Well done to our Club President, Keith Hutchens, who has been shortlisted for this Bowls England award.
Full details of all entrants acheivments here: bit.ly/bowlsengland-awards
Bowls England said “Volunteers are the lifeblood of our sport and we could not deliver our event programme without those who give their time to support the Bowls England team. This award is specifically for the outstanding volunteer at Bowls England events.”
Here is 2025 Captain Paul Hall handing over the £1000 cheque to Claire Huntley, Deputy Manager, Canons House, accompanied by Phoebe and Frankie, Senior Care Officers .
Canon’s House, based in Devizes, provide short break care to children and young people, aged between 5 -17 years, with profound and multiple learning difficulties, complex health and care needs and behaviours that can be challenging.
Our donation will provide those little extras and treats for the children during their stay at Canon’s House and whenever they go out and about on visits and tours.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed. It means a lot to the staff so they can give the children something extra.
Chippenham Park BC has celebrated a season they have not experienced for many years, 2025 season brought success in winning the 3 Rink and 4 Rink leagues.
Congratulations were given by County President Mr Danny Holland who accepted the invitation to join the club on Captain and Presidents day not only in the game but to present Leagues Manager Mr George Gray the cups
Captain and Presidents Day speeches were given by Club President Mr Keith Huthens and Club Captain Mr Paul Hall, namely to give special thanks to everyone for their support, not only for the fixtures but in the general upkeep of the club :- Club Officers, The General Committee, The Catering Staff, Social Event Organisers, The Bar Staff and helpers, Raffle Ladies, General Maintainance men, last but not least The Members because without who there is no Club.
CPBC wishes all clubs and members throughout the County and surrounding area all the very best for all forthcoming seasons.
The day was opened by our President Keith Hutchens, on behalf of all present, Keith thanked everyone that contributed to making the day a great success,
The history of the cup is that it was presented to the club in memory of Leslie Tinson by his wife Doris and the Family,
We could not have asked for better weather, the teams were divided into triples, the arrangement of play was put together by President Keith, everyone played four games in two sections and the winner of each section played in the final, the final went to an extra end so it was exciting to say the least,
Winners were, Kayrene Wilkins, Cyn Mahon and John Smith
Runners up were, Rene Barnett, Paul Cowie and Gerry Tinson
A special thank you from me, Gerry Tinson, to everyone who took part and played with the sporting spirit that is CPBC,
Thank you to those, kit placers, raffle sellers and ticket drawers, bar staff, game recorders kitchen staff in fact everyone who made the day enjoyable.
Summary of Club Coaching Events /Activities 2025.
Competing against Chippenham’s other 2 Bowls Club’s and Chippenham Towns Folk Festival at the same day as our annual Open Day (BE Big Bowls Weekend) we still managed to attract 19 individuals who were interested in the sport and possibility of joining our Club welcome to you all.
In between our weekly coaching sessions for new & current Club members we managed to accommodate Chippenham’s Cubs Troop (40 in numbers) in April & Scouts Troop (44 in numbers) in May for the evening. A big thank you to Jo (wife of Club Captain Paul) who organised both events plus all those Club members who helped/assisted us both occasions.
Tony’s “Schoobowls” Project.
In February 2024 with the help & support of Simon (WASP) & Jessica, Emma & Selina (Chippenham Sports Partnership) I was given the opportunity of introducing the Sport of Bowls to the “younger generations” ( local School’s) within the Chippenham area, at the end of year 960+ School Students had received some Bowls activities.
This year, I was lucky enough to be invited back into 2 Primary School’s to help & support their School’s in National School’s Sports Week 2025. We are at the early planning stages of setting up some form of bowls club pre/after Sports club activities. Looking forward to working with Lucy (Derry Hill) & Mary (Monkton Park) again.
Total number’s to date including the Cubs & Scouts events now exceeds 1500+ participants. A big thank you to all those who have supported/encouraged me since 2024
Hello Everyone,
It has been a rollercoaster ride for me being this year’s Club Captain and I would like to thank everyone for their advice and support so far.
A brief update on how well we have all been doing.
We started the year off trying to introduce 36 Cubs /Parents on 25 April and 40 Scouts/Parents on 16 May to bowling with tremendous help from Tony and various Club members.
We had our annual May Bank Holiday Club Tour to Northampton area and it was well attended. Apart from the vegetable-gate scandal at the hotel, we managed to enjoy ourselves in the usual manner, ably helped by having Wetherspoons and Green King pubs next door to the hotel. It goes without saying we had some cracking 4 days of bowling too.
Dave Williams has assured me that next year the hotel will be much better so please ensure you show your interest by signing the form for next year’s tour to Northumberland.
We had a tremendous and very well supported Mystery tour, first stop at Cheltenham for lunch and then off to Burford Town Bowls Club for a very enjoyable game. Thanks to Dave and Anthea for organising this.
The various leagues appear to be doing very well and my thanks to those that answer the call when Team Captains are short of players.
There are a lot of Club league games and competitions, along with County/BE matches and competitions that appear to be creating tightly packed scheduling of games. This unfortunately has also impacted on our Friday roll ups such that there is a new Club pairs competition to help with reinvigorating the Friday roll up nights. So please support this as best you can even if not playing by cheering on others, but also we have a lot of friendlies this year and August is a very busy month, so please support these matches too.
We have had some promising newbies join us following some coaching by Tony and with your help I would like to see them included in some of the league squads if possible.
Recently there was an incident this week in John Coles Park whereby “travellers” had gained access to the area around the tennis courts and play areas probably through the open gate from the car park. Thankfully they were swiftly moved on by the police and all gate lock combination numbers have been changed.
Please be vigilant when opening and closing the gates and above all be safe.
Happy Bowling Everyone and stay healthy.
Paul Hall
Canon’s House offers short break care to children and young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, complex health and care needs and behaviours that can be challenging.
We support children and young people aged 5 to 17 to experience stability, familiarisation, a sense of belonging and positive physical, emotional and mental health.
Canon’s House prides itself on a ‘whole child’ approach, with an emphasis on empathetic, holistic and therapeutic care and support.
We celebrate diversity, promote equality and strive towards achieving positive outcomes for all.
We work in partnership with families and professionals alike, to facilitate care that meets needs of all children and young people.