Plant Welding Triples Tournament,    21^st & 22^nd June 2008.

This was the eleventh year that this tournament has been generously sponsored by the Carlin Family who own 'Plant Welding Engineering' at Colwick, Nottingham.

George Carlin started the sponsorship back in 1997 after seeing the disabled bowlers practising for the Paralympics at Gedling IBC just before they went to Atlanta for the 1996 Games. He gradually increased the amount of sponsorship.

When George retired and handed over the business to his son Doug, he continued and increased the support for the event. Part of the sponsorship is now used to provide trophies for the DBE Masters Championships.

Financial help such as the Carlins and Chalkies is invaluable to our organisation as we receive no outside funding. It is great to be able to give a decent prize to the winners of a disabled event, a prize befitting their skill and dedication to their sport.

This year was no disappointment; the competition was as keen as ever and the standard of bowling very high. Last years winners, Laurie Turner, George Pierrepoint and Les Smith were beaten into second place by the formidable trio of Kevin Woolmore, Percy Powell and newcomer to the tournament, Chris Burton. Stealing third place from John Appleton, Roy Burton and young newcomer Adam Summerscales on shots difference were, Owen Smithson, Val Bradley and Alan Cunningham. A closely contested tournament!

The next disabled event at Gedling IBC, Nottingham is the Gedling Open Pairs on 2nd and 3rd of August. Anyone with a disability who would like to enter, contact Margaret Smith on 0115 9404609 or email - maggynet2@yahoo.com. Subject - Gedling Pairs.

CP Sport National Singles   7^th & 8^th June 2008.

This year’s event was fiercely contested for both trophies with some wonderful bowls played.

Many of the old familiar faces were there along with a couple of new ones, although several of the regular squad members were missing due to injuries and illness.

Thanks go to 'Chalkie' White of 'Whites Palletts', Nottingham for providing the new squad shirts for the bowlers and the helpers, they look really smart.

A good weekend was had by all!

IPC World Championships   October 2007
Here is the latest information from the IPC World Championships in Sydney, Australia.

Final Results

Final Results

Update: Thu 25^th Oct.

B1 Ladies
B1 Men
B1 Mixed Pairs
 
B2-3 Singles
B2-3 Pairs
B2-3 Triples
 
B6-8 Ladies Singles
B6-8 Ladies Pairs
B6-8 Ladies Triples
 
B6-8 Medal Selection - Singles
B6-8 Medal Selection - Pairs
B6-8 Medal Selection - Triples
B6-8 Medal Selection - Fours
 
B6-8 Plate Selection - Pairs, Triples
B6-8 Plate Selection - Singles, Fours

Update: Tue 23^rd Oct.

International Bowls Report
B6-8 Medal Selection - Singles
B6-8 Medal Selection - Pairs
B6-8 Medal Selection - Triples
B6-8 Medal Selection - Fours

Potters leisure resort   December 2006
A group of 25 went to Potters leisure resort in Dec 2006 and came away with the team prize. Well Done CP Sport Bowlers. Made many new friends and recieved an invite to Grattons club in Surrey for 2007 season.

Bowls Report   November 2006
IPC

The date and venue is now confirmed for next years IPC World Championships, 15^th to the 27^th October 2007, Manley, Sydney Australia. It is intended that these championships should open as IPC and close as the new international organisation, the name of which has yet to be registered.

Six players have been selected from the bowls squad to compete in Australia, they are:
    David Walker
    Richard Watling
    Laurie Turner
    George Pierrepoint
    Michael Willavoys
    Les Smith

International Test Series, Nottingham, England   September 2006.

At the beginning of the year I decided to organise a pan-disability international event aimed at the countries not involved in the FESPIC games, namely the home countries, South Africa and Israel. During the CP ISRA World games in Connecticut, the Australian team expressed a desire to come and play in England and therefore asked for an invite, word got around and requests for invitations also came in from Korea and Malaysia. Hong Kong contacted me at a later date but by that time I just couldn't take any more entries due to the size of the venue. We finished up with 12 teams in total. This only goes to show the need for more international competition.

The format for the event was new to everyone and proved to be very popular. Teams of five played pairs and triples in the mornings and reformed as singles and fours in the afternoon session. 12 teams played in two groups of 6, they played a different country each day for 5 days in a round robin. Points from all games were added together to determine the group winners. On the 6^th day there were finals in singles, pairs, triples and fours, and on the 7^th day, a team final with the two top teams playing all four disciplines. All points were added together to determine the Team Champions.

This format gave all competitors plenty of variety and lots of games and also opportunity to play in a maximum of 4 finals.

The whole weeks bowling went really well and we finished off with a big party and presentation evening. It was great to see all nationalities on the dance floor together; it was a terrific social evening.

One of the best things about the event was the number of CP bowlers involved and even more so, how many actually won the medals.

Australia won the team championship, beating Scotland in the final.

All but one country included CP bowlers in their teams.

No longer are our CP bowlers the underdogs, for years the scene was dominated by the para's and amputees but no more. We now have some of the best bowlers in the world. They never fail to make me feel very proud.

Multi-Disability International '5 a side' Test Series   September 2006