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HuddWeb is the website for the Huddersfield Winter League and the unofficial website for the Veterans League as well as being for news from all Huddersfield crown green bowling clubs.


Geriatric Think Tank's latest topics
My weekly visit to a group of five ageing bowlers moved on to matters of usual practice on the green in times of yesterday
Memories
2 days ago
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Bowling observes Remembrance Day
We ask all teams bowling on Tuesday to observe the 11.00am two-minutes silence in memory of soldiers who lost their lives in action.
Winter League
6 days ago
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Remembrance Sunday
Today is Remembrance Sunday. Tuesday is Remembrance Day when bowlers will observe the tradition of two-minutes silence.
Memories
Nov 9
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Other Old News 1: The £100 Mile Race
A step back in time of over 100 years to find a press cutting about something which has nothing to do with bowling.
Memories
Oct 25
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Memories of 1992
No action on the greens so time to dip into the history books from the Huddersfield Examiner 33 years ago.
Memories
Oct 6
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BCGBA Champion-of-Champions history
The first year of the BCGBA Champion-of-Champions competition as recorded by Peter Muff in 1974.
Bowling News
Sep 12
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Merit post mortem
Bill Blackburn looks back at times when 400 bowlers entered into a local competition was normal.
Memories
Aug 12
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Match of the decade
The 2017 BCGBA Champion of Champions Semi-Final between Callum Wraight and Greg Smith. No match like you have ever seen before.
Memories
Jun 5
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Yorkshire Merit history makers
Dave Parkin adds to the 2025 story of a hat-trick winner in the Yorkshire Merit by recalling the previous three history makers.
Memories
May 29
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Jack Burgin Trophy 2005-2025
The 20th Anniversary of this competition which was originally started in 2005 is open to bowlers that had never won an open competition.
Memories
May 22
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The Huddersfield Merit 40 years ago
The recent postings about the Huddersfield Merit prompted Bill Blackburn to recall how the competition was run over 40 years ago.
Memories
May 13
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Final day of the 2018 season
The final day of the 2018 Veterans League season was captured in print in the Examiner in the days when a Thursday meant it was bowling news
Memories
Mar 23
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February 2019: HDVBA Newsletter
Ten new teams signed up to play in the 2019 Veterans League and the monthly newsletter carried the full story.
Memories
Mar 21
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Year 2018: Veterans League competitions
Memories from 7 years ago by looking at the August 2018 version of the HDVBA Newsletter.
Memories
Mar 20
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Year 2017: The HDVBA Newsletter
I've always considered transparency and good communications as important for any League and a newsletter was a good means of doing both.
League News
Mar 18
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Year 2000: Birth of the Federation of Bowling
The introduction of the Federation of Crown Green Bowling was everywhere except Huddersfield. Why was that?
Memories
Mar 16
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Kirklees sports blueprint 2015
Ten years ago Kirklees Council paid for a full review of their sporting facilities which produced a 110-page report. Your copy is here.
Memories
Mar 13
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Is bowling too cheap to survive?
Bill Blackburn turns to reviewing the cost of joining a bowling club and asks if bowling is under-priced,
Bowling News
Mar 11
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15 Years-old Champion-of-Champions
The 1975 Huddersfield Champion-of-Champions was a 15-years-old schoolboy. What a story!
Memories
Mar 10
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