The Watford & District Bowling Association runs the usual series of knock-out competitions for men - Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours. Thers's a Two-Wood Singles and an Under 25s singles, both played on a single day, and an Australian Pairs. (In Aussie pairs the Leads start off with 2 bowls each, then the Skips play their 4 bowls and then the Leads complete the end with their final 2 bowls. In the next end the roles are reversed.Click on the links to see the draw and results.

W&D also runs leagues, but our schedule is currently too full to include them.

Fewer of our best players enter the W&D competitions than enter the county competitions, which perhaps gives other W&D entrants more chance of making it to the second round. Although they have play-on dates you can play in advance if your opponent agrees.

W&D also runs two-fours and three-fours knockout competitions - the Griffen Cup and the Ray Cup.

2022

GXBC had entrants in all the competitions listed above. Dave Simpson got to the sem-final of the singles. In the pairs Vinny Payne & Keith Patrick and Kevin Dwyer & Tim Jones lost in the quarter-finals, and a squad of Vinny Payne & Keith Patrick & Kevin Dwyer & Tim Jones got as far as the quarter-finals in the triples.

We lost in the first round of the Griffen Cup to Bushey, 26-33.

Ray Cup team vs Potten End Thursday June 23rd Away 6pm
Unfortunately the date clashed with the Bucks county pairs and so many of our best players were unavailable for this match. We did well to hold Potten End to a close finish, but lost 44-45

Ray Cup team vs Abbots Langley. Thursday June 9th  Home  6pm
Norman Gardner, Chris Commons, Simon Cobb and Stephen McAlister;
Ernie Rickets,. Derek Evans, David Hall.and Matt Hyde;
Peter Bevins, Hugh Russell, Bob Doddington and Michael Gomme.
Won 57-39. Heroes of the day were Peter, Hugh, Bob & Michael, who won 27-5 on their rink.

The next round will be played on 23rd June against Potten End, away, because it clashes with the Bucks County pairs so there is no room on our green.

2021

In 2021 we entered several individual competitions, Kevin Dwyer won his semi-finals in the Singles, and Keith Young, Matt Hyde, Michael Gomme won theirs in the Triples, but both lost in the finals.

We entered the Ray Cup, which is a three fours contest, and the Griffin Cup, which is a two fours.

Ray Cup

Semi-final 10am  & final July 25th 2:30pm

Patrick Johnson	Kevin Dwyer	Antony Parrott
Simon Cobb	David Grieve	Keith Young
Stephen McAlister	Keith Patrick	Michael Gomme
Andrew Briden	Matthew Hyde	Tom McGuinness
Semi: 20-8 @ 18	16-11 @ 17	21-18 @ 17
Final: 14-16	18-9	17-25

Abbots Langley June 24th away

Derek Evans	Chris Commons	Kevin Dwyer
David Grieve	Hugh Russell	Peter Bevins
Michael Gomme	Simon Cobb	Stephen McAlister
Tim Godman	Andrew Briden	Matthew Hyde
Won 18-16	Won 17-15	Won 18-17

Thanks to Hugh Russell for stepping up when a player had to drop out.

Garston June 10th away

Kevin Dwyer	Tom McGuinness	Neil Farnish
Keith Patrick	Simon Cobb	Michael Gomme
Tim Godman	Dave Ross	Matthew Hyde
Andrew Briden	Kirk Smith	Dave Simpson

Won against the defending champions  49-46




Rickmansworth RBL gave us a walkover in the first round.

The W&DA website is here.