HOT SHOTS CLUB WINNERS

We continue to receive bumper numbers of successful Hot Shots Club applicants.

Drum roll please. We have a gold badge winner. M Lloyd, of Hartlepool IBC who has picked up three hot shots this year – one in January and another two in the same match when he played with F Teasdale, M Steele and R Jones.

Father and son Richard and John Jennison also had a double hot shot in a game at Harrogate IBC, while Skegness IBC’s Peter Hopkins, Peter Sharp and Bryn Foxon had a similar feat with their hot shots being scored in succession.

Meanwhile, Margaret Bailey, Denise Fagan, Andy Goddard and Ron Green scored a full house in their mixed rinks final at Harrogate IBC’s finals weekend, while Dom Trombino, Carol Gaskins and Geoff Powell scored a nine at Oxford City and County Bowls Club in their last winter game of the indoor Thursday bowls league season, with Dom picking up his first-ever hot shot.

There were also maiden hot shots for Tracey Coulson, Janet Foord and John Coulson at Swale IBC, while for Kath Whiting, Sue Brunton and Jenny Cleary they scored their hot shot during a county game for Humberside against Derbyshire at North Cave IBC – it was Kath and Sue’s first season for the county too.

Elsewhere, Shirley Murray, Lyn Fitzgerald, Brian Murray and Sean Fitzgerald celebrated a hot shot at Potters Resorts Five Lakes.

Explained Sean, a member of Guilsfield Community BC in Montgomery: “Lyn and I were paired by with Brian and Shirley from Roundwood BC, Taverham, to make up a team of four.

“Incidentally, Brian and Shirley only started playing bowls in November!

“We won the hot shot on the second game of the event and went on to win all seven games to win the mid-week tournament.”

As the outdoor season opened, Deal Bowling and Social Club’s Eve Prokop, Paul Jarvis and John Hilson scored a maximum count of nine in their first game.

“My team seemed to adjust very well from playing indoors,” said John who skipped the triple.

“I think a nine hot shot is the first in the club.”

Anne Simmons, Jean McGovern, Keith Boys and Jeff Crate also had a count of eight in their first match at Meon Valley BC, while there was one for Brian Peart, Terry Callier, Julie Beamish and Charlie Faulkner in their game for Hinckley BC against Rugby The Grange BC.

A few days later, Nicky Whitson, Neil Ferguson and Malcolm Brader, of Barnwood BC, scored a nine against Dowty BC in their senior mid-week triples league.

“It was the first hot shot won by anyone in the team,” says Malcolm.

In Cyprus, Sol Robertson and Sara Trotter scored a hot shot representing Bowls Cyprus in a five nations test series with Israel, Jersey, Isle of Man and Spain with Cyprus winning both the ladies’ trophy and the overall trophy. Israel won the men’s event.

The Bowls International Hot Shots Club is as popular as ever and famous throughout the bowls playing world.

It was launched more than 20 years ago to reward players achieving a maximum score on one end of a competitive match and remains as popular as ever.

Certificates recognising the feat and signed by 15 times world champion Tony Allcock OBE take pride of place in the clubs and homes of bowlers all over the globe.

Different coloured bowls stickers are also available to highlight the achievement of becoming a member of the world’s largest and most exclusive bowls club.

Apart from having your names recognised in print and featured on our websitewww.bowlsinternational.com, why not send in a picture as well of the successful pair, triple or four, along with some interesting and relevant details about your claim to be included.

You can provide a few details on the entry form that is featured in our Hot Shots section of this website and email your photos to hotshots@bowlsinternational.com

Happy bowling and good luck!

LATEST WINNERS

Beds

Bedford Borough BC: Enid Bone, Pat Hill, Heather Ainsworth

Luton IBC: Clive Cardno,Mick Vardy, Gervais Cave

BRISTOL

Bristol IBC: Stanley James,Dave Byett

Bristol IBC: Ian Moore,Andi Moore

CAMBS

Cambridge Chesterton IBC:David Coles, David Clemmet, Malcolm Sargent

Huntingdon IBC: Harry Hurst, Alan Woolf, Steve Baker

Huntingdon IBC: Jane Baldwin, Phil Walker, Joe Balmer,Adrian Gibbs

CLEVELAND

Hartlepool IBC: F Teasdale,M Steele, R Jones, M Lloyd

DORSET

Dolphin IBC: Jo Hill, Ann Wood, Paul Fowell

East Dorset IBC: Ro Cherry,Celia Cheadle

ESSEX

Havering IBC: Pat Tate,Paul Johnson, Alan Thomas,Sue Thomas

GLOS

Barnwood BC: Nicky Whitson, Neil Ferguson, Malcolm Brader

HANTS

Andover BC: Maureen Whaites, Linda Sturt, Gordon Bazley, Lesley Taylor

Meon Valley BC: Anne Simmons, Jean McGovern, Keith Boys, Jeff Crate

HUMBERSIDE

Humberside County BA:Kath Whiting, Sue Brunton, Jenny Cleary

KENT

Ashford IBC: David Marsh, David Horton, Peter Norton, Ian Larkin

Deal BC: Eve Prokop, Paul Jarvis, John Hilson

Oyster IBC: Peter Boeg, Brian Gentle

Swale IBC: Tracey Coulson, Janet Foord, John Coulson

LEICS

Barwell IBC: Jeff Wileman, Neil Bedder

Hinckley BC: Brian Peart, Terry Callier, Julie Beamish, Charlie Faulkner

LINCS

Skegness IBC: P Rutter, B Millar

Skegness IBC: Peter Hopkins, Peter Sharp, Bryn Foxon

Stamford IBC: Marilyn Christie, Fred Barnsdale, Margaret King, Jeff Bourne

NORFOLK

Acle IBC: J Chegwidden, J Jenkins, R Brooks

NORTHANTS

Daventry IBC: Richard Hooper, David Parr, Joan Watts

Kettering Lodge IBC: Rachel Langley, Steve Grant, Paul Langley, Sean Cole

Northampton and District IBA: Glenn Clarke and Peter Barford

OXON

Oxford City and County IBC: Dom Trombino, Carol Gaskins, Geoff Powell

SOMERSET

Midsomer Norton SMBC: Allen Durnford, Liz Durnford, Roy Kerley

SUFFOLK

Beccles IBC: S Rochard, J Rochard, I Martin

SURREY

Burpham BC: Glenda Mogg, Alan Mogg, Simon Fillary

Old Coulson BC: Alex Gaunt, Jackie Hill, Marilyn Dyer, Alan Simon

WEST SUSSEX

Cowfold SMBC: Sue Plassing, Margaret Monk, Anne Sayers, Peter Plassing

YORKS

Harrogate IBC: Richard Jennison, John Jennison

Harrogate IBC: Margaret Bailey, Denise Fagan, Andy Goddard, Ron Green

North Cave IBC: Eileen Johnson, Keith Bryars, Chris Morris

SCOTLAND

Buchan IBC: Daniel Jackson, Alexander Elrick

IRELAND

Ballymena BC: Barbara Burnett, Wilma Adair, Megan Wilson, Barbara Cameron

WALES

Newport IBC: J Doody, A Anslow, F Watkins, L Anslow

CYPRUS

Bowls Cyprus: Sol Robertson, Sara Trotter

SPAIN

Almeria BC: Maureen O’Hara, Lorna Cormack

MISCELLANEOUS

Potters Resorts Five Lakes: Shirley Murray, Lyn Fitzgerald, Brian Murray, Sean Fitzgerald