Do you have a Bowls England Coaching qualification? If so and would like to help your
club please let us know.
If not, we urgently need new coaches as due to varying circumstances, we do not have enough coaches
qualified to train our new members and juniors. The training takes place locally and involves a couple of
online sessions, plus a day on the green locally and a couple of practice sessions.
Exciting news, we are being given a lot of support by Devon Bowls and other local clubs to enable us to
start a JUNIOR SECTION - hopefully this season.
Please let Gillian Burchell know if you would like to take on this essential role and all will be arranged.
The Friday Night Heath Triples League needs an administrator/organiser for this season.
Many thanks to Maureen who has done this for the past few years.
This successful club league ideally will have two people who can work together, kindly let Howard or Gillian 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.
If anyone has any offcuts or spare bits of Kitchen Worktop, Allan Coombe would like them to help create additional seating in the Ladies Changing room. Either call him to let him know or take it along on a Tuesday Morning when the members work party is on site. Thank You
The Short Mat Bowls in the Village Hall is cancelled on Wed Jan 28th as the Marldon
Pantomime group are in the Hall that week for their Panto, Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood.
(Webmanager comment- I was in that panto once, as Allan a Dale). Shortmat restarts on Wed Feb 4th 2026.
All members are welcome to take part, cost is £2.50 a session. Take your own woods and shoes. Gordon Page may also
require additional players for the shortmat league which takes place on Monday and Tuesday Night at Marldon BC and
various other clubs around Torbay,
Contact Gordon if you are interested in playing in this league.
We are pleased to see that our Ladies South Devon League 'A' Team have been included in a shortlist of four for the
Bowls England "Team of the year" prize. One of the other shortlisted teams is last year's winners, Gerrards Cross Men's team.
The Bowls England Presentation night takes place on Saturday 21st February 2026 at Athena, Leicester, LE1 1QD.
For more details follow this link.
We have been invited to send teams to play against Guests at the TLH Hotel group on their indoor green. If you are
interested in playing in any of these games please check Rink Diary and advise Ray O'Brien, as he will be organising our
teams for these games.
Next Game - Feb 9th 2026.
We have updated our privacy notice by adding the following paragraph, to remind members that we have CCTV operating on site at all times.
"To capture images of individuals engaged in theft, vandalism, or trespassing. To both act as a deterrent and toidentify person or persons involved.
This will be helpful when pursuing criminal or management committee investigations".
The policy can be accessed on this site from the "About us" Page
The next event is the Bar night on Thursday Feb 5th 2026, followed by an event on Valentine's Night, Feb 14th. (See Events page )
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 £240.50 so far).
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.
Our first open day of 2026 will be on Sunday April 26th at 10am (Weather permitting). Details of how to take part will follow nearer to the time.
Our 'B' Team won Division 4 of the Mid Devon League this season and are promoted to Division 3 for next year. Men's Captain Paul and representatives of the 'B' team went to the MDL AGM recently 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 from Ray O'Brien if interested.
Rink Diary is being used through the winter for booking friendly games at the Derwent
Look in the TEAMS section for the games now available and get your names down early, please.
Rink Diary can be accessed from Computers,Tablets or Smartphones and a computer will be available at the club when
it is open, for anyone who does not have a suitable device.
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/
Training and support is still available for anyone who still requires it, contact Les Clarke 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
Please note, we will continue with the cashless bar at social events through this winter, as it makes life much easier for the team of bar volunteers and the bar manager.
Many Members will remember our former member Heather Pickard, who sadly died on Jan 5th 2026. Our thoughts are with her family. Heather was a good Ladies 'A' Team player and former Ladies Captain as well as representing the County as Devon Ladies President.
Former member Alan Drayton passed away on 25th January 2026. Our Condolences to his family.
This event took place as planned on a bright sunny day and the £200 first prize was won (for second time!) by Ian Bristow's rink from Torbay B.C. The runners up, collecting £100, were from Kingsteignton BC and third place (£72) went to first time entrants Pymouth and District Retired Civil Servants B.C.
From Torquay B.C. Ian Bristow, Zoe Bristow, Christine Marshall and Gerry Coffield.
From Kingsteignton, John Saunders, Margaret Sole, Hilary Downing and Ray Blair
Plymouth Retired Civil Servants, Phil Toms, Gloria Taylor, Steve Creed and Joyce Goad.
You can find more pictures from the day by visiting our GALLERY page and clicking on the appropriate link.
We had an enjoyable day with a game followed by a barbecue and prize giving. a few pictures (taken by Martin) can be seen at Captains Day. You can click on the pictures to see larger versions.
This took place on Saturday, October 11th at the village hall. Les Clarke was appointed as President for 2026. Retiring Presidents Dave and Sue donated a cheque for £1500 to Devon Air Ambulance
Page updated 3rd February 2026.