The season is under way with some familiar faces and new. The first fixture was completed at Merriott on Monday 12th May against Ilminster with the points split 4 to 6 in Ilminsters favour. Well done to the new team managers Christine & Will for organising. It was pleasing to hear that there were sufficient bowlers to host a practice rink. Hopefully the weather will remain kind to us, in the past we have had some very cold May evening encounters. We can now add the second fixtures result between Crewkerne & Ilminster. It was encouraging to see on each teams scorecard a large number of bowlers representing their club.

Simon Shrubb

All fixtures for 2024 have been agreed. The only change from last year is to start matches earlier at 6pm. This years Triangular Cup will be hosted by Merriott.

The guidelines of the league provide an unequalled level of access to competitive bowling as you are likely to find in terms of inclusive participation. Unlimited substitutions or playing structures, permitting mentoring during the matches, allowing flexibility to play as a pair if player availability is an issue. In particular less confident bowlers benefitted from the supportive nature of the environment, i.e. it didn’t matter if some form of etiquette was lacking or knowledge of the rules. Fellow competitiors and experienced observers were on hand to advise and nurture