Mixed BML results

2026 Season.

As Crablands have so many members wanting to play in this mixed league, we have entered a second team for the 2026 season.

So, we have Team A in Division 2 Captained by Lynn Hyett and Team B in Division 3 Captained by Ray Sayer.

As of 17th July: Team A have played 11 matches (out of 16) and have 14 league points.

Team B have played 9 matches (out of 14) and have 32 league points

Wednesday 22nd July – Team A v Storrington away. awaiting results

Monday 20th July – Team B v Middleton White at home. awaiting results

Friday 17th July – Team B v Chichester B away. Sadly the team lost on both rinks getting no league points.

Richard Green, Barbar Bond & Mark Beeby lost 12-13

Dave Evans, Ray Sayer & Jo Green lost 10-18

The friendly team of Eve Varrow, Jane Bunyan & Tom Halliday won 18-14

Tuesday 14th July – Team A v Bognor Red at home. The team won on both rinks gaining 6 league points.

Bill Taylor, Lew Lewendon & Sheila Jones won 20-15

Martin Hyett, Roger Summers & Sue Blyth won 20-11

Wednesday 8th July – Team A v Bognor Red away.  Sadly the team lost on both rinks getting no league points.

Martin Hyett, Angie McCann & David Jones lost 20-22

Debbie Jones, Roger Summers & Sheila Jones lost 10-29

Wednesday 1st July – Team A v Aldingbourne Black at home. The team won on both rinks getting 6 league points.

Brian Powell, Roger Summers & Lynn Hyett won 28-11

Martin Hyett, Gill Oliver & Alan Bateman won 25-5

Wednesday 1st July – Team B v Aldingbourne White at home. Sadly the team lost on both rinks getting no league points.

Ray Sayer, Bernice Horner & Cheryl Brown lost 15-22

Eve Varrow, Barbara Bond & Tom Halliday lost 13-19

Friday 26th June – Team A v Norfolk Green at home.  Sadly the team lost on both rinks getting no league points.

Melva Bateman, Lynn hyett & Ian Cooper  lost 13-14

Martin Hyett, David jones & Sheila Jones  lost 13- 20

Monday 22nd June – Team B v Chichester B at home. The team won on one rink, lost on the other but won overall getting 4 league points.

Ray Sayer, Mark Beeby & Cheryl Brown won 20-14

Dave Evans, Barbara Bond & Sarah Fewster lost 16-21

Saturday 20th June – Team A v Witterings A at Witterings. The team won on one rink but lost on the other getting 2 league points.

Lynn Hyett, Roger Summer & Tony Dade lost 14-23

Martin Hyett, Gill Oliver & Ian cooper won 17-13

Friday 19th June – Team B v RAFA Angels at RAFA. The team won on one rink, lost on the other but won overall getting 4 league point.

Dave Evans, John Cornwell & Jo Green lost 14-24

Ray Sayer, Mark Beeby & Cheryl Brown won 30-9

The friendly team of Carole Cornwell, Barbara Bond & Sarah Fewster won 21-14

Monday 15th June – Team A v Witterings B at Witterings. Sadly we lost on both rinks and got no league points.

Hyett, Roger Summers & Sue Blyth lost 13-22

Chris Lewendon, Bill Taylor & Tony Dade lost 11-19

Friday 12th June – Team A v Arundel at Arundel. The team won on one rink but lost on the other getting 2 league points.

Chris Lewendon, Tom Oliver & Sue Blyth won 20-12

Martin Hyett, Angie McCann & Lynn Hyett lost 2-40

Wednesday 10th June – Team  B v Pagham at Pagham. The team won on both rinks gaining all 6 league points.

Ray Sayer, Tom Halliday & Cheryl Brown won 33 – 4

Dave Evans, Danny Arnold & Sarah Fewster won 30 – 9

Monday 8th June – Team A v Storrington at home. The team won on one rink but lost on the other getting 2 league points.

Chris Lewendon, Brian Powell & Sheila Jones won 17-15

Martin Hyett, Bill Taylor & Sue Blyth lost 10-18

Thursday 4th June – Team A v Aldingbourne Black at Aldingbourne. Sadly we lost on both rinks and got no league points.

Tom Oliver, Roger Summers & Lynn Hyett lost 27-14

Martin Hyett, Melva Bateman & Tony Dade lost 12-16

Thursday 4th June – Team B v Aldingbourne White at Aldingbourne. Sadly we lost on both rinks and got no league points.

The teams were: Dave Evans, Barbara Bond & Cheryl Brown

Ray Sayer, Jane Bunyan & Sarah Fewster

Thursday 21st May – Team B v East Preston B away. The team won on both rinks gaining 6 league points.

Monday 18th May – Team B v RAFA Angels at home. The team won on both rinks gaining 6 league points.

Tuesday 12th May – Team A v Selsey Bowls Club. The team won on one rink but lost on the other getting 2 league points.

Bill Taylor, Angie McCann & Sheila Jones won 25-13

Chris Lewendon, Roger Summers & Lew Lewendon lost 11-26

Monday 11th May – Team B v East Preston A away. The team won on both rinks gaining 6 league points.

Thursday 7th May – Team A V Witterings B at home. The team lost on both rinks getting no league points

Chris Lewendon, Roger Summers & David Jones Lost 13-20

Martin Hyett, Sheila Jones & Ian Cooper lost 11-29

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2025 Season – Crablands retained their position in Division 2 of this league for 2025.

All our BML matches have now been played for the 2025 season so we await our final position in the league.

Thursday 28th August – BML v Middleton White at Middleton. We won on both rinks gaining 6 league points.

Gill Oliver, Roger Summers & Ray Sayer won 29-7

Angie McCann, John Thorp & Val Foyle won 23-10

There were also 2 friendly matches: Barbara Bond, Jan Sayer & Tom Halliday  won 19-12

Jane Bunyan, Bill Taylor & John Cornwell  lost 15-28

Friday 22nd August – BML v Chichester B at home. We won on both league rinks gaining 6 league points

Val Foyle, Jan Sayer & Mark Beeby won 19-9

Ray Sayer, Cheryl Brown & Ian Cooper won 28-13

Crablands had 2 teams playing a friendly alongside the league.

John Ballinger, Bette Ward & Carol Bowles won 29-15 against Bob Hoare, Gill Oliver & Tom Halliday

Monday 18th August – BML v Arundel at home. 

Angie McCann, Mike Lockyer & Mark Beeby lost 12-26

Barbara Bond, Sarah Fewster & Ray Sayer lost 18-21

The friendly team of Bill Taylor, Bette Ward & Pete Bunyan lost 14-28

Wednesday 13th August – BML v RAFA Angels at home. We won 1 rink but lost the other gaining 4 league points.

Angie McCann, David Jones & Ray Sayer lost 17-20

Chris Lewendon, Roger Summers & Carol Bowles won 32-8

The friendly team of Bob Hoare, Eve Varrow & Tom Halliday lost 16-17

Thursday 7th August – BML v Pagham at home. We won on both rinks gaining 6 league points.

John Ballinger, Cheryl Brown & Carol Bowles won 14-9

John Thorp, Tom Oliver & Sheila Jones won 20-7

Monday 4th August – BML v Selsey Bowls Club at Selsey Bowls Club. Sadly we lost both league games so we got no points

Chris Lewendon, John Cornwell & Mark Beeby lost 9-21

Jihn Ballinger, Bernice Horner & Ray Sayer lost 9-24

There were 2 friendly matches: Bill Taylor, Barbara Bond & Tom Halliday  won 22-8

Roger Summer, Jan Sayer/Jane Bunyan & Lew Lewendon lost 12-19

Wednesday 30th July – BML v Storrington at Storrington. After a close match we drew on one rink and lost one rink gaining 1 league point

John Thorp, Lynn Hyett & Sarah Fewster drew 18-18

Julia McLaren, David Jones & Peter Bunyan 15-17

The friendly team of Roger Summers, Angie McCann & Danny Arnold won 15-13

Friday 25th July – BML v Pagham at Pagham. Unfortunately Pagham didn’t have enough players and had to forfeit the match.

We therefore gained all 6 league points plus 10 shots.

Monday 21st July – BML v Middleton at home. We won on both rinks and gained 6 league points.

Bill Taylor, Pete Bunyan & Carol Bowles won 24-7

Bernice Horner, David Jones & Alan Bateman won21-16

We had 2 friendly teams playing as well. Jan Sayer, Bette Ward & Tom Halliday lost 15-17

Jane Bunyan, Hazel Burnett & Anita Colliety lost 7-20

Tuesday 9th July – BML v Aldingbourne at Aldingbourne. We won on 1 rink and overall by 32-26 gaining 4 league points

Richard Green, Gill Oliver & Ian Cooper won 17-9

John Thorp, Bernice Horner & Sue Blyth  lost 15-17

Tuesday 1 July – BML v Chichester B at Chichester. We won on one rink and overall gaining 4 league points

Tom Halliday, Bernice Horner & Ray Sayer won 26-7

Chris Lewendon, Lynn Hyett & Mark Beeby lost 13-16

The friendly team of Jan Sayer/ Cheryl Brown, Jane Bunyan & Pete Bunyan won 22-15

Thursday 26th June – BML v RAFA Flyers at home. Unfortunately RAFA didn’t have enough players and had to forfeit the match.

We therefore gained all 6 league points plus 10 shots.

Monday 23rd June – BML v Aldingbourne at home. We won on both league rinks gaining 6 league points.

Sarah Fewster, Jo Green & Mark Beeby won 34-5

Richard Green, Carol Bowles & Ian Cooper won 14-10

The friendly rink of Judy Sharpe, Bob Hoare & David Jones drew 17 all.

Friday 13th June – BML v Arundel at Arundel. We drew on 1 rink and lost on the other losing overall 31-33. We got 1 league point.

John Ballinger, Julia McLaren & Ray Sayer drew 17-17

Sarah Fewster, David Jones & Mike Lockyer lost 14-16

The friendly team of Tom Oliver, Jane Bunyan & Danny Arnold lost 13-19

Wednesday 11th June – BML v Witterings B at home. Crablands won 1 rink but lost the other gaining 2 league points.

Chris Lewendon, Bill Taylor & Dave Osman won 25-21

John Ballinger, Anita Colliety & Peter Bunyan lost 10-19

The friendly team of Tom Halliday, Brian Powell & Cheryl Brown won 21-12

Wednesday 4th June – BML v RAFA Flyers at RAFA. We won one rink, lost the other but won overall gaining 4 league points.

Val Foyle, Danny Arnold & Ray Sayer won 31-6

Cheryl Brown, David Jones & Dave Osman lost 13-23

The friendly team: Barbara Bond, Lynn Hyett & Anita Colliety lost 12-15

Friday 23th May – BML v Storrington at home. We won on 1 rink and overall gaining 4 league points

Lesley Duff, Anita Colliety & Lew Lewendon lost 13-20

Richard Green, Sheila Jones &  Carol Bowles won 29-10

The friendly team of Louise Arnold, Jo Green & Bill Taylor drew 20-20

Monday 19th May – BML v RAFA Angels at RAFA. We won on both league rinks gaining 6 league points.

Richard Green, Anita Colliety & Tony Dade won 23-15

John Thorp, Jo Green & Danny Arnold won 23-9

The friendly team of Lynn Hyett, Barbara Bond & Brian Powell won 19-16 after 14 ends

Tuesday 13th May – BML v Selsey Bowls Club at home. Sadly we lost on both league rinks so didn’t get any league points

Debbie Jones, Dave Osman & Ian Copper lost 14-20

Jane Bunyan, Mike Lockyer & Carol Bowles lost 10-19

There were 2 friendly matches. Lynn Hyett, Grace Humphreys & David Jones  won 16-8

Hazel Barnett, Carole Cornwell & Pete Bunyan won 25-9

Thursday 8th May – BML v Witterings at Witterings. Sadly we lost on both league rinks so didn’t get any league points

Cheryl Brown, Julia McLaren & John Cornwell lost 9-20

Ray Sayer, Dave Osman & Sheila Jones lost 13-16.

The friendly team of Chris Lewendon, Albert Humphries & Mick Lockyer won 26-13

2024 Season

29th August – BML v Chichester B at home.We won on both rinks gaining 6 league points

Val Palmer, Bob Hoare & Trevor Palmer won 18-9

John Thorp, Jon Bowes & Lesley Duff won 16-8

The friendly team of Jan Sayer, Cheryl Brown & Ray Sayer won 20-12

12th August – BML v Fishbourne away. We lost on both rinks so didn’t get any league points

John Thorp, Val Foyle & Mike Lockyer lost 11-26

Tom Halliday, Jan Sayer & Mark Beeby lost 16-18

7th August – BML v Bognor Blue away.We won on both rinks gaining 6 league points

Tom Halliday, Jan Sayer & Ray Sayer won 16-15

John Ballinger, Julia McLaren & Lesley Duff won 17-16

The friendly team of John Thorp, Sarah Fewster & Jon Bowes won 20-10

5th August – BML v RAFA at home. We won on both rinks gaining 6 league points

Val Palmer, John Ballinger & Trevor Palmer won 23-11

Sylvia Ballinger, Mark Beeby & Ian Cooper won 34-14

The friendly rink of John Thorp, Julia McLaren & Terry Brazier  – awaiting result

1st August – BML v Middleton away. We won on both rinks gaining 6 league points

Tom Oliver, Gill Oliver & Ray Sayer won 17-14

John Thorp, Julia McLaren & Trevor Palmer won 18-16

The friendly rink of Tom Halliday, Jan Sayer & John Ballinger lost 12-20

26th July – BML v Bognor Blue at home. We won on one rink but lost on the other getting 2 league points

Tom Halliday, Julia McLaren & Trevor Palmer won 19-18

John Ballinger, Gill Oliver & Mike Lockyer lost 13-15

22nd July – BML v Middleton home. We won on both rinks getting 6 league points

Val Palmer, Bill Taylor & Mick Lockyer won 20-8

Archie Coletta, Cheryl Brown & Trevor Palmer won 30-11

The friendly team of Jan Sayer, Bob Hoare & Terry Brazier won 27-8

Friday 16th July – BML v Pagham at home. Sadly we lost on both rinks gaining 0 league points.

John Thorp, Gill Oliver & Trevor Palmer lost 10-14

Tom Halliday, Lesley Duff & Trevor Plaistow lost 14-18

Tuesday 9th July – BML v Aldingbourne at home. We won on one rink but lost on the other gaining 2 league points

Tom Halliday, Julia McLaren & Trevor Palmer won 19 -11

John Thorp, Jan Sayer & Mark Beeby lost 5-19

Friday 5th July – BML v Pagham away. We won on one rink but lost on the other gaining 4 league points

John Thorp, Sarah Fewster, Trevor Palmer won 18-13

Val Palmer, Jan Sayer & Ray sayer lost 15-16

Monday 1st July –  BML v Chichester B away.  Sadly we lost on both rinks gaining 0 league points.

Mark Beeby, Sarah Fewster & Lesley Duff  lost 12-19

Ray sayer, Julia McLaren & Trevor Palmer lost 16-21

Monday 24th June – BML v Aldingbourne away. 

Aldingbourne have an artificial green which is quite a challenge for lawn bowlers and sadly we lost on both rinks and gained 0 league points

Teams were: Mark Beeby, Julia McLaren & Peter Blackman

John Thorp, Jo Green & Sue Blyth

Thursday 20th June – BML v Witterings at home – we won on both rinks and gained 6 league points

Jon Bowes, John Ballinger & Sue Blyth won 18-15

Tom Halliday, Gill Oliver & Archie Coletta won 24-11

The friendly team of Sylvia Ballinger, John Thorp & Trevor Plaistow also won 18-11

Wednesday 5th June – BML v RAFA away – we lost on both rinks and got no league points

John Ballinger, Gill Oliver & Ray Sayer lost 17-21

John Thorp, Bill Taylor & Anita Colliety lost 9-22

The friendly team of Sarah Fewster, Davis Jones & Archie Coletta lost 12-15

Monday 3rd June BML v Fishbourne at home – we won on both rinks and got 6 league points

Val Palmer, Trevor Plaistow & Peter Blackman won 21-14

John ballinger, Sarah Fewster & Trevor Palmer won 18-7

We had 2 friendly teams playing – Sylvia Ballinger, Cheryl Brown & Mike Lockyer drew 16-16

John Thorp, Julia McLaren & Ray Sayer won 12-11

Sunday 19th May – BML v Witterings at Witterings – we won one match and lost one gaining 2 league points

Val Palmer, Tom Oliver & Carol Bowles won 17-13

Cheryl Brown, Peter Blackman & Trevor Palmer lost 11-24

The friendly team: Gill Oliver, Melva Bateman & John Thorp also lost.

2023 Season

Crablands v Witterings at home – Friday 1st September

In the last BML match of the season Crablands won 40-32 gaining 5 league points
John Thorp, Julia McLaren and Sue Blyth won 20-12
Mark Beeby, Sarah Fewster and John Cornwell drew 20-20
Friendly – Tom Oliver, Val and Trevor Palmer won 16-7

Crablands v Chichester B at Chichester – Friday 11th August

Sadly Crablands lost on all rinks 15-40 and got no points
John Thorp, Lesley Duff and Trevor Plaistow lost 6-25
John Ballinger, Julia McLaren and Anita Colliety lost 9-15
The friendly fared better – Sylvia Ballinger, Tom Halliday and Tom Oliver won 21-14

Crablands v RAFA at home – Monday 7th August

Crablands won on both league rinks 39-28 and gained 6 league points

Dave Osman. Julia McLaren & peter Blackman won 20-14

Kevin Gibbs, Lesley duff & Trevor Palmer won 19-14

The friendly of Bette ward, Alan Whitlock & Ian Cooper lost 13-18

Crablands v Middleton at Middleton – Thursday 3rd August

Crablands won on both league rinks 48-36 and gained 6 league points
John Thorp, Melva Bateman and Trevor Palmer won 23-14
John Ballinger, Sarah Fewster and Dave Osman won 25-22
The friendly triple of Jan and Ray Sayer with Peter Blackman won 24-25.

Crablands v Pagham at home – Friday 28th July