​On behalf of everyone at 1st Whimple Cubs, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and all the members of Ottery St Mary Bowling Club for giving our Cubs such a warm welcome this week.

The Cubs had a fantastic evening and thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to learn about lawn bowls and, more importantly, have a go themselves. Many of them had never tried bowls before, so it was a wonderful chance to experience something completely new.

We really appreciated the time, patience and enthusiasm that you and your team showed in teaching the Cubs the basics and encouraging them throughout the evening. It was lovely to see everyone getting involved, improving their skills and having so much fun.

Please pass on our thanks to everyone who helped make the evening such a success, notably Chris, Gail, Brian and Charlie

We hope our visit may even have inspired a few future bowlers!

Thank you once again for a brilliant evening.
Kind regards,
Rosie Hilling
Cub Scout Leader
1st Whimple Cubs 

Since the commencement of the season in April there has been a flurry of matches - visiting teams, friendlies against other local clubs, local league matches, area and county competitions, as well as in house-matches. Despite all the heavy use, coupled with the hot weather, the green is still looking as pristine and playing as well as on the opening day.

Saturday 20th June was designated as President’s Day, which is an opportunity for Club President, Sharon Kenny, to thank all the members who give so freely of their time and energy to make the club so welcoming and of such a high standard, that clubs just love coming to Ottery. It has been calculated that if all the time given was added up, that it would be the equivalent of one person working for five full days per month.

The weather did not let the club down as the sun shone and there was a gentle breeze throughout the afternoon. The players were expertly organised by Mike and Marion Kelsey into Club coloured teams - blue and yellow. A round robin tournament was played with each team playing nearly all the other teams. At the end of the afternoon, the blue team were declared victorious, but only by five shots.

The blue team with the highest score comprised of Jill Pond, George Hutchinson and Melvin Trayhurn. The yellow team, captained by Paul Bright consisted of Jane Hammond , Keith Thorley, and the anonymous CR (both of whom played half a match due to recovery from injury).

Thereafter, a superb meal was enjoyed by the players, and thanks must go to Sharon and her team of helpers for being willing to spend a hot afternoon in a warm kitchen.