President’s Invitation Match

Congratulations go to North Mymms Bowls Club for their achievement in winning this year’s President’ Invitation Match held at Hatfield BC on Sunday 26th January. Fours teams (North Mymms, Harpenden, Welwyn Garden City and Welwyn & District), all winners on one of the SADBA Inter-club competitions held in 2019, met to play against a SADBA team. The winners were awarded a plaque for their clubhouse and the President’s Trophy to hold for the next year.

The Match Report is here. The winning team from North Mymms team were Dave Cooper, Peter Stokes, Terry Atkinson and Ian Hulley. Well done to all of them for a resounding success.

President's Welcome Message

This year, for the first time in our history, we do not have a President in post so matches and other functions during the year will each be led by one of our Officers. We do, however, have a Deputy President, Jan Southwell, who was our President in 2018. Jan is unable to fulfil full Presidential duties this year but looks forward to being our President in 2025.

Despite the fact that we have few new faces wanting to step forward to lead SADBA into the future, we have an exciting and promising year ahead, both outdoors and indoors. As usual our Inter-Club League matches are fully subscribed and our Competition entries are up once again reflecting the keen interest in the association and competitive bowling.

With a Deputy President in place our Bob Vise final will be at Jan’s own Club, Potters Bar, on August Bank Holiday Monday. Our Finals Day will once again be at Harpenden Bowls Club which proved to be an outstanding venue in 2023 with excellent facilities and support from the Club.

M J Woodhams, Secretary & Past President