The weather is actually looking good for our Open Afternoon 2.00 – 5:00pm on 31 May 2021.

Vanessa and Bryan Gaunt have kindly volunteered to host this event and we do have someone already signed up! If any member wants to come along to help just in case we have more participants that would be really good.

Please share this message with your Facebook friends and try and encourage anyone you know who might be interested in playing bowls to come and give it a try. 

On Thursday 20th May Paul Eales and Bryan Gaunt beat the Old Coulsdon pair 22-16 in the Area C first round. They go on to play Belmont BC at Streatham in the next round. This was an extremely satisfying result for our pair against very distinguished players who have reached several national finals.

On Friday 21st May in the Challenge Shield Old Coulsdon got their revenge. RBC held a slender lead just after the half way mark but OCBC surged into a big lead in the final ends to win by 16. RBC home score was 14-24 and away score 21-27. A good effort by RBC but we couldn’t fully counter some big scoring ends by the strong opposition rinks.

RBC are playing against Old Coulsdon this week in two LSCBA Competitions. On Thursday 20th May Paul Eales & Bryan Gaunt play at home in the Area C Pairs starting at 6 pm. On Friday 21st May is the first round of the Challenge Shield starting at 6pm. The match is rinks in a home …

In line with Bowls England guidance issued 10th May 2021 our rink booking system is being extended to the end of Step 3 (expected to be 21st June). The system is now being updated and should be available on Saturday. There is currently an Under Maintenance notice on the web page. When this is no …

Message from the Competition Secretaries sent by e-mail to Playing Members today: We are pleased to report that entries are sufficient to run all internal club competitions this year -except that we need one more entrant for the Ladies’ 2 Wood Pairs to give us 4 pairs. The draw for the competitions will be taking …

Do come along for our second club night of bowling and hotdogs on Friday 14th – 6pm for 6.15pm start. Just turn up!

Message from Bryan Gaunt:

Fabulous and well attended first Friday night drive of the season. Some fun bowling followed up by hot dogs and a few drinks where members could socialise at the appropriate distance. Great to see three new members as well.

Thanks to Barry Martyn for organising the bowls, Gary for preparing and cooking the food and attending to the bar and Ann Pannell for serving up the hotdogs.

Let’s keep the Friday night momentum going!

As you all will have probably suspected the Charity Drive scheduled for Saturday 8th May has been postponed. It will now be combined with Captains’ Day on Saturday 25th September.

The Surrey President’s Match has been moved at his request from 20th June to Saturday 31st July.

A new entry in the fixture card is a friendly away match v Bletchingley on Sunday 25th July.

Our popular Friday Drive starts on 7th May. It is open to Social and Playing Members. Just turn up at 6:00pm for a 6:15pm start. Spectators are welcome on the terrace if you make a purchase from the bar. Hotdogs will be on sale when bowling ends. The weather forecast is dry but a bit chill.

The teams were drawn this afternoon for the internal leagues. Team leaders will be in touch with their players over the next few days to check availability and provide a playing schedule.

The start times and dates are:

Wednesday Evening Pairs – 6.15pm on 12th May

Tuesday Afternoon Triples – 2.30pm on 18th May

RBC got of to a good start in this year’s NDL with an 8-2 win away at Dorking on Sunday 2nd May. Overall shots score was 60-31. The losing rink was level at 13-13 going into the last end and were holding 5 shots when the opposition skip put one right on the jack. The …