Kendal Subscription Bowling Club

2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & PRESENTATION EVENING

Castle Street Centre. 7.30 pm. 26th October.

The annual general meeting and presentation evening was held at Castle Street Centre and was supported well.

Cliff Etherden, our President through 2025 handed over to our new President, Pat Gibson, who in turn proposed John Scott for her Vice President for the upcoming 2026/27 season.

We wish them good luck for next season.

After the meeting, club cups and trophies were presented, by Cliff, to the winners

of all club competitions thoughout the season.

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPH, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I WILL FORWARD ONE TO YOU. Or print one for you !

WINNERS - David Collinson, Colin Haworth, Anne Unthank & Pat Gibson.

ROLLING IN DAY

10th September

THE GREEN IS NOW CLOSED.

President Cliff Rolled- in, to close the green and end the 2026 season. A game was organised, in pairs, with a final for both winners and consolation teams. Here is a selection of photos on the day.

GARDNERS CUP 2026

This year the Gardners Cup final was held at 1.30pm on Friday 2nd September.

The weather was kind to the two finalists, Andrew Trueman and Colin Haworth and a few members called in to support the players. A very good game, quite close throughout the game.

Both players thanked their fellow members for coming and supporting them, despite the weather.

Gardners Cup finalists

Andrew and Colin

and the WINNER -Colin

Presented with the Cup by

Vice President -Pat.

PRESIDENTS DAY 27th September 2026

Our President - Cliff got things underway with a rum punch for our members. This was followed by rolling, first right handed then left handed to being the nearest to one of our 'birds' in the centre of the green. We went on to play bowling to targets and scores were taken. A Jacobs Join followed with lots of tasty, sandwiches, pies, cheese, etc etc including cakes and trifle. Cliff then organised pairs to play bowls, in groups, to play 5 ends with a 3,2,1, scoring sytem. Despite the very heavy rain 'showers' !! it proved very enjoyable.

Some members taking part in the 3,2,1 bowls game and a 'wet; group who were unfortunate!

WINNERS - David Nelson and Rodney Young.

RUNNERS UP - Irving Armstrong and Harvey Goffin, our youngest member.

SEMI FINALISTS - David, Rod, Irving and Harvey and

Runner Up Semi finalists - Audrey, Andrew, Claire and Pat.

DAVIS CUP

12th September 2026

Following a wet morning, all members taking part enjoyed a Round Robin formula of 4 groups,

organised and run very well by Davis.

Each member played others in their group.

The weather improved slightly, with even a hint of sunshine! A good day was had by all,

Well Done to all who took part and Congratulations to our Winner - COLIN.

The winners of each of the 4 goups. -

Colin, John. Martin and Jim. with Davis.

Martin and John pictured with Davis.

Well done to you....

Runner Up was JIM.

WINNER - COLIN

WELL DONE TO YOU BOTH.

K.S.B.C. hosted the final of The Ernie Woodcock Cup, between Ambleside and Hawkshead, on Tuesday evening,

25th August 2026.

Hawkshead beat Ambleside and were presented with the Cup by organiser - John Scott.

Photographs courtesy of Mary West.

Robert, Rod, Ken, Mandy, Jonty and Malcolm (unfortunately the photograph was blurred and I dont know why, sorry)

HANDICAP (Novice) CUP

August 22nd 2026

A Round Robin format, up to 11 points, with all entrants playing each other and a good game was had by all!

The Handicap Cup is open to any member who has not entered or won a competition.

Unfortunately, we only had 6 members who entered this year!

Ken and Jonty both finished with equal points.

WINNER was KEN,

who won the most games, and received the Cup from President Cliff.

Some Actions pictures at the club game....

WINNERS

of the competition - Irving & Derek with Ted Park presenting the prize and President Cliff

SANDRA ION & MARJ PARK MEMORIAL CUP

9th August 2026

The overcast day did not deter our members taking part in our newly titled cup game.

There was even a few light showers, but having our Jacobs Join and raffle, with our invited guests, proved a very successful day! Enjoyed by everyone.

Quarter finalists - Irving and partner Derek, Anne and partner Dave,

George and Partner Lyndsay and Davis and partner Sandra .

Semi finalists - Irving and Derek and Davis and Sandra

Winning Semi finalists - Davis and Sandra with Ted Park presenting prizes.

WINNERS - Irving and Derek

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE TAKING PART.

DAVID TEBAY CUP

26th July 2025

A competition for the David Tebay Cup running side-by-side with a onsolation game for those who came second in the Cup Competition was held today. A bit short of members- competitors and sunshine- but a lovely day nonetheless, the rain kept off and it was enjoyed by everyone.

WINNER of DAVID TEBAY CUP - ISOBEL WILLIAMSON

and RUNNER-UP - COLIN HAWORTH

WINNER of Consolation game - PAUL (Eddy) EDMONDSON

All presented with prizes by our President - CLIFF

Photos of semi finalists of both David Tebay and Consolation game. Colin and Isobel, Eddy and John G.

and Davis & June with President - Cliff

If anyone would like a copy of these photos, or any others throughout 2026 please let Chris Walker know and she will forward them to you.

PRESIDENTS CUP COMPETITION

with Consolation Shield for Runners up

July 5th 2026

WINNER of Presidents Cup -

DAVID NELSON

with Runner-Up -KATH ROBINSON

WINNER of Consolation Shield -

JUNE KIDD

with Runner-Up - MARTIN SCARBOROUGH

OPEN DAY 29th June 2026

We enjoyed very nice weather for our first Open Day, well organised by Isobel.

This attracted 17 visitors who were invited to walk in between 2 and 5 pm. They were happy to try the bowling, firstly with a bit of coaching from 'Our Coach' Isobel, who used the Bowls Buddy equipment and then members took them for a game, or two. Everyone was treated to a very good assortment of cakes, and home-made biscuits, with teas and coffees in the break and happy to return to the green and bowling for the rest of the afternoon.

Thank you to ISOBEL and all members who came to help, baked cakes etc and made it a very successful afternoon.

Club Pairs Competition

10th May 2026

Pairs Winners - 'A' group

Clare and Eddy

and Runners up

Chris and June

Pairs Winners - 'B' group

Jim and Anne

and Runners Up

Rod and Isobel

All with President Cliff.

A very enjoyable afternoon for the Pairs Club Competition, in a Round Robin format.

Well done to all taking part, together with markers and measurers.

Men's Wilf Meakin and Ladies Everite Competitions

26th April 2026

WELL DONE TO THE WINNERS AND ALL WHO ENTERED.

Everite and Meakin bowlers "in action" on the green.

Everite Cup - Kath & Pat -Finalists

Everite & Meakin Finalists

Kath Robinson- Winner of Ladies Everite Cup and finalist presentation of Mens Wilf Meakin and Ladies Everite trophies presented by President - Cliff Etherden

WINNER of

Wilf Meakin competition - Russell Colman with

Runner Up - Robert

ROLL OUT DAY 2026

The green is now open!!

Opened by our new President for 2026/27 season

- Cliff Etherden.

What a superb , sunny, dry afternoon to start the bowling season.

A good fun day with everyone enjoying the sunshine!

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING