Trelewis Bowls Club were last night scheduled to take on the might of local neighbours Ystrad Mynach in the return fixture of their Rhymney Valley League ties, the first match - played at Ystrad Mynach was a victory for the home team, as such Trelewis were looking for revenge.

The evening started poorly, with massive downpours of rain occuring during mid-afternoon, fortunately the green had dried out by the time the match was due to commence, during the trial ends the rain once again started to come down heavy, both teams waiting for approx 10 mins for the weather to brighten up, but unfortunately this didn't happen, and the green proceeded to flood spectacularly.



Some of the Ystrad Mynach bowlers commented 'It seems like everytime we visit Trelewis it always rains, maybe we will have better weather when the match is re-arranged'.

After Club Captain Nathan Smith conferred with the Ystrad Mynach Captain - it was decided that the match should be re-arranged for later on in the season.

This week see's this seasons installment of the annual Thomastown Open, as per the last few years, the tournament is a mixed event, with the women causing a number of upsets with some quality woods.

Trelewis had 5 players entered into the draw, Andy O'Sullivan, Vaughn Tovey, Ken Turner, Mike Tovey and George Griffiths.

Andy O'Sullivan stormed through his 1st round match on Friday evening, but in what was seen as a surprise result saw Andy succomb to one of the youngest and most up and coming players in the draw, Sara Nicolls.

Vaughn Tovey had a difficult first round match against Andy's wife Norma O'Sullivan, Norma is a top UK bowler, so it was never going to be an easy match for Vaughn, who eventually lost in 21-20 after nearly 2 hours of play.

Ken Turner was drawn against Ron Jones, in a highly entertaining match, it was Ron who took a small lead and closed out the match 21-11.

Mike Tovey withdraw from the event, so his opponent had a walkover.

George Griffiths was drawn against B.Locke in the 2nd round after having a 1st round bye, George was victorious in this match, and is now scheduled to play L.Williams in the next round.

Best of luck to George, who is flying the flag for TBC.

Trelewis Bowls Club announced the teams for this weeks matches, please click on the bold text view the team selected, teams are subject to change if needed.

Match 1 - Wednesday 2nd - Home vs Ystrad Mynach (Rhymney Valley League)

Match 2 - Thursday 3rd - Home vs Gelli Park (Mid Glamorgan League)

Trelewis Bowls Club was last night entertained by local rivals Treharris, played as part of the competitive Rhymney Valley league, much was at stake as Trelewis are steadily climbing the table, while Treharris were looking to stay competitive at the top end of the league, weather conditions for the tie started of reasonable, but quickly decended during the latter part of the evening, all bowlers were glad to get off the green by the end of the evening.

Mike Tovey, along with Gary Champion got off to start which could only be described as 'brilliant', leading 12-1 after only 6-7 ends gone, all looked rosy on the rink, unfortunately - the TBC rink lost concentration, and conceeded many points during the middle portion of the match, with the latter end of the tie remaining equal on the scoreboard, going into the last end it was the home rink who took the points, winning by 2-3 shots.

Andy O'Sullivan, along with Mike James started off very evenly, but the TBC rink played enough quality woods to take a slender advantage for the most part of the game, which eventually led to a 3-4 shot win over Treharris veteran Malcolm Bell.

Vaughn Tovey, along with Nathan Smith also started very evenly, no major counts were dropped, but always found it difficult to control the match, at 8-13 down, Nathan Smith played a top quality 'yard on' shot to push out a Treharris wood to make 5, with the scores tied at 13-13 the TBC rink couldn't hold on to their initiative, and eventually went down by 5 shots.



Jack Griffiths, along with Adrian Roberts started off very well, and established a well deserved advantage, going into the final third of the match disaster struck - the TBC rink dropped an 8 which instantly brought the Treharris rink back into the match, with the momentum with the home rink, the TBC rink headed into the last end 1 shot down, but some cunning play from the Trelewis bowlers allowed Trelewis to pick up 2 shots on the last end, and with it another 2 points.

End result: Treharris 10, Trelewis 4

Trelewis Bowls Club this evening entertained Thomastown in the Merthyr League, both teams looking for their first win. The weather for the match was perfect for bowls.

Club Captain Nathan Smith along with Steve Johns got off to a flying start with a 14 - 0 advantage and dominated the entire game only dropping the odd shot, until the last end, the Thomastown skip took out the shot bowl to make a count of 5 shots, the rink played well for most of the game and eventually won by a comfortable 12 shot margin.

Jack Griffiths long with Len Gwynne started evenly, going into the last 3-4 ends everything seemed to be going Thomastown way, as the saying goes they had the rub of the green. Losing by 7 shots.

Mike James long with George Griffiths had a close start and remained very tight through out the game, both teams only picking up the odd shot. Fortunately, the Trelewis rink game out on top with a 1 shot win.

George Thomas rink started well until last 6-7 ends gone, when they dropped a count but despite dropping a count they fought back and lost by a small margin of 3 shots.

End result: Trelewis 10 Thomastown 4

Trelewis Bowls Club announced the teams for next weeks matches, please click on the bold text view the team selected, teams are subject to change if needed.

Match 1 - Tuesday 17th - Away vs Aberdare (Cynon Valley League)

Match 2 - Wednesday 18th - Away vs Treharris (Rhymney Valley League)

Match 3 - Thursday 18th - Home vs Pontypridd (Cynon Valley League)

Trelewis Bowls Club this evening entertained a confident Llanbradach squad, the weather for this evenings match was almost perfect for bowls, it had kept dry for most of the day, and only suffered small spots of rain during the course of the match.

Mike Tovey, along with Gary Champion got off to a very nice start, dominating play on the rink, and this was displayed in the scoring, the rink played well for most of the game and eventually won by a comfortable 11 shot margin.

Jack Griffiths, along with Adrian Roberts got off to a decent start, both rinks trading shots during the early ends, heading into the last 4-5 ends, the Trelewis rink was 6-7 down, but fought back to only go down by 5 shots, this small margin was enough for the rink to claim this weeks Marigold points.

Vaughn Tovey, along with Club Captain Nathan Smith started well, but form dipped and consequently dropped a number of counts, going into the last 4-5 end, were 6-7 shots down, but much like Jacks rink, fought back, and was unlucky to snatch a draw after picking up a few on the last end, going down by 1 shot only, 17-16.

Andy O'Sullivan, along with Keith Barnett started off firing on all cylinders, and quickly established a very commanding lead, which continued throughout the game with many counts being scored, eventually winning by approx 20 shots.

End result: Trelewis 10, Llanbradach 4

A few members of Trelewis Bowls Club have entered the forthcoming Brecon Open 2008, as we cannot find it online anywhere, we have hosted the draw for all to view.

Click HERE to view the full draw.

Trelewis Bowls Club announced the teams for next weeks matches, please click on the bold text view the team selected, teams are subject to change if needed.

Match 1 - Wednesday 11th - Home vs Llanbradach (Rhymney Valley League)

Match 2 - Thursday 12th - Home vs Thomastown (Merthyr League)

Earlier this evening, Trelewis Bowls Club took on current RVL leaders Gelligaer, the match - played at home, had almost perfect bowling conditions, the sun was shining, very few clouds in the sky, unfortunately, the green was a little damp due to it being watered earlier in the day.

Andy O'Sullivan, along with Gareth Johns got off to a very even start, with neither rink taking any big leads during the first 3/4's of the match, at which point the Trelewis rink took control and built a nice lead going into the last few ends, eventually winning comfortable by 7 shots, and was the biggest winning rink.



Vaughn Tovey, along with Mike James also started very well, and after only 4 ends gone were 8-2 in front, but the Gelligaer rink caught up after a few ends after, at which time the game remained very tight until the last few ends when the TBC rink took a slender 2 shot advantage going into the last end, where the home rink also picked up 1 to win by 3 shots, 16-13.



Jack Griffiths, along with Adrian Roberts, much like Andy and Vaughn's rinks - started very evenly, with much of the match remaining tight, going into the last few ends the Gelligaer rink had a 4-5 margin, but the TBC rink fought right until the end, but unfortunately ended up losing by a mere shot, and with it - entry into this seasons Marigold Premier League for Jack, Adrian, Steve and Keith.

Mike Tovey, along with Gary Champion got off to a flying start, and notched up a sizeable lead during the first half of the match, which they maintained in the 2nd half, but finished on a poor note by dropping a 4 on the last end, but still ended up by winning by 4 shots.

End results, Trelewis 12, Gelligaer 2

Players remaining in the County singles competition from Trelewis Bowls Club had mixed fortunes yesterday evening, Mike Tovey played S.Breakinbury from Abercynon, Mike commented 'It was just one of those games, I was routinely holding 2 or 3 on a number of occasions, and my opponent came in with his last wood changing the head, he was always getting one wood close, which I was unable to push through or rest on, I shall try and play well at the open tournaments during the course of the season, the Brecon Open is coming up soon, with Thomastown and Merthyr West End to follow.

Andy O'Sullivan entertained W.Thomas from Ferndale, O'Sullivan got off to a superb start and was 9-1 up, but the Ferndale player never gave up, and at one stage was 15-9 down, but O'Sullivan piled on the pressure and comfortably closed out the game to enter the next round where he will play G.Parfitt (Gelli Park).

Vaughn Tovey also secured his place in the next round with a walkover over Paul Jones (Ferndale), Vaughn now plays Lee Morgans (Ferndale) who secured his place with a very tight win over Troedyrhiw's Craig Humphreys.

Trelewis Bowls Club announced the teams for next weeks matches, please click on the bold text view the team selected, teams are subject to change if needed.

Match 1 - Wednesday 4th - Home vs Gelligaer (Rhymney Valley League)

Match 2 - Thursday 5th - Home vs Nixons (Mid Glamorgan League)

Trelewis Bowls Club announced the teams for next weeks matches, please click on the bold text view the team selected, teams are subject to change if needed.

Match 1 - Wednesday 28th - Away vs Abertridw (Rhymney Valley League)

Match 2 - Thursday 29th - Away vs Cyfartha (Merthyr League)

Trelewis Bowls Club earlier this evening took on a strong Senghenydd side in a must win game for Trelewis, TBC who are floundering at the lower end of the league have got off to a poor start in the RVL, but tonight win stablises the boat for last seasons runners up.

Mike Tovey, along with George Griffiths got off to a flying start, and was 9-0 up after only just a few ends played, the fine form from the rink continued throughout the game, with the TBC rink winning comfortably 25-14.

Andy O'Sullivan, along with Len Gwynne started very evening with thier Senghenydd opponents, with the match being very tight all the way through, fortunately the TBC rink came through to win by 2 shots 15-13.

Club captain Jack Griffiths along with Adrian Roberts started poorly, but quickly siezed control of the game and fought back magnificantly, eventually winning by the comfortable margin of 8 shots, 23-15.

Vaughn Tovey, along with Alun Jenkins got off to a disasterous start and quickly found themselves 9-1 down after only a 4 ends gone, the TBC rink fought hard, but couldn't find a way back into the match, eventually losing by 11 shots, 13-24, and with it another point in the Marigold Premier League for Vaughn, Ken Turner, Nathan Smith and Alun Jenkins.

End result: Trelewis 12, Senghenydd 2

Trelewis Bowls Club last night entertrained 2007 Curruthers Semi-Finalists Nixons in the Cynon Valley League, the weather was almost perfect, and the green running reasonably aswell.

Gareth Johns, along with Mike James was involved in a very tight match, fortunately it was the TBC rink who came out on top winning by 2-3 shots.

Club Captain Jack Griffiths had the unenviable task of taking on Mid-Glam County skip Mark Williams, the TBC rink competed until right to the end, unfortunately losing by the small marging of 2-3 shots.

Vaughn Tovey, along with George Griffiths had the difficult task of taking on experienced county player & skip Dai Prosser, the TBC rink started off well, and held on to win 14-13.

Andy O'Sullivan, along with Len Gwynne started off reasonably, but unfortunately couldn't keep hold of the match, going down by 15 shots.

End results: Trelewis 4, Nixons 10

Tonight see's a depleated Trelewis team take on Senghenydd in the RVL league - all spectators welcome.

The remaining Trelewis players in the county mens singles competition all came through unscathed last night.

Andy O'Sullivan was at home playing Ferndales W.Thomas, O'Sullivan came through winning comfortably.

Vaughn Tovey was away to the very experienced skip Reggie Rand of Ynysangharad Park, early ends were shared, when at 6-7 the TBC skip took control, ending up winning 21-14.

Mike Tovey had a walkover against Liam Davies of Gelli Park.

Earlier this evening TBC were entertained by Machen, the match, part of the RVL was played in good spirit on what turned out to be a difficult green to master for some, the weather was again ideal, and the pace was decent aswell.

Mike Tovey along with Gary Champion got off to a disapointing start, with the remainder of the game following suit, the home rink had the 'rub of the green' and left few oppotunities, TBC rink eventually losing by 9 shots.



Vaughn Tovey along with Mike James raced off to the 13-2 lead, but the lead didn't last long with the home rink pegging the score back to 13-11, fortunately, the TBC rink picked up form once more and raced to a 21-14 lead, eventually winning by a comfortable 9 shot margin 26-17.

Club Captain Jack Griffiths along with Adrian Roberts started off very evenly with their opponents, and was involved in a very tight game heading into the latter part of the tie, unfortunately, it was the home rink who controlled the board and eventually won by 7 shots.

Andy O'Sullivan along with Steve Johns also raced off to a big lead, but also seen their lead vanish over a space of 4-5 ends, fortunately, during the latter stages the TBC rink siezed control and eventually won by 3 shots, 15-18.

Trelewis losing the overall by 4 shots.

End result: TBC 4, Machen 10

Trelewis last night took on a depleated Pontypridd team in the Cynon Valley league, Trelewis - who gained promotion last season in both the Cynon Valley and Mid-Glamorgan leagues, were also struggling for players, but fortunately could find enough to field a full squad, Pontypridd field 2 full rinks and 2 triples.

The bowling conditions were ideal, clear skies and warm weather.

Andy O'Sullivan and rink dominated play from the start, and ran out very comfortable winners against a Pontypridd triple, winning by approx 20 shots.

Vaughn Tovey and rink also played a triple, and were always in contention, but thier Pontypridd opponents were always a few shots in front, TBC rink eventually losing by 2 shots.

Jack Griffiths and rink had a very competitive game, and heading in to the last ends were a few shots down, eventuallly losing by 1 shot.

Mike James and rink, much like Andy O'Sullivan dominated play from the start, and quickly built a very good lead, eventually winning by approx 15 shots.

End result: TBC 10, Pontypridd 4

TBC last night took on the might of Penyrheol in the Rhymney Valley League Division 1, the sky was blue, conditions for bowling were top notch.

Club captain Jack Griffiths, along with Adrian Roberts got off to a decent start, with very little in the game up until around 6-7 ends, when the Trelewis rinked siezed control and started dominating play, eventually winning by approx 10-11 shots.

Vaughn Tovey, along with Alan Jenkins got off to a decent start, playing against a triple, as with all triple vs rinks matches, the tie felt somewhat dis-jointed, the match was equal until approx 12 ends gone, when the Penyrheol put some pressure on a took a small lead, eventually winning 12-18, but with 25% taken off, the TBC only lost by 1.5 shots, 12-13.5 - but this small loss still gained Vaughn & rink an early lead in the 2008 Marigold Premier League.

Andy O'Sullivan, along with Steve Johns also started decently, but it was the away rink who built a small advantage going into the final third of the tie, only to see the TBC rink play some superb bowls to take the match.

Mike Tovey, along with Gary Champion as per the rest of the ties, started ok and built upon this with a comfortable victory for the home rink.

End result, TBC 11 points, Penyrheol 3 points

The start of the domestic outdoor bowls season started a few weeks back, and already the start of the annual county tournaments have begun, last Monday saw 3 Trelewis players play in the first round, Nathan Smith was scheduled to play J.Crowdey from Nixons, but due to college committments Nathan was unable to play the tie, and had to concede the round. George Griffiths was also away to L.Morgan of Ferndale, in what was a very competitive match, it was the home player who eventually won through, the only fixture at Trelewis was Vaughn Tovey against Paul Keating of Harlequins, Paul - the father of 2007 county winner Daniel Keating is also a very competitve bowler, the match was always going to be difficult, it was very close up until 10-10 with neither player taking more than a 2 point lead, at 10-10 it was the Harlequins player who picked up a few points and took a 10-13 lead, but the Trelewis skip piled on the pressure and won the following 9 ends to take the game 21-13, and in doing so will join the other Trelewis players in round 2 of the event.

Vaughn commented 'That match was the first competitive game on our home green this season, but it ran surprisingly well, Paul was very competitive and never gave in, I can see where Daniel (his son) gets his competitive edge from, I am playing Reggie Rand down in Ynysangharad Park on May 19th, so I will have to play really well in order to progress.'

For a full list of who awaits the Trelewis Bowlers in the next round, you can click on the links to the right.

A dvd of the 2007 75th Anniversary celebrations is now available for £1.50, the DVD runs for approx 22 mins and comes complete with a printed DVD and cover features all the players from the 2007 season, along with early team members in addition to ex-members, and some photographs and video footage of the 75th anniversary celebrations.



Please contact Vaughn Tovey or a club official if you would like a copy of the DVD.

Trelewis Bowls Club were entertained by Gilfach last night, the fixture, played as part of the Rhymney Valley League, was always going to be a very difficult tie for TBC.

Mike Tovey and Gary Champion got off to a shakey start, but soon mastered the green and dominated the play, running out winners by approx 7 shots, Vaughn Tovey and Mike James started off well, and took a commanding 8-0 lead, but the home rink never gave up and chipped away at thier lead, and during the latter stages were 20-16 up on the TBC rink, the Trelewis rink picked up a 2 on the last end to lose 20-18, Jack Griffiths and Adrian Roberts also had a reasonable start, with both rinks winning ends at the start of the game, unfortunately for TBC is was the home rink who then dominated, with the end score being approx 8-9 shots in favour of Gilfach. Andy O'Sullivan along with Gareth Johns enjoyed a good start, and during the first half of the game we regularly in the lead, but the home rink settled and started picking up counts, eventually winning by 10-12 shots.

Many commented on the bitterly cold playing conditions, but none blamed the green as it was running very nice considering the weather leading up to the match.

End results: Gilfach 12, Trelewis 2

The start of the competitive season was marked with an indifferent start by TBC last night, against a competitive Ystrad Mynach, captain Jack Griffiths along with Adrian Roberts got off to a disasterous start and was 9-0 down after 4 ends played, the Trelewis rink rallied and fought back, eventually losing by approx 14 shots, Mike James along with Vaughn Tovey got off to a good start but were always pegged back by their YM rivals, playing his debut game for YM was ex Trelewis player Mike Clarke, the game was very close until YM picked up a 3 on one of the final ends to take a commanding 5 shot advantage, the TBC rink lost by 4 shots, Mike Tovey and Gary Champion started off reasonably well, but were playing catchup during the first half of the game, but the Trelewis rink then mastered the rink, eventually winning by approx 2 shots, Andy O'Sullivan and Alan Jenkins also started off indifferently, but soon fought back and took control of the game, eventually winning by 6-7 shots.

End result: Trelewis 4, Ystrad Mynach 10

The start of the domestic outdoor bowls season started last week for Trelewis Bowls Club, but tonight see's Trelewis Bowls Club's first competitive fixture for the 2008 season, last season saw Trelewis win the fixture comfortably by 12 points, the club are hoping for a similar result this evening.

Ex Ystrad Mynach player, but now Trelewis player Tom Matthews commented 'We are hoping to beat Ystrad Mynach tonight, it was great to beat them last season, we will have to play well as a team to win by the same margin as last year'

A match report will follow in the next few days.

The start of the domestic outdoor bowls season starts tonight for Trelewis Bowls Club, the club takes on the 2007 Rhymney Valley League champions and local neighbours Treharris in a friendly match on the Trelewis green.

Start time: 6pm

All current and new members are encouraged to attend this evening as everyone will get a game.

Trelewis Bowls Club today announced the 75th Anniversary video, the video, produced by club player Vaughn Tovey runs for approx 22 minutes, and tries to encapsulate the history of the club, showing many of the prominent members from the early years, aswell as showing landmark changes made to the clubhouse, in addition to this current and ex-members are also shown, a short video tribute to Noel Jones has been recorded by Mike Tovey, and some footage and pictures of the 75th Anniversary celebrations are also included, we hope you enjoy the video - if you do, please consider leaving a message in the guestbook, club members are always interesting in seeing who is viewing this site.

A high-resolution DVD has also been produced.

Trelewis: Past & Present - 75th Anniversary.
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