2nd Bell and Campanilla Cup
Organised by CPBC and Gstaad (SUI) Bowls Clubs - October 17th 2024
The second edition of this double Cup, organised by CPBC and Gstaad BC, was again held in the best conditions with 8 pairs teams from Spanish clubs and 8 triples teams from Swiss clubs.
The successful and great event was accompanied by fantastic weather and the finest Swiss food - Olma sausages and raclette were served, which everyone enjoyed and made the event in southern Spain unique.
Many thanks to all helpers and especially to Patricia and Tony from the host and partner club CPBC with the absolutely unique green right by the sea!
Read the excellent summary of the competition by Kurt from the Gstaad (SUI) Bowls Club here >>
View the full competition results sheets here >>
Funeral of Martyn Tucker CPBC Benefactor & President
Friday 4th October at 11:15 at Villajoyosa Tanatorio
It is with great sadness that we have to announce the loss of Martyn Tucker a very fine man, the club benefactor, President and a close and good friend to all at Calpe Promenande Bowls Club.
Martyn was 88 years of age and suffered quiet a lot over many years. We share the feelings of loss with Martyn's wife Kay and his daughter Erica.
Martyn's funeral will be held on Friday 4th October at 11:15 at Villajoyosa Tanatorio. For those who wish to attend, the family have stated no black and no floral tributes.
CPBC - Rotation Triples Open Competition - September 26th 2024
Calpe Promenade Open Rotation Triples Competition took place on Thursday September 26th. As ususal an excellent turn out with 16 teams taking part.
1st Place: Chris Wright, Dennis Wright and Paul Mayne from Bonalba.
Second Place: Jeff Richards, Linda Richard's, and Richard Potts from BBC.
Third Place: Geoff Isaac, Maria Isaac and Dave Sparrow.
A very succesful event with special thanks to Erica and Gillian who organised the drinks and the raffle.
Image gallery of the event which can be found at the link below.
<< View image gallery here >>
Visit of Iver Heath Buckinghamshire Bowls Club 20-24 April 2024
On the 24th April, our very good friends from Iver Heath BC arrived with fellow bowlers that wished to join them on their return visit to Calpe Promenade BC.
They came from Denham, Desborough, Maidenhead Town and Richings Park Bowls Clubs, and also a couple from Hucknall Titchfield Park BC, that were staying at the IFACH Hotel were invited to join in the competition held at CPBC.
The group came to CPBC on the Wednesday and those that were borrowing bowls, along with those that were trying the game for the first time, were given support by Pat Vaughan in selecting the correct bowls best suited to each individual, from our ample stock.
This was followed by a short trial of the bowls and try the rub and pace of our green, along with coaching for those that wanted it.
On Thursday, John Watts and his friends having selected teams for their Mixed Trips Competition to be held over 3 days (Thursday, Friday & Sunday) with a day off on Saturday for visiting around Calpe, such as our Outdoor Market, Port and Town Centre.
Everything started great on Thursday, 3 Rinks were utilised and Round 1 was completed of the competition. Friday saw Round 2 completed as Teams were playing in a Round Robin format and at went well again, just Round 3 to finish the competition off.
Everybody enjoying themselves with good spirit amongst the Teams and players who congregated at the Beer Gartden that is a part of Paraiso Mar complex.
Having completed 2 Rounds everybody was looking forward to a break on Saturday and returning back on Sunday, unfortunately the weather had the last say by constant rain made it impossible and unsafe to complete their competition.
Both Pat Vaughan and I went down to CPBC to be sure that it was not possible to continue. We then met up with our guests at the IFACH HOTEL, all were disappointed but stated how they all enjoyed their visit and said that they are looking forward to returning sometime in the near future.
Thank you all from all at CPBC for your visit and please feel welcome to return ASAP.
There were lots of photos taken throughout the enjoyable visit see below.
<< Full Image Gallery here >>
Barremman Bowling Club, Helensburgh, Scotland. Visit to the Costa Blanca
20th to 30th March 2024.
Barremman Bowling Club, Helensburgh, Scotland. Visit to the Costa Blanca 20th to 30th March 2024
Calpe Promenade Bowls Club Welcomed Barremman Bowls Club from Helensburgh Scotland to our beautiful green by the Mediterranean Sea between the 22nd March through to the 29th March. The week was jam-packed with scheduled events, each day something different was enjoyed by all players and spectators.
Wednesday saw the main event of the week where clubs from Bonalba, BBC (Benitachell BC) El Cid and Barremman BC participated in 4 games of 6 ends of mixed triples. The result was a win for the Bonalba paring of Majorie Parnham, Steve McNally and CPBC player Tony James as lead. In second place were the 2 guest players of Pauline and Nevil and the Flying Scotsman Kevin. The thrid place spot went to Elaine, Andy and Craig and all-Scottish team.
No doubt one of the hightights of the week was the lovely sound of the bagpipes played by Dave who on several ocassons entertained both players and spectators alike. He also deserves a mention for his Ukulele playng in Bar 78 with renditions of his own variety of Scottish ditties and songs. enjoyed by all!
<< Watch the Video of Dave on the bagpipes here >>
CPBC would like to thank everyone for their participation throughout the week. To those who worked hard to not only bring Barremman BC to our green. Special thanks go to Elaine & Don Greenshields in not only getting everyone a good deal in Barremman BC to Spain, including organising apartments, and of course the wonderful food and drinks for the open competion. Also Andy who orgarnised the selection and scroing over the 2 competitions and along with his assistant scorer Don did a grand job. Also Natasha & Grahame Spurrier who kindly helped us out with the numbers. Plus our friends from BBC (Benitachell BC) alongside El Cid & Bonalba, without whom the event would not have been so successful.
In the end our main aim is to encourage anybody and everybody to take up our beautiful game (ideally at CPBC) but elsewhere is fine too!
We look forward to hosting Barremman BC again in the future and strengthening our friendships and mutual love of the game.
If you visit the Calpe Promenande Bowls Club website you will find a wonderful selection of images taken during the weeks events along with a complete summary of the schedule and personal comments from CPBC President Tony James.
<< View the full Image gallery here >>
<< Read the summary of events and comments of the CPBC Vice President Tony James here >>
Calpe Promenade Open Mixed Triples 3rd March 2024.
Another very competetive but enjoyable event hosted by CPBC the Calpe Promenade Open Mixed Triples 3rd March 2024. Teams from Benitachell, Bonalba, Chepstow UK, El Cid, Greenlands and Javea Green all enjoyed the closely fought matches.
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Congratulations to the Winners from Greenlands, Dave Morrison, Sue Bosworth and Andy Miles with 27 points.
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Runners-up from BBC, Dave Dickinson , Maria Morawiecz and Helen Clark with 26 points.
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Third Place from Javea, Dee & Keith Hamilton and John Coates also with 26 points, but losing out on shot difference.
We would like to pass on my thanks to those that donated to the raffle, those that provided tea, coffee and food and biscuits, but mainly to those that gave up their precious time to organise and run the CPBC Open Day for another year.
It was great to see all the competitors once again and our thanks also go out to all that came and supported the club, in one way or another. It was very much appreciated by Tony and Pat, our hope is that everybody enjoyed the event.
We must add that it is always amazing how many of the public (from all corners of the world) stop and take an interest, from all possible areas around our beautifully situated bowling green, this cannot be bad for our wonderful sport or/and CPBC.
Barremman Bowling Club, Helensburgh, Scotland. Visit to the Costa Blanca
20th to 30th March 2024.
Barremman Bowling Club, Helensburgh, Scotland. Visit to the Costa Blanca 20th to 30th March 2024.
It is with great pleasure Calpe Promenade Bowls club announces the Barremman Bowling Club from Helensburgh Scotland visit to our oceanfront green.
They will be swapping their beautiful waterfront location in Scotland for our stunning Costa Blanca oceanfront setting in Calpe Spain. The visit will take place on Sunday 24th where we will all be treated to the wonderful sound of bagpipes…come along and witness a little slice of Scotland on the Calpe Promenade.
They will be having an open Trips game on Wed 27th March also with bagpipes being played during the event.
We are all looking forward and excited to welcome our friends from Barremman Bowls Club and hope that you will spend some time with us enjoying our wonderful sport, whilst listening to the unique bagpipe sound of Scotland.
"Roll up ... Roll up ..."
"Roll Up...Roll Up"
Given our wonderful oceanfront location it is no wonder we attract many visitors and spectators interested in our wonderful sport. They come from all over the world, some are simply curious at what a group of "seasoned" individuals clad in white are doing walking up and down an immaculately groomed bowls green. Some decide to try for themselves the intricacies of this extremely popular game. Some simply enjoy the location and take pleasure at viewing a competitive but friendly atmosphere.
Above is a collage of people who decided to give it a go for themselves and enjoy some coaching from our team. The introduction and their obvious enjoyment gave us great pleasure, and we hope to see some of them again in the future.
Why not Come along in person to find out more about our welcoming club...ask about tuition if you are new to the bowling scene. Our "roll ups" are Tuesday, Friday and Sunday at 09:30 - 12:00.
All are welcome!
<< A larger "Rogues gallery" of people who enjoyed our hospitality can be viewed here >>
1st Bell and Campanilla Cup
Organised by CPBC and Gstaad (SUI) Bowls Clubs - October 19th 2023
Spanish Bowls Teams dominate the 1st Bell and Campanilla Cup
From 13th to 21st October 2023 there were 20 Swiss Bowls Players from 3 Clubs enjoying a great Bowls Week in Calpe. They played competitions internally, a Tournament at the Calpe Promenade Bowls Club and, as Highlight, they organised a Tournament together with the Calpe Promenade Bowls Club on the beautiful seaside Venue of Calpe Promenade.
An equal Number of Teams from the Spanish Bowls Clubs and the Swiss Clubs entered the Tournament – each 8 Triples/Pairs Teams, in total 16 Teams. Lucky with the weather conditions, all games could be finished with dry cloth.
Read the excellent summary of the competition by Kurt from the Gstaad (SUI) Bowls Club here >>
View the full competition results sheets here >>
Bowls Initiation & Training Day-Team Building exercise at CPBC
8th October 2023
Sunday 8th October 2023 CPBC welcomed a group of smiling faces from Holland on a "Team Building" exercise. They were all very excited to try out Flat Green Bowling at CPBC. They received personal coaching from our own Pat and Tony. As you can see from the images they all thoroughly enjoyed themselves, when asked who'd won they all put their hands up!
It was great to meet and enjoy the coaching session with Theo, Stephanie, Monique, Egbert, Patricia B, Willemien, Kevin, Stefanie vd Torre, Patricia L, Sjors, Nathalie and Marisa.
Should you know anyone who'd like to try our wonderful sport do not hesitate to contact us and we'll arrange coaching as we are always looking for new members to our club.
CPBC - The Rotation Triples Competition
Thursday 28th September 2023
Tuesday 28th September - The Rotation Triples Competition was held at Calpe Promenade Bowls Club. A small gathering but nethertheless a well fought competition from all the teams taking part.
Congratulations to this years winners - Richard and Linda Saunders with Dave Dickinson (BBC).
Runners up were Bert McLean with Linda and Jeff Richards (BBC)
In 3rd place were the El Cid team of Paul Trunchion, Jimmy Paveling and Stewart Beattie.
A big shout out to the CPBC organisers Pat Vaughan and Tony James for their hard work in running the competition plus of course big thanks Glenda Rowe running the excellent and popular raffle and our other helping hands...Marjorie, Steve, and Gillian. Also massive thanks as always! to John Pittaway as our Umpire and Match Coordinator for the day! And of course a big thank you to our friends and sponsors at Bar 78 https://78saboresycopas.es/
As usual everyone enjoyed the stunning location and for those watching, the very competitive matches. 👏
<< View The Competition Score Sheet here >>
Dancing Spectacle Club Dance Holidays
22nd September 2023 - Calpe Promenade Bowling Green
What a fantastic time Club Dance Holidays had on our very own green. These neon-clad dancers ignited a flash-mob spectacle on Calpe Promenade. What a fantastic spectacle for everyone taking part and for those who simpy enjoyed watching the Caple’s Ceroc Medfest.
Aussie Paris Open El Cid Bowls Club 5th and 6th June 2023
On Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th June El Cid Bowls Club held an Aussie Pairs competition, kindly sponsored by Home España. A full complement of 24 teams from all over the Northern Costa Blanca competed for very generous prize money, with cash envelopes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. After the recent rains we were treated to two days of beautiful sunny weather, and thanks must go to El Cid Country Club owner Ilya and his team for keeping everybody fed and watered for the two days. The matches were extremely competitive but played in the best of spirits, with the final results going down to the last round of matches. In first place, with 43 points and a shot difference of +20 were our good friends from Bonalba John and Belinda Archer. They were serenaded in to the winners circle by El Cid members chanting the theme tune of the Archers radio show, to the great amusement of their Bonalba colleagues. In second place were Javea pair Jeff Stevens and Mike Woodage, also with 43 points but a shot difference of +10. How they regret that drawn game in the 5th round! After an incredible final game Tony James and Pat Vaughan came from nowhere to snatch third place with 40 points and a shot difference of +19.
Thanks must also go to our umpire for the two days, Peter Morgan, Selma Blight for organizing the food orders and kitchen, and Paul Trunchion for his assistance overseeing the results compilation. All in all another very successful day for our club, onwards and upwards to our Direkt Optic 3-2-1 competition in October.
Source: John Feek President – El Cid Bowls Club
*** A very gallant effort from our very own Pat Vaughan and Tony James who made a late dash for the finish line ***
Visit of Iver Heath Buckinghamshire Bowls Club May 2023
A very enjoyable couple of days as a Touring Team from Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire held their club internal competition at the Calpe Promenande Bowls Club beachfront green in Calpe. Iver Heath very kindly invited CPBC Members to join them at their competition presentation held at the Hotel IFach, which was a wonderful social evening with everyone enjoying each others company and strengthening the bond between the two clubs.
Full Image Gallery here >>
Friendship Cup 15 March 2023
Calpe Promenade Bowls Club v Montemar Bowls and Social Club
Calpe Promenade Bowls Club Open - Mixed Triples Open 5th March 2023
The Calpe Promenade Bowls Club Mixed Triples Open took place on Sunday March 5th 2023.
A well organised event by all Calpe Promenade Bowls club members with a special thanks to Pat Vaughan (Organiser), John Pittaway (Umpire), Glenda Rowe (Raffle) and Tony James (competitor and marker). Plus all of the helpers on the day, it was appreciated.
The Results:
1st Place - Winners with 28 points was El Cid : Richard Warrillow, Hazel Brown and Stewart Beattie.
Joint 2nd Place - : With 24 points was Bonalba Geoff Dowson, Eve and Roli Bell along with Christine Harris, Tony Walker and Greg Sperring from Javea.
Well done to all the bowlers who took part and helped to make it an excellent competition - thank you!
Calpe Promenade Bowls Club - Welcome Six Players from Gstaad BC Switzerland
October 2022:
CPBC Hosted 6 Swiss players from Gstaad BC who loved the green, hospitality and of course our ocean front location that much, they became members!
It is with great pleasure we all welcome Kurt & Simone Iseli, Christian & Heidi Gafner, Roland & Anne-Lise Wuersten-Brand to the CPBC family.
Calpe Promenade Bowls Club - Rotation Triples Open 29 September 2022
The Calpe Promenade Bowls Club Rotation Triples Open took place on Thursday 29th September 2022.
16 very enthusiastic teams took part from Bonalba, Javea Green, Greenlands, Benitachell, El Cid and hosts Calpe Promenade Bowls Club. It was a well organised event by all Calpe Promenade Bowls club members. The event was clearly enjoyed by all those who attended.
The Results:
The trophy and Prize money of €210 & €120 was shared due to 2 teams having scored 24 points each and the same shot difference:
Team C - Dee & Keith Hamilton and John Coates (Javea Green) and Team N - Linda & Jeff Richards and Bert McClean (BBC)
3rd Place went to Team E - Dave Morrison, Andy Miles and Jan Bright (Greenlands) with Prize Money of €60
One must give a great vote of thanks to those that entered, coming long distances and early rising. A special thanks goes to John Pittaway who not only umpired the full day, but helped out with the card collection and made an excellent presentation speech our behalf of CPBC whilst awarding the trophy and prizes.
Calpe Promenade Bowls Club - Bowls Initiation and Training Day June 2022
CPBC Members celebrating a special occasion by bringing together lots of Family and Friends plus guests who were playing bowls for the first time!
CPBC Club policy states, interested parties can play free of charge along with free tuition.
Everyone enjoyed the morning on our beautiful green and facilities at Calpe Promenade Bowls Club, Paraiso Mar, overlooking the ocean.
When the session came to a close, food and refreshments were then served up at the Eden Bar, courtesy of the celebrating Members .
Special day enjoyed by all.
Calpe Promenade Bowls Club - Mixed Triples Open 20 March 2022
The Calpe Promenade Bowls Club Mixed Triples Open took place on Sunday March 20th 2022. This had been rescheduled due to weather conditions from the original date of March 6 2022. This did not dampen the steadfast determination of Pat Vaughan who was responsible for organising the event, who can now breath a sigh of relief that it eventually went ahead!
Despite horrendous weather recently, a window of opportunity appeared as there was a break in the weather, allowing the competition to take place. A total of 48 bowlers from Benitachell, Bonalba, Calpe Passed, El CID, Finca Guia braved the on/off rain and chilly conditions (Yes it does rain in Spain now and again). Their enthusiasm ensured the competition was a success and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
A well organised event by all Calpe Promenade Bowls club members with a special thanks to Pat Vaughan (Organiser), John Pittaway (Umpire), Glenda Rowe (Raffle) and Tony James (Marker) who fought back pain from a gum infection.
The Results:
1st Place - Winners of Crystal Vase Trophy, €100 Euros and Champagne: Jill Glastenbury, Paul Truncheon and Jimmy Paveling from El CID bowling Club.
2nd Place - €50 Euros and Champagne: Dee Lane, David Sparrow and Seamus Barry from Bonalba Bowls Club
3rd Place - €25 Euros and bottle of wine: Greg Speering, Nigel Thomas and Christina Harris from Javea Bowls Club.
Well done to all the bowlers who took part and helped to make it an excellent competition - thank you!
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Calpe Promenade Bowls Club - Awards & Presentation Event March 2022
Calpe Promenade Bowls Club held their Awards and Presentation Evening at the Gran Sol Hotel Calpe.
The fantastic Entertainment was provided by Matt Mason, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the musical interlude
Then the awards were presented to the Winners, who along with the Finalists received an individual Certificate to mark their efforts in the Champion of Champions Competitions.
Full List of Winners and runners up can be found here >>
After the Awards Ceremony, the floor became alive with dancers, Traditional Dance, Jive, Salsa, some serious moves, some not so, then finishing off with the Hokey Pokey and the Conga, and a few other people that were in the room enjoyed joining in with our celebration.(especially Billy at the Bar).
Roll on the 2022/2023 season...
Calpe Promenade Bowls Club - Christmas Meal at La Fustera 2021
Calpe Promenade Bowls Club - Cutting The Tape Ceremony Jun 4 2021
The cutting of tape ceremony took place on 4th June 2021. Marking the official opening of our new carpet by our President and Main Sponsor Martyn Tucker. Members enjoyed their first roll up on the pristine carpet laid by Dales Sports UK who did a wonderful and professional job.
