Latest Club News
Green Availability
Please ensure that you use the greens allocated to the club and that you take great care when delivering your bowls. If we all make clean deliveries without dropping our bowls from height then we will not lose the use of the greens due to damage - please take care and if you need help with your delivery please talk to one of the coaches.
Many congratulations to our club member Emily Kernick who has climbed to No.1 in the World Bowls Series women’s rankings after the July update.
Emily Kernick World Number One
Club Bar Staffing
Please look at the rota below and email dgw.rlsbc@virginmedia.com or telephone me with details of the shifts or part shifts you can cover and then the rota will be updated.
Bar Rota
Many thanks
David
Club Night
Many congratulations to all the teams that took part in this years competitions and in particular to Taylors Bowls and Chalkdust who were the divisional champions.
Teams and Team Members 2025
Fixtures & Results up to 22nd July 2025
Final Table as at 22nd July 2025
Team Sheet - Ladies' Friendly Match -v- Whitnash - Home - Tue 5th August at 14:00
Team Sheet - Ladies' Friendly Match -v- Stratford - Away - Wed 6th August at 14:00
Team Sheet - RLS3 Pickering League -v- Little Compton - Home - Wed 6th August at 14:00
Team Sheet - RLS4 Pickering League -v- Warwickshire CC - Home - Wed 6th August at 14:00
Team Sheet - Mixed Friendly Match -v- Snitterfield - Away - Thur 7th August at 18:15
Team Sheet - Men's Friendly Match -v- Whitnash - Away - Sat 9th August at 14:00
Club Competitions 2025
Men's Competition Draws
Men's Chosen Pairs Draw
Ladies' Competition Draws
Mixed Competition Draw
Club Members and Teams Excel at 2025 County Finals
The finals days for both the men’s and ladies’ county competitions were held over the weekend of 2nd/3rd August and club members and teams lifted numerous trophies :-
- Ellie Hurst took the Ladies Unbadged Singles title with a convincing 21-2 victory.
- Emily Kernick took the Ladies Four-Wood Singles title with a 21-6 win over Heather Mills who collected the runners-up trophy.
- Kirsty Richards took the Ladies Champion-of Champions title with a 21-18 victory.
- Caroline Edwards and Heather Mills took the Ladies Pairs title with a last-end 22-19 win over Kirsty Richards and Emily Kernick who collected the runners-up trophy.
- Caroline Edwards, Caroline Williams, Heather Mills and Tracey Turner-Smith took the Ladies Fours title with a 28-6 win over Pauline Dineley, Sheena Harris, Chris Leigh and Jane Whyatt who lifted the runners-up trophy.
- Caroline Edwards, Anita Cowdrill and Tracey Turner-Smith took the Ladies 2-wood Benevolent Triples title with a 13-9 win and also finished as runners up in the main Ladies Triples competition when the very last wood of the match saw them just edged out, 19-20.
- Anita Cowdrill and Graham White took the Mixed Pairs title with a 19-9 win.
- Wins in the Singles, Pairs and Fours were enough to give the RLSBC Ladies “Top Club” team a 3-1 win over Welford to lift the County “Top Club” trophy for the third time in the past 4 years.
- A rink representing RLSBC won the men’s Ivens Cup. This year’s team of Bill Claridge, Neil Weston, Dave Harding and Greville Reader completed a close-fought 17-15 win over a rink from Nuneaton in the final to lift the trophy for the club for the third time in the past 6 years.
All our champions and runners-up in the 4-Wood Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours will go forward to represent Warwickshire in this year’s BE National Championships which take place at Victoria Park from 13th to 31st August.
There were also two County competitions that were played through to a conclusion at Lillington on Saturday 19th July :-
- Dawn Horne, Anita Cowdrill, Jenny Wickens and Janice White beat fellow RLS members Pauline Dineley, Caroline Williams, Chris Leigh and Jane Whyatt in the final of the Senior Fours. Dawn, Anita, Jenny and Janice will go on to represent Warwickshire in this competition at the 2025 National Championships in August, where last year, they won the silver medal as National Runners-Up.
- Ellie Hamblett was runner-up in the Under-24 Singles. Ellie will also be representing Warwickshire in this competition at the 2025 National Championships.
Many congratulations to all our 2025 County trophy winners.
RLSBC Men’s Ivens Cup Team Reach Final
The Ivens Cup is a men’s single rink knock-out County competition that excludes players from the current “County Senior Squad” (i.e. Middleton Cup players). In recent years RLS teams have performed well in this competition, lifting the trophy in both 2019 and 2023 and our 2025 team of Bill Claridge, Neil Weston, Grev Reader and Graham White has now won through to another final. Wins against Snitterfield, Kineton, Whitnash and Welford saw the rink win the South Warwickshire section of the competition and a 22-7 semi-final win over Erdington Court (Birmingham Area winners) has now secured the team a place in this year’s final, in which they will face a rink from Nuneaton (Coventry Area winners) at 10.00 am as part of the men's County finals day at Welford on Sunday 3rd August.
Ladies Shine in 2025 National Competitions
As well as the long list of members’ achievements in Ladies County competitions, there have also been a number of great performances in this year's BE National Ladies Competitions. Many congratulations to you all :-
- Ladies Senior Pairs :– Dawn Horne and Janice White, having battled through four rounds to win the Warwickshire Area, have now defeated a pair from Leicestershire in the first regional stage of this competition to secure their place in the last 16 at the National Championships (their first match will be played at 9 am on Thursday 14th August).
- Mixed Fours :– Kirsty Richards and Emily Kernick are part of a rink that has won the Warwickshire Area and also their match in the first regional stage of the competition, to reach the last 16 teams (of which 8 will qualify for the National Championships).
- Champion-of-Champions :– Kirsty Richards narrowly lost in the final of the Warwickshire Area of the competition.
- Ladies National “Top Club” Competition :- The RLS Ladies team has won the Warwickshire Area of this year’s competition following wins over Stratford (4-0), Coventry Avenue (4-0) and Welford (3-1). UPDATE In the last 32 of the competition, the team recorded a 3-1 win over Desborough BC from Northamptonshire in a match played at Rugby Thornfield (neutral green) on Monday 28th July. In the last 16, they play Gerrard's Cross (Bucks) for a place at the National Championships. This match will take place at 6pm on Sunday 10th August at Waddesdon BC, which is near to Aylesbury.
Success for RLS Members at 2025 British Isles Championships
As the Bowls England 2024 champions in the Ladies Fours, Michelle Meadowcroft, Ellie Hamblett, Emily Kernick and Kirsty Richards represented England in this competition at the 2025 British Isles Championships held at Llandrindod Wells in Wales at the end of June. Wins over teams representing Scotland (25-16), Ireland (17-13) and Jersey (17-15) in the final saw the foursome secure the gold medal for England.
In the Ladies Under-25 Pairs competition, 2023 and 2024 BE champions Emily Kernick (playing with Lily-Mae Adams from Welford) won a second gold medal for England, defeating pairs from Scotland (14-13 in the semi-final) and Wales (23-8 in the final).
Once again, many congratulations to you all.
Lawn Bowls - A Sport for Life - Continuing Bowler Development
Continuing Bowler Development (CBD) is a systematic approach that is designed to maximise a bowler’s potential and participant involvement. The CBD framework aims to define optimal training, competition and recovery based on biological age rather than chronological age. CBD considers early entry and late entry sport participants. It is bowler centered and coach driven.
The instruction, coaching and training are tailored to develop a bowler’s fundamental physical, literacy and sport technical skills to best position the participant to:
- Reach full potential
- Increase lifelong participation in lawn bowls and other physical activities
- Improving health and well-being
This framework will recommend training sequences and skills developments for the participant from the ‘Beginner Bowler’ to the ‘Elite Bowler’ and back to the ‘Active for Life Bowler’. It addresses the physical, mental, emotional and technical needs of the bowler as they pass through each stage of development.
Club Members:
For further details on each stage of the CBD Cycle log in to your account and click on the relevant button below.
Please note these pages are still under development.
Short Mat Bowling
The Short Mat season has now finished until October 2025.
Short Mat League 2024-2025 (see below)
WWBA Fixtures and Competition Schedule 2025
WCBA Competition Schedule 2025
South Warwickshire Short Mat League
Many congratulations to RLSBC - Archers in retaining their title by becoming champions again for the 2024-25 season. Although they have lost a few games they have achieved this without being defeated in any matches.
Fixtures 2024-2025
Results 2024-2025 - Final Results for the Season
League Table 2024-2025 - Final Table for the Season
Club Finals - 2024
The results of the Club Finals can be found below.
Ladies Competitions
Mens Competitions
Mixed Competitions
Photographs of all our new trophy winners
Pickering League
Pickering League website
Pickering League May Gala 2024 Results
Congratulations to RLS1 and RLS2 on being runners up in their divisions. As a result RLS2 will be promoted to Division 1 for the 2025 season joining RLS1.
Stratford Herald League
Congratualtions to RLS-B on being Champions off Division 1 and to RLS-D on being runners up in the same division, the two teams having the same number of points but RLS-B having a better shot difference.
The full final league tables
Club Coaching
The club are very pleased to announce that three further members qualified as Coach Bowls Level 1 coaches on Sunday 14th April.
Our congratulations go to Christine Leigh, Clive Radford and Gill Allibone on their achievment.
Using the Greens
Important information:
1) Members must use the rinks and greens as defined on a daily basis as for club use by the greenkeepers.
2) As the greens will be heavy at the start of the season you should all complete warmup exercises, restrict jack lengths and move the mat regularly forward from the ditch to ensure even wear.
3) Do not stand within 1 metre of the ditch to protect the edges of the green.
4) As we do not want greens to be closed due to damage please deliver your bowls from as low a position as possible. Do not drop bowls from the waist as this will damage the green. Do not drop the bowls from the bank on the green!
5) We all may occasionally deliver a wood that marks the green and if this happens please flatten the area returning any grass to where it belongs!
6) Please make use of all rinks on the green not just those in the centre.
7) Greens must be played in the direction that they are laid out by the greenkeepers. Any specific requirements must be discussed well in advance with the head greenkeeper who will cooperate if at all possible.
I do hope that you have an enjoyable season.
Best wishes
David Wigman - Club Chairman
New Members
If you are an experienced bowler that is looking for a new club you have found the perfect place - take a look at our membership page and give us a call.
If you have never bowled before now is the time to give it a try - people of all ages and those with disabilities can play the sport. It is a sport that can be played by multi-generations of your family - why not look at our membership page and give us a call to discuss or to arrange to give it a go?
We look forward to sharing our love of the sport with people of all ages and abilities.
South Warwickshire Short Mat League
Fixtures
Results
Table
The club telephone number below will only be answered when a member is in the clubhouse - if you wish to contact the club please call on 01926 744916 / 07787228545 or email: dgw.rlsbc@virginmedia.com - Thank you
