Les Jinks
Once more we have to report with great sadness the passing of another Derbyshire stalwart. Leslie Brian Jinks made 134 appearances for the Derbyshire County side, having previously played for Leicestershire. In his years with Derbyshire he represented the county on no less than 6 separate occasions at the National Championships. His finest year was probably 2014 when, with Dave Brennan, he won the National Senior Pairs competition at Leamington.
The funeral arrangements for Les are:- Date - December 30th. 2024 at 1.00 p.m. at the Gilroes Crematorium East Chapel, Groby Road, Leicester, LE3 9QG. After the ceremony there will be a wake to raise a glass to Les at thegrosvenorsyston.co.uk. All are welcome. Donations in his memory to Loros Hospice.
2024 AGM - December 3rd. at Erewash Indoor BC - 7.00 p.m.
The 2024 AGM has taken place as noted above. Several positions were left unfilled :- President, Senior Vice-President, Junior Vice-President and MCBA Representative. We received nominations for Secretary (Kirsty Atkin) and Competition Secretary (Ben Bywater), both nominations were accepted and these positions are now filled. The position of Immediate Past President was filled by John Bowley - who volunteered in the light of no other nominations. Any further nominations for positions unfilled to the secretary, Kirsty, her contact details are :- email : kirstyatkin@gmail.com mobile : 07805 673787.
Bob Prati
It is with great sadness that we have heard of the passing of Bob Prati on the weekend of 12th. October. Bob was a great stalwart of Bowls Derbyshire and had acted in many roles for the county from President of the Association, secretary and of course a very well respected bowler.
It was a pleasure to present Bob with his 300th. cap for the county - an achievement and honour that only a handful of bowlers manage.
He was not in the best of health during the season and a diagnosis of serious cancer was confirmed shortly before his passing. We send our condolences to Pam and she has asked for no phone contacts at the moment. Bob's funeral will take place on Monday November 4th. at 10.00 a.m. at St Thomas' Roman Catholic Church, Nottingham Road, Ilkeston. No flowers please but donations may be made to Marie Curie and/or Treetops Hospice.
Details may also be found on the Stanton Clubhouse website : https://stanton-bc.weebly.com/
Norma Hazzledine - Norma's funeral was held on September 23rd. @ Bramcote Crematorium
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Norma Hazzledine. A detailed obituary can be found on the Bowls England website but it is locally in Derbyshire we remember her. She was totally committed to the County, helping in the formation of the Derbyshire Women's Bowling Association and the development of the competition structure in the county for women. She was honoured by the late Queen for her services to bowls and at a lunch, organized by the County Ladies, she passed on many light-hearted anecdotes from her wide ranging bowls experiences.
She herself was an International bowler but she also encouraged other county ladies to aim high and there were others who represented the country thanks to Norma. A staunch supporter of club bowls she was often heard at Erewash Indoor club with her well remembered 'hard luck dear, that was unlucky'. Whether she meant it all the time is unclear. As a player, administrator, coach and team manager she will be missed. Thankyou Norma for your contribution to Derbyshire Bowls.
Men's Triples Success at Leamington - Photo of the Winners at the Champions Dinner in Gallery
It was perhaps fitting that on the day we learnt of Norma's passing the county had the honour of the Men's Triples winning the competition in the final versus Heaton Hall, Lancashire. Josh Grant, Dan Thornhill and skip Philip Broughton won the final 19-14, going one better than their runners up trophy of two years ago. Phil had previously acquitted himself well in the Four Wood Singles, losing only to the eventual winner - Jamie Walker. In the Trips they crossed swords again and Phil had his revenge by one shot on the way to the final. The end of the match became quite tense and Heaton Hall closed the gap to four shots with an end to play. However the Derbyshire three claimed one more shot on the eighteenth end to win by a margin of five. Well done to all three on their success which will mean that they will go forward to the British Isles championships to represent England.
WINNERS NATIONAL TRIPLES 2024 @Leamington
2024 Winners representing Derbyshire at Leamington
Fours : Phil Broughton, Dan Thornhill, Josh Grant & Ashley Clipston
Triples : Phil Broughton, Dan Thornhill & Josh Grant - Winners
Pairs : Russ Robinson & Ashley Clipston
4 Wood Singles : Phil Broughton
2 Wood Singles : Ashley Clipston
Junior Singles : Ben Bywater & James Bowley (2 qualifiers)
Junior Pairs : Ben Bywater & Josh Smith
O55 Fours : John Bowley, Richie Robinson, Kim Slater & Gary Shepperson
Midland Counties Championships 15th. September 2024 @ Northampton Express Bowls Club
To add to the successes reported above the MCBA Championships produced three further Derbyshire Winners. Phil Broughton won the 4 Wood Singles 21-7 (beating David Ellis from Lincolnshire); Ashley Clipston won the 2 Wood singles 14-8 (beating Rob Stanley from Worcestershire) and the Triples team of Josh & Simon Starbuck with Dan Thornhill skipping the rink beat Warwickshire 20-10. In addition James Bowley represented the county in the semi-final of the Under 25 Singles only losing to the overall winner, Harvey Griffiths, from Worcestershire and Nigel Chaplin & Bernie Greenough also lost in the semi-final to the Northamptonshire pair in the Pairs competition. (See winners pictures in the Gallery section)
Executive Meeting May 2023
An Executive Meeting was called to discuss the selection of teams and the following selection panel was appointed at the Executive Meeting. Mike Bowley (who was elected at the 2022 AGM to fulfil that role) Bernie Greenough and Dan Thornhill. Both these have been acting to help selection since a February Meeting. Teams will be picked by the committee for 2023 with no Team Manager.
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