v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v Page 76 • The HERALD • 3rd April 2025 SPORT IN THE HERALD HAVE A GO AT LAWN BOWLS! Brockenhurst Bowling Club is holding its annual Open Day on Saturday 26th April, 10am – 4pm. ey are keen to encourage people to try their hand at playing lawn bowls, which genuinely is a sport for all ages. A selection of bowls and a helping hand will be provided on the day: you just need to dress comfortably and bring at-soled shoes to wear on the green. e club is at the far end of the car park in Brookley Road, opposite Tesco - look for their big green sign, walk in, give your details at the clubhouse and you’ll be ready to have a go. Brockenhurst Bowling Club is a small members’ club a liated to both Bowls England and Bowls Hampshire, as well as to the New Forest and Southampton Associations. is enables members to play against other clubs in leagues and competitions but for the less competitive there are also plenty of opportunities to just turn up and play informally. During winter months when the green is closed they hold social events in the comfortable lounge and members bar, such as co ee mornings, skittles (sometimes against other bowling clubs) or quiz evenings. New members are always welcome, whatever their age or bowling experience, so why not check out lawn bowls on Saturday 26th April? Find out more about Brockenhurst Bowling Club on their HugoFox website and if you are interested in joining please contact the Membership Secretary by calling or texting Lyn on: 07816836213. GO ON, give it a go - it’s not as easy as it looks! Monthly Medal Experiencing three seasons in one day on Tuesday 4th March, with the initially hard frost warming to almost summer heat under cloudless skies, 44 New Forest Golf Club Seniors competed in this rst individual strokeplay medal competition of the 2025 season. Steve Duckett playing o scratch achieved a brilliant 1 under par 68 to take the Division 1 medal, while Dave Barrett also scored a great nett 68 to win Division 2. Nearest the pin on the 14th was won by Have a go at lawn bowls with Brockenhurst Bowling Club Medal winners (Left to Right) Steve Duckett and Dave Barrett Dave Titchmarsh. Division 1: 1st Steve Duckett – nett 68, 2nd Paul Chambers – nett 69, 3rd Chris Hughes – nett 71. Division 2: 1st Dave Barrett - nett 68, 2nd Neil Edmondson - nett 72 (back 9=33), 3rd Terry Jones – nett 72 (back 9=34). DIBDEN OPEN GOLF SOCIETY (DOGS) RESULTS 4th March the ‘DOGS’ played their monthly individual stableford competition and nearest the pins played on their winter scoring card. Winners: 1st: N Dixon (35) 2nd: M Drodge (34C/B) 3rd: A Turnpenny (34) 4th: D Thorpe (34) 5th: B Cox (33). Nearest the pins: D McManus (4th/18) C Ellis (7th/9) and pro’s approach: J. Stoker (8th/9). 11th March the ‘DOGS’ played a 3 Ball Team Bowmaker competition and those add on games using the ‘DOGS’ winter scoring card. Winning Team: R James, Pam James and J Crumpler (77) 2nd: J Stoker, J Manning and P Huxley (71) 3rd: G O’Connor, N Rogers and R Hinder (69). Nearest the pins: R James (4th/18) J Crumpler (4a/18) and pro’s approach: D Thorpe (8th/9). Congratulations to Roger James and John Crumpler: winning team and wine winners, also to the ‘DOGS’ new player Richie Hinder 3rd place team winner. February’s Golf Nearly A Wash-Out For BHGC Ladies! ursday’s is golf day for the women of Bramshott Hill Golf Club (BHGC) and the month of February started on a bright sunny day. It was crisp underfoot, but a great day for golf. Results for ursday 6th February - Nine holes were played on the 18-hole course. Julie Weatherdon won division one on countback beating Jacs Howells. Jane Physick came top in the second division with Sue Hallett coming in second. Marion Robinson won the 9-hole competition with an impressive 22 points, Gill Munro was second just beating Wendy Davies on countback. Unfortunately, the following three ursdays were not favourable for playing golf with the weather and adverse conditions being just too much! A few hardy souls ventured out but no competitions were played. Fingers crossed for a bright and sunny spring. However, all was not lost, with many ladies meeting and socialising at the club and practising their skills in the driving range. e Ladies’ changing room was a hive of activity with many members joining in to help paint ready for the spring and summer seasons. If you are interested in joining the Women’s section at BHGC they’d love to hear from you. Please contact Sue Lewis, Lady Captain on: bhgcladycaptain@gmail.com 11th March winners: R James, Pam James and J Crumpler 11th March wine winners: R James, J Crumpler and D Thorpe LYMINGTON & DISTRICT SEA FISHING CLUB RESULTS Results sent in by Roland Blomfield On the evening of Saturday 1st March Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club held its 4th Club Shore competition at Friar’s Cli , Mudeford. e evening was very cold with a north-westerly wind. 9 club members signed on and all 9 weighed in sh consisting of 5 bearded rockling, pouting, dog sh and small eyed ray. On these competitions undersize sh count for points which were pouting, 5 bearded rockling, whiting and ounder. Fish are all measured and weighed and released back into the sea as quickly as possible. In total 25 sizeable sh were weighed for a total weight of 20lbs 0-¾oz. Best round sh of the evening was a small eyed ray weighing 4lb 14¾oz caught by Malcolm Stote. Best specimen sh was a dog sh weighing 2lb ¾oz also caught by Malcolm Stote. Results: 1st Malcolm Stote with 8lb 14⅞oz, 2nd Roland Blomfield with 3lb 14½oz, 3rd Andy Richmond with 1lb 14¾oz, 4th Simon Stockley with 1lb 13oz, 5th Tom Short with 1lb 6oz, 6th Bruce Samber with 1lb 3-8oz, 7th Shane Samber with 1lb 1oz, 8th Both Derek Slack and Steve Monckton with 0lb 3⅛oz. Best at sh pool was a rollover of £42 until the next competition. AFC Totton Academy Trials AFC Totton is holding Academy Trials on Thursday 17th April, 3pm–4pm, at Ganger Farm Sports Park in Romsey. Pre-registration is required via: accesssport.ac.uk/partners_academies/ access-sport-afc-totton/ SPORT IN THE HERALD Southampton cardiac charity Heartbeat has raised £2,850 at this year’s popular quiz night, beating its own fundraising record. e Beat the Heat quiz night was held on 20th February at e Concorde Club, Eastleigh, and saw teams of six pitting their wits against each other, testing their general knowledge to the maximum all while raising muchneeded funds for the charity. Winning team “A Quiz Team” from Paris Smith took home the coveted trophy, and there were plenty of superb prizes up for grabs in the ra e. Tina Richardson, Head of Operations at Heartbeat, commented: “The stakes were high for this year’s quiz, as we had such a great night in 2024 and everyone gave so generously. I’m delighted that we managed to break our own record with this year’s donations.” Local Charity Quiz Beats Its Own Fundraising Record Quiz team runners up Lumies Bright(ish) Spark
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