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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.


Bowling green at Whitley Hall
Do you remember the time when there was a bowling green at Whitley Hall?
Memories
36 minutes ago


Name the Greens 3
Not one all-correct answer to Name the Greens 2 was received. Here are the answers and a new challenge in Name the Greens 3.
Memories
5 hours ago


Aspley Bowling Green
Another old bowling green was situated at the front of Turnbridge Working Men's Club in the early 1900's.
Memories
1 day ago


Berry Brow Bowling Green
A dip back in time to 1886 when a new bowling green was built at the back of the Armitage Bridge & Berry Brow Cons Club.
Memories
2 days ago


Name the Greens 2
The answer to Name the Greens 1 with only 3 correct answers. Maybe you will fare better with Name the Greens 2. Just name these three local bowling greens.
Memories
3 days ago


Name the Greens 1
It's back! Our ever-popular Name the Green Challenge. Three greens for you to identify from the three redundant rollers now living there.
Memories
5 days ago


Lindley BC 1902 memories
A dip back in time to 1902 when things were happening at Lindley BC.
Memories
Nov 24


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
Nov 15


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
Nov 11


Remembrance Sunday
Today is Remembrance Sunday. Tuesday is Remembrance Day when bowlers will observe the tradition of two-minutes silence.
Memories
Nov 9


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


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


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


Merit post mortem
Bill Blackburn looks back at times when 400 bowlers entered into a local competition was normal.
Memories
Aug 12


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


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


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


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


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


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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