Members of the club are entitled to enter the club competitions. The club organises the London CSSC Bowling Championships in singles, pairs, triples and fours, for men only at present. These championships are a qualifying event for the English Civil Service Bowling Association National Championships, at which our champions participate. These are usually held at Leamington Spa during August Bank Holiday week. The English Champions then proceed to compete in the International (UK) Championships, in various locations in the UK the following year.
21 members participated in the Men's 2011 Championships which comprised 15 singles, 8 pairs, 4 triples and 2 fours teams. The Competitions Secretary is always willing to team up individual entrants who want to play in the Pairs, Triples or Fours. We have in the past run a Ladies Singles Competition and we will be actively encouraging entries for this in 2012.
London Champions 2011
Singles - Winner of the RH Bernthall Cup Martin Jewitt
Singles Runner up - the Lady Hodgson Cup Mel Clarke
Pairs - Winner of the W.T. Elliott Cup Nick Skidmore, Paul Cater
Triples - Winner of the T.H Singleton Cup Richard Foot, Chris McCarthy, John Seymour
Fours - Winner of the A Edward Howell MBE Cup John Seymour, Chris McCarthy,
Martin Jewitt, Robin Smith
In the English Civil Service Championships, at Leamington Spa, Martin Jewitt lost out in the Semi-Finals to Bob Smith, from Birmingham, who went on to win the competition. Bob Smith, and his partners in the Triples, also put paid to the efforts of Richard Foot, Chris McCarthy and John Seymour in the Quarter Finals, before going on win the competition. Our Fours entry of John Seymour, Chris McCarthy, Martin Jewitt were beaten in the Quarter Finals by a very strong Four from Newcastle. In the Pairs Nick Skidmore and Paul Cater successfully defended their title. They now go on to represent England in the Civil Service International Tournament in Belfast in 2013, against the winning Pairs from the Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales Championships.
Having won the English Championships in 2010, Messrs Skidmore and Cater travelled to Cardiff, to participate in the 2011 International Championships. They duly won the competition beating Scotland in the Semi-Finals and Ireland in the Final.
