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The St Albans Bowling Club

2026

27th April 2026

St Albans Bowling Club played four mixed triples friendlies last week to start off the new season's fixtures. The sun was a constant presence throughout but the winds were variable from match to match.

On Wednesday St Albans hosted Batchwood in Clarence Park over four rinks. Batchwood won on two rinks, with one drawn and the other going to St Albans. Overall Batchwood won by 58 shots to 53. St Albans' top rink was Sue Bone, Ray Hancock and skip Andy Kay, winning 17-11.

Thursday saw St Albans travel to Linslade. Another four rink match, this time St Albans won on two, drew one and lost the other. The match result however was a draw at 67 shots each. The main honours for St Albans were taken by a rink that included Paul Miles and skip Mike Pitkin with a score of 21-15.

St Albans played at Clarence Park on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's fixture was played over five rinks against North Mymms. Despite St Albans winning on two rinks and losing the other three, the overall result went the way of the home side by 81-79. St Albans' top rink by 21-8 was Paul Hughes, Ramiro Rodriguez and skip Peter Kay.

After three very tight matches, Sunday's win for St Albans against Shire Park was more straightforward. St Albans won on four of the five rinks, losing the other, for an overall win by 102-51. Top rink with a score of 26-7 was Karen Marshall, Chris Palmer and skip Peter Browne.

13th April 2026

St Albans Bowling Club's Opening day for the new season took place last Saturday at its Clarence Park home and was attended by 44 players and about 20 social members.

The Mayor, Councillor Teresa Heritage, was greeted by Mike Pitkin, the club‘s President (see photo below) and Ian Woodcock the club’s Secretary. She was introduced to the club’s oldest member Ted Salvidge (93), and stayed for the commencement of the afternoon’s bowling activities. 

The Mayor gave a short speech which focused on inclusivity - the benefit which clubs such as the St Albans Bowling Club bring to the community and the importance of enabling social contact particularly for the older generation - before delivering, as is traditional, the first wood of the season.

The club has a full fixture list of friendly and competitive matches against other clubs, and will be holding three Open Days during May when there will be taster sessions for anyone, young or old, who is interested in giving bowls a try. The first will be on Saturday 9 May between 10am and 4pm. The second is on Wednesday 20 May between 5pm and 8pm. The third is on Saturday 23 May between 10am and 4pm. All are welcome, whether or not they have bowled before. Turn up at any time and we will try to accommodate you. However, to avoid disappointment and especially if coming in a group of four or more, please contact Richard Hall to book a slot, on 07429 407365 or richardatsabcrecruitment@gmail.com. Please also contact Richard if none of the above dates are convenient but you would like to try bowls anyway.