Founded 1911 (incorporating Transport Bowls Club - founded 1934)
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Frances Road,
Bournemouth BH1 3RY
Frances Road,
Bournemouth BH1 3RY
Founded 1911 (incorporating Transport Bowls Club - founded 1934)
Sunday 24th November 2024
Members attending early took advantage of tea and bacon rolls available from our café.
Calling the meeting to order the President Lloyd Hemming requested a minute’s silence to honour the Member Don Priddle who sadly passed away this season.
The meeting then started with Secretary Joyce Clough reading out the list of Apologies.
Joyce confirmed Emailing her seasons report to members. There being no questions, she then advised bowler Ron Straw had celebrated his 80th birthday two days earlier. A ripple of applause and shouted congratulations to Ron followed.
Treasurer Lewis Hutton presented his and fellow Treasurer Wendy Handyside the 2024 financial results. Of note were the increase in Insurance (doubled) and the excellent incomes from the Bournemouth Open and the Club’s bar, giving rise to a small drop in year-to-year finances.
A CLUB OPEN DAY agreed as MONDAY 21ST APRIL 2025 and the Secretary called for help from members that day with setting up the green and supporting the day in general.
Examples of a new Club shirt were circulated and those present asked to vote on their preferred one. The winner of the vote was shown to those present and advised a new sponsor for these shirts was nearing resolution.
The Election of Officers confirmed as all nominations were unopposed. The new President Steve Hack was then asked to take the chair by the outgoing President. Steve thanked Lloyd for his tenure as President and specifically thanked him for the tireless work he does at the Club, especially around the green.
Any Other Business raised: Dolphin indoor friendlies; 2025 Presentation Evening (Sub-committee to convene); Summer friendlies support; Xmas jumper evening 14th December 2024; Presidents Charity – Prostrate Cancer. Finally, confirmation of the SPRING MEETING - SUNDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2025 at 11:00hrs.
At closure of the meeting Members retired to the Bar for Sunday lunch time socializing.
Knyveton Tigers
Friday 10th October 2024
The Club welcomed 55 members and guests to the Hermitage Hotel, Bournemouth for the Club’s Presentation Evening. The evening started with a good 3 course meal served by an attentive and helpful staff.
Then followed a resumé of the season by Club Captain Richard Handyside. Both teams had started quite well, the 1st team maintaining a position near the top of Section 2 and Team A mid table in Section 4. Unfortunately, the 1st Team were not able to maintain their form and suffered too may loses in the final quarter, failing to regain promotion back to Section 1. However, the A team continued their good start and finished mid table.
Highlights of the season were Winning the B&D Pairs Competition and the Ladies Thursday Triples Team improving on their 2023 result, finishing in 2nd place in Section 1.
Knyveton Tigers again reached the Final of the Tuesday Evening Triples Knockout Cup, but were unable to overcome a very strong Boscombe Bandits. The Tigers also finished 2nd in the Tuesday Evenings Triples Section 1, closely followed in 3rd place by the Badgers, Boscombe Bandits being the Champions.
Richard was then joined by the President, Lloyd Hemming, who presented to the Club competition winners and runners-up from a great display of trophies.
Live entertainment followed with a repertoire of songs from the past to the present by Andy Wheeler, enticing dancers onto the dance floor.
During his break a raffle was held from the spectacular display of prizes donated by those present. Difficult to remember if anyone failed to win one of them, such was the number.
Suffice to say guests responded generously when buying raffle tickets.
The night continued with Andy demonstrating his repertoire of vocals, plus a number by our past President, Biddy Parkinson. The end of the proceedings was reluctantly called and guests made their way home, or took advantage of the B&B at the hotel.
Sunday 21st April 2024
The Club will be open from 10:00hrs to 14:00hrs to give prospective members the opportunity to try the sport of Lawn Bowling.
Qualified coaches and experienced bowlers will be in attendance to assist males and females, adults and children with the art of lawn green bowling. Even if you have not bowled before we will guide you through the basics involved.
Bowls will be available to use and all we ask is you wear shoes with a flat sole. No heels as this can damage the lawn which is maintained in a manicured style to enhance the techniques and sport of bowling.
Sunday 11th February 2024
The Club welcomed 32 current and new members to the Club house who took advantage of early tea and bacon rolls on sale and to pay their yearly subscriptions. The meeting was called earlier this year and tabled by our new committee members including the new Treasurer.
Calling the meeting to order the President requested a minute’s silence to honour the Members who passed away last season.
The Secretary then briefed those present on leagues and team arrangements for the coming season, Friendlies fixtures and the Club’s Open Day opening arrangements. Members retired to the Bar for Sunday lunch time socializing.
B&D Men's Triple Winners - Lewis Brimble, Richard Handyside and Andy Robinson
B&D Tuesday Night Triples – Knock Out Cup Winners – Knyveton Paul Beards, Bill Kerr, Lauren Kerr, Jim Flexman, Richard Handyside and Reg Davis
Friday 11th October 2023
With the imminent closure of the Elstead Hotel a new venue at the Hermitage Hotel near Bournemouth Pier was selected. Fifty-two members and guests enjoyed the excellent selection of food and, following the presentations, music and dancing until the early hours.
Another change in the event were the Masters of Ceremonies. Taking over from Tony and Reg Davis, and also sourcing and organising the event, were Past-President Biddy Parkinson and first team captain Richard Handyside.
Following the meal the duo provided a brief description of the Club’s 2023 season, both highs and lows.
The lows: the struggle to maintain sufficient playing members to support our various teams fixtures due to non-availability and injuries/illness. This resulted in calls on the second team for players and so on through the other teams, plus the early commitment of new first-time bowlers to the sport and the club. Consequently, end of season saw the men’s first team relegated from the Bournemouth and District Premier League for the first time in many years, even if by only one point! The second teams’ results were also negatively affected. The two Saturday morning triples teams performed well, especially as a number of their players turned out for the Second team in the afternoon.
The ladies team playing in the B&DW Thursday afternoon league achieved a creditable 3rd in Division 1.
The highs: our new bowlers performed admirably and should look forward to a positive season in 2024. Knyveton players also achieved notable results in the Bournemouth and District competitions winning the Triples and Fours. This was complemented with the Knyveton team winning the Knockout Cup in the Tuesday night Triples League.
Trophies for the above were then presented by the President Lloyd Hemming, followed by those for the Club Competitions, to both Winners and Runners up in each competition.
Prior to the music starting the draw was made on a very well donated raffle containing an eclectic mix of prizes, followed by the presentation of bouquets to the President’s wife Laura Hemming and our dependable catering and social organizer Wendy Handyside.
The Club’s 111 AGM was held on Sunday 27th November 2022 at the Club House with 32 members attending.
Before opening the meeting, the President, Biddy Parkinson, called for a minute’s silence to remember the two club members who died this year.
A brief summary of the 2021/2022 bowling season was then made by the out going Club Secretary, Tony Davis. A number of spirited elections then took place for Officers of the Club resulting in the election of new President, Vice President, Club Secretary and Captains for the 1st and 2nd Teams.
Attendees expressed their thanks for all the work done by outgoing Officers during their time in office.
Following discussions on the green/grounds upkeep and next seasons section formats, the meeting ended with an informative video on the use of the Club’s Defibrillator, before retiring to the Bar.
Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th April 2022
The two Club Open Days over the Easter weekend was well received, 27 prospective bowlers visiting the green. With the brilliant weather a majority of Knyveton Gardens members were also present - setting up the green, assisting the two Coaches (Mike and Paul), enjoying the hospitality (Wendy) and taking the opportunity for a "Roll up".
All the visitors were offered future coaching with a view to joining the Club and taking up Lawn Bowling.
A big thank you to all the members who helped, both the organizing of the event and the weekend activities. Well Done!
Sunday 6th March 2022
The Club welcomed 39 current and new members to the Club house who took advantage of early tea and bacon rolls on sale. At the meeting they were briefed on: leagues and team arrangements for the coming season; Friendlies fixture list; the Club Open Day weekend; Club opening arrangements and stewarding; plus, the opportunity to pay their yearly subscriptions.
Members then retired to the Bar, with its new furniture update, for Sunday lunch time socialising.
Friday 21st October 2021
The annual Presentation evening was held at the Elstead Hotel with a superb dinner followed by the 2021 Season Competitions Presentations and then dancing to the Hotel's Disco. Some 57 members and their guests attended and enjoyed a very good evening. Our thanks to the staff at the Elstead and our organisers, Tony and Reg Davis were entertaining with the microphone throughout the presentations and raffle. A number of guests partied through to the early hours of Saturday morning, reconvening for a breakfast after a few hours’ sleep.
B&DWBA Ladies Triples Champions - Cathy Drew, Mo Bunford & Joyce Clough
B&D Men’s Singles Champion – Lewis Brimble
Function Fayre Pairs Winners (Argyll BC) – Jim Flexman and Lloyd Hemming
HAMPSHIRE MIXED TOP CLUB FINALISTS 2021
This is the first year that Knyveton Gardens have entered this competition. It consists of
5 disciplines :-
Ladies Singles
Men’s Singles
Mixed Pairs
Mixed Triples
Mixed 4’s
- winning 3 disciplines would win the game.
On 14th June 2021 we had our first round against Boscombe Cliff. We were not expecting to win but everyone rose to the challenge and much to our surprise got through to the 2nd round against Argyll.
The match against Argyll did not start off well but once our Men’s Singles was won, our pairs, triples and 4’s started picking up and we came through victorious.
Next round was New Milton BC, we were wondering if torches would be required as the nights were drawing in at the end of August. However, just managed to finish in daylight and again our Men’s Singles win galvanized the rest onto a 3.5 to 1.5 victory.
So, off to Area Final at Bournemouth BC, Meyrick Park, against Southbourne BC.
With 2 disciplines won each, it was down to the 4’s. The night was drawing in going into the last few ends of the 4’s and it was difficult to see whose woods were who’s, apart from one skips woods that were coloured! Eventually our team were victorious and we had qualified for the Finals in Banister Park, Southampton to play against Hampshire South.
Saturday 11th September 2021 Hampshire Finals Day at Banister Park.
With an early start at 10:00 hours we were drawn against the Sports Centre from Southampton. With both singles and the mixed pairs winning, Sports Centre conceded and we were able to have a good rest before meeting Cove B.C. in the afternoon.
We tried our best managing to win 2 of the 5 disciplines but Cove were the better team.
Really proud of our team, we entered this competition as a challenge to see how far we could go and considering there are over 100 clubs in Hampshire, to end up runners up in the Final is brilliant work.
Thank you, team and super subs, and big thank you to all our lovely supporters, it’s been a brilliant season.
Sunday 27th November 2016
27 members attended the AGM to review the past year and look at the prospects for the 2017 season.
In 2016 the performances unfortunately were not as consistent as hoped in the B&D Saturday Leagues, cumulating in the relegation of the 2nd Team (A) back into the 2nd Section, after only one season in the 1st Section. The 1st Team likewise failed to improve on their 2015 Section 1 third position and finished fourth. Disappointing as the points difference over the top four teams was quite close. However, credit goes to the 3rd Team (B) who, after a slow start, finished third in Section 6. The two promoted teams above them were new to the B & D Leagues this year and basically "1st Teams" of their respective clubs.
Congratulations also to Knyveton T who won Section 2 in the Tuesday night Triples and promoted to Section 1, joining our two top teams there, Knyveton and Knyveton A.
Discussions were held about concerns on the viability of both the bar and café to continue in their present forms. It was agreed by members present that the bar would dispense with the draught beers and sell bottle and can beers. Volunteers for bar duties were still required.
Wendy, the café manageress, had kindly agreed to continue running the café, albeit with only morning openings and closed on Sundays. The Meeting thanked her.
For 2017 the Club membership has reduced giving rise to vacancies for a number of Club Officers. However, members have responded by filling these positions, including the new President Jim Flexman. The one exception was Treasurer and the meeting was finally closed with a request for members to consider this position prior to the Spring Meeting on Sunday 5th March 2017 at 11:00hrs.
June 2016
Two years ago (2014) the Webb site pictured the “Oldest Bowler in Town”, our own Bill Taylor at 98 years old. The following year (2015) Bill attended the Club for the opening of our refurbished café by the Mayor of Bournemouth, Councillor Chris Mayne. Bill took to the green with the Mayor for a bowling session together with the Club’s youngest player (15 years old) Lewis Brimble. See photographs below.
This year on Sunday 15th May 2016 Bill celebrated his 100th birthday.
In appreciation of both his birthday and continued membership of Knyveton Gardens bowling club a celebration buffet was arranged for Bill on Saturday 14th May 2016. This was held at the club, following the first teams Bournemouth and District First Section win against Fordingbridge BC, when additional members of Knyveton joined Bill and members of his family for the celebration.
Two weeks later, Sunday 29th May 2016, Bill turned out for Knyveton in a friendly against a team from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, see photograph below, again with Lewis.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WELL DONE BILL ON YOUR MAGNIFICENT ACHIEVEMENT!
Bill’s celebration photographs.
Bill Taylor and Lewis Brimble 2015
Oldest Bowler in Town 2014
Arrival of Bill with Club Members 2016
Oldest Bowler in Town 2014
Bill in the Bar
Bill with Club Secretary Tony Davis
The Cards
Bill and granddaughter Julie start the Buffet
Lewis Brimble (16 years old) with Bill Taylor (100 years old) Sunday 29th May 2016
June 2015
May 2015
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