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THE HOME NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Sue Davies (DBE Performance & Team Manager) is very pleased to announce the DBE Team England squad for the Para Outdoor Home Nations 28 – 30 June 2024, Northfield BC, Ayr, Scotland.

Congratulations to everyone selected.

TEAM SELECTED FOR
THE HOME NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS
AYR, JUNE 2024

Classification Name Club County
B2 Stephen Hartley Tavistock BC Devon
B3 John Hollowell Bridgman BC Bedfordshire
  Alison Yearling Plymouth Hoe BC Devon
B4 Sally-Ann Lewis-Wall Kingscroft BC Leicestershire
       
Directors: Jane Herbert Kingscroft BC Leicestershire
  Beata Hollowell # Bridgman BC Bedfordshire
  Isaac Shieh Gerrards Cross BC Buckinghamshire
  Elizabeth Shipley Hinckley BC Leicestershire
       
B6 Craig Bowler Wellingborough BC Northamptonshire
B7 Fynn Kyser Countesthorpe BC Leicestershire
  Jack Pullin Bredon BC Worcestershire
  Jennie Sandford Lindfield BC Sussex
B8 David Fisher Colchester West End BC Essex
  Anthony Page Congresbury BC Somerset
  Mike Robertson * Parkway BC Huntingdonshire
  Kieran Rollings Kettering Lodge BC Northamptonshire
     
Non-travelling reserves:      
B8 Mike McDonagh Cheam BC Surrey
Director Nigel Morgan Haydon Wick BC Wiltshire

* Team Captain
# New Cap

Team Manager: Sue Davies
Selector: Mark Bilsby
Selector: Stuart Espie

Sue Davies
DBE Performance & Team Manager
22/4/2024

DBE March Newsletter

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DBE Newsletter March 24

Chairperson’s report

We are just waiting for one more piece of the bigger jigsaw puzzle to be put into place before DBE trustees can update everybody on our future plans as an organisation and I am very sorry for the delay, but this is a very sensitive and emotional decision and we need to be 100% sure, its right for EVERYBODY not just a few in our DBE Family!

We have secured a donation from the Peter Harrison Foundation along with a number of other great fundraising donations, which will allow us to continue to grow the DBE family with Development/Taster Days, Support for Grassroots bowlers to International success, IBD Classification Clinics and deliver a full outdoor
fixtures/competitions programme which will take us through until the end of September 2024.

We are very pleased to be able to support “Team England” at the Learning Disability Indoor Bowls International Series at Falkirk IBC, Scotland (24-25 April) as they defend their Munro Cup Title and I am very pleased to inform the membership, we have accepted an invitation to attend the FULL INTERNATIONAL Para Home Outdoor Championships in Ayr, Scotland (28-30 June) against Scotland & Wales, unfortunately this will be part self-funded.

I also wish the thank English Bowling Association Charity Trust, Sporting Highlights Ltd, Bush Hill Bowls, DM Sports Turf Solutions, Aceit Sports and many bowls counties & clubs, family & friends for their support that has helped us to take a (SELF- FUNDED) representative Team of 25 Players, VIs Directors & family helpers to the International Bowls for the Disabled (IBD) World Cup Championships 18-31 May 2024 in South Africa which will be led by Sue Davies & Judy Plater and we wish them every success when they pull on the DBE Team England shirt.

As you can see the Volunteers Trustees and the Senior Management team have been working extremely hard to make all this happen, but all this comes at a cost (we lost £350 on the 2023/24 indoor season) and it’s now time for ALL the membership to stand up and be supportive of DBE, we don’t want to cancel any of the planned
Summer Fixtures, Events or Competitions, but will do if they are NOT SUPPORTED.

Finally, we are all human beings and do have feelings!!!!

DBE March Newsletter here.

We are Stronger Together

Steve Watson
DBE Chairperson

Proposed Representative DBE Team England for IBD World Championships

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Sue Davies (DBE Performance & Team Manager) is pleased to announce our proposed REPRESENTATIVE DBE Team England for the International Bowls for the Disabled World Championships 18-31 May 2024 in South Africa.

Congratulations to everyone selected.

Classification Name Club County
B1 Keith Brenton Lyndhurst BC Durham
B2 Ron Homer Yeovil BC Somerset
B2 Marjorie Convey West Harrow BC Middlesex
B3 John Hollowell Bridgman BC Bedfordshire
  Directors:    
  Lidka Hollowell Bridgman BC Bedfordshire
  Kelvin Horriben   Nottinghamshire
  Nigel Morgan Haydon Wick BC Wiltshire
  Moira Sheehan   Nottinghamshire
       
B6 Colin Wagstaff Oakham BC Leicestershire
B7 Colin Milner Hoddesdon & Rye Park BC Hertfordshire
B7 Jack Pullin Bredon BC Worcestershire
B7 Jennie Sandford Lindfield BC Sussex
B7 Luke Smith Byefield BC Northamptonshire
B7 Jonathan Stokes Luton Town BC Bedfordshire
B8 Dave Fisher Colchester West End BC Essex
B8 Mike McDonagh Cheam BC Surrey
B8 Anthony Page Congresbury BC Somerset

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. We have announced our Team early so fund raising can take place.
  2. This event is totally self funded at the moment.
  3. We are still waiting for final Confirmation of number of counties and which classification are attending.
  4. A minimum of four entries for any classification competition is required. If less than four entries are received that classification competition will not take place.

Once we have received more information and answers to all our questions, WE WILL THEN FINALLY DECIDE BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER 2023 IF DBE TEAM ENGLAND WILL BE ATTENDING THIS EVENT