2025 Season – Our men are in WSBL division 2 League for this season.
Saturday 14th June – WSBL v Petworth at home. Our men won on just 1 rink gaining 2 league points.
Dave Evans, Tom Halliday, Mike Lockyer & Tony Dade won 16-14
John Ballinger, Albert Humphreys, John Cornwell & Derek Clacey lost 17-19
Ray Sayer, Danny Arnold, Dave Osman & Alan Bateman lost 16-17
Tom Oliver, Bill Taylor, Mark Beeby & Richard Humphrey lost 9-26
Thursday 5th June – WSBL v Middleton away. Our men won on 1 rink gaining 2 league points
Dave Evans, Pete Bunyan, Lew Lewendon & Tony Dade won 18-13
John Thorp, Danny Arnold, Dave Osman & Alan Bateman lost 14-20
Tom Halliday Peter Blackman, Ray Sayer & Richard Humphrey lost 9-20
John Ballinger, Tom Oliver, John Cornwell & Derek Clacey lost 18-20
Sunday 1st June – PC Cup v Worthing Pavilion at Worthing Pavilion. Our men won 3 out of 4 rinks and overall 65-62
John Ballinger, Danny Arnold, John Cornwell & Derek Clacey won 19-15
Dave Evans, Pete Bunyan, Lew Lewendon & Tony Dade won 21-12
Ray Sayer, David Jones, Dave Osman & Ian Cooper won 16-11
John Thorp, Bill Taylor, Mark Beeby & Richard Humphrey lost 9-24
Saturday 24th May – WSBL v Marine Gardens at home. Our men won on 3 rinks & overall 75-52 gaining 8 league points
Tom Oliver, Brian Powell, John Cornwell & Derek Clacey won 20-14
Richard Green, Peter Bunyan, Lew Lewendon & Tony Dade won 22-12
John Ballinger, Albert Humphreys, Alan Bateman & Richard Humphrey lost 13-17
Ray Sayer, Danny Arnold, Mike Lockyer & Ian Cooper won 20-9
Thursday 22nd May – Men’s top Club v Arundel . We won 3-2. A great result!
2 wood singles – Ray Sayer lost 18-21 (took 28 ends!)
4 woods singles – Richard Humphrey won 21-18
Pairs – Alan Bateman & Tony Dade won 26-9
Triples – Richard Green, Dave Osman & Ian Cooper lost 18-21 after 16 ends
Rinks – Dave Evans, Mike Lockyer, Lew Lewendon & Derek Clacey won 22-20
Wednesday 21st May – Men’s Abergavenny Cup 2nd round v Witterings. Crablands lost 34-44 & are out of the competition.
No rink scores available.
Wednesday 14th May – Men’s Abergavenny Cup 1st round v Arundel. We won overall by 3 shots so are through to the next round.
The home rink of John Thorp, Dave Evans, Richard Humphrey & Tony Dade lost 24-21
The away team of Richard Green. Ray Sayer, Dave Osman & Ian Cooper won 24-18
2024 Season
Friday 16th August – sadly the Men’s VPs match was cancelled due to a waterlogged green.
Saturday 10th August – WSBL v Worthing Pavilion Bulls at Worthing
awaiting results
Sunday 4th August – WSBL v Worthing Pavilion Bears at Worthing. The men won on 2 rinks and got 4 league points
Tom Halliday, Tom Oliver, John Cornwell & Derek Clacey lost
Ray Sayer, Graham LeMaquer, Mark Beeby & Alan Bateman won
John Ballinger, Albert Humphreys, Lew Lewendon & Richard Humphrey won
Bill Taylor, Bob Hoare, Terry Brazier & Peter Blackman lost
Saturday 27th July – WSBL v East Preston away. Sadly our men lost on all 4 rinks and got 0 league points.
Teams were: Ray Sayer, Lew Lewendon, John Cornwell & Richard Humphrey
John Ballinger, Derrick Watson, Mike Lockyer & Derek Clacey
Terry Brazier, Bob Hoare, Archie Coletta & Peter Blackman
John Thorp, Albert Humphreys, Tom Oliver & Alan Bateman
Tuesday 23rd July – WSBL v Pagham at home. The men won 2 rinks and lost 2 rinks getting 4 league points
The winning teams were: John Thorp, Bill Taylor, Dave Evans & Alan Bateman . Ray Sayer, Lew Lewendon, John Cornwell & Richard Humphrey
The other teams were: John Ballinger, Albert Humphreys, Tom Oliver & Derek Clacey. Tom Halliday, Bob Hoare, Mike Lockyer & Peter Blackman
Thursday 18th July – Men’s County Abergavenny Double rink v Arundel both home and away. The men won 39-37
Home team: Dave Evans, Lew Lewendon, John Cornwell & Ian Copper won 22-18
Away team: John Ballinger, John Thorp, Alan Bateman & Richard Humphrey lost 17-19
Saturday 13th July – WSBL v Southbourne at home. They won on two rinks and lost on two, so gaining 4 league points.
Teams were: Ray Sayer, Mike Lockyer, Mark Beeby and Ian Cooper.
Dave Evans, Archie Coletta, Alan Bateman and Richard Humphrey.
John Ballinger, Tom Oliver, Lew Lewendon and Peter Blackman.
Tom Halliday, Albert Humphreys, John Cornwell and Tony Dade.
Friday June 28th – WSBL v Norfolk away. They did not win on any rinks so gained 0 league points.
Teams were: Dave Evans, Bill Taylor, Mike Lockyer and Richard Humphrey
Jon Bowes, Tom Oliver, Peter Blackman and Ian Cooper
Tom Halliday, David Jones, Lew Lewendon and John Cornwell
John Thorpe, Archie Coletta, Alan Bateman and Tony Dade.
June 23rd – WSBL v Worthing Pavilion Bulls at home. They won on one rink but lost on the others so gaining 2 league points.
Teams were:Tom Oliver, Archie Coletta, Peter Blackman and Ian Cooper. Mark Heasman, John Cornwell and Tony Dade.
Mark Beeby, Terry Brazier, Nigel Crump and Lew Lewendon. Dave Evans, Mike Beal, Mike Lockyer and Alan Bateman.
Friday June 21st – WSBL v Chichester A at home. They lost on three rinks and drew on one gaining 1 league point.
Teams were: John Thorp, Mark Beeby, Tom Oliver and Ian Cooper. Nigel Crump, Terry Brazier, Jon Bowes and Lew Lewendon
John Ballinger, Mike Lockyer, Alan Bateman and Trevor Palmer. Dave Evans, Peter Blackman, John Cornwell and Tony Dade.
Saturday 15th June – PC Cup v Chichester away
The match was conceded due to insufficient players
Saturday 8th June – WSBL v Tarring Priory away. Sadly our Crablands men did not win on any rink and so did not gain any league points.
Teams were: Bill Taylor, Mark Beeby, Lew Lewendon and Richard Humphrey
Nigel Crump, Derek Wyatt, Tom Oliver and Peter Blackman
John Ballinger, Dave Strydon, Mike Lockyer and Trevor Palmer
Alan Bateman, Albert Humphreys, Archie Coletta and Tony Dade
Sunday 26th May – WSBL v Worthing pavilion Bears at home. They won one, drew one and lost two so gaining 3 league points.
Teams were: Nigel Crump, Archie Coletta, Lew Lewendon and Richard Humphrey
Ray Sayer, Bill Taylor, Mike Lockyer and Alan Bateman
Tom Halliday, Pete Bunyan, John Cornwell and Tony Dade
John Ballinger, Albert Humphreys, Tom Oliver and Peter Backman.
Tuesday 21st May – WSBL v Pagham at Pagham – The men won one rink but lost the others and lost overall so gaining 2 league points.
Teams were: Bill Taylor, David Jones, Alan Bateman and John Cornwell
Tom Oliver, Albert Humphreys, Archie Coletta and Richard Humphrey
John Thorp, Trevor Plaistow, Lew Lewendon and Tony Dade
Tom Halliday, Mike Lockyer, Ray Sayer and Peter Blackman.
Saturday 18th May – WSBL v East Preston A at home – They won two games, lost two and lost overall 63-79, but gained 4 league points.
Teams were: Nigel Crump, Albert Humphrey, Lew Lewendon and Ian Cooper.
Tom Halliday, Bill Taylor, John Cornwell and Tony Dade.
John Thorp, Ray Sayer, Alan Bateman and Richard Humphreys.
Dave Evans, Tom Oliver, Mike Lockyer and Peter Blackman.
Sunday 12th May – WSBL v Southbourne away – Our men unfortunately did not gain any league points.
Teams were: John Thorp, Albert Humphreys, Peter Blackman and John Cornwell
Bill Taylor, Archie Coletta, Ray Sayer and Ian Cooper
Dave Evans, Mike Beal, Alan Bateman and Tony Dade
Tom Halliday, Tom Oliver, Lew Lewendon and Richard Humphrey
30th April – The first match of the season was a men’s friendly against Wittering at Wittering. Crablands winning by 2 points overall. The teams were:
Tom Halliday, Mark Beeby, Ian Cooper and Trevor Palmer.
Archie Colletta, Tom Oliver, Mike Lockyer and Richard Humphrey who were the Top Rink.
John Thorp, Albert Humphreys, Alan Bateman and John Cornwell.
David Evans, Lew Lewendon, Peter Blackman and Tony Dade.
Richard Green, Mark Beeby, Ian Cooper and Ian Ford won 27-20
Archie Coletta, Mike Lockyer, Lew Lewendon and Richard Humphrey won 20-14
The other 3 rinks lost.
John Thorp, Dave Osman, Alan Bateman and Tony Dade won 22-10
Richard Green, Ray Sayer, Ian Cooper and Ian Ford won 18-11
Nigel Crump, John Hardy, John Cornwell and Richard Humphrey lost 14-15
John Ballinger, Lew Lewendon, Peter Blackman and Derek Clacey lost 13-20
Dave Evans, Tom Oliver, Ian Cooper and Ian Ford won 27-11
John Thorp, Albert Humphreys, Lew Lewendon and Tony Dade won 23-16
Kevin Gibbs, Bryan Jackson, Mark Heasman and John Cornwell won 20-17
John Ballinger, Archie Colleta, Dave Osman and Peter Blackman lost 17-23
John Thorp, Albert Humphreys, John Cornwell and Tony Dade won 27-14
Dave Evans, Mikey Lockyer, Ian Cooper and Ian Ford won 29-16
Richard Green, Ray Sayer, Peter Blackman and Richard Humphrey won 28-18
Kevin Gibbs, Lew Lewendon, Dave Osman and Derek Clacey won 27-20.
Ian Ford recently received “a flash” for playing a number of Home Counties games.
Men’s WSBL v Pagham at home – Wednesday 5th July
Crablands lost at home 79-96 gaining 4 league points
Ray Sayer, John Hardy, John Cornwell and Peter Blackman won 31-12
Lew, Ian, Albert & Dave won a “hotshot” in their match (all 8 shots in one end)Men’s WSBL v Middleton at home – Saturday 24th June
awaiting results
WSBL v Maltravers at Maltravers – Saturday 17th June
awaiting results
Mens’ National 3 wood Pairs Competition
Ian Ford and Paul Chuter have progressed to the Area Finals after overcoming a Pagham pair in a hard fought for match which went to an extra end. Good luck in the next round
Men’s WSBL v Worthing at home – Saturday 10th June
Crablands won 71-66 gaining 6 league points
Dave Evans, Peter Blackman, Lew Lewendon and Richard Humphrey won 24-12
John Hardy, Rod Shambrook, John Cornwell and Derek Clacey won 18-17
John Ballinger, Kevin Gibbs, Dave Osman and Tony Dade lost 14-15
John Thorp, Ray Sayer, Mark Heasman and Ian Ford lost 15-18
Sussex County Executives played the VPs at Crablands on Thursday 8th June
Crablands were delighted to host this prestigious event and a great afternoon was enjoyed by all.
Men’s WSBL v Goring Manor at home – Tuesday 6th June
Crablands Men won 79-68 gaining 7 league points
Tom Oliver, John Hardy, Dave Evans and Ian Ford won 27-16
John Thorp, Albert Humphreys, John Cornwell and Tony Dade won 25-12
Ray Sayer, Denny Terry, Mikey Lockyer and Richard Humphrey drew 18-18
Richard Green, Tom Halliday, Lew Lewendon and Derek Clacey lost 9-22
Mens’ National 3 wood Pairs
Alan Bateman & Tony Dade beat Witterings and then Chichester to go forward to the next round.
Mens’ County Unbadged Singles
In Rd 1 Dave Evans had a w/o then played Francis Fahey from Worthing Pavilion at Worthing Pavilion & won 21-14
Dave played Jack Carline from Maltravers at Maltravers & lost 12-21.
Mens’ Champion of Champions County
1st round – Tuesday 16th May Ian Ford played Jack Carline from Maltravers & won 23-15
2nd round – Tuesday 30th May: Ian played Ivan Godsmark from Marine Gardens & won 21-18
Mens’ County Triples
We had two teams entered for this competition
Richard Humphrey, Alan Bateman and Derek Clacey won 2 rounds, both at home against teams from Worthing Pavilion, firstly winning 21-3 when WP conceded after 12 ends. The second round they won 20-12. In the 3rd round the team lost to Chichester & are now unfortunately out of the competition.
Sadly, our second Triples team of Dave Evans, Tony Dade and Ian Ford had a walk over but then lost at Petworth in the 2nd round
Men’s Abergavenny Cup v Petworth – Sunday 28th May
Crablands Men won at home but lost away to Petworth and lost overall (31-39).
Home: Richard Humphrey, Lew Lewendon, Derek Clacey & Ian Ford won 22-10
Away: John Ballinger, Peter Blackman, Alan Bateman & Tony Dade lost 9-29
Men’s WSBL v Pulborough at home – Saturday 27th May
In the West Sussex Bowls League Division 2, Crablands Men hosted Pulborough BC and lost 60-93 but gained 3 points to 7
John Ballinger, Dave Osman, Peter Blackman and Tony Dade won 20-17
John Hardy, Ray Sayers, Lew Lewendon and Richard Humphrey drew 16-16
John Thorp, Mikey Lockyer, Alan Bateman and Derek Clacey lost 13-31
Trevor Plaistow, Rod Shambrook, John Cornwell and Mark Heasman lost 11-29
Men’s County Top Club v Norfolk at Norfolk – Thursday 25th May
Crablands lost 2 disciplines to 3 in a hard fought match.
4 wood Singles – Richard Humphrey won 21-17
Pairs – Dave Evans and Ian Ford won 14-13
Triples – Richard Green, Peter Blackman and Trevor Palmer lost 15-16 on an extra end!
Rinks – Mikey Lockyer, Lew Lewendon, Alan Bateman and Derek Clacey lost 9-20
2 wood Singles- Tony Dade lost 6-18
Men’s PC Cup v Petworth at Petworth – Saturday 20th May
Unfortunately the men lost this first round match
2023 Men’s County 4s
In the 1st round on Monday 15th May our men played Tarring Priory at home and won 16-11
The team was – Dave Evans, Richard Humphrey, Derek Clacey & Ian Ford
In the 2nd round on Wednesday 17th May they played Petworth at home and won 26-21
In the Area Final on Friday 19th May they played Midhurst at home and won 18-7
They are now through to the Men’s quarter finals on Friday 7th July
********2022 results********
PC Cup – Crablands v Southbourne at Southbourne – Saturday 27th August
Sadly Crablands did not win
Crablands v Norfolk B – Thursday 25th August
Unfortunately the match was cancelled due to a waterlogged green and the league points shared
Crablands v Pagham – Tuesday 16th August
Unfortunately the match was cancelled and the league points shared
Crablands host VPs match – Friday 19th August
The Division 4 VPs enjoyed our hospitality so much that they won on all rinks!
No individual scores to hand!
Sussex County Men v Hampshire – Wednesday 10th August
Crablands were delighted to host a county match once again.
A great afternoon of bowling was enjoyed by all.
Crablands v Bognor at Bognor – Tuesday 9th August
Crablands Men won on 2 rinks but lost overall and gained 4 league points
Richard Green, Tom Oliver, Richard Humphrey and Derek Clacey won 20-17
Dave Evans, Albert Humphreys, Nigel Reynolds and Ian Ford won 18-17
John Ballinger, Jack Freeborough, John Cornwell and Mark Heasman lost 18-19
John Thorp, Lew Lewendon, Peter Blackman and Tony Dade lost 12-25
Crablands v Pulborough at Pulborough – Sunday 31st July
Crablands overall score was 58-80. We won on one rink so gained 2 league points.
John Ballinger, John Cornwell, Richard Humphrey and Derek Clacey won 19-14,
John Thorp, Lew Lewendon, Alan Bateman and Tony Dade lost 16-21,
Nigel Crump, Albert Humphreys, Nigel Reynolds and Ian Ford lost 12-22,
Richard Green, Tom Oliver, Peter Blackman and Mark Heasman lost 11-23.
Crablands v East Preston at East Preston – Wednesday 27th July
Crablands men won 85-67 gaining 6 points
Nigel Crump, Richard Green, Richard Humphrey and Derek Clacey won 25-9
John Thorp, Dave Osman, Lew Lewendon and Tony Dade won 26-15
John Ballinger, John Cornwell, Mark Heasman and Peter Blackman lost 17-18
Mike Lockyer, Albert Humphreys, Nigel Reynolds and Ian Ford lost 17-25.
Crablands v Maltravers – Sunday 17th July
Crablands Men hosted Maltravers and gained all 10 points (107-57)
Nigel Crump, Nigel Reynolds, Lew Lewendon and Derek Clacey won 42-13
Alan Blyth, Bill Taylor, John Ballinger and Peter Blackman won 23-13
Kevin Gibbs, Albert Humphreys, John Cornwell and Ian Ford won 22-15
John Thorp, Tom Oliver, Alan Bateman and Tony Dade won 20-16
PC Cup – Crablands v Pagham away – Thursday 14th July
Crablands won 91-69 and have now qualified for the semifinals (which will be played at home):
John Ballinger, Rod Shambrook, Richard Humphrey and Derek Clacey won 33-18
John Thorp, Albert Humphreys, John Cornwell and Ian Ford won 27-12
Nigel Reynolds, Lew Lewendon, Alan Bateman and Tony Dade lost 17-20
Nigel Crump, Dave Osman, Peter Blackman and Mark Heasman lost 14-19
WSBL Div 2 Crablands v Maltravers – Wednesday 6th July
Crablands Men travelled to Maltravers and won 8-2 (97-74):
John Thorp, Rod Shambrook, Alan Bateman and Tony Dade won 30-15
Dave Evans, Albert Humphreys, John Cornwell and Ian Ford won 30-19
Nigel Reynolds, Alan Blyth, Lew Lewendon and Richard Humphrey won 17-16
John Ballinger, Kevin Gibbs, Peter Blackman and Mark Heasman lost 20-24.