Turn to page 30 /31 of the July Issue of Bowls International to see an article about Hampshire Clubs, featuring Farnborough and Clanfield

On Sunday 18th June we hosted a game with Bowls Hampshire.  This was to celebrate our 70th Birthday and the opening of our re-laid green.  All six rinks were used and all seemed to play well, if a little slow.  The heat was blistering so the game was curtailed to 16 ends
Farnborough did have a narrow victory, winning on 4 rinks and 5 shots overall – a very close game.
There was plenty of laughter during the game and some nice words said afterwards. All-in-all a victory for the game of bowls.
We also raised £48 for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance with a spider.
Well done to all of the Farnborough Members who helped on the day.

It is now half way through the season and the A&D League Men’s A team is top of the table having played 7 and won 7.
We are now starting to play games at home and, as we get used to the new green, we should, hopefully, be able to continue with these good results

Our clubhouse gets used as a polling station at elections and yesterday we posed for some photos for the press. Some bemused voters

Farnborough Bowling Club featured on That’s Hampshire TV Tuesday evening.  An article on the opening of new green and our 70th birthday. The feature is available on youtube, link below.

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That’s TV is a local television network in the United Kingdom, currently operating four city-based TV stations serving Greater Manchester, central Lancashire, Oxfordshire and  Hampshire. It is owned and operated by That’s Media.

On the 13th September 2016, contractors with their heavy machinery arrived to strip the grass from the old green and spent 2 weeks, cultivating, laying 200 tonnes of root zone and levelling.
After a delay caused by bad weather the new grass seed was sown on the 28th September.

Members had a long nervous wait to see how the new seed would germinate, fortunately the autumn and winter was good so the seed germinated quickly and the grass had its first cut in December.

After a good spring that allowed the new green to develop and we are open for bowling again.  We now have to learn how all the rinks play.