The bowls season is fast approaching and this starts on Sunday 11th April 2010 with our pre season get-together at the club house at 7:30pm.
This is an informal evening where we meet and pay our annual subscriptions and collect our fixture cards. New members welcome. We then start the seasons bowling on Saturday 24th with an informal roll up at the green at 2:30. Dress code is greys. Again, new members are welcome.
The season of matches starts on Sunday 25th April with the first fixture at home against Burgess Hill.
Have a good bowling season with, hopefully, sunny weather.

Buxted Park have had a very successful season having won the last 8 friendly matches. The club dinner/dance and awards evening was held at Crowborough Beacon Golf Club on Sat 7th November 2009

We held the final of the Wickers Cup on 6th September. This was between Uckfield and Horam and was won convincingly by Uckfield with sponsor Richard Green watching and presenting the prizes. The same weekend we held our club finals. This year the finalists were as follows (runners up in brackets):
Mens Singles - Brian Wilkins (Peter Kerwin)
Ladies Singles - Betty Keating (Sue Walter)
Handicap - Sue Walter (Cyril Keating)
Over 60's - Steve Nicholson (Dinky Doo)
Syd Allen - Dinky Doo (Betty Keating)
Points - Neal Parrington (Sue Walter)
Bubbles - Sue Hanlon (Sue Walter)
Two wood pairs - Steve Nicholson, Robin Cheal (Ron Twigg, Pam Herbert)
Four wood pairs - Sue Hanlon, Linda Wallwork (Peter Kerwin, Jason Walter)

The John Elmer Cup, an annual fixture between Lindfield and Buxted was held on 13th September. This year the match was at Lindfield and was won by Buxted. The competition consists of a single, a pair, a triple, a rink and a double four match.

This annual tournament which is held at Beach House Park, Worthing in July 2009 was won by Alan & Joyce West and John & Margaret Hawkins playing on behalf Buxted Park Bowls club. Photo gallery of the event

We have now purchased these and they are available to all members

Buxted Park Bowls Club has received a grant for £3,500.00 from Sussex Community Foundation through their Grassroots grants scheme. This will be spent updating our aging green maintenance equipment and allow us to maintain a high standard of bowls rink whilst increasing the enjoyment of both our members and those of visiting clubs from across the county of Sussex and beyond.

The club would like to thank Sussex Community Foundation for this generous grant