LATEST NEWS

The outside rink closed for play on Saturday 27th September 2025. Play from that date is indoors at Deangate Ridge Indoor Bowls Centre for the duration of the winter months. 

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Thursday 11th December at 19.00 hrs

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We are kicking off the Christmas celebrations with a little party at the club

We want to get as many of our club members and partners together for this fun evening. We will be laying on some nibbles, sausage rolls, mince pies and cake etc. Also there will be lots of Christmas tunes to get us all in the spirit of Christmas. 

Looking forward to seeing you all there

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An overview of the successful 2025 summer season:

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All winners of the Club Internal Competitions for 2025 are now published on the Winners tab for viewing

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Friendly Matches: 27 wins, 11 losses, 1 draw and 5 games not played due to abandonment or cancellation.

Winget Ladies won the MBA Triples out of 6 clubs.

Winget Men showed great progress finishing 3rd out of 17 clubs.

Winget were represented in 3 MBA Final matches and also won the Chatham and Ditton open this year.

Winget had some good success in Men's and Ladies County matches going a few rounds in each.

Overall an amazingly successful season and great progression as Winget were still competing in many competitions until the end of September.

Year on year the bowls gets better. Roll on 2026.

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Annual General Meeting 2025

 

The 2025 AGM took place on Friday 28th November starting at 7pm sharp in the clubhouse. Light refreshments were served from 6:30pm including alcoholic drinks. A good turn out of club members came along to support the club taking part in important club decisions for the forthcoming year and beyond. It was decided that the charity that the club would be supporting in 2026 will be Prostate Cancer UK.

 

Medway Bowls Association Finals Day - Saturday 13th September 2025

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On Saturday 13th September, Winget Bowls Club hosted the Medway Bowls Association (MBA) Finals Day Competitions. It is a very prestigious event and the first time that Winget's have had this honour. Additionally Winget's had three teams in three separate finals also a first for the club. Gates opened at 08:00 and play commenced at 09:30. Food was available throughout the day via an onsite burger van offering various meal options and a licensed bar helped to wet the whistle's of both players and spectators alike. The event was very well supported despite the inclement weather and it proved to be an exciting day of lawn bowls. 

 

Internal Competitions Finals Day Results - Saturday 6 September 2025

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Men's 3 Woods (18 ends) - R. Crampton 17 v L. Calvert 3

Ladies Pairs (18 ends, 3 woods) - C. Collen & S.Ashby 20 v C. Elliott & L. Franklin 17

Ladies Singles (1st to 21) - J. Melling 21 v A.Muir 10

Men's Handicap (1st to 21) - R. Collen 21 v D. Norton 5

Men's Pairs (18 ends, 3 woods) - M. Brown & J. French 14 v R. White & D. Shearing 12

Men's Singles (1st to 21) - D. Shearing 21 v K. Nicholson 9

Mixed Pairs (18 ends, 3 woods) - C. Elliott & T. Smith 22 v J. Melling & J. Brooks 9

Ladies 100UP (1st to 100 points) - S. Ashby 100 v B. Thorneycroft 64

Chas Purkiss Trophy (1st to 21) C. Collen 21 v P. Lidsey 16

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All trophies will presented at the Club Presentation Lunch at the Boat House, Strood on Thursday 30th October 2025.​​

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Open Bowls Triples Competition - Saturday 2nd August 2025

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Winget Bowls Club hosted their 3rd Open Triples Competition.

12 teams with 36 players from local clubs took part in the competition with a monetary prize to the winning team.

Doors opened from 8.30am with the first matches starting at 10am with 2 matches for each side being completed before lunch.

A cake and tea stand was available throughout the day along with bacon rolls and a tasty BBQ at lunch time..

In the afternoon a further 2 matches were played with a finishing time of around 4.30pm where presentations followed.

A raffle was run throughout the day with some really good prizes won,

The bar was open from 9am with a mixture of both alcoholic and soft drinks available to purchase.

It  was a great opportunity to support the club, meet players from other clubs and generally everyone had a really good day in the sunshine watching the great game of lawn bowls.

 

Specsavers (Medway Stores) as Sponsors supported the day and presented the prizes to two Empire teams who won overall and were also runners up. 

 

Medway Bowls Association Presidents Day - 30th July 2025

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Winget again hosted the MBA Presidents Invitation day on Wednesday 30th July 2025. James Modos (MBA President and Winget Club Captain) invited players from across the Medway area to compete in a "friendly" match against Winget players in a Triples, 6 rink event. MBA players won the overall battle on the rinks but a marvellous day was had by all who attended on a warm sunny day. 

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2025 Memberships

 

The renewal of membership for the 2025 season was on Tuesday 8th April commencing at 14:00 hours at the Club House. There was a really good turn out of both old and new members looking forward to the commencement of the 2025 outdoor season. Roll on summer. ​

 

PRESIDENTS DAY 08/08/24

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Wingets held the annual meeting of the Kent Bowls Presidents Council day at the club on 8th August. 48 players from both Wingets and selected players from across Kent representing the President played 6 Rinks games (4 players per side) during the day. The Presidents team won the match overall and the day was a huge success with a Ploughman's Lunch being provided to all participants at the end of play as well as the bar being open to quench everyone's thirst. The weather was very kind to us as it only started to rain just as the final 18th end was being completed on most rinks. Winget proved to be the perfect hosts with the team of ladies working so very hard to ensure that the food was presented and set on the tables exactly as planned. A great day was had by all and group photo's of both teams can be found in the gallery section. 

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INTERNAL CLUB COMPETITIONS 2024

 

The Internal Club Competition matches came to a conclusion on Finals Day, Thursday 5th September despite the inclement weather on the day. Gates opened at 08:30 with matches commencing at 09:00. The Final matches that took place (in no particular order) were:

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• Men’s Pairs

• Men’s Singles

• Chas Purkiss Trophy

• Ladies 100 Up

• Ladies Singles

• Mixed Pairs

• Handicap Singles

• Ladies Pairs

• 3 Woods

 

Food and drink (both alcoholic & non-alcoholic) was available throughout the day. Congratulations must go all participants both playing and non-playing for their commitment in difficult conditions. Pictures of the Finalists in all Competitions are viewable in the Gallery section. The list of 2024 winners can be viewed here: WINNERS | Winget Bowling

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Winget Bowls 2024 Summer Season Results & Stats

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41 games played this season, winning 30, losing 7 and drawing 4.
We won 111 rinks, lost 60 and drew 5.
Shots for 3209. Shots against 2616.
Our average shot win on games overall was 13.19.
RACS league winners.
RACS k/o winners.
2 County Semi Finals both Singles and Pairs.
Medway Mixed Pair winners.
Men’s Medway finished 5th out of 17. Ladies finished 3rd out of 5.
Ladies made the Civic Cup semi final also.
 

An excellent season was had by all players and teams. 2025 promises even greater rewards for everyone's efforts.

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