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Alan Eccles and Ken Birch

We are saddened to learn of the death of two Rotherham bowlers in the last few days. Ken Birch, a stalwart at Marquis Bowling Club for many years, died on Saturday after a long illness.
Alan died on 13th March after a short stay in hospital. His funeral will be held at Rotherham Crematorium on Tuesday, 26th March at 1.15pm.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the members of both families at this sad time.

March 25, 2024

2024 fixtures

We apologise for the delay in issuing the fixtures for the 2024 season. They are being done this week and will be out by Easter, at which time they will be published on this web site and distributed to all clubs by email.

March 25, 2024

RCCGBA AGM

We would like to remind everyone that the Annual General Meeting of the Rotherham Combined will be held at Treeton WMC on Tuesday, 27th February with a 7pm start.

League fees will be payable for the forthcoming season at the meeting - all clubs will receive an invoice from the Treasurer ahead of the meeting.

Please also remember that if anyone wishes to submit any proposals to the meeting, they should do so no less than two weeks before the AGM.

January 30, 2024

RRPBA Pre-season meeting

The pre-season meeting for the RRPBA will be held at Wickersley CI at 1pm on Thursday, 14th March.,

January 30, 2024

End of season meeting

We would like to remind all clubs that the RCCGBA End of Season Meeting will be held at Treeton WMC on Tuesday, 24th October with a 7pm start.

Please remember that all trophies must be returned by the End of Season Meeting to allow us time to get them engraved in time for the Presentation Evening in December.

October 2, 2023

Stones Cup Final

Treeton won the final of the 2023 Stones Cup on Saturday, winning all three ties in the match to win by an overall score of 63 to 32 on a damp afternoon. Congrtulations to Treeton for their achievement, and commiserations to Valley Park Boston.

Thanks go to Greasbrough BC for kindly hosting the match.

September 30, 2023

Stones Cup Final

The final of this year's Stones Cup will be contested between Treeton WMC and Valley Park Boston.

The game will be played at Greasbrough this coming Saturday (30th September) with a 2pm start.

It will be great if as many bowlers from member clubs can go along to offer their support to the two finalists.

September 27, 2023

Vets Doubles Merits

The Vets Doubles Merits were held at Kings BC this week. The winners were Ken Wassell and Gloria Taylor, with Terry Chappell and Barbara Pickersgill being the runners up.

They are pictured here after the final.

September 27, 2023

Vets Singles Merits

"Despite poor weather to start with it was nice to see around thirty people at Kings this morning to watch the final stages of the Vets' Singles Merits and they weren't disappointed. The green held up and there was some excellent bowling despite it being a bit of a push in places.

Pictured are the Finalists Ken Wassle and Bob Bramley in the sunshine after the final which Ken won 21-8.

September 20, 2023

Stones Cup semi-finals

All results for the quarter-finals of the Stones Cup have now been received, checked and verified, so we can confirm that the semi-finals will be as follows:

Anston v Valley Park Boston
Worksop C & SC A v Treeton

Venues for these matches will be confirmed once the committee has made its decision.

September 12, 2023

Treeton win Wilkinson Trophy final

Congratulations to Treeton, who beat Roundwood A in the final of this year's Wilkinson Trophy, which was played at Wickersley CI's green last Friday afternoon.

After a closely contested first half of the game, which saw Roundwood win two of the three games, Treeton turned things around in the second half of games, winning all three to eventually wil 113 points to 98.

September 12, 2023

Wilkinson Trophy final

The final of this year's Wilkinson Trophy will be between Roundwood A and Treeton.

The game will be played at Wickersley CI's green on Friday, 8th September, with a 2pm start. As it's a neutral green, there will be no roll-ups for either team.

Many thanks to our friends at Wickersley CI for hosting the game - with the forecast set for a warm, sunny afternoon, we hope that there will be plenty of bowlers from other clubs go along to give their support to the two teams.

September 6, 2023

Autumn/Winter Indoor Bowling at Hexthorpe

Are there any bowlers out there who would be interested in joining a team to enter the 'Retired Persons Bowling League'

The format is 'Triples' - three person teams playing games at Hexthorpe,Doncaster on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Players could play once or twice weekly to suit.

Anyone interested please contact Paul Hindle on 07833392976.

Expressions of interest no later than 31st August please

August 18, 2023

Dates for your diary

The End of Season meeting of the Rotherham Combined will be held at Treeton WMC on Tuesday, 24th October, with a 7pm start.

This year's Presentation Evening will be held at Treeton WMC on Saturday, 2nd December. All clubs have already paid for two tickets, but if any more are required, please contact Terry Kennedy who will make the necessary arrangements.

The Armada Singles competition will be held this Sunday, 13th August. at Coronation Park, Maltby. The competition starts at 10am, with all players asked to report by 9.45am.
The draw will be made at the green - and anyone who has not yet entered can either do so by submitting the entry form, or just turn up on on the day.

The Calvert Cup will be held at Swallownest on Sunday, 10th September. We will accept entries until (and including) 3rd September.
The Champions Trophy will also be played at Swallownest, on Sunday, 17th September. We will accept entries until (and including) 10th September.

Copies of entry forms for all three competitions have been emailed to all member club secretaries and team captains.

August 8, 2023

Stones Cup 2023

When the draw for the Stones Cup was made at the mid-season meeting in June, in error one team was not included in the draw, even though their entry was received ahead of the deadline for entries.

The committee met last night and decided the fairest way of proceeding was to do a re-draw of all pairings, which means there will be one Preliminary Round match before proceeding to the First Round proper.

The following therefore replaces any matches that were drawn at the Mid-season meeting. The Stones Cup page on this web site will show these details for confirmation.

Preliminary Round (to be played by 2nd September)
Wickersley Village v Anston

First Round (to be played on Saturday, 9th September)
Wickersley Village or Anston v Kings
Dinnington A v Firbeck
Wickersley CI B v Marquis
Valley Park Boston v Roundwood
Worksop C & SC A v Thurcroft A
Dinnington B v Shireoaks
Thurcroft B v Worksop C & SC B
Treeton v Wickersley CI A

We apologise for any confusion that may be caused by this action, but hope you will understand why we needed to do a completely new draw for this year's competition.

The first team listed above will be at home.

First Round: Saturday, 9th September
Second Round: Saturday, 16th September (bonus ball for home team)
Semi-finals: Saturday, 23rd September (neutral greens)
Final: Saturday, 30th September (neutral green)

As in past years, we ask for any member clubs who are willing to host the semi-finals or final to contact us. The final selection will, of course, be dependent on which teams progress through to the latter stages of the Stones Cup.

If anyone has any queries, please contact a member of the committee.

August 8, 2023

Boston win Midweek Evening Knock-out cup by one point!

Congratulations to Valley Park Boston who, on a cool showery evening at Barkers Park narrowly ran out victors over Treeton A in a close fought contest.

Big thanks to the hosts for the evening who provided a well presented and a fair but heavy green due to the consistently wet weather.

Valley Park Boston held a commanding 14 point lead after the first three matches had been concluded. However it was a different story in the second round of matches as Treeton battled back to reduce the deficit and looked to be taking control with the final match in progress. The outcome was decided on the very last end of the match with Valley Park Boston winning the match 103 points to Treeton's 102 points.

An exciting conclusion to the match played in a competitive but friendly atmosphere.

August 3, 2023

Wilkinson Trophy

All results from the first round of the Wilkinson Trophy have now been received, thanks for the quick submission of those details.

The second round is due to be played by this Friday, so the usual way of determining the home team for this round has had to be bypassed in the interests of all clubs knowing where the games are to be played as soon as possible.

For the majority of the matches, where clubs have byes through to the second round, the home team will be the 'first out of the hat'

For any clubs playing in the first round, in the interests of fairness, any team at home in Round One will be away in Round Two.

Both of Roundwood A's opponents in Round Two have withdrawn, so they have a bye through to the third round. Brinsworth have also withdrawn their team, so Kings also have a bye into the third round.

This means the second round draw is as follows (the first team of each pair will be the home team)

Bye v Kings
Wickersley CI C v Barkers Park
Roundwood A v Bye
Phoenix A v Wickersley CI A
Valley Park C v Swallownest
Dinnington v Wickersley Village
Roundwood B v Valley Park Boston
Valley Park D v Treeton

There is a fortnight until the third round matches, so there will be (just) time to revert to the usual "bonus ball" method of determining the home team for that round.

Apologies again for having to bypass the normal system for determining the home team, but I hope that you appreciate that I have tried to be as fair as possible in the above action.

Good luck to all teams in this week's matches!

August 1 , 2023

Midweek Knock-out Cup Final

The final of the Midweek League Knock-out Cup between Treeton A and Valley Park Boston will be played at Barkers Park on Monday, 31st July with a 6.30pm start.

We hope that some bowlers from other clubs will come along to give their support to the competing players on the evening.

July 23, 2023

Midweek Knock-out Cup Semi-finals

The semi-finals of the Midweek Knock-out Cup were played on Monday evening and had the following results:
Treeton A 113 Dinnington 98
Valley Park Boston 105 Brinsworth 102

Congratulations to Treeton A and Valley Park Boston for making it through to the final.

The final is to be played on a neutral venue in the week commencing Monday, 31st July. We have one offer of a green to play the final on - if any other clubs would like to host this game, please let us know as soon as possible, so that we can confirm details over the weekend.

July 6, 2023

RCCGBA Competitions

The draw for this year's Calvert Cup has been delayed due to the low number of entries received by the Mid-Season Meeting. Clubs should contact the Secretary if they are interested in entering the Calvert Cup.

The George Corton Trophy will be played on 16th July at Wickersley CI. The Rotherham team captain is Mark Gilbank.

The Armada Trophy will be played at Coronation Park, Maltby on 13th August. Please contact the Seceretary if you wish to enter this competition.

June 28, 2023

Midweek League Cup semi-finals

We have reached the semi-finals stage of the Midweek League Cup, and the greens have been allocated as follows:

Dinnington v Treeton A (at Phoenix)
Brinsworth v Valley Park Boston (at Wickersley CI)

The matches have been switched from the decision taken at the mid-season meeting in the hope of being a fair as possible to all remaining clubs. Both matches will start at 7pm and will be played on Monday, 3rd July.

With no Midweek League matches in that week, we hope that as many neutral spectators will attend one of these games to give the players your support.

If any club is interested in hosting the final, please contact one of the Committee as soon as possible.

June 28, 2023

Margaret Crossland

It is with sadness that we have learned of the death of Margaret Crossland, who was the secretary and a player at Brinsworth BC for many years. Margaret died peacefully earlier today.

We would like to send our sympathy and condolences to Dennis, her husband (also a player at Brisnworth), along with her friends and family.

May 15, 2023

Friday Doubles League

It is with great disappointment that we advise all clubs that Catcliffe BC have withdrawn their team from Division 1 of the Friday Doubles League.

At this late stage before the season starts in two days' time, we have little alternative but to replace all their fixtures with byes.

We hope that this may give any team in Division 1 who wish to rearrange any matches this season some more flexibility in playing their matches on a free Friday evening.

All clubs have been emailed a revised fixture list.

Division 2 and 3 are unaffected by this news.

April 12, 2023

2023 Fixtures

The fixtures for the Midweek League, Friday Doubles League, Saturday League and the RRPBA Singles and Doubles Leagues have now been issued to all clubs by email.

The fixtures pages have been updated, and PDF copies for printing are now available via the "Information downloads" link to the left of this page.

We remind all clubs that you need to send a copy of the South Yorkshire player registration document to the League Registrar, as this is the way that you will be registering your players to play in the Rotherham Combined and RRPBA leagues.

All evening fixtures in April are 6.30pm starts; some evening games in August are also 6.30pm starts, and are indicated on the respective fixture lists. Evening games between these dates are 7pm starts, although we point out that Brinsworth's home games will be 6.30pm starts throughout the season. All afternoon games start at 2pm unless indicated to the contrary on the fixture lists.

March 31, 2023

South Yorkshire fees

As those clubs that attended the South Yorkshire CGBA's AGM on Saturday, the annual South Yorkshire player registration has been increased from £2.80 to £4 this year.

Registration documents will, no doubt, be sent out by them in due course reflecting this change.

January 31, 2023

Les Dring

It is with sadness that we learn of the death of Les Dring earlier today.

Les bowled at Phoenix BC and also Firth Park in the Sheffield League for many years, although due to declining health, has not bowled recently.

We would like to send our condolences to his family, friends and bowling colleagues at this sad time.

January 31, 2023

Rotherham Combined AGM

The AGM of the Rotherham Combined will be held at Treeton WMC on Tuesday, 28th February, starting at 6.30pm.

I would like to remind all clubs that if you wish to submit any proposals to be considered at the AGM, they should be received two weeks before the AGM. Please send proposals to David Hamilton, the secretary at david21jul@aol.com.

We will send out the full package of documents for the AGM in due course.

League fees are due for payment at the AGM. Invoices will be sent to all clubs in advance of the AGM based on the number of teams entered last season (unless we have been advised of any changes already).

January 24, 2023

Calvert Cup 2022

This year's RCCGBA merit doubles was held at a sunny but blustery Swallownest BC and was contested by 11 pairs.

The pick of the first round ties saw the treeton pairing of A.Brierton and M.Firth overcome home bowlers N & H Bradley in a very hard fought contest 21-19.

There was a similar hard fought match in the second round for treeton pair against team mates M.Griffiths & C.Chambers but again A.Brierton and M.Firth managed to win through 21-20 and in to the semi finals.

They were joined in the semi finals by D.Hamilton & F.Spowart from Firbeck who won 21-15 against home pairing of A.Whittaker and P.Moakes 21- 15, an also M & D Gilbank from Treeton who won 21-11 against K.Nowvack and R.Biggins from swallownest. The last pair in to the semi finals were L.Mortimer and M.Holland from Swallownest who beat R & G Bagshaw from Marquis 21- 11.

The pairings of D.Hamilton & F.Spowart (Firbeck) and M & Gilbank (Treeton) won their retrospective semi -final matches 21-6 which set up the possibility of a good final.

Sadly the final of the competition was very one sided and it was the Treeton pairing of Mark Gilbank and Danny Gilbank who ran out worthy winners 21-3.

The league secretary thanked Swallownest for hosting the competition and the very tasty refreshments and then presented the trophy to Mark and Danny Gilbank from Treeton.

April 9, 2023

Stones Cup 2022

The final of this year's Stones Cup will be played between Wickersley CI and Wickersley Village on Saturday (15th October) at Valley Park with a 2pm start.

We would like to thank Valley Park BC for offering their green for the final at short notice.

We hope that, with all matches in Rotherham now over for the season, that a good number of bowlers will attend to support the two teams.

October 3, 2022

 

Stones Cup 2022

We have now reached the semi-final stage of this year's Stones Cup.

Congratulations go to the four remaining teams - Wickersley CI, Valley Park Boston, Thurcroft A and Wickersley Village.

We thank Treeton and Firbeck bowling clubs for offering their greens for the semi-finals.

The semi-finals will therefore be as follows:
Wickersley CI v Valley Park Boston (at Firbeck)
Thurcroft A v Wickersley Village (at Treeton)

Both matches are to be played this coming Saturday, 8th October with 2pm starts.

We hope to confirm the venue for the final later this week, once we have confirmation from the club concerned.

With all league matches now over for the season, we hope that some bowlers will take the time to go and support the four remaining teams on Saturday.

October 3, 2022

RRPBA Double Merits

The Vets Doubles Merits were held at Kings BC earlier this week.

The winners were Stuart Parker and Paul Schofield, with the runners up being Dave Wilson and Bill Kellett. The losing semi-finalists were Ken Abernethy & Ken Wassell, and Sue Hampson and Dave Green.

October 5, 2022

RRPBA Singles Merits

The Vets Singles Merits were held at Kings BC last week.

The winner of the Merits was John Hulley, with Pete Roddis being the runner up. The losing semi-finalists were Keith Richardson & Dave Green.

October 5, 2022

RRPBA Double Merits Draw

The draw for the Vets Merits (doubles) is as follows:

Monday October 3rd : All games 10.00 Start
Green 1
P. Cleary & D. Clegg V K. Abernethy & K. Wassel
M. Piggot & H. Smith V BYE (5 minutes practice before Round 2)
B. Pickersgill & T. Chappel V D. Guest & B. Smith
D. Wilson & B. Kellett V P. Roddis & B. Whitehouse

Green 2
J. A. Wood & R. Slow V M. Weaver & M. Parlett
R. Oscroft & E. Brook V S. Hampson & D. Green
S. Parker & P. Schofield V J. Downes & J. Hulley
G. Taylor & T. Hancock V J. Wood & V Wood

Green 2 winners transfer to Green no. 1 - 5 minutes practice prior to Round 2.

September 15, 2022

RRPBA Singles Merits Draw

The draw for the Vets Merits (singles) is as follows:

Monday Sept 26th : First Round : 10.00 start
Green No. 1
M. Piggott V S. Hampson
D. Guest V J. Whitworth
K. Richardson V P. Cleary
M. Weaver V R. Oscroft

Winners of these four games stay on Green No. 1 for second round

Green No. 2
Mrs J. Wood V J. Hulley
P. Schofield V T. Hancock
V. Wood V B. Smith
H. Smith V P. Hindle

Winners of these four games transfer to Green No. 1 for second round - 5 minutes practice allowed

To be at the Green by 11.00
Green No. 2
Remainder of First Round
K.Abernethy V E. Brook
P Roddis V J. A. Wood

Second Round
B. Pickersgill V K. Wassell
B. Whitehouse V T. Chappell
P. Westwood V D. Green
K. Abernethy or E. Brook V P. Roddis or J. A Wood

Winners of these four games transfer to Green No. 1 for 3rd Round - 5 minutes practice allowed

September 14, 2022

Wilkinson Trophy Final

Boston raced into a 39 point lead after the first three games but then the heavens opened. After half an hour they decided to play on but it was really, really heavy. Boston ran out Winners 100 : 77

September 14, 2022

Today's Saturday League matches

Advice following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

"The government has published National Mourning Guidance following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

It recognises that mourning is very personal and it's anticipated that individuals, families, communities and organisations may want to mark Her Majesty’s demise in their own way. There's no expectation on the public or organisations to observe specific behaviours during the mourning period.

There's no formal obligation for organisations or national governing bodies (NGBs) to postpone or cancel sporting fixtures or events at either elite or grassroots level between now and the State Funeral.

Instead, it's up to the discretion of individual organisations and sports to consider how they should proceed during the mourning period.

As a mark of respect, organisers may wish to hold a period of silence and/or play the National Anthem at the start of events or sporting fixtures, and players may wish to wear black armbands.

On the day of the State Funeral, organisations might wish to consider cancelling or postponing events or closing venues. They're under no obligation to do so and this is entirely at the discretion of individual organisations. If sporting fixtures or events at either elite or grassroots level are planned for the day of the State Funeral, organisations may want to adjust the event timings so they don't clash with the timings of the funeral service and associated processions."

 

Therefore, we will not be postponing this afternoon's matches, but there is an element of personal decision making which may mean some matches could be postponed until next week.

However, we hope that matches will go ahead as planned, but suggest that clubs hold a minute's silence before their matches this afternoon.

August 20, 2022

Wilkinson Trophy

The two semi-finals of the Wilkinson Trophy were played yesterday afternoon, so we now know the two finalists.

In one semi-final, Roundwood A beat Wickersley CI A by 123 points to 97. The other was much closer, with just one point in it, as Valley Park Boston beat Treeton by 107 to 106.

Congratulations to Roundwood A and Valley Park Boston on reaching the final.

We will confirm the venue for the final, which will be played on Friday, 9th September, in the next few days.

August 20, 2022

Wilkinson Trophy

With apologies for the lateness in confiming the neutral greens for the semi-finals of this year's Wilkinson Trophy, we are now able to confirm that the matches to be played this Friday (19th August) will be as follows:

Roundwood A v Wickersley CI A - at Valley Park (top green)
Treeton v Valley Park Boston - at Phoenix

Both matches will start at 2pm - full rules are available within the RRPBA Constitution.

The venue for the final will be arranged once the two finalists are known. If any club would like to volunteer their green, please let a committee member know.

The final is due to be played on Friday, 9th September.

The usual agreement is that no green fees will be charged, but the host clubs may charge for the provision of refreshments etc.

August 15, 2022

Happy birthday!

We understand that Dick Booy celebrated his 97th birthday early last week. We send our best wishes to Dick for the day, and hope that he continues bowling for a while longer! To still be able to bowl at 97 is quite an achievement, so congratulations are certainly in order. We have heard that the birthday celebrations continued up to Saturday's match, when tea and scones were offered at the midway stage of the game.

Dick was been a player for Spartans for many years, but with the folding of that team last winter, is now playing at Valley Park.

August 15, 2022

Midweek Evening League Cup Final

On a beautiful summer's evening in Swallownest, the final of the Midweek Evening League Cup was played between Valley Park Boston and Treeton Miners Welfare A.

The result was very close all the way through, with only three points between the two teams with the final two games to end. In the end, Treeton A won by 110 points to 95.

We would like to congratulate both teams for a close game played in the right spirit, as all those who took the time to attend will testify.

We also thank all the members of Swallownest BC for offering to host the event and making it such a good evening. Special thanks to the ladies who produced the refreshments and some very tasty snacks during the evening.

Pictured below are the two teams after the end of the game.

The Midweek Evening League Knock-out Cup winners Treeton A (left) and Valley Park Boston

July 14, 2022

Armada Trophy

Please note that the date of this year's Armada Trophy has been changed and will now take place at Maltby Community BC on Sunday, 21st August. This year, the Armada Trophy will be a singles knock-out competition.

Amended entry forms have been distributed to all clubs.

July 15, 2022

Midweek Evening League Cup Final

We are now able to confirm details for the Midweek Evening League Cup Final after making arrangements with everyone concerned.

The final will be between Valley Park Boston and Treeton A, the current top two in Division 1, so it should be a good, even contest.

The game will be played at Swallownest BC on Wednesday, 3rd August with a 7pm start.

We are grateful to Swallownest BC for offering their green for the game.

Please consider going along to give your support (from a neutral standpoint, of course!) to both teams.

We look forward to seeing you there.

July 14, 2022

Statement from RRPBA re heatwave

The committee of the RRPBA are aware of the forecast of very high temperatures in this area, potentially reaching 36C, on Monday and Tuesday of next week.

We are concerned for the welfare of all bowlers and have taken the decision to postpone all fixtures in the Singles League on Tuesday, 19th July. Those matches will now be played at the end of the season.

Temperatures are predicted to drop to around 22C next Wednesday, so at the moment, we are intending the Doubles League on Thursday, 21st July to be played as normal. However, we will continue to monitor the situation and will decide early next week if we need to change these plans.

July 14, 2022

Statement from RCCGBA re heatwave

It has been widely forecast that temperatures early next week are due to rise as high as 36C.

We are concerned for the health and well-being of all bowlers and have taken the decision to postpone all Midweek Evening League games on Monday, 18th and Tuesday 19th July. We will continue to monitor the situation and make a decision on matches to be played from Wednesday onwards early next week.

Matches postponed will now be played in the blank week commencing Monday, 1st August (7pm start). The Midweek League Cup Final is due to be played that week, but we hope that some will still be able to attend and give their support.

There is still a ‘spare week’ for rearranged games at the end of the season, which clubs are welcome to use if necessary.

The forecast for this coming Saturday (16th July) is for temperatures of approx. 26C. We are not postponing those matches, but we will allow any team who is sufficiently concerned for the welfare of their players to postpone their game if they wish. Any team wishing to postpone their game should contact their opponents as soon as possible, and the Registrar once a postponement has been confirmed. Those matches should be played in the “spare week” at the end of the season.
Matches on Friday, 15th July will go ahead as scheduled.

We will continue to monitor the weather situation, but the forecast is for temperatures to drop by next Wednesday, so at the moment, we hope that matches from next Wednesday in all our Leagues will go ahead as scheduled.

July 14, 2022

Midweek Knock-out Cup Final

Thank you to all clubs competing in yesterday's semi-finals for submitting their results so promptly.

That enables us to be able to announce that the final will take place between Treeton A and Valley Park Boston.

The final is due to take place at Swallownest BC in the week beginning 1st August. There are no Midweek League matches scheduled for that week, so we hope that a number of bowlers will take the opportunity to go along to watch what should be a good competitive final between the current top two teams in Division 1.

July 5, 2022

Midweek Knock-out Cup Semi-finals

The semi-finals of the Midweek League Knock-out Cup are being played this evening (4th July), and we hope that some neutral spectators will go along to the games to give them your encouragement and support.

The games are as follows:
Valley Park Boston v Brinsworth - at Barkers Park, 7pm start
Treeton A v Marquis - at Greasbrough, 6.30pm start

Thank you to Barkers Park and Greasbrough for offering to host these matches.

The final will be played at Swallownest in the week commencing 1st August.

July 4, 2022

Kevin Ellis

Details of Kevin's funeral service have now been received. It will take place at Rotherham Crematorium on Wednesday, 13th July at 12.30pm.

June 29, 2022

Kevin Ellis

It is our sad duty to let you know that Kevin Ellis, a player at Treeton MW, died on Saturday after suffering a heart attack on the perimeter of their green.

We would like to express our sorrow at this news, and extend our sympathies to his family, friends and bowling colleagues. It was an understandably distressing experience for the players of Treeton and Kings BC who were present at the time.

Kev was a well liked person without a harsh word to say against anyone, as well as being a formidable opponent on the bowling green.

Treeton's players have had a meeting and have decided to go ahead with all their matches this week, but they will be holding a minute's silence before their game at Valley Park Boston this evening.

June 20, 2022

Valley Park Tabard - withdrawal of teams

It is with regret that we have to advise you that Valley Park Tabard, who play in Division 2 of the Midweek Evening League and Division One of the Friday Doubles Leagues, have had to withdraw their teams from those divisions.

In addition, the newly formed Valley Park team have withdrawn from Division 2 of the Saturday League.

These resignations are with immediate effect.

This has implications for all three divisions where their teams were competing.

All their fixtures will be replaced by byes. It also means that all results of matches already played against their teams will be void, so all points and player records for those fixtures will be reversed out of the records. This may take a little time to take effect, but will be done as soon as possible. As the results will be deleted, it will allow the few remaining players they have to play for other teams this season, should they so wish. I have agreed this course of action with the rest of the committee, and I will be entering a proposal at the 2023 AGM to take account of this kind of eventuality, should we be unfortunate enough to be confronted with the same situation again in the future.

It is always a sad day when we lose teams from the leagues, and when it becomes three teams spread amongst the three different leagues within the RCCGBA, it is even more regrettable. I know that their decision has not been taken lightly and they have continued on as long as they could, but the problems have been insurmountable.

To save confusion, new fixture lists for the affected divisions have been emailed to all team captains and club secretaries this afternoon. The web site fixture pages will be updated to reflect these changes over the next few days, but have been marked with a notice on the affected pages. The downloads of the fixture lists will be changed as soon as possible.

All other teams playing at Valley Park (Boston and Stag) are unaffected and their teams will continue as planned.

If anyone has any queries or problems, please contact the Registar.

June 15, 2022

Meeting and Competition dates for 2022

MID-SEASON MEETING ON 08/06/2022 AT TREETON MW

CALVERT CUP, OPEN LEAGUE DOUBLES ON 12/06/2022 AT SWALLOWNEST
CLOSING DATE 8/6/2022 AT MID SEASON MEETING
£5 PER PAIR - PRIZE MONEY £50 FOR WINNERS, £30 R/UP AND LOSING SEMI FINALIST GET £15


CHAMPIONS TROPHY TEAM COMPETITION 2 SINGLES AND 1 DOUBLES MATCH KNOCKOUT TOURNAMENT ON 11/09/2022 AT FIRBECK
CLOSING DATE 4/9/2022
£5 PER PAIR - PRIZE MONEY £50 FOR WINNERS, £30 R/UP AND LOSING SEMI FINALIST GET £15

GEORGE CORTON TROPHY INTER LEAGUE MATCH 9 SINGLES GAMES AGAINST MALTBY LEAGUE AT WICKERSLEY CI DATE (TBC)

ARMADA TROPHY LEAGUE SINGLES COMPETITION ON DATE 31/07/2022 AT MALTBY COMMUNITY BC
£2.50 PER PLAYER - PRIZE MONEY £50 FOR WINNERS, £30 R/UP AND LOSING SEMI FINALIST GET £15


END OF SEASON MEETING 18/10/2022 AT TREETON MW

May 13, 2022

Midweek Knock-out Cup

Even though several of the matches were only played last night, all the results for the first round of the knock-out cup have now been received. Thank you to all concerned for being so prompt in sending the details in.

That means we can now confirm the draw for the second round will be:

Kings v Valley Park Boston
Phoenix v Brinsworth
Treeton A v Wickersley Village
Phoenix Bradgate v Marquis

The home team for each pairing is to be decided by the lottery bonus ball, so we will be obliged if the first team in each pair of teams listed will contact their opponents to decide who will be the odd/even team for the bonus ball.

There is a week free of Midweek League fixtures in the week commencing Monday 30th May, and all cup games should be played in that week.

Good luck to the teams left in the cup - commiserations to the eight that were less fortunate this week.

May 5, 2022

Fixtures 2022

Another successful indoor season came to a close this morning.

Pictured are the Divisional Winners.

Div 1 : Graham Chambers, Drakes.
Div 2 : John Baxter, Valley Park B.

Runners Up were
Div 1 : Aurora
Div 2 : Wickersley Village

April 13, 2022

Fixtures 2022

The fixtures for the Rotherham Combined and the RRPBA have been distributed to club secretaries and team captains and are now available on the fixtures pages of this web site.

PDF versions of the fixture lists will be available later today via the "information downloads" section of this web site.

March 24, 2022

News update

A few dates for your diary:

RCCGBA mid-season meeting - Treeton WMC - Wednesday, 8th June, 7pm start.

RCCGBA end of season meeting - Treeton WMC - Tuesday 18th October, 7pm start.

RCCGBA Presentation night/Race night - Treeton WMC - Saturday, 26th November.

March 14, 2022

RCCGBA Annual General Meeting

We would like to remind all clubs that the Annual General Meeting of the Rotherham Combined will take place at Treeton WMC on Tuesday, 22nd February. The meeting will start slightly earlier than usual, at 7.15pm, as we will be making various presentations that would normally have been given at the end of year Presentation Evening.

We sent out various documents relating to the AGM to club secretaries yesterday evening, which we hope arrived safely. If any club has not received them, please get in touch as soon as possible.

February 10, 2022

Merry Christmas!

The committee of the RCCGBA would like to wish all bowlers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope that you enjoy the festivities and, most of all, that you stay safe and healthy during that time.

December 24, 2021

Roy Guest

It is with deep sadness that we learn of the death of Roy Guest last Friday after a long illness.

Roy has been a well known figure around the Rotherham bowling scene for many years and has played for Clifton, Silverwood and Dinnington bowling clubs amongst others. He was also a qualified bowling referee.

Roy's funeral will be on Monday, 6th December at 11am at Rotherham Crematorium. The family have asked that no flowers are given, but instead ask for donations to be made to the British Heart Foundation.

We would like to take this opportunity to express our condolences to his family, friends and team mates at this sad and difficult time for them.

November 17, 2021

Update after End of season meeting

Following the end of season meeting at Treeton WMC yesterday evening, we confirm, particularly for clubs who did not send a delegate, that the next meeting of the RCCGBA will be the AGM, which will be held at Treeton WMC on Tuesday, 22nd February 2022 with a 7.15pm start. There will be NO presentation evening this year, due to the continuing Covid situation, and all presentations will be made at the start of the AGM meeting.

It was also agreed at the meeting that for 2022, the Friday and Saturday leagues will remain at 6 players per side, as it has been this season. The decision will be ratified at the AGM, but clubs now know the situation when they decide on their team entries for 2022.

October 6, 2021

Indoor fixtures at Doncaster

The indoor season at the Hexthorpe indoor bowling centre has now started.

The fixtures for the 2021/22 winter season are now available - click on the "Indoor League" option to the left for the fixtures.

September 24, 2021

Wilkinson Trophy Final

The final of this year's Wilkinson Trophy will be held on Friday, 27th August at Phoenix Bowling Club, with the match starting at 2pm.

August 24, 2021

End of season meeting

All clubs are advised that the End of Season meeting of the RCCGBA will be held at Treeton WMC at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 5th October.

We will be grateful if all trophies can be returned at this meeting - if that may prove to be a problem, please contact a member of the committee to make alternative arrangements.

August 22, 2021

Notice to all clubs

All club secretaries have recently received a message from the South Yorkshire Crown Green Bowling Association about an increasing problem being experienced by County officials.

As other players may not be aware of the message, we are reproducing it below, and ask that everyone complies with their request.

"On behalf of South Yorkshire Crown Green Bowling Association, I would like to ask for your help in eliminating a problem that has occurred in recent months that is putting the future of our county in jeopardy.

There have been several instances recently where unjust criticism has been made both privately and publicly about the way Keith Turton and Lesley Allan run the South Yorkshire Bowling Association which has caused great upset to the people involved.

I should not need to remind anybody that without Keith and Lesley, South Yorkshire as a county wouldn’t exist and having worked closely with them for a number of years now, I have nothing but the utmost respect and admiration for them both and the outstanding jobs they do running South Yorkshire.

I know emotions can run high on occasions and I am sure any criticism that has been made is not aimed to cause upset but unfortunately some of the things that have been said are both unacceptable and inaccurate and therefore if this continues, we run the risk of losing two of the best administrators the county has ever had.

Please can I ask you to remind all your members to be polite, professional and respectful in all their future dealings with Keith and Lesley because in my view that is the least, they deserve for all their hard work and providing us with an excellently run county that is second to none.

Yours sincerely

Paul Bailey"

July 12, 2021

Notice from Anston BC.

All clubs should note that with immediate effect, there will be NO smoking inside the gates of the bowling green at Anston Bowling Club. Anyone who wishes to smoke will have to do so outside the gates/fence perimeter.

The condition has been advised to Anston BC by the Anston Parish Council Recreation Ground Charity, who are the bowling club's landlords.

Thank you in advance of your co-operation in this matter.

June 21, 2021

Step 3 - Return to Play

The latest update on the regulations that will apply to the game of crown green bowls has just been issued by the British Crown Green Bowling Association. A full copy of this document can be downloaded from the "Information download" section of this web site, along with the documents that were issued for Steps 1 and 2.

All clubs should have received a copy via South Yorkshire, but it will be your responsibility to make yourselves familiar with its contents.

Most notably, car sharing will be permitted, indoor hospitality can resume and spectators will be allowed - although there will be a limit of 30 people in total on and around the green.

April 25, 2021

2021 fixtures

Fixtures for the Midweek, Friday and Saturday Leagues have been distributed to team captains and club secretaries (subject to the latest contact information we have) this afternoon. PDF copies of the fixtures are now available on this web site via the "information downloads" link. The fixtures are also available on the relevant league pages.

Please note that the Vets League fixtures are not yet available.

April 25, 2021

2021 season update

Thank you to all clubs for responding to our questionnaire and team entry email, and for the views and details given.

A committee meeting of the RCCGBA has been held and we have taken your views into account. To reflect the situation and wishes of clubs, our original intentions have been amended.

Our priority this year is to get everyone back playing bowls in an environment that we are all comfortable with. This past year has been exceptional and we hope our arrangements will help in resuming some normality this summer.

The following will therefore apply this season.
1 – The season will start on Monday, 17th May with the Midweek League. Friday matches commence on 21st May, and Saturday matches on 22nd May.

2 – It will be a competitive season, with promotion and relegation to be applied at the end of the season. Teams not entering this year will be treated sympathetically if they re-enter teams in 2022.

3 – All cup competitions are suspended for this year to prioritise league games and to enable the season to end in mid-September.

4 – We appreciate that evening matches in September will be affected by the evenings drawing in. Please consider moving those matches to earlier in the summer or of having an earlier starting time. That will be for each club to decide, but we urge clubs to make those discussions as soon as possible so alternate date options are maximised.

5 – Matches should only be postponed when absolutely necessary and within the rules of the RCCGBA. Please play matches as soon as possible after the scheduled date so the season can finish on time. No “spare weeks” will be allocated in the fixture list.

6 – Clubs are expected to be familiar with the “Return to Play” documents issued by the British Crown Green Bowling Association and to comply with their rules and guidance. Those documents will be available for download on the RCCGBA web site via the “Information Downloads” link. All social distancing must be followed, sanitising made available and carried out etc. The maximum number of people attending should be enforced and ‘track and trace’ records kept.

7 – Equipment should not be shared unless absolutely necessary. To help with this, FOR THIS SEASON ONLY, we will allow out of date jacks to be used to enable each player to have their own jack. In-date jacks should be prioritised. Players should measure their own ends and use their own tapes if possible.

8 – Due to current restrictions, a mid-season meeting of the RCCGBA will not take place, as indoor meetings are currently not allowed. We plan to hold an end of season meeting and a Presentation Evening – dates to be confirmed. The usual schedule of meetings will resume in 2022, but any urgent issues should be referred to a committee member for attention.

9 – We must point out that car sharing is currently not allowed under the BCGBA guidance. The government’s guidance on safe travel should be referred to if necessary.

Discussions with two clubs have to be completed before fixture lists can be issued, but we hope that fixtures will be released no later than next weekend (24/25 April).

April 16, 2021

News - 2021 season planned to start 30th April

After holding a virtual committee meeting of the RCCGBA on Monday afternoon, we are pleased to announce that we are planning to start the 2021 season on Friday, 30th April.

The decision has been taken following BCGBA issuing further guidance last Friday evening.

We have today written to every club with a team in our leagues. We need a response by no later than 12th April in order that we can achieve the planned starting date.

We intend to commence fixtures in the Friday Doubles League from Friday, 30th April.
Saturday League matches will begin on Saturday, 1st May.
Midweek League fixtures will start from Monday, 3rd May.

These dates are subject to responses from our member clubs.

Due to the guidance issued by BCGBA, the Friday Doubles league will be changed for this season only, to comprise THREE pairs of players, instead of the usual four. This will allow us to start the season as close to on time as possible; it also may have the advantage of some clubs being able to enter a team this summer, as some of their players may not wish to start playing until later in the season.

For similar anticipated player availability reasons, the Saturday League teams will be reduced to SIX players per team instead of the usual eight.

The changes in player numbers for the Friday and Saturday leagues are only for this season and are planned to revert to the usual format of eight players per team in 2022.

For the Midweek League, teams will continue to comprise six players.

With regard to League fees, the RCCGBA committee are pleased to confirm that there will be no further fees due by clubs this season, as the 2020 fees are, effectively being ‘rolled over’ to compensate for the 2020 season being cancelled. Any clubs intending to enter any additional teams will have to pay the necessary fee. If any club has fewer teams entered this season, they will be refunded in due course. This will effectively mean that most, of not all clubs, will not have any further RCCGBA fees to pay this year.

The RCCGBA Constitution stipulates that all players and clubs must be registered with South Yorkshire/BCGBA. As passed at the 2020 AGM, all clubs must submit a copy of their South Yorkshire registration document; we are requesting that all clubs comply by 19th April. As in past years, additions may be made to that player list during the season, but players must be registered before they play their first match of the season - but the ‘new player’ cut-off date of 31st July will still apply this year.

We hope that all clubs will respond promptly to the details requested so that the season can start promptly and everyone can get back to playing bowls.

We will update all clubs at all stages in our preparation for the new season; we ask for your understanding as we are attempting to compress our usual pre-season plans into a much shorter period of time than usual.

Please be advised that our chairman, Tony Gibbins, is unwell and is not to be contacted. Please contact another committee member instead.

To summarise:
12th April – deadline to return questionnaires, including number of teams each club wishes to enter
12th April – deadline for player registrations to South Yorkshire
19th April – deadline for player registrations (copy of player forms sent to SYCGBA) to Rotherham Combined.
30th April – Intended opening of fixtures in the 2021 season.

For 2021:
Midweek League – 6 players per team
Friday Doubles League – 3 pairs per team
Saturday League – 6 players per team
No fees due to RCCGBA for 2021 unless any new teams are entered.

March 30, 2021

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