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Club Noticeboard
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BANK OF IRELAND BOWLING CLUB
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Our Fun Bowling Day, marking the end of the season, was held on Sunday 28th September 2025 in sunny Kenilworth on the grass rink. The event was organised by Capt. Tom Caldwell helped by Pat Firth & Vincent Fagan. The Pairs competition was won by Colin O'Regan & David Farrelly and the Nearest the Jack competition was also won by Colin O'Regan. Cups & prizes were presented afterwards in the clubhouse by President Mike Hayes, where we enjoyed suitable refreshments.
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2025 was a great year for BoI Bowling Club From the start of the League, we remained in contention and our penultimate match results brought us to the top of the leaderboard with Crumlin BC just 2.5pts behind in 2nd place. Our last match was crucial and we needed to take more than 2.5pts against the formidable Ierne BC to win the Cup. Monday 15/09/25 the stage was set with Peter Woods, Vincent Fagan and John Lee skipping the teams. Peter’s team got off to a flying start and had a commanding 14 shot lead by the 10th end. Vincent’s team held a 2.75 shot lead but alas John’s team was 1.75 shots behind. BOIBC had a 15 shot overall and was on track. Ierne put up a brave fight and by the 15th end had reduced the overall to 3.25 shots, all their teams winning the 15th end. Going into the 16th end Peter’s team was 8 shots up, Vincent’s team 2.75 shots up and John’s down 7.5 shots. We needed to maintain the overall and win on at least one rink. Peter and Vincents teams won their 16th ends, but the overall was not secured. John’s team had not won the previous 7 ends but pulled out all the stops and won their 16th end by 3 shots. The overall was secured; BOI BC won the match 4-1. Well done and congratulations to everyone who contributed! Next time, let’s not leave it to the last end of the last game to win! Captain Tom.
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Our Spring & Winter Social Bowling Tournaments, organised in conjunction with Kenilworth BC, re-commenced on 25.01.2025 The Tournament has proved very popular with members of both clubs, with 61 registering to play and 40 taking part each week. The format of the Tournament is teams of 4 competing on Friday afternoons over 10 weeks,(bowling 12 ends). Weekly team scores accumulate for each member and members must participate at least 5 times during the Tournament to be eligible for a prize. The focus of the Tournament is on social participation, with a mildly competitive element. Winners of the Spring 2025 Tournament were 1st Jackie O'Reilly - 2nd.75 pts. 2nd. Joel Eluk - 73 pts. Jt.3rd. Gerry Gibson & Niall Horan with 71 pts.
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 Following on the success of our Spring 2025 Tournament, we are running a similar Winter 2025 Social Bowling Tournament, in conjunction with Kenilworth BC. The rules will be similar to previous events. Once again, the focus of the Tournament will be on social participation, with a MILDLY competitive element. Tournament will run on Friday afternoons over a 10 week period, commencing Friday 10th October 2025 at 1.30pm. To be eligible for a prize, you must have bowled at least 5 times over the course of the Tournament. Committee - Gerry Gibson, Tom Caldwell, Michael Watson, Pat Collins, Peter Keegan
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However, Ierne put up a brave fight and by the 15th end had reduced the overall to 3.25 shots, all their teams winning the 15th end. Going into the 16th end Peter’s team was 8 shots up, Vincent’s team was 2.75 shots up and Johns team was down 7.5 shots. If Ierne’s trend continued they could take the overall and win the match 3-2. We needed to ensure that we maintained the overall and also win on at least one rink at a minimum. Peter and Vincents teams won their 16th ends respectively, but the overall was not secured. John’s team had not won the previous 7 ends but pulled out all the stops and won the end by 3 shots. The overall was secured; BOI BC won the match 4-1. Well done and congratulations to BOIBC. Next time let’s not leave it to last end of the last game to win.
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