OBC News & Events

Birthday Party for Keith Johnson

Club members put on an afternoon Birthday tea for Honorary Life Member Keith Johnson last month. Keith, who turned 90 last November celebrated with fellow members a  belated party due to building works at the clubhouse .  Many members attended, toasted Keith and…

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Love Fisher Brown Award – OBC Highly Commended

Love Fisher Brown Award – OBC Highly Commended

We were  nominated for the above award by Disability Bowls England and were recently notified that we, along with Desborough IBC, had been awarded a ‘Highly Commended’ status for our entry. The 2019 Love Fisher Brown Award, sponsored by Para Handy and…

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ENC visits OBC

Members of East Northamptonshire Council visited our Club on Thursday last to view progress of our clubhouse extensions and refurbishment. Our visitors were hosted by members of OBC Management Committee and enjoyed tea and biscuits while the club chairman explained…

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Oundle Members achievement at Potters

On their first trip to the Potters Resort in Norfolk, our relatively new members Phil Mildon and John Lofthouse teamed up with Stamford Indoor Bowls Club Cherry and Colin Burgess and got to the Potters Bowls Tournament quarter finals, narrowly missing out out on the…

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Member’s Parachute Jump for Charity

Member’s Parachute Jump for Charity

OBC member George Backhurst recently celebrated his 80th Birthday. As a birthday present, his four daughters bought him a sky dive experience at a local airfield. He suffers from a debilitating condition called Myasthenia Gravis and decided that this was a great …

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President’s Tour to Weston-Super-Mare

President’s Tour to Weston-Super-Mare

This year our annual tour was to a new venue in Weston-Super-Mare, a lovely seaside town on the Bristol channel. Our President chose an excellent hotel on the seafront aptly named ‘The New Ocean’. The accommodation and food were of a good standard helped…

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Oundle Bowling Club Finals Weekend and Results

Our Competition Finals took place on the weekend of 31st August and 1st September this year and once again we were blessed with fine weather. Play commenced  each morning at 10 am with competitors having enjoyed mugs of tea, bacon & sausage rolls provided by our…

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OBC Gala Day 2019

                            Winners, Disability Bowls England                                            Runners up, OBC  On Sunday 4th of August Oundle Bowling Club held it’s annual Gala Day. A total of 14 teams from near and far entered the competition. After…

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Inter-club Sports Tournament 2019

Our annual Inter-club sports Tournament was held on Sunday last. Several local sports club teams took part including Oundle Rugby Club, Oundle Town Rowing Club and Oundle Football Club. A spider competition was held before the start of the match and the bottle of…

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Open Weekend Success

DBE versus AA DBE teams DBE versus OBC Air Ambulance teams Ship Inn – winners Award of DBE mark Many thanks to all who supported Oundle Bowling Club on their Open days and Charity Match last weekend. Our recruitment day on the Saturday was busy with many…

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