Programme of Events 2018 Date Event Venue April 5-13 XXI Commonwealth Games Broadbeach BC, Queensland, Australia Sat 5 May Women s Johns Trophy Trial Men v Royal County of Berkshire (H) Cove BC GU14 8RW - 2.00pm 6 Middleton Cup Trials (H) Atherley BC SO15 5DB - 10.30am Mon 7 Bank Holiday Thu 10 Women v Surrey (H) Farnborough Gate BC GU14 8BG - 1.30pm Sat 12 Women s Johns Trophy Trial 13 Middleton Cup Trials (H) Atherley BC SO15 5DB - 10.30am Wed 16 Women v Dorset (A) (Johns Trial) West Moors BC BH22 0HX - 1.30pm Sat 19 Middleton Cup Trials v Bowls Wiltshire (A) Royal Wotton Bassett BC SN4 8AA - 2.00pm 20 White Rose Trial Cove BC GU14 8RW - 10.30am Wed 23 Men v Bowls Dorset (H) Moordown BC BH9 1TH - 2.00pm Fri 25 Women v NHWBA (50th Anniversary) Hook BC RG27 9TZ - 1.30pm 26-27 Youth Academy 27 White Rose Round 1 v Surrey (H) Cove BC GU14 8RW - 10.30am 26-27 Junior International Trials Men & Women Mon 28 Bank Holiday
June Sat 2 Middleton Cup v Isle Of Wight (H) Atherley BC SO15 5DB - 1.00pm 3 Senior International Squad Day Men & Women Tue 5 Women v Middlesex (A) Fordbridge Park BC TW15 3SJ - 1.30pm Thur 7 Men v Kent (H) Yateley BC GU46 7RP - 2.00pm Sat 9 BH Junior Singles Atherley BC SO15 5DB - 9.30am 10 Balcomb Trophy Round 1 v Sussex or Buckingham (A) - 10.30am 15-16 Women s Senior British Isles Championships Belmont BC, Belfast, Ireland Sat 16 17 Middleton Cup v Buckinghamshire (A) Gerrards Cross BC SL6 8RS - 2.00pm Johns Trophy BH Women v IOW (H) Men s County Under 25s Two Fours (White Rose Trophy) Regional Finals (A) Banister Park BC SO50 9HT - 1.30pm Sutton BC SM2 6JA 17-18 Women's Senior International Belmont BC, Belfast, Ireland Wed 20 Women v Sussex (A) Worthing Pavilion BC BN14 7EQ - 1.30pm Sat 23 Johns Trophy BH Women v Sussex (H) Banister Park BC SO50 9HT - 1.30pm 24 Walker Cup (Double Rink) v Surrey (A) Men s County Two Fours (Balcomb Trophy) Regional Finals (A) Bromley BC BR1 3JF Tue 26 BH Men's & Women's Senior Fours Q/Fs & S/Fs Wed 27 Men v Middlesex (A) Ashford BC TW15 3JY - 2.00pm 28-29 Men's Senior British Isle Championship Sat 30 30-1 July Men v Bowls Wiltshire (A) Johns Trophy BH Women v Surrey (A) BH Junior Pairs Men's Senior International Series Amesbury BC SP4 7HH - 2.00pm - 1.30pm Atherley BC SO15 5DB - 9.30am
July 1 BH Women's County Fours Q/F & S/Fs Mon 2 BH Women s County Singles Q/Fs Banister Park BC SO50 9HT - 6.00pm Wed 4 Mixed Presidents' Day Cove BC GU14 8RW - 1.00pm Thur 5 Men v Buckinghamshire (A) Long Crendon BC HP18 9AF - 2.00pm Sat 7 8 Mon 9 Johns Trophy BH Women v Middlesex (A) Harefield Hospital BC UB9 6LD - 1.30pm Middleton Cup v Middlesex (A) Ladygate BC HA4 7QX - 2.00pm BH Men's Fours & Women's Pairs Q/Fs & S/Fs Junior International Squad Day Men & Women BH Men s and Women s 2 Wood Singles Q/Fs and S/Fs & Men's 3rd place play off Banister Park BC SO50 9HT - 6.00pm Tue 10 Women v Wiltshire (H) Cove BC GU14 8RW - 1.30pm Wed 11 Sat 14 15 Mon 16 BH Men's & Women's Senior Fours Finals Men v Isle Of Wight (A) Women s Inter-County Championship (Johns Trophy) Quarter-Final BH Men's & Women's County Triples Q/Fs & S/Fs Men v London Scottish (A) Ryde Marina PO33 1JA - 1:30pm Cove BC GU14 8RW - 2.00pm Walker Cup (Double Rink) Regional Finals Old Coulsdon BC CR5 2LD - 1.30pm BH Men s County Pairs Q/Fs and S/Fs Women's Singles S/Fs & 3rd place play off for Singles & Pairs Banister Park BC SO50 9HT - Tue 17 Men v Surrey (A) Newdigate BC RH5 5DA - 2.00pm Wed 18 Women v Berkshire (A) Abingdon BC OX14 1DG - 1.30pm Sat 21 21-22 22 Wed 25 Sat 28 29 Men s Inter-County Championship (Middleton Cup) Quarter Finals (A) Women s Junior International Series & Championship Fall Back weekend for uncompleted Women s Championships ** BH Men's Singles Q/Fs & S/F & 3rd place play off for Singles, Pairs & Triples Women v Isle Of Wight (H) Purbrook Heath PO7 5RT - 1.00pm Men v English Civil Service (H) Fall Back weekend for uncompleted Men's Championships ** Fordingbridge BC SP6 1AR - 2.00pm ** Fall Back Weekends have been included in the programme to allow for any uncompleted Last Eights games (other than Finals) to be finalised in time for Bowls England to be notified of entrants for Nationals.
August Sat 4 Johns Trophy - Women s Semi-Finals & Finals Middleton Cup Men s Semi-Finals & Finals - 10am ** 4 Aug - 2 BE National Championships & National Sept Competitions Finals, 5 County Club Championship Semi-Finals & Finals Mon 6 Bank Holiday (Scotland) Mon 6 Banks (H) Mixed Rinks Cove BC GU14 8RW - 2.00pm Wed 8 Men v Sussex (A) Norfolk BC BN17 5NZ - 2.00pm 12 Men v Aldershot & District B.A. (A) Cove BC GU14 8RW - 2.00pm 19 Women v South Wales & Mon LBA (H) Fleming Park BC SO50 9NL - 2.00pm Mon 20 Tue 21 Women s Benevolent Triples, Over 55s Singles, Champion of Champions Singles, Over 55s Pairs and Golden Girls Pairs Women s Thornbery, Benevolent Triples, Over 55s Singles, Champion of Champions Singles, Over 55s Pairs and Golden Girls Pairs Wed 22 Women v Oxfordshire (A) Witney Town BC OX28 4AR - 1.30pm Fri 24 Women s Thornbery, Benevolent Triples, Over 55s Singles, Champion of Champions Singles, Over 55s Pairs and Golden Girls Pairs Sat 25 Men v London Welsh (A) Farnborough BC GU14 6NW - 2.00pm 26 Men v Bournemouth & District BA (A) Moordown BC BH9 1TH - 2.00pm Mon 27 Bank Holiday Wed 29 Women v Somerset (H) Waterside BC SO45 2PA - 1.30pm Fri 31 Women's Dolly Gore
September Tue 4 Women v Gloucestershire (A) Bishops Cleeve BC GL52 8EL - 1.30pm Wed 5 Men v Portsmouth & District B.A. (A) Alexandra BC PO2 9PB - 2.00pm Fri 7 Women v Swanmore & District (Jeanne Curtis Trophy) Men v Gloucestershire C.B.A. (H) Swanmore BC BH7 6PD - 2.00pm Hyde Abbey BC SO23 7DD - 2.00pm 8-9 Men s Junior International Series Belmont BC, Belfast, Ireland Sat 8 BH Men's and Women's Championship Finals * 9 Mixed Top Club Semi-Finals & Final Sat 15 Men s Two Wood Triples and 2.00pm and 2.00pm 15-16 Men's & Women s National Top Club Finals 15-16 Men's & Women s Finals fall back weekend * Sat 22 Senior International Trials Men & Women * A fall back weekend of 15th- 16th Sept has been included should County Finals not be completed on Sept 8th 21 BH Luncheon 12-16 Bowls Hampshire Mini Tour Sat 24 October November BE Counties Meeting & Women s Annual Dinner and Presentation of Prizes Fleming Park SO50 9NL - 12.00pm for 12.30pm The Dorset Golf & Country Club & Resort, Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 7NT St Johns Hotel, Solihull Women Men Mixed (H) = Home (A) = Away = Badge qualifying games ** Bowls England championship schedule can be found at https://bowlsengland.247.tv/images/championship%20schedule%202018_v1.pdf Bowls England programme of events can be found at https://www.bowlsengland.com/uploads/2018_prog_of_events_v2.pdf