2008 Season
The 2008 season started well on 21st April for the Monday afternoon 2 rink league. Gelligaled on home ground, fielding 2 new bowlers (Erik Eckberg and Richard Mitchinson), made an impressive start winning comfortably on both rinks against the Ystradyfodwg visitors.
A friendly fixture against St Mellons Bowling Club played at Gelligaled on Saturday 26th April resulted in the home team winning on 3 of the 4 rinks. With all friendly matches the score was not as important as the fellowship enjoyed by all who took part on a glorious Spring afternoon.
Cynon Valley Div 1 Match Tues 6th May
Gelligaled were in fine form at home winning on three rinks and taking 12 points against visitors Trelewis Bowls Club.
Final scores Gelligaled 87 Trelewis 60.
Coaching and Training
Coaching and training sessions commenced on Friday 9th May - see Coaching Page for details
Carruthers Shield Section Matches
An excellent result on Saturday 10th May against Gelli Park BC when Gelligaled won by 11 shots.
Final scores Gelligaled 83 Gelli Park 72
The third and final match in the section was played at Gelligaled Park on Saturday 17th May when visitors Harlequins BC were narrowly defeated by 5 shots. An extremely close game with never more than 8 shots separating the teams. After 18 ends Harlequins were leading by 8 shots but Gelligaled pulled back over the last three ends to win by 5 shots.
Final scores Gelligaled 79 Harlequins 74
With Gelligaled and Harlequins each having 4 points, the winner of the section is Harlequins who have a greater shots difference than Gelligaled and will therefore play in the first round of the open competition on 21st June. Best wishes to them.
Vater Shield Match
Playing their second round match on Monday 19th May against Ynysangharad Bowling Club Gelligaled narrowly failed to make it through to the third round.
Final Scores Gelligaled 65 Ynysangharad 68
Cardiff and District Municipal Bowling Association
Gelligaled have had a good first season playing in Division 6 of this League with 8 wins out of 9 games and a total of 110 points.
Only 1 game now remains to be completed against Llantwit Major 'a' team at Llantwit Major which has been re-arranged for the early evening of Tuesday 2nd September as a result of the green being unplayable on Saturday 16th August. Gelligaled now need a minimum of 2 points from this final game to be certain of winning Division 6.
Tuesday 2nd September - green at Llantwit Major again unplayable at 5.15 pm therefore match re-arranged and played on Saturday 13th September when Gelligaled defeated Llantwit Major 'a' and took 10 of the 14 points. Gelligaled finished all games with 120 points and top of the division. Members now look forward to playing in Division 5 in 2009.
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