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Bowling: Impressive win for Honiton Ladies in Mason National Competition

By Belinda Bennett on 8th December 2019 Honiton sport, Sport

Winning on both rinks, the ladies of Honiton Bowling Club had a fantastic win in the Mason National Competition against Isca A with the final score Honiton A 42 – Isca A 28. Y Williams, C Armitage, C Barradell, D Morley (23 – 12) ( at Isca ). L Carless, J Mitchell, D Hawkins, H Chambers ( 19 – 16) ( at Honiton ) In the County Ladies’ Lane match, Honiton played Madeira this week. Honiton lost ( 61 – 85 ). Top rink for Honiton: B Hallowes, D Courtney, S Kenny (24 – 12). The Ladies’ County Foxlands…

Bowling: Close shave makes for exciting men’s inter club match

By Belinda Bennett on 1st December 2019 Honiton sport, Sport

The Men’s Inter Club League match that Honiton played against Mid Devon last week was exciting. The final score Honiton 91 Mid Devon 90. Honiton won three out of the four rinks, collecting 12 out of the possible 14. Honiton is currently lying third in the league with a game in hand over the leaders. Top rink: P Barradell, T Williams, C Jacob, I Veitch (26 – 20). This week’s Men’s Inter Club League match saw Honiton win again against Sidmouth (80 – 54), gaining 12 out of the 14 points. Top rink: G Richards, G Osborne, K Vernon, S…

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Indoor bowls: Honiton gains a hot shot against Madeira

By Belinda Bennett on 26th November 2019 Honiton sport, Sport

In a close Mixed Friendly match played against Madeira, Honiton lost (60 – 66). Two rinks tied for top rink: D Luff, J Broom, M Bright, J Smith (22 – 16). The other top rink: D Tooley, J Richardson, R Vincent and T Luff (24 – 18) and in this match the Honiton team gained a hot shot, which is when all their 8 bowls count. The second Mixed Friendly match played at Honiton was against Chardstock. Honiton won (59 – 50). Top rink: D Tooley, L Fielding, M Parsons, J Smith (19 – 7). In the Ladies’ County Lanes…

Mixed friendly and ladies’ county bowling results from Honiton

By Belinda Bennett on 17th November 2019 Honiton sport, Sport

This week Honiton played two Mixed Friendly matches at home. The first was against Ottery St Mary with Honiton winning (86 – 81). Top rink: T Linsdell, B Cann, D Hawkins, G Osborne (24 – 17). The second match was against a team from Wellington. Honiton was successful again winning (99 – 47). Top rink: J Granger, B Cann, D Hawkins (36 – 12). In the Ladies’ County Lanes match this week Honiton played Axminster with Honiton winning (57 – 37). Top rink: D Luff, B Hallowes and S Kenny (24 – 5). The other Ladies’ County match proved to be…

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County competitions played by Honiton Bowling Club members

By Belinda Bennett on 3rd November 2019 Honiton sport, Sport

Honiton Ladies played two County competitions this week. In the Ladies’ Foxlands County match Honiton gained 8 points against Kingsley, 94 – 66. The competition is played on a two weekly basis and get points out of 10. Two rink play at home and two away, and are awarded 2 points for every rink won and 2 points for an overall win. The 94 – 66 is the total of all the bowls that count on each end. Top rink: B Maymard, A Hillyear, J Sherwood, Y Rayner (29 – 7). And in the Ladies’ County Lanes match Honiton and…

Members of Honiton Bowling club with new adult and junior members.

First match for adult beginners at Honiton Bowling Club

By Belinda Bennett on 26th October 2019 Honiton sport, Sport

Supported by members of Honiton Bowling Club, new adult bowlers took to the club’s indoor green for their first match. They have been coached by Sue Evans. After the match, the members enjoyed chatting over some food and drinks. Sidmouth travelled to Honiton to play a Mixed Friendly match, with Honiton winning (81 – 72). Top rink: E Richardson, T Linsdel, L Carless, G Stafrace (25 – 11). Honiton visited Isca to play a Mixed Friendly Triples match. Honiton lost the match (52 – 75). Top rink: S Goodenough, D Hawkins, G Osborne (20 – 13). Want to learn to…

Huge: The four rink indoor bowling green at Honiton Bowling Club.

Honiton’s Trevor Pipe and and Ian Veitch selected to play indoor bowls for Devon

By Belinda Bennett on 20th October 2019 Honiton sport, Sport

Honiton Bowling Club made a good start in the Men’s Inter Club League, winning against Kingsley A (85 – 70) and gaining 10 points out of a possible 14. Top rink: T Tooley, K Clarke, M Seabourne and T Pipe (33 – 8). The Honiton ladies travelled to Exonia to play a Triples Friendly match which proved to be very close with Honiton winning (52 – 50). Top Rink: Y Williams, J Broom, R Barwick (21 – 10). The ladies who played in the Lanes this week were not so lucky, losing against a very strong team from Torbay (54…

Ready to play a friendly match, ladies and gents at Honiton Bowling Club's indoor green.

Ladies versus gents for friendly indoor bowls at Honiton

By Belinda Bennett on 13th October 2019 Honiton sport, Sport

Last weekend saw the lady members of Honiton Bowling Club play a friendly match against the gents. The Gents won (76 – 69). Top Ladies’ rink – M Singleton, J Mackintosh, b Maynard an M Bright (20 – 15). Top Gents’ rink – D Tooley, C Jacob, P Baker, T Pipe ( 23 – 16 ). The Honiton men hosted a team from the Devon Vice Presidents Association, winning ( 86 – 74 ). Top rink – F Cowley, J Smith, B Singleton, D Hillyear ( 29 – 14 ). In the Foxlands match this week, Honiton Ladies played Dawlish.…

Utilities company kickstarts Honiton karate club’s fundraising campaign

By Belinda Bennett on 7th October 2019 Honiton, Honiton sport, News, Sport

A donation from Wales and West Utilities has kickstarted a Honiton club’s fundraising campaign as it bids to take many of its members to an international martial arts competition later this year. Say Yes to Life Karate Club (SYTL), based at Honiton Leisure Centre, is fundraising to take members to the Seiwakai Open International Championships in Essex on 10 November. We competed in the championships last year and it was such a positive and fantastic experience for our members that we wanted to compete again – Clair Freemantle The donation comes after Wales and West Utilities gas engineer Colin Freemantle…