2025 Season- both the Red & Green team are in the GSM Division 1 League
Saturday 14th June – Ladies County Top Club v Maltravers at Maltravers. Crablands won 2 disciplines and overall 71-66
Singles: Sheila Jones lost 11-21
Pairs: Chris Lewendon & Sarah Fewster won 27-20
Triples: Gill Oliver, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth won 21-11
Fours: Lesley Duff, Lynn Hyett, Julia McLaren & Cheryl Brown lost 12-14
Tuesday 10th June – GSM Green team v Red team. The Red team won on both rinks gaining 6 league points
Cheryl Brown, Barbara Bond, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles won 33-7
Debbie Jones, Jo Green, Chris Lewendon & Sarah Fewster won 19-11
Monday 9th June – 3rd round County pairs.
Cheryl Brown & Sarah Fewster played Middleton away and came second!
Val Foyle & Sheila Jones played Norfolk at home and came second too!
Friday 6th June – Semi-final County Senior 4s.
Sadly our team of Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Sue Blyth lost at home to Southwick Park.
Thursday 5th June – 2nd round County pairs.
Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff played Witterings A at home and lost 13-19
Cheryl Brown & Sarah Fewster played Witterings B at home and won 16-11
Val Foyle & Sheila Jones played East Preston A at home and won 17-15
Tuesday 3rd June – 2nd round County Senior 4s.
Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Sue Blyth played away at Petworth & won 26-9 after 15 ends.
Monday 2nd June – 1st round County pairs. We had 4 teams entered in this competition.
Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff played Maltravers D at home and won 19-6
Cheryl Brown & Sarah Fewster played Maltravers C at home and won 21-12
Gill Oliver & Sue Blyth played away at Worthing Pavilion & lost 13-15
Val Foyle & Sheila Jones had a bye for this round.
Sunday 1st June – GSM Red team v Witterings away. Our ladies won 1 rink but lost on the other gaining 2 league points
Chris Lewendon, Barbara Bond, Jo Green & Sheila Jones lost 12-22
Debbie Jones, Bernice Horner, Anita Colliety & Sarah Fewster won 21-20
Saturday 31st May – Ladies Top Club v Hurstpierpoint. Our ladies won all four disciplines – a great result!
Singles: Sheila Jones won 22-9
Pairs: Chris Lewendon & Sarah Fewster won 26-17
Triples: Louise Arnold, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth won 17-14
Fours: Lesley Duff, Gill Oliver, Julia McLaren & Cheryl Brown won 18-15
Friday 30th May – 1st round County Senior 4s. We had 2 teams in this competition.
Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Sue Blyth played away at Maltravers & won 23- 6 after 14 ends
Gill Oliver, Bernice Horner, Julia McLaren & Leslie Duff played away at Witterings & lost 9-16
Thursday 29th May – GSM Green team v Maltravers at home. Sadly our ladies lost on both rinks and got no league points.
Hazel Barnett, Lynn Hyett, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth lost 13-20
Gill Oliver, Jane Bunyan, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff lost 9-23
Sunday 25th May – GSM Red team v Green team. The Red team won on both rinks gaining 6 league points
Red: Cheryl Brown, Bernice Horner, Anita Colliety & Sarah Fewster won 18-14 against Green: Louise Arnold, Carole Cornwell, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth
Red: Chris Lewendon, Barbara Bond, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles won 20-13 against Green: Gill Oliver, Lynn Hyett, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff
Saturday 24th May – GSM Green team v Witterings at Witterings. Sadly our ladies lost on both rinks and got no league points.
Gill Oliver, Jane Bunyan, Julia McLaren & lesley Duff lost 16-17
Carole Cornwell, Lynn Hyett, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth lost 14-20
Thursday 22nd May – 2nd round County Trixie Pairs. Gill Oliver & Julia Mclaren beat Pagham a 18-14
Tuesday 20th May – 4th round County Triples. Gill Oliver, Sarah Fewster & Sue Blyth lost on the very last end to East Preston 15-17
Friday 16th May – 3rd round County Triples. Chris Lewendon, Cheryl Brown & Sheila Jones lost to Witterings B 16-21
Thursday 15th May – 3rd round County Triples. Gill Oliver, Sarah Fewster & Sue Blyth beat Witterings A 19-11
Tuesday 13th May – 2nd round County Triples. We have 3 teams entered in this competition who all got a ‘bye’ into the 2nd round
Barbara Bond, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff lost to Witterings A 13-21
Gill Oliver, Sarah Fewster & Sue Blyth beat East Preston A 19-12
Chris Lewendon, Cheryl Brown & Sheila Jones beat Worthing Pavilion 22-18
Monday 12th May – 1st round County Fours
Our team of Lesley Duff, Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster & Sheila Jones lost by 1 on the very last end and are now out of the competition.
2024 Season
Thursday 12th September – Ladies Witterings Invite
Crablands had 2 team playing in this event. Each team played 3 matches of 8 ends and the winner was the team with the most ends won.
Cheryl, Sarah, Sheila & Carol lost one match but won the other two.
Val, Julia, Lesley & Sue drew their first match and then won the next 2 matches to win the event.
Well done ladies!
CONGRATULATIONS to the Ladies Green Team.
They finished in second place in Division 2 and will be promoted to Division 1 next season.
The Red team had a good season too and have maintained their place in Division 1.
Please click below for the final GSM results
28th August – Red team v Maltravers away. Sadly the ladies lost on both rinks.
Grace Humphreys, Melva Bateman, Sarah Fewster & Sheila Jones lost 15-19
Debbie Jones, Jo Green, Cheryl Brown & Carol Bowles lost 12-20
28th August – Green team v Middleton White away. The ladies won one rink, lost the other but won overall gaining 4 league points
Sylvia Ballinger, Carole Cornwell, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth won 32-9
Gill Oliver, Bette Ward, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff lost 11-22
22nd August – Green team v East Preston at home. The match was cancelled due to wet weather. Both teams got 3 league points
21st August – Green team v Middleton Blue away (was 7/6). The ladies won on one rink but lost on the other getting 2 league points
Carole Cornwell, Bette Ward, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth won 18-14
Jan Sayer, Judy Sharp, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff lost 12-26
20th August – Red team v Worthing Pavilion at home. The ladies won on both rinks gaining 6 league points
Grace Humphreys, Bernice Horner, Sarah Fewster & Sheila Jones won 21-15
Debbie Jones, Melva Bateman, Cheryl Brown & Carol Bowles won 19-12
16th August – Green team v Marine Gardens away. The ladies won on both rinks gaining 6 league points
Sylvia Ballinger, Bette Ward, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth won 18-11
Jan Sayer, Judy Sharp, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff won 18-17
15th August – National Finals at Leamington Spa
A team from Crablands were delighted to qualify for the National Finals representing Sussex in the Ladies 4s.
Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles played a team from Welford-on-Avon representing Warwickshire.
The ladies drew 14 all but then lost the match by 1 shot on an extra end!
. Carol, Sheila, Cheryl & Sarah at Leamington
14th August – Green team v Middleton Blue at home (was 18/7). The ladies won on both rinks gaining 6 league points
Bette Ward, Carole Cornwell, Julia McLaren & Lesley duff won 15-13
Jan Sayer, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth won 30 – 9 but had to deduct 25% of their score for playing short. Final score 22.5 – 9
12th August – Red team v Pagham away (rearranged from 25/7). The ladies won on both rinks gaining 6 league points
Grace Humphreys, Bernice Horner, Sarah Fewster & Sheila Jones won 20-14
Melva Bateman, Jo Green, Cheryl Brown & Carol Bowles won 24-12
8th August – Green team v Arundel away. Sadly rain stopped play after 9 ends.
The ladies lost on one rink and drew on the other gaining 1 league point
Gill Oliver, Judy Sharpe, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff drew 6 all
Sylvia Ballinger. Jan Sayer, Carole Cornwell & Val Foyle lost 8-10
6th August – Red team v Worthing Pavilion away. The match was rained off. We both agreed to share the league points so got 3 each.
4th August – Red team v Storrington at home. (was 15/7) The ladies won on both rinks gaining 6 league points
Grace Humphreys, Bernice Horner, Sarah Fewster & Sheila Jones won 32-11
Debbie Jones, Jo Green, Cheryl Brown & Carol Bowles won 25-7
30th July – Red team v Witterings away. The ladies won on one rink, lost one and lsoy overall 31-32 gaining 2 league points
Grace Humphreys, Bernice Horner, Sarah Fewster & Sheila Jones lost 12-19
Debbie Jones, Jo Green, Cheryl Brown & Carol Bowles won 19-13
The friendly team of Gill Oliver, Jan Sayer & Sue Blyth won 20-8
Sunday 28th July – Ladies 4s County Final v Polegrove at Preston Park, Brighton
The 4s team of Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles qualified for this final.
Sadly Carol couldn’t play as she had Covid but Lesley Duff stepped in. The team had a great game but sadly lost by just 1 point! 20-21
Both teams in the final qualify to play in the National Bowls Finals at Leamington Spa in August.
Tuesday 23rd July – Southwick Park Ladies Invite
Crablands had 2 teams playing in this event in different groups. It was a great day out with 4 games of 8 ends interspersed with a delicious lunch and afternoon tea. The winners of each group played to find the winner and runner-up. the teams in second place played to find 3rd & 4th places.
All winners received a cash prize.
Sylvia, Cheryl, Sarah & Sheila won their group and progressed to the final which they also won.
Jan, Val, Julia & Lesley won some of their games and came 3rd in their group.
Saturday 2oth July – Ladies Top Club semi-final v Burgess Hill played on neutral green at Southwick Park.
Sadly the ladies lost all 4 disciplines and are out of the competition.
Teams were: Singles – Sheila
Pairs – Cheryl & Sarah
Triples – Gill, Val & Sue
Fours – Sylvia, Jan, Julia & Lesley
Nb Chris couldn’t play as she has an injury & Carol has Covid
19th July – Green team v Bognor away. The ladies won on one rink but lost on the other getting 4 league points.
Gill Oliver, Jan Sayer, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff won 23-10
Sylvia Ballinger. Carole Cornwell, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth lost 16-20
19th July – Red team v Maltravers at home. The ladies won on one rink but lost on the other getting 4 league points.
Val Palmer, Grace Humphreys, Melva Bateman & Sheila Jones won 28-6
Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster & Carol Bowles won 16-14 but had to lose 25% of score making it 12-14
Thursday 18th July – Ladies Double rink Round 3 v Southwick Park both home and away
The home team of Gill Oliver, Julia McLaren, Val Foyle & Lesley Duff drew 17-17
Sadly the away team of Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles lost 14-18 so the team are out of the competition.
15th July – Red team v Storrington at home – the match was rained off & has been rearranged for Sunday 4th August.
12th July – Red team v Storrington away. The ladies won one rink, lost the other rink and got 4 league points
Grace Humphreys, Bernice Horner, Sarah Fewster & Sheila Jones lost 14-16
Chris Lewendon, Melva Bateman, Cheryl Brown & Carol Bowles won 20-10
Thursday 11th July – Ladies Double rink Round 2 v Worthing Pavilion both home and away
Our ladies won on one rink, lost on the other but won overall.
At home: Chris Lewendon, Cheryl Brown, Julia McLaren & Sue Blyth lost 22-16
Away at Worthing Pavilion: Val Foyle, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles won 21-7
Wednesday 10th July – Crablands hosted a Sussex County match v Isle of White ladies
Cheryl Brown, Lesley Duff & Sarah Fewster received their County badges and played their first match for the County.
Sarah Fewster played on the Sussex Top Rink.
Other Crablands ladies playing were Sue Blyth, Sheila Jones & Chris Lewendon.
We also had Mike Lockyer & Tony Dade playing for the IOW Ladies!!
It was a lovely afternoon of bowling in glorious sunshine.
Thanks to Carole Cornwell, Fai Dade, Val Foyle and Josie who prepared a splendid lunch for over 60 people.
Thanks also to Mike Lockyer & Tom Oliver for organising the busy car park and to everyone who worked on the bar.
8th July – Red team v Pagham at home. The ladies won on both rinks and got 6 league points
Grace Humphreys, Bernice Horner, Sarah Fewster & Sheila Jones won 26-5
Chris Lewendon, Jo Green, Cheryl Brown & Carol Bowles won 22-10
6th July – Green team v Marine Gardens at home. The ladies won on both rinks and got 6 league points
Gill Oliver, Bette Ward, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff won 23-14
Jan Sayer, Carole Cornwell, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth won 15-12
Thursday 4th July – Ladies Double rink Round 1 v Henfield both home and away. Our ladies won on both rinks.
At home: Chris Lewendon, Cheryl Brown, Julia McLaren & Sue Blyth won 19-17
Away at Henfield: Val Foyle, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles won 16-14
3rd July – Red team v Norfolk at Norfolk. Sadly the ladies lost on both rinks and got no league points
Grace Humphreys, Bernice Horner, Sarah Fewster & Sheila Jones lost 13-15
Chris Lewendon, Jo Green, Cheryl Brown & Carol Bowles lost 13-17
However, the friendly team of Val Foyle, Bette Ward, Melva Bateman & Lesley Duff won their match.
26th June – Green team v Middleton White at home. The ladies won one rink, lost the other rink and got 4 league points
Gill Oliver, Bette Ward, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff lost 16-17
Val Foyle, Carole Cornwell, Jan Sayer & Sue Blyth won 26-9
Saturday 29th June – Ladies Top Club v Hurstpierpoint at home.
Our Ladies won on all 4 rinks and are through to the semi-final round.
Singles – Sheila won 21-12
Pairs – Chris & Carol won 19-18
Triples – Cheryl, Sarah & Sue won 23-17
Fours – Val, Gill, Julia & Lesley won 17-12
Thanks to John for umpiring, Tony for marking and Tom & Alan for preparing the green.
After the match a delicious lunch was enjoyed by all the players.
Many thanks to Melva, Alan, Joan & Jan who put on a wonderful spread.
Saturday 22nd June – Ladies Top Club v Worthing Pavilion at home.
Our Ladies won on all 4 rinks and are through to the next round.
Singles – Sheila won 21-8
Pairs – Chris & Carol won 22-14
Triples – Cheryl, Sarah & Sue won 16-12
Fours – Val, Gill, Julia & Lesley won 23-11
Thanks to John for umpiring and Tony for marking.
After the match a delicious lunch was enjoyed by all the players.
Many thanks to Melva, Alan & Joan who put on a wonderful spread.
Ladies County Pairs
13th June – Crablands have 3 teams in this competition with 2 pairs being drawn against each other!
Cheryl Brown & Sarah Fewster played a pair from Maltravers at home and won 21-6 after 15 ends
Julia Mclaren & Lesley Duff played Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles at home. Carol & Sheila won 19-9
17th June – Cheryl & Sarah played Petworth at home and won 21-11
Sheila & Carol played Worthing Pavilion away and sadly lost 13-16
20th June – Cheryl & Sarah played Midhurst at home and sadly lost.
Saturday 1st June –County Unbadged Pairs (Trixie Pairs)
Val Foyle and Julia McLaren played at home and won against a pair from Storrington.
Thursday 20th June – Val & Julia travelled to Pagham and won their match
Sunday 23rd June – Val & Julia played ladies from Southwater in the quarter finals. It was a close match right till the last few ends. Val & Julia lost.
18th June – Green team v Bognor at home.
The ladies won on won rink, lost on the other but won overall 43-29 gaining 4 league points
Gill Oliver, Sylvia Ballinger, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth lost 10-15
Carole Cornwell, Judy Sharp, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff won 33-14
14th June – Green team v Arundel at home. Sadly the ladies lost on both rinks and got no league points
The teams were: Gill Oliver, Sylvia Ballinger, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth
Carole Cornwell, Judy Sharpe, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff
The friendly team of Melva Bateman, Bernice Horner, Cheryl Brown & Chris Lewendon won their match 23-14
2nd June – Red team GSM match v Witterings at home. Sadly the ladies lost on both rinks and got no league points
Chris Lewendon, Grace Humphreys, Sarah Fewster & Sheila Jones lost 14-20
Cheryl Brown, Melva Bateman, Anita Colliety & Carol Bowles lost 13-16
The friendly team of Gill Oliver, Jan Sayer/Jo Green, Val Foyle & Lesley Duff won 19-12
Saturday 1st June – County Unbadged Pairs (Trixie Pairs)
Val Foyle and Julia McLaren played at home against a pair from Storrington. The Crablands ladies won and go through to the next round.
30th May – Green team GSM match v East Preston away. The ladies won one rink and lost on the other gaining 4 league points
Sylvia Ballinger, Jan Sayer, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth lost 13-19
Gill Oliver, Bette Ward, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff won 28-20
A friendly match with Cheryl Brown, Carole Cornwell, Melva Bateman & Anita Colliety was won by East Preston
28th May – Red team GSM match v Norfolk at home
The match was stopped after 13 ends due to inclement weather but the ladies
Chris Lewendon, Grace Humphreys, Sarah Fewster & Sheila Jones won 27-5
Cheryl Brown, Melva Bateman, Anita Colliety & Carol Bowles lost 5-16
County Senior 4s
31st May – Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles played East Preston away and sadly lost on an extra end 14-16
Sylvia Ballinger, Gill Oliver, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff played Maltravers at home and won 17-10
4th June – Sylvia Ballinger, Gill Oliver, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff played Norfolk away at Norfolk and lost 9-14
County 4s
23rd May – Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles played Horsham at home and won 26-7.
The ladies are now through to the semi-finals at Preston Park in July.
20th May – Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles played Worthing Pavilion and won 18-16
13th May – Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles played Middleton and won 21-13
Saturday 18th May – Ladies Top Club v Norfolk at home.
Crablands ladies won 2 of the 4 disciplines and won overall with a shot difference of 78-65
Singles – Sheila Jones lost 18-21
Pairs – Chris Lewendon & Carol Bowles won 20-9
Triples – Cheryl brown, Sarah Fewster & Sue Blyth won 26-15
4s – Sylvia Ballinger, Gill Oliver, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff lost 14-20
The team would like to thank Melva, Joan & Jan for a lovely after match lunch.
Sylvia, Lesley, Cheryl, Sheila, Chris, Sue, Gill, Sarah, Julia & Carol
County Triples
17th May – Cheryl Brown, Sheila Jones and Carol Bowles played at Petworth on an artificial green. Unfortunately, they lost on the last end. 14-16
14th May – The 2 Crablands teams played each other and Carol’s team won 17-7
10th May – Cheryl Brown, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles played Maltravers and won 13-9
10th May – Sylvia Ballinger, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff played Norfolk and won 17-16
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13th May – Ladies friendly v Witterings away. Crablands won on two rinks and overall.
Teams were: Chris Lewendon, Carole Cornwell and Sue Blyth
Grace Humphreys, Jane Bunyan and Anita Colliety
Val Palmer, Julia McLaren and Lesley Duff
8th May – Ladies friendly v Storrington was cancelled by Storrington as they couldn’t get enough players.
2nd May – Ladies friendly v Witterings was unfortunately rained off.
2023 Season
Ladies County Top Club Final v Polegrove at Preston – Saturday 9th September
Div 1 GSM Red team v Worthing Pavilion at home – Tuesday 5th September
Ladies County Senior 4s at the National Finals at Leamington Spa – Tuesday 22nd August
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Sheila Jones, Sarah Fewster, Cheryl Brown & Carol Bowles with David Tucker, Chairman of Bowls England.
The team were presented with their National Finals badges before their match against Lancashire. Sadly they lost the match but thoroughly enjoyed soaking up the fantastic atmosphere and watching some amazing bowls matches.
Div 2 GSM Green team v East Preston at home – Thursday 24th August
Unfortunately the match was stopped after only 4 ends due to adverse weather. Both clubs got 3 points each
Div 2 GSM Green team v Marine Gardens at Marine Gardens – Friday 19th August
Sadly the team failed to gain any points losing 20-37
Sylvia Ballinger, Val Whiting, Carole Cornwell and Sue Blyth narrowly lost 15-17
Gill Oliver, Joan Adams, Julia McClaren and Debs Hogg had to concede after 13 ends after injury to one of our players (5-20) at the time.
Ladies Day – Wednesday 16th August
Ladies’ Captain Julia McClaren hosted a Ladies’ Day which was a great afternoon of bowling followed by lovely scones and cake with tea (or something stronger)!The top rink were Barbara Bond, Melva Bateman, Lesley Duff and Sheila Jones.
Our thanks to Julia for the delicious tea and thanks also to Fai, Val, Josie and Pat for setting it all out.
Div 1 GSM Red team v Middleton at home – Tuesday 15th August
The team won on both rinks 42-29 gaining 6 league points
Cheryl Brown, Melva Bateman, Sarah Fewster and Carol Bowles won 21-11
Chris Lewendon, Jo Green, Anita Colliety and Sheila Jones won 21-18
Div 2 GSM Green team v Arundel at Arundel – Thursday 10th August
The Green team won on one rink but lost on the other winning overall 33-23 gaining 4 points
Gill Oliver, Joan Adams, Julia McClaren and Debs Hogg won 23-10
Sylvia Ballinger, Jan Sayer, Val Foyle and Sue Blyth lost 10-13.
The friendly – Sheila Plaistow, Melva Bateman, Bette Ward and Lesley Duff won 17-14
Div 1 GSM Red team v Worthing Pavilion at Worthing Pavilion – Tuesday 8th August
The team won on both rinks 41-26 and gained 6 league points. The team are currently top of Division 1.
Chris Lewendon, Grace Humphreys, Anita Colliety and Sheila Jones won 26-12
Cheryl Brown, Barbara Bond, Sarah Fewster and Carol Bowles won 15-14
Ladies County Top Club Final v Polegrove at Horsham – Saturday 5th August
Match postponed due to bad weather. It will now be played on Saturday 9th September at Preston Park at 10am
Sussex County ladies v Dorset at Crablands – Wednesday 2nd August
Match cancelled due to bad weather.
Div 1 GSM Red team v Witterings at Witterings – Tuesday 1st August
The team won on one rink but lost on the other on the very last end. Crablands won overall 32-26 and gained 4 league points
Chris Lewendon, Grace Humphreys, Anita Colliety and Sheila Jones won 18-11
Cheryl Brown, Barbara Bond, Sarah Fewster and Carol Bowles lost 14-15
The friendly rink of Sheila Plaistow, Val Palmer, Bette Ward and Gill Oliver won 14-13
Div 2 GSM Green team v Storrington at Storrington – Monday 31st July
Unfortunately rain stopped play after 11 ends and Crablands lost all 6 league points. A very disappointing and soggy afternoon!
Sheila Plaistow, Julia McLaren, Lesley Duff & Debs Hogg lost 8-9
Sylvia Ballinger, Joan Adams, Val Foyle & Sue Blyth lost 4-13
2023 Ladies County Senior 4s & unbadged singles
Despite an afternoon of drizzle and wind our ladies fared very well in these competitions.
Our Senior 4s Ladies team of Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones and Carol Bowles won by 1 shot (16-15).
They will now represent Sussex at Leamington Spa in the Nationals in August.
Lesley Duff won the Unbadged County Singles and has earned her County badge.
Cheryl, Sheila, Sarah, Lesley & Carol
Div 1 GSM Red team v Maltravers at home – Thursday 27th July
Unfortunately lots of rain made the green unplayable so the match was cancelled. We shared the league points and got 3 each.
2023 Ladies County Top Club Area Final v Burgess Hill at Goring Manor – Saturday 22nd July
As this was the West Sussex Area Final the match was played on neutral ground at Goring Manor
In a nail biting finish or ladies won 69-68!
Triples – Cheryl Brown, Val Foyle and Sarah Fewster won 25-10
Pairs – Chris Lewendon and Carol Bowles won 20-17
Fours – Julia McClaren, Melva Bateman, Lesley Duff and Sheila Jones lost 15-20
Singles – Debs Hogg lost 9-21
The Ladies will travel to Horsham to play Polegrove on 5th August in the Final.
Div 1 GSM Red team v Maltravers at Maltravers – Friday 21st July
The team won on both league rinks 36-22 gaining 6 league points
Chris Lewendon, Grace Humphreys, Anita Colliety and Sheila Jones won 20-10
Cheryl Brown, Melva Bateman, Sarah Fewster and Carol Bowles won 16-12
The friendly rink of Bette Ward, Barbara Bond, Sylvia Ballinger and Val Foyle lost 6-28
It was lovely to have Barbara back on the green again & many thanks to Pat Terry for accompanying as a reserve.
Div 2 GSM Green team v Storrington at home – Wednesday 19th July
The team won overall 45-27 gaining 4 league points
Gill Oliver, Joan Adams, Val Foyle and Debs Hogg won 31-10
Sylvia Ballinger, Sheila Plaistow, Julia McLaren and Lesley Duff lost 14-17.
Div 1 GSM Red team v Bognor at home – Monday 17th July
Crablands ladies won on both rinks 46-22 gaining 6 league points
Cheryl Brown, Melva Bateman, Sarah Fewster & Carol Bowles won 24-12
Chris Lewendon, Jo Green, Anita Colliety & Sheila Jones won 22-10
2023 Ladies County Senior 4s
Our team of Cheryl Brown, Sarah Fewster, Sheila Jones & Carol Bowles beat Henfield to secure their place in the County Final at the end of July.Ladies’ County Pairs competition Debs
Debs Hogg & Sue Blythe put up a valiant fight against Horsham but sadly lost their semi-final pairs match against Horsham.
Debs also lost her 2-wood singles match against Jo from Downsman.
Ladies Div 2 GSM Green team v Marine Gardens at home – Saturday 8th June
After thunderstorms in the morning it was mutually agreed to cancel this match. Each team gained 3 league points.
Ladies Div 1 GSM Red team v Middleton at Middleton – Friday 7th July
Crablands ladies won on both rinks gaining 6 league points
Cheryl Brown, Melva Bateman, Sarah Fewster & Carol Bowles came back from 8-17 down to win 22-21
Chris Lewendon, Jo Green, Anita Colliety & Sheila Jones held off a good mid match recovery by Middleton to win 14-12
Ladies County Unbadged Singles
In the area final Lesley Duff beat Pat Vinten from Arundel 21-16 and is now through to the semi-finals at Preston Park
2023 Ladies County Top Club v Southwick Park at home – Saturday 1st July
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Ladies Div 2 GSM Green team v Pagham at home – Wednesday 28th June
2023 Ladies County Top Club v Horsham at home – Saturday 24th June
Crablands won on one rink but lost on the other gaining 4 league points
. Debs & SueLadies Div 2 GSM Green team v Arundel at home – Friday 16th June
The team won on both rinks gaining all 6 league points. Well done!
Ladies Div 1 GSM Red team v Norfolk at home – Tuesday 30th May
Singles – Sheila Jones won 24-11 (but only 21 counts towards overall score)
Ladies Friendly v East Preston at East Preston – Thursday 1st September
We sent 2 ladies triples team for this return friendly match.
We played 9 ends and then stopped for tea and biscuits before playing another 9 ends.
A lovely afternoon was had by all.
Crablands won on both rinks – Jan Sayer, Gill Oliver and Cheryl Brown won 17-9
Julia McLaren, Anita Colliety and Sarah Fewster won 20-13
All the GSM league games have now been played for this season.
We wait to hear how both our teams are ranked in the division
Ladies GSM Red team v Middleton at Middleton – Thursday 25th August
Ladies GSM Green team v Worthing Pavillion at home – Tuesday 23rd August
The team were winning right until the last few ends but lost 35-38 so only picked up 1 league point
Sylvia Ballinger, Julia McClaren, Joan Adams and Debs Hogg drew 17-17
Carole Cornwell, Gill Oliver, Lesley Duff and Val Foyle lost 18-21.
Crablands Green Bowls Ladies Day – Wednesday 17th August
It was a very wet afternoon and the green was unplayable, so with the kind agreement of the Short Mat section the ladies moved inside to play short mat bowls for the afternoon. This was a completely new experience for some and something quite a few of the others had not done for many years. The afternoon was played in a very informal way and much laughter was heard. This was followed by afternoon tea with scones and cake. Thank you to all who came and joined in the fun.
Sarah – Ladies Captain.
Sylvia Ballinger, Julia McClaren, Joan Adams and Debs Hogg won 24-16
Sheila Plaistow, Gill Oliver, Val Foyle and Sue Blyth won 20-16.
Gill Oliver, Lesley Duff, Val Foyle and Sue Blyth lost 17-21.
Ladies County Senior 4s – Sunday 31st July
Chris Lewendon, Cheryl Brown, Sheila Jones and Carol Bowles had qualified for the semi-finals and played Burgess Hill at Preston Park. The Crablands four were in the lead right up to the last two ends when Burgess Hill drew level. Sadly Crablands lost by 1 point on the extra end.
Sylvia Ballinger, Julia McClaren, Joan Adams and Debs Hogg lost 10-22.
Sylvia Ballinger, Joan Adams, Lesley Duff and Sue Blyth won 21-18
Sheila Plaistow, Carole Cornwell, Gill Oliver and Mollie Back lost 16-35.
Ladies GSM Red team v Bognor at home – Monday 18th July
Grace Humphreys, Melva Bateman, Barbara Bond and Sarah Fewster drew 17-17
Chris Lewendon, Cheryl Brown, Sheila Jones and Carol Bowles lost 13-24.
The friendly triple of Louise Arnold, Susan Jackson and Val Foyle won 13-11.
West Sussex County v Isle of Wight at Crablands – Wednesday 13th July
Ladies County Senior 4s – Friday 8th July
Chris Lewendon, Cheryl Brown, Sheila Jones and Carol Bowles were due to play East Preston. The match started and Crablands were leading 13-6 after 10 ends when it was realised that East Preston had inadvertently sent 2 substitute players which is not allowed. East Preston conceded the match and our ladies are now through to the semi finals on Sunday 31st July at Preston Park.
Ladies County Double Rink – Thursday 7th July
Crablands Ladies played Burgess Hill and won at home but sadly lost away so are out of the competition.
Ladies GSM Red team v Middleton – Wednesday 6th July at home.
Chris Lewendon, Cheryl Brown, Sheila Jones and Carol Bowles won 28-10
Grace Humphreys, Melva Bateman, Barbara Bond and Sarah Fewster won 23-11.
As both teams won the Red team got all 6 league points.
Ladies County Senior 4s – Tuesday 5th July
Chris Lewendon, Cheryl Brown, Sheila Jones and Carol Bowles travelled to Hurstpierpoint and after a very closely contested match won 25-23. They will now play East Preston at home on Friday 8th July.
Ladies County Senior 4s – Friday 1st July
Chris Lewendon, Cheryl Brown, Sheila Jones and Carol Bowles beat ladies from Pagham and are now through to the next round. They will play Hurstpierpoint on Tuesday 5th July.
Sarah Fewster, Melva Bateman, Lesley Duff and Sue Blyth got a walkover and will play The Drive on Tuesday 5th July.
Ladies County Double rink
Our ladies won the preliminary round against Southwick Park and also the first round against Henfield.
They will now play Burgess Hill on Thursday 7th July.
Ladies GSM Green team v Middleton – Tuesday 28th June at home.
A new member kindly stepped in at the last minute to cover someone’s illness. Well done Jan!
Jan Sayers, Joan Adams, Lesley Duff and Sue Blyth lost 18-25
Sylvia Ballinger, Sheila Plaistow, Carole Cornwell and Debs Hogg won 23-15
Overall the team won by one point so we got 4 league points.
Ladies GSM Red team v Norfolk – Monday 27th June at home.
Chris Lewendon, Cheryl Brown, Sheila Jones and Carol Bowles won 21-19.
Grace Humphreys, Barbara Bond, Sarah Fewster and Anita Colliety lost 14-17.
Overall the team lost by just one point but got 2 league points.