Port Talbot IBC

Competing in the Premier Division of Welsh Bowls, situated by Afan Lido FC representing the Port Talbot area.

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It was a mixed start to the season for the club last weekend; the Championship team lost 18-4 away to Heatherton and the Merit team beat Earlswood away 16-6 .

Good luck to both teams this weekend in their respective games Merthyr Tydfil.

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Good morning!! We hope everyone had a great summer and the outdoor season went well. Come and join us as we open our doors today ready for the 2024/25 season.

Our afternoon and evening leagues will be starting week commencing 30th September.

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Good luck to Deb Taylor, Jasmine Staton, Jodie McCarthy, Laura Daniels & Sophie Brain

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This weekend we are hosting Merthyr Tydfil at the seafront in our final game of the Championship.

We are without a number of our ladies this week (and a few of their supporters) as they travel to Chelmsford to represent Wales at the BIIBC Internationals.

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Congratulations to the DJ team who beat Cardiff in the capital this morning to win the DJ League.

Cardiff 2 - 6 Port Talbot, 9 shots

C Jackson 17 - 15 D Taylor
E Woodcock 14 - 25 B Russ

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Good luck to the DJ team who play Sunday morning at Cardiff in a 'winner takes all' for the league. Well done to all the players who've played adn ensured games have gone ahead. It's great to see the team do well and people wanting to represent the PT when given the oppertunity.

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This week we have games in all respective leagues, Merit, DJ and Championship.

The Championshop team travel to Islwyn on Saturday afternoon whilst the Merit* team host Pontardawe at the seafront.

*The Merit team is yet to be selected

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Port Talbot 15 - 7 Llanelli, 19 shots

C Jones 20 - 21 A Pritchard
D McCarthy 19 - 25 G Davies
R Colwill 18 - 18 R Burden
C Bowling 35 - 12 C Davies
M Brain 18 - 14 D Barnett
J Price 20 - 20 L Moses

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Well done to the championship team who fought back to win against Llanelli at home. At one point the team was around 25 shots behind and then showed some grit to win overall by 19 shots.

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Please note, the championship game is starting at 2.30pm as players will be attending the funeral of Martyn Harries from Carmarthen Bowls Club. Our thoughts and condolences go our to Martyn's family and friends at this sad time.

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This weekend we will be hosting Llanelli at the seafront in the Championship with the Merit team travelling in the opposite direction to play them away. Good luck to both teams playing on Saturday.

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Good luck to Wales U25s this weekend in Glasgow. Special mention to our players, Billy Flynn, Joe Price, Rhys Colwill, Ben Matthews and Chaad Bowling. Oh, not to forget the assistant TM, Wyn Matthews 👏🏽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Congratulations to the DJ team who played Newport J this morning, winning by 33 shots. It'll all be on the last game again Cardiff.

Port Talbot 8 - 0 Newport J, 33 shots

L Daniels 31 - 6 C Bancroft
B Russ 19 - 11 J Doody

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Our girls representing Wales U25s in Belfast this weekend. Go well ladies, hope you have a great weekend 😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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This weekend our DJ team will host Newport J at the stadium. We have three of our ladies taking part in the British Isles Indoor Bowls Council U25 Internationals at Belfast Indoors. Good luck to our very own Jasmine Staton, Megan Jones and Rhianna Thompson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Port Talbot 22 - 0 Heatherton, 57 shots

John Price 24 - 22 Josh Hancock
Chaad Bowling 23 - 17 John Roberts
Rhys Colwill 37 - 10 Mike Jackson
Mike Brain 26 - 18 Peter Day
Chris Price 18 - 16 Ryan Thomas
Dale McCarthy 23 - 11 Kieran Peregrine

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Today the Championship team hosted Heatherton, they got off to a good start and never really looked back. All the best to Heatherton got the rest of the season.

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Last weekend the championship team came away with a win away to Swansea. This week they will host Heatherton at the seafront. We are into the business end of the season so best wishes to anyone taking part in any Welsh competitions over the coming weeks.

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The Merit team also won on the fixture at the seafront against Swansea.

Port Talbot 16 - 6 Swansea, 27 shots

G Williams 31 - 16 P Luke
C Thomas 17 - 19 H Walters
A Shelton 30 - 11 D Smith
C Pritchard 14 - 19 K Clement

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This afternoon the Championship team travelled to Swansea. It was a tight game until around the 14th end but eventually the team pulled off to win by 37 shots. Well done team and ood luck to Swansea for the rest of the season.

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Swansea 2 - 20 Port Talbot, 37 shots

N Williams 17 - 16 M Brain
G Lloyd 19 - 23 J Price
G Rees 13 - 33 C Price
G Mellor 15 - 17 R Colwill
E Williams 21 - 24 C Bowling
D Bevan 15 - 24 D McCarthy