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Interested in trying bowls?

Are you looking for a friendly and sociable sport that's easy to learn and keeps you fit? Why not try bowls here at Auriol?

You'd be welcome to pop in any Monday at 10.45 a.m or 5.15 p.m, or at 10.45 on a Thursday morning when you can have a free 'taster' session where everything - including coaching by one of our qualified coaches - will be provided; just bring or wear flat-soled shoes (eg. trainers). Alternatively, you can come along at other days/times by appointment. Experienced players also very welcome. For more information see About our Club or phone our Club Secretary Janet on 020 8873 7006. We look forward to welcoming you!

Captains vs Vice-Captains match

The 2025 season kicked off with the traditional season-opening first leg of the Captains vs Vice-Captains match, which resulted in an overwhelming win for the Vice-Captains' team. Will the Captains get their revenge in the return match at the end of the season?

Hot Shots

In a high scoring Sutton & Epsom League match against Wallington the Auriol team had an excellent win on all rinks and to top it off one rink gained a hot shot (all 8 Auriol bowls counting towards the score on one end). Congratulations to David Regan,
Richard Noel, David Leamer and Graham Cordess on gaining the hot shot, and well done all that played.

Auriol on Tour

Torquay Tour 2025

Early May saw a lively group from Auriol set off on a bowls tour to Torquay, organised by Keith Gomm. A very good time was had by all, plenty of charity fund-raising fines imposed by Keith for such misdemeanours as being last on the coach or eating the last croissant, and the the bowls side of things ended perfectly balanced with one win, one draw, and one loss.

Many thanks to Keith for organising the trip.

Portugal 2026 Bowls Tour

Following up on the highly successful and enjoyable club tour to Portugal in 2024 organised by Keith Gomm, another Portugese tour will be run in 2026, staying at the Hotel Jupiter in Praia da Rocha, starting on 8th October 2026. Most of the available places have already been filled, but please contact Keith by the end of this month (May) if you are interested in going.

Photos from the 2024 tour can be found in the Picture Gallery.

Pre-season Meeting 2025

Members please go to the Members page for a summary of the 2025 Pre-season meeting.

AGM 2024

Members please go to the Members page for a summary of the 2024 AGM. The Committee members elected for 2025 are listed in the Who's Who 2025 page.

President's Charity

The President's Charity Drive, originally scheduled to take place on Bank Holiday Monday 26 May, had to be postponed and will now take place on Thursday 17th July, but Club President John Green invited members to help continue his push this season to raise money for his chosen charity, SERV Surrey & London, by coming along to his Charity Horse Race Night on Friday 20th June, following the ABC games. This was a highly successful evening, raising over £300 for the charity, and John expressed his thanks to all who came along to the event, or who gave donations.

The total amount raised in the 2024 season was just over £1300, and the challenge for 2025 is to hit £2000.

SERV stands for Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers, commonly known as the Blood Bikes, who transport blood products, urgent samples and medical supplies, along with donated breast milk, to hospitals and milk banks across Surrey & London. They also carry out a daily delivery of blood to Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex.

Presentation Dinner Dance

The annual dinner and dance held at season-end to honour the winners and finalists of the club competitions was held at the Royal British Legion Club in Surbiton, and was well attended by Auriol members and their guests.

Pictured are the 2024 club singles champions, Brenda Lisney and Keith Rodger, receiving their trophies from club President John Green. This was a particularly memorable occasion as it was the first time that partners-in-life had won their respective championships in the same year.

A huge vote of thanks went to Geoff Izzard and his team for organising the event (including arranging for music to be provided following a last-minute cancellation - thanks Angela!), and to Competitions Secretary Jan Kentish for getting all the trophies engraved and looking great. More photos from the event appear in the Picture Gallery.

Successful "Newbies" Competition

Auriol Bowling Club held a “Newbies” triples competition, an inter-club competition open to bowlers who have only started bowling in the last year, i.e. since April 2023. It was won by Bookham, with Auriol A team, comprising Paul Hayes, Richard Noel and Patrick Daubney (shown L-R in middle photo, with club President John Green), coming second, and Supreme third.

Our thanks to Rosemary Westcott and Diann Newman, who with others organised the event, and to our ever resourceful catering team Geoff, Doreen and helpers who provided lunch and refreshments throughout the day.

See Picture Gallery for further photos.

Brunch Club

The summer Brunch Club runs on Mondays, starting at 10.00 a.m and going through to 3.00. All categories of member (Full, Social, Working) are welcome, to enjoy the hot food & drinks, as well as the games, chat, and company of others.

Defibrillator/First Aid

There is a defibrillator installed on the end wall of the tall cupboards in the clubroom, near the door to the changing room corridor. A First Aid kit is also installed at the opposite end of the cupboards, near to the entrance door, as well as in the hut by the green. There is also a phone for use in emergencies in the hut.

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