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Our first open day of 2026 will be on Sunday May 3rd at 10am (Weather permitting). Anyone is welcome to come along to try the game, see the notice below for details.
We have fully qualified Bowls England Coaches available to assist at these sessions.
Let them introduce themselves:
We would like to introduce ourselves.
Graham is a Level 2 Bowls England Coach & Kay is a Level 1 Bowls England Coach & both Regional Umpires.
We are pleased to update you with news that our 2026 coaching programme will commence Sunday 3rd May from
10am to 12 .00 and will run through to the end of August. These sessions are for both beginners wanting to "Try Bowls" and those looking to improve their bowls skills.
All equipment provided all of we ask is that you wear flat soled non heeled shoes.
We would also like to encourage any club members that are considering taking a Level 1 course to have a chat with us about what's involved.
Here's to a successful enjoyable season.
Graham & Kay Sowerby
Mobile: 07971 882125
We are pleased to note that Graham and Kay have both joined as full members.
Another member is currently attending a coaching course and will soon be a qualified coach.
It is with great sadness that I have to give you the sad news that Derek Denbow passed away on Thursday 9th April.
Derek was a Director for many years and also a life member.
He stopped playing about 4 years ago.
Our thoughts go to Pat and his family .
Derek's funeral will be held on Friday 1st May at 11:30am at Torquay Crematorium.
All are welcome to join us in a celebration of his life and pay their respects.
There will be a Wake afterwards at the Belgrave Sands Hotel.
R.I.P Derek.
I have been informed that our former member, Gerry Pickard passed away yesterday, April 13th.
As well as being a bowler, Gerry was our Club Secretary, and Competition Secretary for a number of years.
Gerry's funeral will be on May 6th at 1:30pm at Torquay Crematorium.
If you think you may go to the funeral, please let me know so I can inform the family.
R.I.P Gerry.
Congratulations to Logan, on being awarded the Devon indoor Bowls title of "Young Bowler of the year". Logan received his award from DCIBA President, Leighton Burston, at Torquay United Bowls Club in March 2026.
The Draws for the County matches have been made, see Competitions page for details.
The closing date for entries into Club Competitions this season will be May 3rd. Entry forms are available in Captains office and can be downloaded from the "Competitions" page of this website.
The season is almost upon up so there are no more social events planned before the season starts. The Events page Page will list social events as they are arranged.
The committee have agreed that the Minutes of Committee meetings will be available on the website as well as at the club.
To keep them confidential they will be located in an area of the website, which will require a username and a password.
Members are reminded that it is against the rules to give this password to non members.
Password can be obtained from Bob Tame (Comms Manager) or by looking in the Members Area of this site.
The 2026 Committee meeting minutes are here Meeting minutes
Please note, we will continue with the cashless bar this season, as it makes life much easier for the
team of bar volunteers and the bar manager.
Members can purchase rink fee vouchers in packs of 10 to save having to find change for every game.
Phil Toms, from Plymouth Retired Civil Servants BC has arranged a tour to the Isle of Wight and has invited Marldon Bowlers to join them on the tour. About 18 Marldon bowlers have taken up this invitation, but there are still a few spaces left. You will need to become an associate Member of Plymouth RCS BC at a cost of £10 to cover insurance, added to the cost of the tour which takes place from August 25th to 29th 2026. Further details from Phil Toms on 07737 744 872
We opened for the summer on Saturday April 25th, from 10am, with our president, Les Clarke,
bowling the first wood.
Coffee and Bacon butties were available before the game, and we then had a 12 end game of bowls.
The Bar was open and people were invited to bring a picnic for after the game.
Please note the Spring meeting took place on Saturday April 11th at Marldon Village Hall.
Our Directors advised us that they have appointed anonther Director for Marldon (Maple Leaf) Bowling Club Ltd., that person being our current treasurer, Peter Cartwright. We now have three Directors, Les Clarke, Ray O'Brien and Peter Cartwright.
Theresa Cornelius advises me that she will be placing an order shortly for club shirts, jackets so If you need one please contact Theresa as soon as possible.
Flyers were made available for you at the Spring Meeting to distribute anywhere you think you may get a response. I have posted them on the three village noticeboards and in the Village Hall, replacing last year's posters.
If you wish to enter a team in the Heath triples this summer please let Pat Edwards know.
We are trying to organise the Heath Triples to be played on a Friday night.
WE NEED SOMEONE TO VOLUNTEER TO DO THE FOLLOWING:
1) be at the club every Friday that the games are being played
2) to run the league
3) print the cards
4) take the money and give to Peter
5) collect the results
6) organise the play dates throughout the season
Please let me know if you would want to be the volunteer, we cannot run the league without one.
In order for the league to work, we will need at least 6 mixed teams, which must consist of 2 men and one woman or visa versa to play each week, ideally the team should consist of at least 6 or more players.
Just let me know if you are interested.
Thanks, Pat Edwards.
Many thanks to Maureen Morgan who has done this for the past few years, but she does not wish to continue.
This successful club league ideally will have two people who can work together, kindly let Howard or Gillian or Pat know if you are able
to do this.
Club nights and Heath Triples Nights are very good for giving new members an opportunity to play in organised matches,
whilst also raising funds for the club. Many thanks to all the members who have supported these weekly events in the past.
We have a Members only area of this web site which is password protected. Members should contact Bob Tame for the password or to advise of any content they would like to see in there.
Our President for 2026 Season, Les Clarke, announced that his charity would be
"Rowcroft at Home".
At the coffee morning on 17th Jan we raised £157. (Total £388.00 so far).
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Our Presidents for 2025, Dave and Sue, raised funds for the
Devon Air Ambulance Trust.
At the AGM in October they revealed that they had raised £1500 during their year as Presidents and presented
a cheque to a representitive of Devon Air Ambulance.
Howard intends to retire as Club Secretary at the end of this season, so we are looking for a member who will take on this
role for the future. Other Committee members may also wish to stand down, but the club cannot function without a committee so please consider if you could volunteer for any of these important Roles.
We also need an organiser for the Marldon 4's tournament in 2027 as Les and Anne have stated that this year is the last time they can organise it. It is a very good event for the club to host, we would not like it to cease to exist.
Commiserations to our Ladies South Devon League 'A' Team who were included in a shortlist of four for the
Bowls England "Team of the year" prize. Unfortunately they didn't win, the title was taken by the Northants Over 60's Inter-county team.
The Bowls England Presentation night took place on Saturday 21st February 2026 at Athena, Leicester, LE1 1QD.
and Mandy and Karen attended, representing our ladies.
For pictures from the event see
here
Our 'B' Team won Division 4 of the Mid Devon League last season and are promoted to Division 3 for this year. Men's Captain Paul and representatives of the 'B' team went to the MDL AGM in November 2025 to receive the trophy, which is now on display in the Clubhouse. We also received a certificate containing the names of all the players involved, to display in the clubhouse, and the players involved can get a copy if interested.
Regretfully, our chairperson Ollie Abercrombie resigned earlier this year. The committee have thanked him for his good service to the club and have co-opted Gillian Burchell into the role of Chairperson until the next AGM.
Maintenance sessions continue on Tuesday mornings. The green will not be open for Roll ups on Tuesday am, if you are free that morning, why not volunteer for one of the maintenance jobs.
Paul cannot cut the grass at present so we have a small team of volunteers to assist in keeping the grass cut regularly.
Unfortunately some of them are no longer available, so if you can spare a morning a week, or if we get enough volunteers, one morning a fortnight,
to cut the grass on the bowling green, please ring Paul Stretton to let him know when you can come.
Many Thanks,
Management Committee.
Paul has also issued an appeal for more volunteers to attend to lighten the workload of the current Tuesday Maintenance session attendees. So please go down and see what you can do to help. Les Clarke (Site Manager) and Paul would be very grateful!
Volunteers continue to sweep the green daily as this should be done every morning, if weather permits, throughout the year. More volunteers are needed, please contact Paul to Volunteer.
We will, at some time in the not too distant future, need a new greenkeeper, as Paul wishes to retire, so if you have any interest in commencing the training required to be our greenkeeper, please let Paul know.
Rink Diary has been used through the winter for booking friendly games at the Derwent and is now populated with summer games.
Look in the TEAMS section for the games now available and get your names down early, please. The selectors/Captain does not wish to spend his summer chasing people to play in Games because there are not enough names down, please.
Rink Diary can be accessed from Computers,Tablets or Smartphones. If you don't use a computer we can assign you a "buddy" who can do it for you.
The link is www.marldon.rinkdiary.co.uk.
If you have forgotten your Rink Diary password then you can generate a new one by using the 'Forgot Password' option:
https://www.marldon.rinkdiary.co.uk/forgot-password/
Please do not register again if you are already registered.
Training and support is still available for anyone who still requires it, contact Les Clarke or Bob Tame to arrange or have a look at the training information below.
Training 1 - How to register and put name down for games. Register/Name down
Training 2 - Booking a rink (for competitions etc) (Note Booking a rink for a rollup is is optional.) Booking a rink
Many thanks to Craig Ayres for sourcing club caps, these are £12.50 each and can be ordered from the club.
There are two choices, the cloth one modelled by Craig and the mesh one modelled by Pam.
The band at the back is elastic so sizing isn’t a problem. Please let Theresa Cornelius know if you would like to order one or more.
Please indicate - Cloth or Mesh.
Additional seating has been fitted under the window in the ladies changing rooms, as requested by some of our lady members. Thanks to Les Hartnell and our Maintenance team for doing this.
Page updated 25th April 2026.