IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ! CLOSURE OF BALAIA BOWLING GREENTHE BOWLING GREEN AT BALAIA IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED
THE CLUB RELOCATED TO
VALVERDE BC NEAR ALMANCIL AND SHARES WITH THEM |
Balaia Bowls Club Competitions 2023 - 2024
Matches, results and other information here. |
Bowls Algarve Winter League 2024 - 2025Fixtures for the Saturday League and Super Ten's are
available here. |
Bowls Algarve Summer League Cup 2024
The summer League is now concluded. We finished bottom,
despite valiant efforts. |
FUNDRAISING AND CHARITIES |
Names are now being taken. Balaia members have been
sent an email from Jill with the dates on which names are still
required. If you have not see this, please email
vice-captain(at)balaiabowls.org - replace (at) with @ of course.
Balaia Club Members will be sharing the load with
Valverde members for this huge programme of touring team visits.
These games are ideal preparation for the winter league season
ahead. Put these dates in your diary NOW. I have copied them from
the Valverde BC website and have removed two games where local
players will not be needed.
Weds 2nd - Surrey Presidents
Tour - 10.30 - 6 rinks - 24 bowlers Thurs 3rd - Harpenden & Coney Hall BC - 10.30 - 7 rinks - 28 bowlers Fri 4th - Auriole Park BC) - 10.30 - 4 rinks - 16 bowlers Sat 5th - Egham BC - 10.30 - 6 rinks - 24 bowlers Mon 7th - Surrey Presidents Tour v Harpenden & Coney Hall BC - 10.30 - 7 rinks - VV 1 rink |
Weds 9th - Sawbridgeworth
& Chelmsford BC - 10.30 - 6 rinks - 24 bowlers Thurs 10th - Preston (Brighton) BC - 10.30 - 3 rinks - 12 bowlers Thurs 10th - Brush BC - 13.30 - 8 triples - 24 bowlers Sat 12th - Potters Bar & Chelmsford BC v Tonbridge BC - 10.30 - 6 rinks - VV 2 rinks |
Tues 15th - Watchet &
Pleasant BC - 10.30 - 8 rinks - 32 bowlers Weds 16th - Preston (Brighton) BC v Tetbury - 10.30 - 4 rinks - VV 1 rink Thurs 17th - Bannister Park & Basingstoke BC - 10.30 - 7 rinks - 28 bowlers Fri 18th - Connaught BC - 10.30 - 4 rinks - 16 bowlers |
Mon 21st - Bannister Park
BC - 10.30 - 4 rinks - 16 bowlers Mon 21st - Tetbury BC - 13.30 - 4 rinks - 16 bowlers Tues 22nd - Lampeter BC - 13.30 - 5 rinks - 20 bowlers |
The club has entered the Bowls Algarve League for the winter 2024
- 2025 season. Those games will be played on SATURDAY mornings.
It's a long season of twenty matches. We have also entered a team
in the Super 10's competition, which will mostly be played on
Thursdays during January and February 2025. That will be a further
eight competitive matches.This will allow as many members as we
can fit in to play at least one competitive match each week. For
those who don't know, the Super 10's consists of matches home and
away against the other member clubs. The format is two pairs and
two triples. That needs ten players. Which is why is is called
Super 10's. League fixtures and in time the results here.
A large number of touring teams will be visiting during September and October, ideal pre-season preparation for us (and our hosts at Valverde) before the winter league season begins in mid October. The call will go out for players in due course. Visitors are more than welcome to swell the numbers. More information here as and when available.
Details have been circulated. Closing date for entries is Monday
30th September. We intend to hold a men's pairs and mixed pairs as
a league competition as last year, plus the single day short
format singles which proved a popular innovation. All members have
been sent an invitation. If you have not received yours or wish to
join the club and take part, please contact
competitions-secretary(at)balaiabowls.org - replace (at) with @
It was agreed at a meeting between the two committees that
playing fees for Balaia Bowls Club members will, with immediate
effect, fall into line with those paid by members of Valverde BC.
Pay as you go - €85 a year plus €8 per game. Three months,
including all match fees, €175; six months €270; Annual €420.
VISITORS to the club will pay €12 per match. All payments MUST be
in cash, on the day.
Memberships will have the added benefit to Balaia members of membership of Valverde BC with all rights and privileges included. As a Valverde member, you will be eligible to enter their competitions.
Picture taken April 8th - click or tap to see full size
These pictures were taken this morning, before the
Committee Meeting. It's a public holiday today, so no-one was
working. I was able to get a better look than before. It is clear
now that what is being built between the green and the big white
wall of the building behind is a turning circle for cars and a
little lay-by for perhaps two or three parking spaces. A fire
hydrant has appeared on one corner of the green where the water
pumping mechanism once stood. This work has cut away another
corner of the green, which was not expected. That whole work area
is very close to what would be the edge of the green. The trench
along the side has been filled, but there are all sorts of pipes
and cables laying around. The good news is that the grass is still
being cut - you will see the mower in a couple of the
pictures. Elsewhere, construction of the roads on either
side of the driving range continues.
To see a larger version of the pictures, please click
or tap. The situation was discussed in Committee. All members have
been sent the notes of the meeting.
Monday 5th February - Frances and Jill, defending their
title, reached this season's semi final with a 21 - 11 win over
Susan Kinane and Greer Hogg from Floresta.
They were defeated in the semi-final 23- 10 by Nick Gooch and Mark
Richards of Pedras BC.
An excellent gathering, enjoyed by all, at Restaurante O
Lavrador near Boliqueime. A raffle raised €210 for our
charity, the Albufeira Food Bank. Click or tap a picture to see a
larger size.
That concluded our activities for 2023. The bowling season resumes
on 3rd January 2024.
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