23rd June in History

  • On the 23rd June 1940, France surrendered to Nazi Germany.
  • In 2012 on this date, the Higgs boson particle was discovered. If you’re a physicist you will know all about this but, if you aren’t a physicist and want to know more, then Click Here to visit the CERN website. CERN stands for the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The acronym CERN originally represented the French words “Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire” (European Council for Nuclear Research), which was a provisional council established by 12 European governments in 1952 to build the laboratory. In 1954, the provisional council was dissolved, and the organization was officially established as the Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire (European Organization for Nuclear Research). Despite the name change, the acronym CERN was retained.

Ladies Doubles

Please be aware that next Wednesday, 24th June, there will be a Ladies Doubles Qualification. The first at 1:00pm and the other at 2:00pm.

P.S. A photo of the Ladies ‘B’ Team has been postponed to a future date TBA.

Through the Cup Quarter Final

The Club’s Clwydian League ‘A’ Team successfully won the Division ‘A’ Quarter Final match, versus Min y Don, held on 12th June at Mochdre Park. Despite Min y Don starting with +40-points on their team scorecard, our team won the match by 10-points after 10-games. Our team won this cup competition last year.

Captain Shan Eccles: “Thank you team, well done, and big thanks to Neal as our
Super-Sub”.

Mark Ball is WCGBA Merit Champion 2026

Mark Ball was the overall winner at the WCGBA Veterans Merit Competition held on Wednesday 10th June at the Bethesda Bowling Club. Many congratulations to Mark for such a superb achievement. Vardre Deganwy Bowling Club is very proud of you.

Click Here to read the WCGBA’s report on the event.

Mark Ball Wins the Welsh Vets Merit 2026

Clarice and Her Mini-Me

Club Member Clarice has recently turned 90 and has been out and about celebrating in style. This included participating in the Odd Couple Doubles event on Sunday. Debs Rasmussen gave Clarice a knitted version of herself in a Club shirt. A true double.

Clarice with mini-Clarice knitted by Debs Rasmussen (Photographs Courtesy of John Cartwright).

Hosting on Friday 12th June

We still need two more Club Members to help host a Clwydian League Cup Competition Quarter Final match to be held at Vardre Deganwy. So, if you are able to help between 1:30pm and 5:00pm then please contact Ian Wilson via the Club’s WhatsApp Group. Thank you.

Odd Couple Doubles

Photographs from last Sunday’s fun event can now be found on the website. Just Click Here to see them.

Odd Couple Doubles Winners Jeff, Neil, Marina & Hazel plus the Football Card Winner Elaine who all generously donated their winnings to the Club’s Irrigation System Fundraising. The day’s event raised £106.00. Thank you all. Photographs Courtesy of John Cartwright.

A Few Updates

The re-arranged Clwydian League ‘A’ Team’s match originally arranged for Tuesday 9th June will now be held on Monday 8th June at Vardre, starting as usual at 2:15pm. This also means that, together with the fact that the ‘D’ Team has a Bye on that morning, the green will be available for club members social play at any time on Tuesday 9th June.

Mark Ball had a good win playing for Wales versus Yorkshire in the Wales Home leg held at Benllech on Sunday 8th June. Well done Mark. The ‘Home’ Wales team just lost the aggregate by 19-points and the ‘Away’ Wales team (playing in Yorkshire at the same time) lost the agg by 70-points. “Yorkshire is an extremely strong side”, Mark.

A message from Ian: 16 members each paid £2 on Sunday 8th June to enter the fun event ‘Odd Couple Doubles’. After initial problems with a change in format, and a “faulty” football card, all players had over 90-minutes bowling in 3-rounds of 8-ends each. They also undertook their own marking and measuring and, with their kind generosity, a total of £106 was donated to the Irrigation Fund because all winners pledged their amount back to the Club. Thanks to all and especially to Sylvia for yet another of her delicious cakes. (Photos of the event will appear on the website later this week).