Winter Social Bowling Ladder and Winter Pairs Knockout Tournament

Winter Singles Leagues:

Thanks to everyone who registered for our Winter Singles Leagues. Two divisions were created and matches have now commenced. We hope everyone enjoys this new format. 

Winter Social Bowling Ladder:

As mentioned, the Winter Ladder will be continuing, but in a slightly different format to previous years. The rules are largely the same as those set out on the ‘Winter’ section of our website. The main ones being:

1. You can challenge anybody to a game. If you win you go 3 places up the ladder. 

2. In March, you can only challenge people 1, 2 or 3 places higher than you. (The website has a section specifically for the rules that apply in March.)

Ladder Winner:

The main difference this season is that the ladder will not culminate in a play-off morning for the top 8 players, as in previous years. Instead, the person at the top of the ladder at the end of March will be the winner. 

Recording Results:

Results should be recorded immediately after the game on the Winter Social Bowling Ladder Results form on the clubhouse’s noticeboard. (It will be pinned-up early next week). Members will be asked to record the date, time the match started and result. The ladder results will be updated periodically on the website and more frequently in March. Monthly updated ladder positions will be printed off and put in the clubhouse. 

Arranging ladder games:

Games are arranged through a specific ‘OBC Winter Ladder’ WhatsApp group. If your phone number is still on this group from last winter, and you want to remain on it, you do not need to do anything else. 

Please note this is a different WhatsApp group to the ‘Winter Singles Lge Div 1’ and ‘Winter Singles League Div 2’ groups. If you are on either of those groups but have not previously been part of the ‘OBC Winter Ladder’ group and wish to join, please text Dave Roper on 07962 014149 and ask him to add you to it. The club is very grateful to Dave for organising this for us again. 

When can we start arranging matches?

You can start arranging matches right away. You can play anyone else in the group until the end of February, regardless of ladder positions. 

Enjoy the ladder, it is a great way to bowl against new people and meet new members. 

Winter Pairs Knockout Tournament:

Last year we piloted a Winter Pairs Tournament and it was quite successful, but rather ‘fell away’ with a number of matches unplayed. Ultimately, it was not concluded. The Committee have taken this into account and also the fact that we have an additional club winter singles tournament. As such, our proposal this year is to run a pairs knockout tournament. 

Format:

As an example, if we get sixteen pairs who wish to enter, we will randomly draw out the First-Round games, i.e. 8 matches. The pairs will be given a timescale to play this game by, e.g. end of November, but arrange the date themselves. The losing team will be knocked-out, the winners will progress to the next round. We will update progress via the website and draw out the Second-Round Fixtures and set a date, etc. If there is an uneven number of entrants one team will get a bye to the Second Round. We will build up to a final or possibly a ‘Finals Morning’ with both semis and the final.  

Please let me know if you wish to enter and who your team is by Sunday 23^rd October, please. Contact me on: stevej2330@gmail.com, 07768092236 or via any of the club’s WhatsApp groups (I am in all of them).

I hope you are all enjoying your winter’s bowling and that these multiple formats offer ‘something for everyone’.

Best wishes and hope to see you on the green soon.

Steve James

OBC Chair