better for our friendly match against Mayford Hall on Wednesday 15th May. Although Mayford Hall won by 7 points  (69 – 62) two out of the four rinks were won by Merrow. Debbie, Paul and Jarek won their game – trailing by 5 shots at half time they came back and won by 3 shots. David E, Barbara and Tony D were also trailing by 1 shot at half time but came back and won by 2 shots.

The hosts were very accommodating with tea and biscuits at half time followed by a drink at full time in the shade outside. We look forward to the return match at Merrow on the 3rd July. Report by Allen.

At long last the sun came out and there was warmth in the air as we headed south to play our friendly match at Liphook on Saturday 11th May. 

Richard can’t bear to watch what Michael might do next

We had a most enjoyable afternoon, stopping for mid-match tea and a drink afterwards. As for the bowls Merrow won the four 3 wood triples by 71 shots to 46. Thanks go to our hosts at Liphook and we look forward to the return match in Merrow later in the summer. Report by Richard.

The weather has been very wet and some fixtures have had to be cancelled or played in the rain.

Our first friendly at Shalford at the end of April was a welcome half-way from bowling indoors to outdoors as their artificial surface is certainly a lot faster than outdoor lawn greens this year. We played 10 ends in the relatively dry and then stopped for tea and finished off in the rain. Merrow were just ahead before tea and managed to buck the usual trend of ‘everything changes after tea’ to win on all four rinks, and keeping Catain Debbie’s unbroken friendly  record.

The friendly against Albury was cancelled due to overnight very wet weather but we played away at Horsell on Saturday 4th May and Captain Richard recorded his first win as weekend captain this season.

Work on the flower beds and banks continues and lots of the new plants are relishing the rain. We look forward to  enjoying all of Barbara and team’s hard work whilst we are playing and watching.

Skills on Monday afternoons have started but once again the poor weather has meant some cancellations and the start of the Aussie Pair league on Monday evening has also been delayed.

The drier club nights on Tuesday and Thursday evenings have seen lots of members enjoying triples and pairs games. Don’t forget if you want to be included in the Thursday club night league to turn up at 5.45pm.

Knaphill triples has already started and the other interclub leagues will soon be in full swing. County and club competitions are also underway so now all we need is some fairer weather to enjoy it all. Report by Debbie