Gallery — Mid-Devon Bowling League

COMPETITION FINALS 2025.

THE FINALS WERE HELD AT MARLDON B/C ON SATURDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 2025.

THE DAY STARTED WITH THE TWO M.D.L. CUP SEMI-FINALS AND THE COMMITTEE CUP , BEING PLAYED BETWEEN THE HOST CLUB (MARLDON) AND A RINK FROM THE M.D.L. COMMITTEE.

THE AFTERNOON SESSION CONSISTED OF THE FINALS OF THE M.D.L. CUP, SINGLES, PAIRS & TRIPLES.

THE SINGLES FINAL WAS BETWEEN J. PHILLIPS OF MARLDON B/C & J. PHILLIPS OF SHALDON B/C.

J.PHILLIPS OF MARLDON STARTED THE BETTER & AFTER THREE ENDS WAS 5-0 UP. THEN J. PHILLIPS FROM SHALDON FOUND HIS RANGE & BY THE SIXTH END IT WAS 5-5. IT WAS THEN NIP & TUCK FOR THE NEXT FEW ENDS , BUT BY THE FIFTEENTH END J. PHILLIPS OF SHALDON HAD OPENED A FIVE SHOT LEAD TO GO 13-8 AHEAD. J. PHILLIPS OF MARLDON FOUGHT BACK AND BY THE 21st END WAS 17-13 AHEAD. BY THE 24th END J.PHILLIPS OF MARLDON KEPT HIS HEAD IN FRONT TO LEAD 19-14 NEEDING ONLY TWO SHOTS FOR THE WIN. BUT J. PHILLIPS OF SHALDON HELD HIS NERVE AN PULLED BACK TO WITHIN ONE SHOT 19-18 ON THE 27th END. ON THE 28th END J. PHILLIPS OF MARLDON PICKED UP THE TWO SHOTS NEEDED TO WIN THE TITAL IN A THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING GAME.

SINGLES WINNER. 2025.

J. PHILLIPS, MARLDON

THE PAIRS FINAL WAS BETWEEN K.TAYLOR & J. SHARLAND OF ABBROOK PARK V G ROUTLEDGE & K. DAVEY OF TOTBAY COUNTRY CLUB.

TRIPLES WINNERS. 2025.

M. NORTHALL, T. LEACH & B. SMITH

PAIGNTON.

M.D.L. CUP WINNERS. 2025.

R.LEVY, B. ANDREWS,

M. KELLY & S. SEARE.

BABBACOMBE ‘A’

SINGLES RUNNER UP. 2025.

J. PHILLIPS, SHALDON

UNFORTUNATELY K.TAYLOR & J. SHARLAND HAD TO PLAY THE SEMI-FINAL OF THE COUNTY OVER 70s PAIRS IN THE MORNING. HAVING WON THE SEMI-FINAL THEY HAD TO PLAY THE FINAL IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS MEANT THAT G. ROUTLEDGE & K. DAVEY WERE 2025 PAIRS WINNERS WITH A WALKOVER.

PAIRS WINNERS 2025.

G. ROUTLEDGE & K. DAVEY

TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB.

THE TRIPLES FINAL WAS BETWEEN, M. NORTHALL, T. LEACH & B. SMITH OF PAIGNTON B.C. V J. BIRD, S. SMITH & M. BEMANS OF BRIXHAM St MARY.

THE GAME WAS PRETTY EVEN UP TO 10 ENDS WITH PAIGNTON HOLDING A SLENDER LEAD 11-9. IN THE FINAL EIGHT ENDS PAIGNTON PICKED UP 10 SHOTS TO BRIXHAMS 3 SHOTS. SO PAIGNTON RAN OUT WINNERS 21-12.

TRIPLES RUNNERS UP. 2025.

J. BIRD, M. BEMANS, S. SMITH.

BRIXHAM St MARY.

THE M.D.L. CUP SEMI-FINALS WERE PLAYED IN THE MORNING BETWEEN, TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB V BABBACOMBE ‘A’ & ABBROOK PARK’A’ V NEWTON ABBOT ‘A’

THE GAME BETWEEN ABBROOK PARK ‘A’ & NEWTON ABBOT ‘A’ MAY HAVE LOOKED ONE SIDED CONSIDERING ABBROOK WERE NEVER BEHIND, BUT IT WAS A FEARSLY CONTESTED GAME THROUGHOUT. WITH ABBROOK COMING OUT ON TOP 27-19.

THE GAME BETWEEN BABBACOMBE & TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB WAS SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SEMI-FINAL WITH BABBACOMBE NEVER BEING BEHIND. BUT AT 9 ENDS THERE WAS ONLY ONE SHOT IN IT WITH BABBACOMBE HOLDING A 7-6 LEAD. IN THE REMANING ENDS BABBACOMBE PICKED UP 15 SHOTS TO COUNTRY CLUBS 7 SHOTS. MAKING BABBACOMBE WINNERS BY 22-13.

THE M.D.L. FINAL WAS BETWEEN, M. KELLY, S. SEARE, B. ANDREWS & R. LEVY OF BABBACOMBE ‘A’ V A. WILKINSON, G. WALLING, J. COKER & R. HORRELL OF ABBROOK PARK ‘A’.

THE GAME WAS A GAME OF TWO HALF’S WITH BABBACOMBE HAVING WHAT LOOKED LIKE A COMFORTABLE LEAD 15-5 AT 11 ENDS. BUT THEN ABBROOK GOT THEIR HEADS DOWN AND PICKED UP 12 SHOTS TO BABBACOMBES 5 SHOTS. BUT ABBROOK RAN OUT OF ENDS & BABBACOMBE FINALY RAN OUT WINNERS 20-17.

FINALS DAY UMPIRE. 2025.

COLIN MILLS.

M.D.L. CUP RUNNERS UP. 2025.

J. COKER, A. WILKINSON,

G. WALLING & R. HORRELL.

ABBROOK PARK ‘A’

2023 DIVISION WINNERS.

PREMIER DIVISION SHALDON ‘A’

DIVISION 2 MARINA ‘A’

DIVISION 1 ABBROOK PARK ‘A’

DIVISION 3 CHUDLEIGH.

DIVISION 4 ABBROOK PARK ‘B’

REPORT ON MID DEVON BOWLING LEAGUE COMPETITION FINALS HELD AT ABBROOK PARK B.C. ON 9th SEPTEMBER 2023

THE DAY KICKED OFF WITH A NEW GAME, THE OFFICERS CUP, WHICH WE HOPE TO MAKE AN ANNUAL ADDITION TO THE FINALS DAY PROGRAM, THIS IS THE BRAINCHILD OF PRESIDENT LIONEL, INVOLVING A RINK FROM THE HOST CLUB & A RINK FROM THE M.D.B.L. COMMITTEE. I HAVE NO REPORT ON THIS GAME, ONLY THAT ABBROOK WERE VICTORIUS. (NOT SUPPRISING REALLY).

THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE M.D.L. CUP WERE ALSO PLAYED IN THE MORNING SESSION.

BABBACOMBE ‘A’ v BABBACOMBE ‘B’.

THIS WAS A CLOSE GAME BETWEEN TWO EVENLY MATCHED TEAMS, AFTER 16 END IT WAS 11 ALL. THE ‘A’ TEAM THEN SHOWED HOW IT WAS DONE SCORING 6 SHOTS ON THE NEXT 4 ENDS. THANKS TO THEIR SKIP. THE MAGICIAN BETTER KNOWN AS RORY LEVY.

THE SECOND SEMI-FINAL WAS ANOTHER ONE CLUB AFFAIR.

TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB ‘A’ v TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB ‘B’.

THE ‘B’ TEAM HAD THE BETTER START AND WERE 7-2 UP AFTER 3 ENDS. THE ‘A’ TEAM STARTED TO PLAY AND BY THE 15th END WERE 23-11 AHEAD. THEN THE SECOND TURNAROUND OF THE GAME SAW THE ‘B’ TEAM CLAIM 14 POINTS TO TIE THE SCORES AT 25 ALL AFTER 21 ENDS. THE ‘B’ TEAM WON THE EXTRA END WHICH MEANT A FINAL AGAINST BABBACOMBE ‘A’ FOR THEM UN THE AFTERNOON.

AFTERNOON SESSION 2pm.

TRIPLES……R HORRELL, R MILNE & T SANDELANCE (ABBROOK PARK) v G BUDGE, J HEARD & S COLL (BRIXHAM St MARY)

THE ABBROOK BOYS WITH THE ADVANTAGE OF PLAYING ON THEIR OWN GREEN WERE 7-1 UP AFTER 5 ENDS. THEY CONTINUED TO SCORE CONSITANTLY AND TOOK THE TROPHY WITH A SCORE OF 17-9.

PAIRS……B SMITH & T LEACH (PAIGNTON) v D FARLEY & J RICHARDSON (BRIXHAM)

BRIXHAM WERE 7-1 UP AFTER 5 ENDS. THE PAIGNTON BOYS THEN WON 10 OF THE NEXT 11 ENDS TO TAKE A 16-8 LEAD. DESPITE A SPIRITED COMEBACK FROM BRIXHAM IT WAS TO BE TO LITTLE TO LATE WITH PAIGNTON WINNING THE GAME 17-14.

SINGLES……JAMIE PHILLIPS (MARLDON) v BOB BUSHELL (PAIGNTON)

BOB HAD THE BETTER START AND WAS 5-0 UP AFTER 3 ENDS. JAMIE THEN WON THE NEXT 5 ENDS TO TAKE A 10-5 LEAD. BOB GOT BACK TO WITHIN3 SHOTS, HOWEVER JAMIE WITH HIS LAST BOWL ON THE 20th END TOOK THE JACK INTO THE DITCH SCORING 3 SHOTS AND TAKING THE TROPHY 21-15

M.D.L. CUP BABBACOMBE ‘A’ v TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB ‘B’

THIS MORNINGS TWO WINNERS WERE BACK ON THE GREEN FOR ANOTHER 21 ENDS (TEMP: 27degrees) HOT.

BABBACOMBE MADE THE BETTER START OF THE TWO TEAMS AND WERE 10-6 UP AT THE HALFWAY POINT. THE TWO TEAMS WERE EVENLY MATCHED THROUGHOUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE GAME AND BABBACOMBE ‘A’ WENT ON TO WIN THE GAME BY 21-14.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF ABBROOK PARK FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY ON THE DAY. WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CATERERS, BAR STAFF AND NOT FORGETTING THE GREENKEEPER AND ALL INVOLVED WITH PREPARING THE GREEN.

ALSO THANKS TO LIONEL FOR ALL HIS SUPPORT IN MY FIRST YEAR OF ORGANISING THE COMPETITIONS.

COLIN WHILEY M.D.B.L. COMPETITIONS SCRETARY.

2023 COMPETITION FINALS.

HELD AT ABBROOK PARK B.C. ON 9th SEPTEMBER 2023

MDL CUP SEMI FINALISTS.

BABBACOMBE ‘A’ Vs BABBACOMBE ‘B' TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB ‘A’ Vs TORBAY COUNTRY CLUB ‘B’

OFFICERS CUP. MDBL COMMITTEE Vs ABBROOK PARK B.C.