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Friday Club Nights will continue from May 9th.

Monday, July 7th: 11.30 Ali Uygur v Keith Walters in the Novices

12.00 Sylvia Blackmore v Sandra Gough in the Women's Singles

Points (1.45 for 2 pm start)

Tuesday, July 8th at 4pm: David Skilleter & Janet Townley v Lorraine Walters & John Townley in the Drawn Pairs

4.30pm: David Lloyd v Sandra Gough in the Seniors

4.30pm: Alan Gough & Jean Buckett v Barrie Jones & Neil Warley in the Drawn Pairs

Wednesday, July 9th: 2pm: Janet Townley v Ruth Copp in the Handicap (Ruth has conceded the match)

NEW!! 2pm: Janet Townley v John Townley in the Handicap

6.15pm: Home OTL match v Pangbourne

Thursday, July 10th: 2pm: Janet Townley v Sylvia Blackmore in the 2 Wood

2.30pm: Malcolm Leonard v Laurie Mowatt in the Novices

Sue Reid v Marilyn Mowatt in the Women's Singles

3pm: Wendy Cross v Elaine Robinson in the Women's Singles

Friday, July 11th: 2pm Elaine Robinson & Janet Townley v Keith Walters & Jane Ward in the 2 Wood

3.30pm: Sandra Gough v Ali Uygur in the Handicap

Club Night and Points (5.45 for a 6 pm start).

Saturday, July 12th: Home friendly match v Trenthams at 2.30pm

Sunday, July 13th: Away OTL match v Tilehurst at 2.30pm

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July 7th 2025	Two Cub matches today. First up was the match between Ali Uygur and Keith Walters in the Novices competition. Ali started magnificently, winning the first 6 ends to establish an 11-0 lead. Keith got himself on the scoreboard on the next end, with a single, and Ali replied with a single of his own. The tables then started to turn, with Keith winning 7 of the following 9 ends to trail by only 2 shots after end 17.Ali won 2 of the next 3 ends to increase his lead to 16-13, before Keith scored 2 shots on end 21, to reduce Ali's lead to 16-15. Both players were now within reach of victory, but who was it to be? Three shots for Ali, then 3 shots for Keith and the game was delicately poised at 19-18 to Ali, after end 24. A single for Ali on end 25 and he was one shot away from victory. However, it was not to be. Keith scored 3 shots on end 26 to win 21-20. Well done Keith and commiserations to Ali. Keith will play the winner of the match between Pete Leverett and Marilyn Mowatt in the next round. The next match was between Sylvia Blackmore and Sandra Gough in the Women's Singles. The last time that these two met, Sandra made Sylvia dig deep to win the match. Could she do the same again? Sandra started well, with 2 shots on the first end. Sylvia was not going to have a repeat of their last meeting and powered past Sandra to move through to the next round. Well done Sylvia and commiserations to Sandra. Sylvia will play he winner of the match between Sue Reid and Marilyn Mowatt in the next round.
July 8th 2025	Upcoming Club Competition Matches: July 8th at 4pm: David Skilleter & Janet Townley v Lorraine Walters and John Townley in the Drawn Pairs July 8th at 4.30pm: Neil Warley & Barrie Jones v Jean Buckett and Alan Gough in the Drawn Pairs July 8th at 4.30pm: Sandra Gough v David Lloyd in the Seniors July 9th at 2pm: Janet Townley v Ruth Copp in the Handicap (Ruth has conceded) NEW!! July 9th at 2pm: Janet Townley v John Townley in the Handicap July 10th at 2.30pm: Sue Reid v Marilyn Mowatt in the Women's Singles July 10th at 2.30pm: Malcolm Leonard v Laurie Mowatt in the Novices July 10th at 3pm: Wendy Cross v Elaine Robinson in the Women's Singles July 10th at 2pm: Janet Townley v Sylvia Blackmore in the 2 Wood July 11th at 2pm: Elaine Robinson & Janet Townley v Keith Walters and Jane Ward in the 2 Wood Pairs NEW!! July 11th at 3.30pm: Sandra Gough v Ali Uygur in the Handicap NEW!! July 15th at 2pm: Margaret Bullock v Jean Buckett in the Women's Singles NEW!! July 22nd at 2pm: David Bullock v Pete Leverett in the Men's Singles NEW!! July 24th at 3pm: Alan Gough v Keith Walters in the Seniors July 24th at 3pm: Lorraine Walters v Margaret Bullock in the 2 Wood competition July 25th at 2.30pm: Graham Kennedy & Elaine Robinson v Laurie Mowatt & Sue Reid in the Drawn Pairs July 28th at 12.00: Janet Townley v Lorraine Walters in the Women's Singles July 29th at 2pm: Tony Reid & Lorraine Walters v John Townley & Jean Buckett in the 2 Wood Pairs July 29th at 4.30pm: Barrie Jones v John Townley in the 2 Wood NEW!! July 30th at 4pm: Graham Kennedy v John Townley in the Men's Singles NEW!! August 8th at 3pm: Alan Gough v Keith Walters in the Handicap
July 6th 2025	A visit from Caversham today. in a Plomer Cup match. Not a good day for Shiplake. losing 4 of the 5 rinks and gaining only 2 Plomer Cup points. A good performance by Marilyn Mowatt, Dave Bullock and Jim Bland gave them a 20-13 win. It was a roller coaster ride, with Shiplake winning only one of the first 7 ends, to trail 3-9. They then dominated the remainder of the game, winning 8 of the 11 ends, including a 6, to win . On the next rink, Margaret Bullock, Jeff Harris and Graham Kennedy came close, losing 11-13. Having built up a 5-1 lead by end 4, they found themselves level after end 7. Three successive singles edged them ahead and they held a narrow lead until end 14. Caversham won the remaining 4 ends to win the game. On Rink 2, Laurie Mowatt, David Challis and Wendy Cross also came close, losing by 15-18. 6-1 down after 4 ends, they won only one of the next 2 ends and went further behind by 2-11. Three winning ends reduced the score difference to two shots and a score of 4 on end 12 gave them the lead for the first time at 13-12. Both teams scored a single on the next 2 ends, then Caversham won 3 of the remaining ends to win the game.
July 5th 2025	A long journey was followed by a heavy defeat today, as we were put to the sword by Long Crendon in a friendly match. The match went to them by 42 shots to 102, with 3 rinks won and one drawn. Congratulations to Laurie Mowatt, Margaret Bullock and Sylvia Blackmore, who managed to salvage some pride with a 18-18 draw. It was a very shaky start and they were 10-1 down after 5 ends, but hit back with 5 shots on end 6. Two shots for LC on end 7 gave them a 12-6 lead, but Shiplake moved up a gear, winning the next 6 ends, scoring 10 shots, to lead 16-12. It was now LC's turn to put on the pressure and they won 4 of the final 5 ends to achieve a draw.
July 6th 2025	Sue Reid played Keith Walters (on his debut) in the 91 Up today. A tentative start saw the first end drawn, before Sue won the next 3 ends by 7-3, to lead 26-14. Another drawn end, then a win apiece kept the deficit the same after end 7. Keith got the better of the next 4 ends to reduce Sue's lead to 6. A drawn end was followed by a 10-0 win for Keith, to put him in the lead for the first time. Sue fought back, winning the next 3 ends and opening a 10 point gap at 85-75. Despite a 9-1 win on the next end, Keith was unable to nail it and Sue won the final end 7-3, for a 93-87 victory.
July 4th 2025	Club Competition news: Unfortunately, Howard West has had to withdraw from his two competitions, so Graham Kennedy gets a bye to the next round of the Men's Singles, where he plays John Townley in a repeat of last year's final. Neil Warley receives a free pass to the next round of the Seniors, where he will meet Tony Reid.
July 5th 2025	David Skilleter (8) and Lorraine Walters (5) played their Handicap match today. Lorraine won the first 5 ends, to take a 12-8 lead, before David scored 2 shots on end 6, to reduce the deficit to 2 shots. Scores of 4 and 2 and a single on the next 3 ends put Lorraine 2 shots away from victory. David held on for another 3 ends, scoring 5 to Lorraine's 1, to trail 15-20. Three shots from Lorraine on end 13 sealed the deal and she goes through to play David Lloyd in the next round.
July 4th 2025	Today's club competition match was between Keith Walters and David Lloyd in the Men's Singles. David started well and was 5-1 up after 4 ends. Keith scored singles on 2 of the next 3 ends, in reply to David's one, making it 6-3 to David. A run of 3 winning ends, scoring 9 shots, put David 15-3 ahead and Keith was in trouble. He replied with a 3 and a single, to reduce the deficit to 7 shots, but David then scored a 3 and 2 singles to put himself within one shot of victory. Keith rallied with wins on the next 2 ends, but David sealed Keith's fate with a single on end 18. David will play the winner of the match between Dave Bullock and Pete Leverett in the next round. Also played today was the 91 Up mat ch between Jane Ward and Ali Uygur. Jane started well with a 9-1 win on the first end. Two drawn ends followed, then both players won an end 7-3. Two ends apiece and 1 draw left Jane 57-43 ahead after end 10. She then won 3 of the final ends, to Ali's 2, with 1 draw, for a final score of Jane 91, Ali 69. She will play the winner of the match between David Lloyd and Sue Reid in the next round.

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July

7th

2025

Two Cub matches today.

First up was the match between Ali Uygur and Keith Walters in the Novices competition. Ali started magnificently, winning the first 6 ends to establish an 11-0 lead. Keith got himself on the scoreboard on the next end, with a single, and Ali replied with a single of his own. The tables then started to turn, with Keith winning 7 of the following 9 ends to trail by only 2 shots after end 17.Ali won 2 of the next 3 ends to increase his lead to 16-13, before Keith scored 2 shots on end 21, to reduce Ali's lead to 16-15. Both players were now within reach of victory, but who was it to be? Three shots for Ali, then 3 shots for Keith and the game was delicately poised at 19-18 to Ali, after end 24. A single for Ali on end 25 and he was one shot away from victory. However, it was not to be. Keith scored 3 shots on end 26 to win 21-20. Well done Keith and commiserations to Ali. Keith will play the winner of the match between Pete Leverett and Marilyn Mowatt in the next round.

The next match was between Sylvia Blackmore and Sandra Gough in the Women's Singles. The last time that these two met, Sandra made Sylvia dig deep to win the match. Could she do the same again? Sandra started well, with 2 shots on the first end. Sylvia was not going to have a repeat of their last meeting and powered past Sandra to move through to the next round. Well done Sylvia and commiserations to Sandra. Sylvia will play he winner of the match between Sue Reid and Marilyn Mowatt in the next round.

July 8th

2025

Upcoming Club Competition Matches:

July 8th at 4pm: David Skilleter & Janet Townley v Lorraine Walters and John Townley in the Drawn Pairs

July 8th at 4.30pm: Neil Warley & Barrie Jones v Jean Buckett and Alan Gough in the Drawn Pairs

July 8th at 4.30pm: Sandra Gough v David Lloyd in the Seniors

July 9th at 2pm: Janet Townley v Ruth Copp in the Handicap (Ruth has conceded)

NEW!! July 9th at 2pm: Janet Townley v John Townley in the Handicap

July 10th at 2.30pm: Sue Reid v Marilyn Mowatt in the Women's Singles

July 10th at 2.30pm: Malcolm Leonard v Laurie Mowatt in the Novices

July 10th at 3pm: Wendy Cross v Elaine Robinson in the Women's Singles

July 10th at 2pm: Janet Townley v Sylvia Blackmore in the 2 Wood

July 11th at 2pm: Elaine Robinson & Janet Townley v Keith Walters and Jane Ward in the 2 Wood Pairs

NEW!! July 11th at 3.30pm: Sandra Gough v Ali Uygur in the Handicap

NEW!! July 15th at 2pm: Margaret Bullock v Jean Buckett in the Women's Singles

NEW!! July 22nd at 2pm: David Bullock v Pete Leverett in the Men's Singles

NEW!! July 24th at 3pm: Alan Gough v Keith Walters in the Seniors

July 24th at 3pm: Lorraine Walters v Margaret Bullock in the 2 Wood competition

July 25th at 2.30pm: Graham Kennedy & Elaine Robinson v Laurie Mowatt & Sue Reid in the Drawn Pairs

July 28th at 12.00: Janet Townley v Lorraine Walters in the Women's Singles

July 29th at 2pm: Tony Reid & Lorraine Walters v John Townley & Jean Buckett in the 2 Wood Pairs

July 29th at 4.30pm: Barrie Jones v John Townley in the 2 Wood

NEW!! July 30th at 4pm: Graham Kennedy v John Townley in the Men's Singles

NEW!! August 8th at 3pm: Alan Gough v Keith Walters in the Handicap

July 6th

2025

A visit from Caversham today. in a Plomer Cup match. Not a good day for Shiplake. losing 4 of the 5 rinks and gaining only 2 Plomer Cup points.

A good performance by Marilyn Mowatt, Dave Bullock and Jim Bland gave them a 20-13 win. It was a roller coaster ride, with Shiplake winning only one of the first 7 ends, to trail 3-9. They then dominated the remainder of the game, winning 8 of the 11 ends, including a 6, to win .

On the next rink, Margaret Bullock, Jeff Harris and Graham Kennedy came close, losing 11-13. Having built up a 5-1 lead by end 4, they found themselves level after end 7. Three successive singles edged them ahead and they held a narrow lead until end 14. Caversham won the remaining 4 ends to win the game.

On Rink 2, Laurie Mowatt, David Challis and Wendy Cross also came close, losing by 15-18. 6-1 down after 4 ends, they won only one of the next 2 ends and went further behind by 2-11. Three winning ends reduced the score difference to two shots and a score of 4 on end 12 gave them the lead for the first time at 13-12. Both teams scored a single on the next 2 ends, then Caversham won 3 of the remaining ends to win the game.

July 5th

2025

A long journey was followed by a heavy defeat today, as we were put to the sword by Long Crendon in a friendly match. The match went to them by 42 shots to 102, with 3 rinks won and one drawn.

Congratulations to Laurie Mowatt, Margaret Bullock and Sylvia Blackmore, who managed to salvage some pride with a 18-18 draw. It was a very shaky start and they were 10-1 down after 5 ends, but hit back with 5 shots on end 6. Two shots for LC on end 7 gave them a 12-6 lead, but Shiplake moved up a gear, winning the next 6 ends, scoring 10 shots, to lead 16-12. It was now LC's turn to put on the pressure and they won 4 of the final 5 ends to achieve a draw.

July 6th

2025

Sue Reid played Keith Walters (on his debut) in the 91 Up today. A tentative start saw the first end drawn, before Sue won the next 3 ends by 7-3, to lead 26-14. Another drawn end, then a win apiece kept the deficit the same after end 7. Keith got the better of the next 4 ends to reduce Sue's lead to 6. A drawn end was followed by a 10-0 win for Keith, to put him in the lead for the first time. Sue fought back, winning the next 3 ends and opening a 10 point gap at 85-75. Despite a 9-1 win on the next end, Keith was unable to nail it and Sue won the final end 7-3, for a 93-87 victory.

July 4th

2025

Club Competition news: Unfortunately, Howard West has had to withdraw from his two competitions, so Graham Kennedy gets a bye to the next round of the Men's Singles, where he plays John Townley in a repeat of last year's final. Neil Warley receives a free pass to the next round of the Seniors, where he will meet Tony Reid.

July 5th

2025

David Skilleter (8) and Lorraine Walters (5) played their Handicap match today. Lorraine won the first 5 ends, to take a 12-8 lead, before David scored 2 shots on end 6, to reduce the deficit to 2 shots. Scores of 4 and 2 and a single on the next 3 ends put Lorraine 2 shots away from victory. David held on for another 3 ends, scoring 5 to Lorraine's 1, to trail 15-20. Three shots from Lorraine on end 13 sealed the deal and she goes through to play David Lloyd in the next round.

July 4th

2025

Today's club competition match was between Keith Walters and David Lloyd in the Men's Singles. David started well and was 5-1 up after 4 ends. Keith scored singles on 2 of the next 3 ends, in reply to David's one, making it 6-3 to David. A run of 3 winning ends, scoring 9 shots, put David 15-3 ahead and Keith was in trouble. He replied with a 3 and a single, to reduce the deficit to 7 shots, but David then scored a 3 and 2 singles to put himself within one shot of victory. Keith rallied with wins on the next 2 ends, but David sealed Keith's fate with a single on end 18. David will play the winner of the match between Dave Bullock and Pete Leverett in the next round.

Also played today was the 91 Up mat ch between Jane Ward and Ali Uygur. Jane started well with a 9-1 win on the first end. Two drawn ends followed, then both players won an end 7-3. Two ends apiece and 1 draw left Jane 57-43 ahead after end 10. She then won 3 of the final ends, to Ali's 2, with 1 draw, for a final score of Jane 91, Ali 69. She will play the winner of the match between David Lloyd and Sue Reid in the next round.

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WHAT'S NEW

Friday Club Nights will continue from May 9th.

All news and significant website updates are listed here. Members are advised to make this their come-to page when visiting (i.e Bookmark it in your browser). Links (in blue) are provided where appropriate.