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That Sinking Feeling

A past President of Bradford Bowls Club having imbibed well after a home match, made towards the station car park, unfortunately as he walked along the unlit area behind the clubhouse he fell into the River Avon, when recounting the episode he was quoted as saying" I tell you what, those woods don't float".

Welsh Choirs

In the past it was quite common for the many visiting Welsh sides to have a sing song after the game and a few drinks, sadly although we still play a few sides from the other side of the Severn this practice seems to have died out.

Ladies Captains Day Record

A few years ago the mother of one of our lady members attended Ladies Captains Day as a Guest, at the ripe old age of 100 Years.

Mervyn's Substitution

Mervyn Uncles a past President & Chairman of the club together with his Father and two other club members by the name of Jones, qualified in 1939 for the County Fours Final.

However The Second World War intervened, he was called up before the final could be played .

During the War he served as a Medical Officer and was responsible for prisoners of war returning by ship after their release from the infamous Japanese prison of war camps.

As a result his Demob was delayed, when the Final was subsquently played he was substituted and never again reached those dizzy heights.