On the 16th of February (as last year’s winners) we hosted the 2025 edition of the Coastal Cup.

Teams of novice bowlers from Clacton, West Mersea, Falcon, Jacks Centre, Colchester, and Essex County competed across the day for the title.

 

Our team consisting of Mukesh Parekh, Mike Bunker, Charlotte Hardman, Stephen Cole, and Dean Johnson did the club proud but sadly it was not meant to be their day against some strong opposition.

 

The format of the round robin tournament was each team played 5 games of 7 ends – The eventual winners being Colchester with 37 points out of a possible 50, congratulations to their players on a convincing win.

 

Including spectators there were well over 100 people present throughout the whole day, thanks for everyone’s incredible support.

 

Finally, thanks in particular to the following members for their efforts - John Warman and Ray Cooper for coaching, Kevin Robertson and Natasha Patient for coordinating the bar and kitchen, John Fry and everyone who helped with the raffle (£550 raised for Fair Havens), Luke Francis as photographer and of course Mike Birch for umpiring.