2025
14 December 2025
County Match v London Scottish BA
Hampshire had a successful afternoon at Chawton Park in a match enjoyed by all, which was followed by a fine meal. Score 133-78
Our top rink was again the Executive rink of Neil Roderick, Gary M Johnson, John Gunson and Derrick Fulker. Colts badges were awarded to Kim Hunt from Banister Park and Hugh Ahearn of Longmeadow. Congratulations to Dave Thurgood, who received his County badge and Charlie Spear who was presented with his overdue 25 game flash. Both players from Chawton Park
Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year, when we are playing 6 triples against Atherley in the re-arranged Patrons match on the 3 January and for the rinks match against Berkshire at West Berks on 4 January 2026
23 November 2025
County Match v Dorset
In a match where we were grateful to players who stepped in to complete our team at the last moment, Hampshire got into an early lead but this was cut back to just 5 shots after about 13 ends
Everyone must have then hit the accelerator pedal as the county ran out winners 126 shots to 73. Congratulations to our Executive rink of Wayne Stewart, Nigel Bechelet, Bill Jackson and John Gunson were far too strong for their opposition and ran out winners by 34 shots to 3 against setting up our overall victory.
We have a team for our next match at Chawton Park against London Scottish but will be looking for
support for our re-arranged Patrons game at Atherley on Saturday 3January and on Sunday 4 January against Berkshire at West Berks
18 November 2025
Over 60 Inter County v Surrey
An excellent second round win for the Over 60s Inter County Team this afternoon against Surrey as we won by 125 shots to 107 with both teams losing all 3 rinks at their home green. That puts us through to the quarter final where we are drawn against Essex on Tuesday 13 January 2026
The rinks scores were as follows:
Mick Barrett 28 - 21
Robbie Bines 18 - 11
Steve Spreadbury 25 - 12
Barry Starks 20 - 24
Lee Croad 16 - 18
Colin Thresher 18 - 21
12 November 2025
County Match v Sussex
Our third County friendly against Sussex bought our first victory which had looked unlikely after the first 5 ends, when we had only won 10 of the 30 available and were trailing by 17 shots to 29
The top rink of Martin Thorpe, Paul Bowler, Steve Saunders and Gary Carter, from Atherley however, had a great start and had opened up a lead of 16 shots to 1 after 9 ends. They eventually won 26-11. Thanks to Victory for an excellent meal following the match. The final match score was 131-108
The next County friendly is at Atherley against Dorset on 23 November
02 November 2025
Home Counties Senior League v Kent
Our HCL campaign got off to a good start against Kent. After a very competitive 10 ends Hampshire led by 1. However, both home and away teams pulled away in the second half of the match to win by a comfortable 123 – 81 (14pts – 4 pts) win
Next match is against Sussex on Sunday 16 November at Atherley IBC and Grattons IBC
The Rink scores were as follows:
Home
N Beeson 14 - 20 L Ereira
A Nethercliffe 35 - 8 R Wood
G Starks 20 - 12 D Willis
Away
R Bines 20 - 13 D Holmes
P May 9 - 18 N Pillow
B Starks 25 - 10 T Marshment
26 October 2025
County Match v Dorset
Our second County match of the season started well but the when the score reached 52 all, Hampshire failed to move their shot total on for a period, eventually losing the Don Gough Trophy match with Dorset by 99 shots to 112, in spite of winning 4 rinks
Dorset president Jim retained the trophy which was presented to him by our President John Gunson. Congratulations to Ian Holmes, Riverside, Peter Sanders, Longmeadow and John Towner of New
Milton who were presented with their County badges. Also to Terry White, Atherley and Philip Burgess from Victory who received their Colt badges
Top rink for Hampshire was decided on ends won with three rinks finishing with the same shot difference. The winners were the Executive rink of Neil Roderick, Nigel Bechelet, John Kellow and John Gunson
The Patron’s match that was due to be played on 2 November at Atherley has been postponed until 3 January 2026. Please support this re-arranged fixture. The next County game is at Victory against Sussex on 12 November 2025
25 October 2025
Liberty Trophy v Wiltshire
A good win today for our Liberty Trophy team as we defeated Wiltshire by 135 shots to 117. Hampshire led from the start and built a 20+ lead after 15 ends. However, this was reduced to 4 after 16 ends. Thankfully, the team rallied to win by 18 shots. This sets up a second-round match against Dorset on Saturday 10 January 2026
The Rink scores were as follows:
A Clark 18 - 26 N Smith
C Kane 15 - 22 M Titcombe
S Rowney 20 - 23 T Warner
G Starks 30 - 16 A Moore
A White 20 - 8 G Humphires
M Wise 32 - 22 S Edwards
24 October 2025
Patron’s v Atherley Match Rearranged
The Patron’s fixture at Atherley, which was due to be played on Sunday 2 November 2025, has been postponed due to lack of Patron’s players. We have re-arranged the game for Saturday 3 January 2026 at 2.00pm
Please support this fixture and get your teams in to John Kellow as soon as possible
21 October 2025
Over 60 Inter County v Sussex
A good opening round win for the Over 60s Liberty Team this afternoon against Sussex as we won by 119 shots to 77. In the next round we are drawn against Surrey
The rinks scores were as follows:
Mike Squires 11 - 23
Robbie Bines 17 - 18
Steve Spreadbury 18 - 13
Barry Starks 24 - 14
Lee Croad 16 - 5
Colin Thresher 23 - 4
15 October 2025
County Match v Surrey
Our first county match of the season did not go our way with a defeat by 40 shots, 97-137, at Wey Valley
Unfortunately our two end rinks both lost heavily by a combined deficit of 45 shots. We did however have 2 winning rinks, with the top rink from Victory IBC comprising Roger Somerset, John Stephenson, Mick Clement and Vic Phipps
Congratulations to President, John Gunson who received his 50 game flash, Rob Oliver of Banister Park his County Badge and Phil Packham of Palmerston who got his Colt badge. Next game is at Dolphin against Dorset on Sunday 26 October 2025
11 October 2025
Patrons v Chawton Park
The first match of the season resulted in a defeat by 27 shots, (91-118), against a strong home club
team. We did however, manage to win three rinks and even shared the number of ends won. Our
downfall was dropping 1 seven, (1st end), 1 six, 3 fives and 5 fours against achieving 1 five and 5 fours
making a difference of 23 shots in those high scoring ends
Congratulations to our top rink from Riverside, Chas Swift, Andy Sharplin, Hugh Coulter and Malcom
Linn. Next Patrons game is at Atherley on 2 November
01 September 2025
County Team Competitions
The details of the various County Team EIBA Competitions have been added to the respective pages on the website