Latest Updates
Charity Fundraiser 2024-25
We held our annual fundraiser for a local charity during our Christmas Celebration event and raised a total of 325€ for a local charity. All the raffle prizes were donated by Club members and the draw took place after the Christmas lunch.
In January the funds raised were donated to the Cassa de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao, which is a local home for girls in Portimao. The funds were gratefully received.
Club Competitions 2025
We have recently concluded the draw for the Club Competition to be played in 2025. The competitions include Open Singles, Fixed Jack, 2 Wood Pairs, Mixed Australian Pairs and Drawn Pairs.
The competitions start on 3rd January with the semi-finals to take place on 18th and 19th March and the Finals taking place on 4th and 5th April.
Details of the draw can be found on the Events page under Club Competitions accessed through the link below.
Christmas Celebrations 2024
We had great festive celebrations at Alvor Bowls Club on 17th December followed by a fabulous Christmas lunch served up by Emma and her attentive staff at Oasis Parque. The fun bowling was a series of round-robin ends based on ‘targets and strings’ and the winning triple were Denise Redding, Maggie Dance and Mark Johnson. They were awarded some great prizes donated by Bella and Dave Benade before they relocate back to South Africa. Prizes were also presented to runners-up Russell Morris, Bella and Dave and to third placed Janet and John Tilley and Meira Price. The players enjoyed some warming mulled wine served up with home made sausage rolls and mince pies courtesy of Mark Johnson part way through the games - the bowling lines weren’t quite as straight after the mulled wine but nobody worried about that!
Alvor Monday League 2024/5
The Alvor Monday League starts on 25th November 2024 and will run until 17th of March 2025. There will be a variety of games played over the course of the league and prizes awarded at the end to the top three finishers.
We are looking forward to some good bowling played in a fun atmosphere.
Alvor Crown Green Doubles Tournament 2024
We ran a new Crown Green Doubles Tournament from 11th to 15th November where you played with your nominated partner. The tournament had a total prize fund of 1490€ and attracted a field of 16 pairs of mainly UK based bowlers.
The pairs played in round-robin matches in two groups of eight for the first four days of the tournament, and then the top two teams in each group played in semi-finals and final on the last day. Steve and Chrissie McManus emerged as winners, beating Geoff Bailey and Gerry Kinane.
Alvor Crown Green Drawn Doubles Tournament 2024
Our annual Crown Green Drawn Doubles Tournament ran from 4th to 8th November. The Tournament attracted a field of 40 bowlers, most of whom were visiting from the UK to play in the competition. The total prize fund was 1890€ plus the opportunity to get your name on the coveted trophy!
Partners were drawn on a daily basis with the pairs playing in group round robin matches to determine daily results. At the end of the Tournament, Geoff Coleman emerged as the winner with the highest number of points scored over the 4 days of bowling.
Top Block Challenge Cup 2024
Alvor Bowls Club hosted the inaugural Top Block Challenge Cup on 6th November on the ‘day-off’ from the Crown Green Drawn Doubles Tournament. This challenge aims to promote greater awareness of mental heath issues, with the challenge coming from a number of the visiting bowlers fronted by The Sarge. The match involved the home side playing with lawn bowls and crown green bowls against the challengers, with the home team enjoying the win this year. The Challenge Cup will be played for annually and The Sarge is now introducing extra training for the Top Block team to play in 2025!
Ladies vs Gents Season Opener 2024
We held our annual season opener on 1st October with our traditional challenge match between the ladies and the gents.There was a good turnout of both players and supporters, and this year the gents turned the tables on the ladies with a dominant win to reclaim the trophy. It was good to see everyone coming together and enjoying the competition and then socialising over lunch and drinks afterwards.
Alvor Triples Tournament 2024
The Alvor Triples Tournament ran from 23rd to 27th September when 15 teams from across the UK, Republic of Ireland and The Algarve competed for the Triples Trophy and a share of the 2040€ prize pot.
Following round-robin stages over the first four days of the tournament, the best four teams entered the semi-finals and final. At the end of the regulation ends, the final was tied and an extra end had to be played to produce a winner. The Lawn Rangers from the UK triumphed giving the win to Ken Clark, Carl Stratton and Mark ‘Sharky’ White. The runners-up were Paul Sutton, Jenny Sutton and Debbie Stewart, who all bowl for Floresta at Aldeia Azul in The Algarve.
Australian Pairs Tournament 2024
Our annual Australian Pairs Tournament ran from 22nd to 27th March and attrated an international line-up of 64 players from The Algarve, UK, Ireland and Holland. Following an initial round-robin stage the bowlers were streamed into two groups for the knock-out stages. The main tournament was won by Bob Hillier and Maggie Dance, after Maggie stepped in for Dave Brock part way through the knockout stages due to health issues. The subsidiary Plate was won by Mark Townsend and Barry Holbrook.
Club Competition Finals 2024
The Club held our club competition finals on 5th and 6th March being the culmination of a variety of competitions over a 12 week period.The weather was just perfect and club members, family and friends showed up to support the finalists. The matches were exciting and closely contested and medals were presented to the winners and runners-up.
Catherine Webb won the Ladies Singles and the 2 Wood Singles and Colin Cummins won the Men’s Singles. The Fixed Jack was won by John Macrae, who also won the Championship Aussie Pairs with Martin Sillwood. Glen and Julie Moulds won the Conjugal Pairs together with the 2 Wood Pairs. Russell Morris and Graham Hey won the Drawn Pairs and Steffen Dahlmann won the Handicap Singles.
Crown Green Singles Tournament 2024
We ran our annual Crown Green Singles Tournament from 26th February to 1st March with a prize fund of 1850€. We had an increased entry list of 40 bowlers from across The Algarve, Holland and the UK competing in the competition with the vast majority travelling from the UK. Following an initial round-robin stage the bowlers were streamed into two groups - one group continuing in the Tournament won by Craig Walsh and the other in a subsidiary Shield won by Peter Wrigley. The week ended with a very enjoyable drawn doubles competition won by Steve Mellis and Kevin ‘The Sarge’ Sargeant.
