Closing Fours Competition & the Clwydian Merits Qualifiers 2026

This Closing Fours club competition will take place on 26th September. If you would like to take part, and haven’t yet added your name to the competitor list in the clubhouse, then please arrive before 1:00pm. The competition will commence at 1:30pm with Ian Wilson commanding proceedings.

On Friday 25th the Clwydian Merits took place with our 4-teams playing on different greens around North Wales.

‘A’ Team Competitors David Leech (top left) and Vince Toms (top right) with some of the Vardre supporters, i.e. Eddie, Shan and Hazel
  • ‘A’ Team competitors – Vince Toms and David Leech – had tough matches. David L got through to the quarter final but lost out to Denbigh.
  • ‘B’ Team competitors – Steve Bolton and Colin Burgess – also faced tough competition. Steve also lost out in his quarter final match.
  • ‘C’ Team competitors – Deb & Phil Rasmussen – also faced good players. Deb got through to the quarter final but lost out to her opponent.
  • ‘D’ Team competitor – Derek Lowe – with just one competitor entered, he won through his first game but lost out in the 2nd game.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE VARDRE DEGANWY COMPETITORS

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September Events News

Another one of the games from the Opening 4s
  • Saturday 26th September Ian Wilson will be running the Closing Fours Competition from 1:00pm. Please indicate your intention to play by adding your name to the list on the noticeboard in the clubhouse before Saturday. You can also enter on the day as long as you arrive before 1:00pm. Play will commence at 1:30pm approx. If you find you are unable to play on the day and you have indicated in advance your intention to play, please remember to let Ian know. Thank you.
  • Sunday 27th September will be the final day that our green will be open for the 2026 season. It will close at 5:00pm on that day (time to be confirmed).
One of the games from the Opening 4s at the start of the season

An Exciting Final Day of the Clwydian League Season, Especially For Our ‘B’ Team

Top News of the Day: Another win for our ‘B’ Team today saw them finish their season in 2nd place, in the ‘B’ Division. This means that they will be promoted to the ‘A’ Division for the 2027 Season when our ‘A’ Team will then become one of their opponents! Congratulations to Captain Carol Barrington and her successful, winning team.

Our ‘A’ Team also finished their season in 2nd place, in the ‘A’ Division, which had been confirmed at the weekend before playing their final match yesterday. Rhos Park ‘A’ usually wins the Division Title, so we like to think that our team is, “The Very Best of All the Rest”. Congratulations to Captain Shan Eccles and her winning team.

Our ‘C’ Team had an impressive win today finishing 7th, in mid-table, although just missing out on 5th place by just 2-points. Congratulations to Captains’ Bunty Masters and Sue Brookes and their successful team.

Our ‘D’ Team played their final game on 15th September and finished a place higher than in 2025. The team includes some new club members and is a good introduction to competitive bowling. Congratulations to Captain Sue Kirkham and her developing team.

Next Season’s News: As you are probably all aware, the Clwydian League intends to increase the number of Divisions in 2027 from 4 to 5. This should then avoid the need to play some league matches on Friday’s and might also shorten the long season in the Clwydian League. The League has not yet provided any detail on how the divisions will change but we’ll let you know as soon as we know.

September Events News

  • Next Saturday 26th September Ian Wilson will be running the Closing Fours Competition from 1:00pm. Please indicate your intention to play by adding your name to the list on the noticeboard in the clubhouse before Saturday. You can also enter on the day as long as you arrive before 1:00pm. Play will commence at 1:30pm approx. If you find you are unable to play on the day and you have indicated in advance your intention to play, please remember to let Ian know. Thank you.
  • Next Sunday 27th September will be the final day that our green will be open for the 2026 season. It will close at 5:00pm on that day (time to be confirmed).
  • CLICK HERE to see photographs from the Vardre Deganwy President’s Day 2026 and CLICK HERE to read the full report of the day. The day was managed perfectly by members of the Club’s Social Committee and my grateful thanks to Sylvia and the whole team.
Ready for President’s Day

North Wales Coast Merits Finals

Yesterday, at the North Wales Coast League President’s Day, Mark Ball represented the Vardre Deganwy ‘A’ Team in the Merits Finals. He won his Quarter Final but just lost out in his Semi-Final game. However, Mark had topped the Division Averages Table for the season and, later in the day, the League President presented Mark with the Shield for being the Number 1 player in the ‘B’ Division Averages. Many Congratulations to Mark. Spoiler Alert: this is not the only ‘Number 1 Player’ accolade that Mark will be awarded this season.

Mark Ball in Action at Craig y Don Bowling Club

Don’t forget that Mark is also the 2026 WCGBA Veterans Merit Champion.

President’s Day Winners

Congratulations to all our players at President’s Day today and many, many thanks to the Social Committee and others who were so well organised, ensuring everyone was very well fed and watered. I have a lot of people to thank at the club and will do so via the website plus photos will be available there in a day or two.

In the meantime, Winners on the Day were: Dave Thomas for the Alpha Trophy singles season-long competition with Runner-Up Alison Thomas; Debs Rasmussen for the Hornby Cup with Runner-Up Dave Thomas; the club Doubles competition held on the day was won by Sue Sutcliffe and Arthur Peake with Runners-Up Jennifer Penny with Roger Sandiford; the Bottle of Champagne was won by John Cartwright; and another bottle of Champagne was awarded to the Winner of the Spider Competition who was Ann Sandiford. Thank you to everyone who attended or sent their apologies and thank you to everyone who helped to organise and run the event. With gratitude, from Diane, President of Vardre Deganwy Bowling Club.

President’s Day Finalists: (Upper Left) Dave Thomas & Alison Thomas in the Alpha Trophy; (Upper Right) Debs Rasmussen & Dave Thomas in the Hornby Cup; Arthur Peake & Sue Sutcliffe and Roger Sandiford & Jennifer Penny in the Club Doubles. Photos courtesy of John Cartwright.

Vardre Deganwy President’s Day 17th September

All Members are invited to the Club’s President’s Day on Thursday this week. Please bring yourselves plus any food contributions you can make to the buffet lunch. There will also be burgers available from our well practiced semi-professional social committee team. There will also be the Finals of our two internal trophy competitions plus a doubles competition for all Members wanting to enter (please ensure you are there by 12 noon at the latest if you want to enter the doubles competition). Also, a bottle of Champagne will be available for one lucky winner in a Free draw. Collect your free ticket on entry.

  • 11:00am The Alpha Trophy Final between Dave Thomas and Alison Thomas;
  • 12 noon approx. Doubles Competition for Club Members attending;
  • Buffet lunch (please bring food contributions in our traditional way for this event. Thank you.)
  • 2:00pm approx. The Hornby Cup Final between Debs Rasmussen and Dave Thomas.
  • 3:00pm approx. Presentation by the Club President of awards/trophies and the Members Draw for a Bottle of Champagne.

This day is about all of you, the Club Members, who have supported the Club and all variety of Events throughout the 2026 season. Thank you all and we look forward to seeing you on Thursday 17th September.

Vardre Deganwy Bowling Club

Merits Qualifying Weekend

Three of the bowling leagues held their qualifying rounds this weekend. Our Club teams had representatives in every one and, despite valiant efforts, only Mark Ball succeeded in reaching the Finals Day in the North Wales Coast League. He was the ‘A’ Team representative. That league’s President’s Day will be held on Saturday 19th September so please do go along and support him if you can. Good luck to Mark and commiserations to our gallant losers in the qualifiers. With a huge “thank you” from all our team reps to the team and other club members who turned out in their numbers to give their support and encouragement. Click Here to see come photos from the weekend qualifying events.

Vardre Deganwy President’s Day 17th September

All Members are invited to the Club’s President’s Day on Thursday this week. Please bring yourselves plus any food contributions you can make to the buffet lunch. There will also be burgers available from our well practiced semi-professional social committee team. There will also be the Finals of our two internal trophy competitions plus a doubles competition for all Members wanting to enter (please ensure you are there by 12 noon at the latest if you want to enter the doubles competition). Also, a bottle of Champagne will be available for one lucky winner in a Free draw. Collect your free ticket on entry.

  • 11:00am The Alpha Trophy Final between Dave Thomas and Alison Thomas;
  • 12 noon approx. Doubles Competition for Club Members attending;
  • Buffet lunch (please bring food contributions in our traditional way for this event. Thank you.)
  • 2:00pm approx. The Hornby Cup Final between Debs Rasmussen and Dave Thomas.
  • 3:00pm approx. Presentation by the Club President of awards/trophies and the Members Draw for a Bottle of Champagne.

This day is about all of you, the Club Members, who have supported the Club and all variety of Events throughout the 2026 season. Thank you all and we look forward to seeing you on Thursday 17th September.

Vardre Deganwy Bowling Club