Cramlington 2025
County Competitions
Brian Turner & Darren Mitchell selected to play for Northumberland against Lancashire in the Alsop Cup. David Clough and Jacky Taylor were selected as reserves but did not play. Congratulations and well done to you all.
County Leagues
Due to some poor performances in the Knight League at the start of the season Cramligton failed to hold onto their Div.1 status and have been relegated to Div 2. Towards the latter stages of this competition there were signs of improvement and encouragement from within the club which bodes well for the future and I’m sure we will be back in Div 1 soon.
Clegg League Div 1 performances much better finishing a credible fourth in the league
County Championship Programme.
Many of our members took part in the county programme playing in a number of Singles, Doubles, Triples and Fours matches without success. I’m sure they will try again next year.
2 Bowls Singles
David Clough
Singles
Brian Turner, A.Fantozzi & David Clough.
Mens Pairs
J.Sutherland & ? David Clough & Bill Hawkins
Mens Triples
J.Sutherland & ? David Clough, Bill Hawkins & Bob Harrison.
Mens Fours
Bill Hawkins, John Harrison, Bob Harrison & David Clough
County Jubilee Cup Holders New Delaval Knights
Stage 1 held at Cramlington Bowls Club on 11th May
Cramlington B playing in Section E winning through to Stage 2
Stage 2 held at Cramlington Bowls Club on 18th May
Cramlington A Playing in Sect’n G and Cramlington B playing in Sect’n H
Unfortunately both teams were unsuccessful on the day a little disappointing but we will try again next year.
County Edwardson Cup
Cramlington reached round 3 but were beaten by a very strong Seghill side.
let’s hope for a better result next year.
County Challenge Cup
Cramlington drawn to play in section B played at Morpeth on 9th August Failed to make the final but will try again next year.
Local League Games
A little bit of a mixed bag as far as the results are concerned in the local leagues.
The Blyth Valley Veterans League
This year we finished 4th out of 7 teams taking part in the league. Not bad considering that league teams now consist of 3 teams of 3 players and that the emphasis on our team selectors was to ensure that all our members would be given an equal opportunity to play regardless of experience.
The Crawford Smith League
A great result this year finishing as runners-up to Crawford Park Bowling Club. Again team selection somewhat similar to the Blyth valley Vets league with 3 teams of 3 players however team selectors now trying to apply an equal opportunities selection procedure for our members without weakening the strength of each team too much.
The Parliamentary Div. 1 league.
A somewhat different format with 4 teams of 3 players with relegation and promotion in operation. Although we finished 6 out of 8 we still managed to retain our Div 1 status.
Parliamentary League Rington’s Cup Competition
The final between Cramlington ‘A’ v Gosforth ‘A’ was held at Westerhope Bowls Club on Monday 18th August at 1:30pm. Cramlington ‘A’ consisting of David Smith, John Harrison & Bob Harrison beat Gosforth ‘A’ This is the first time a team representing Cramlington have won this cup. Congratulations a great result.
Well done to all our members who took part in the leagues.
Competitions 2025
Local Leagues
Blyth valley Vets Pairs
Perhaps our best year to date with 22 pairs taking part in the competition. unfortunately both of the Cramlington pairs of Bob Harrison / Brian Turner and Keith Twist / Jim Harrison were knocked out in the early rounds.
Final
The final between S.Robinson / D.Mordue (CC) and H.Edgar / D.Hawkins (Alex Park) was held at Cramlington Bowling club. Both teams were evenly matched in the early stages with excellent bowls from both sides however after sustained pressure Simon & Derek went on to beat Harry and David
Congratulations to Simon and Derek winners 2025 Vets Pairs.
Tom Entwistle Trophy
This year the competition was held at Alexandra Park
The finalists were David Smith (Cram) & Ken Brown (Alex Park)
After a hard fought game and with the home crowd behind him Ken Brown went on to win the competition. My Thanks to Alexandra Park for providing the refreshments.
Club Competitions
As usual all our club competitions were played to a very high standard with each round being very competitive. Congratulations to all of the winners
1 Champions Cup. —– Max Knights
2 Singles 2 Wood. —– Max Knights
3 Pairs 3 Wood. ——– Bill Hawkins & David Clough
4 Handicap 4 wood. — David Clough
Jumbles Open
Again, played to a very high standard over many weeks David Jackson winning the league with David Bamford (Runner Up)
Congratulations to David Jackson winner for the fourth year running. Our thanks to Tony Fantozzi & Jim Harrison for organising and Running the event throughout the year. We would also like to thank David Melling & Brian Usher who stepped in at short notice to take over the running of this event.
Jumbles Club Competitions
Pre-season Jumbles(Terry Mcbriarty Trophy) congratulations to Darren Mitchell Winner and commiserations to Brian Turner (Runner-up)
End Of season Jumbles Not Played
