The Wilbraham Cup rounded off another successful year for Crowton Bowling Club, both on and off the green. We have 53 members, which for a small village club is an excellent figure. There is a great atmosphere in the Club and brilliant support for the various social events. The Round Robin continues to be a great opportunity for social bowling.
 

The Frodsham League team has had a great season, winning promotion straight back up to Section 2. They finished 2nd in the League and reached the final of the Alf Jones Cup, where they lost to a very strong Helsby D team. Congratulations to Colin Dean and his team. 
 

The Midcheshire team couldn't quite match last year's performance but managed to finish 4th in Section 3. 

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In the Norley League, we had two teams playing in the Afternoon League, Crowton B finished 9th, one position higher than last year (when the team was playing at Winnington). This was a creditable effort, on a new green that was particularly tricky during the hot weather.  The A team came second in a closely contested battle, there were only 22 chalks between 1st and 3rd. Well done to Terry Summers and her team. 

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In the Norley Evening League, Crowton finished 5th, although again the competition was close with just 35 chalks between 2nd and 5th. 
 

Both Runcorn League teams finished mid-table, A team in 5th and B team in 6th. The 'A' team again had a good cup run, making it to the semi-final of the Murphy Cup, where they bowed out to the subsequent cup winners, Grapes B.  Although the final position for the 'B' team was the same as last season, all players had improved and there was an excellent spirit, which is the point of this team. 

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Following last year's foray into the Helsby Winter League, Crowton Chameleons will once again be braving the weather on alternate Tuesday and Wednesday nights. It was a popular event last year, with the team finishing 6th out of 9 teams in Section 2, here's to another good winter. 

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So that rounds up 2022, the last few activities are to put the green to bed for the winter and to hold our presentation evening. The green took a pounding this year, due to the extreme weather conditions and so we are planning to do significant maintenance of the playing surface in the next month. The surrounds are also looking tired in a few areas and so we have some structural work to do over the winter. Volunteers to help would be very welcome.  Watch out for emails from John Coats. 

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The annual presentation evening is planned for 18th November 2022, at the Hare and Hounds pub in Crowton. John will contact everyone nearer the time with details. 

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A huge Thank you to everyone involved at Crowton, the hard-working captains and vice captains, the volunteers cutting and maintaining the green, Bill for running the Round Robins, Jeff and Peter for organising the fun day and Wilbraham Cup, the teams who have represented the Club in the leagues and cups and the social bowlers, all of whom contribute to making this a fun, enjoyable, successful and friendly club. Thank you all. 

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