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BWBA UK Match Play Pairs 2009

In the Match play pairs wheelchair bowlers can play with a partner of their choice; it may be a good friend, a spouse, or a club playing partner.  It was the latter combination that worked so well for Harrington & Ardin last year and illustrated

that wheelchair bowlers are fully integrated into clubs and being treated as bowlers first, playing alongside and against their able-bodied counterparts.

England ‘Tri’ Hard and Succeed

For the past thirty years the Annual Home Counties Bowls Championships has been a highlight in the wheelchair bowls calendar.  Last year’s event saw a three-way scramble for the title between England, Wales and Scotland with the Welsh the eventual winners, though it was close.  Northern Ireland came fourth.  There was a change in the playing format for 2009 - for the first time, this year’s championships would be a Tri-Nations as he Northern Irish were unable to take part.

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February

The most recent weekend say the annual running of the Kay Pipe Pairs held in the name of the late Kay Pipe.  This matches up experienced wheelchair bowlers with those less so and is always a popular event.