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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.


Memories: Junior Merit Final 2011
Looking back 11 years to find the record of a Yorkshire Juniors Merit Final played at Brighouse. More memories.
Memories
Nov 24, 2022


1992: Lockwood Cons dominate Pairs KO
It was 30 years ago when three Lockwood Cons pairs reached the quarter-finals of a major local KO. Two of the pairs going on to the Final.
Memories
Nov 14, 2022


2002 Memories: Roy Sutton wins national title
2002: Brazil won the World Cup; the Queen Mother died; Sanyo put the first ever camera into a mobile phone and Roy Sutton won a BCGBA title.
Memories
Nov 3, 2022


All Our Yesterdays from 25 Years Ago
It is 25 years ago in October 1997 when two Subscription Cup teams were penalised 15 points for the next season for ignoring a League rule.
Memories
Oct 31, 2022


Bill Blackburn remembers
Bill Blackburn comments on the 2022 Champion of Champions, the Huddersfield Merit of 1919 and some interesting history about Linthwaite Hall
Memories
Oct 9, 2022


Grange Moor clubhouse 2002
Another dip back in time - 20 years ago - with news of a new clubhouse being constructed at Grange Moor BC.
Club News
Apr 1, 2022


2017 Veterans 10-Man League forecast
Continuing our reflection of events 5 years ago with the forecast of the outcome of the 5 divisions of the Veterans 10-Man League for 2017.
Bowling News
Mar 28, 2022


A memory of Primrose Hill WMC green
A good story recalled by Bill Blackburn about a match on the now redundant Primrose Hill WMC green.
Bowling News
Mar 27, 2022


2017 Veterans 6-Man League review
Following on from yesterday's tips for the 2017 season with a review of what actually happened as recorded 5 years ago.
Veterans League
Mar 20, 2022


2017 Veterans 6-Man League forecasts
This look back to 2017 provides a preview of the 2017 Veterans 6-Man League season and forecasts winners & losers in each division.
Bowling News
Mar 19, 2022


Huddersfield Merit 1992
This is the story of Waterloo bowler Tony Young winning the 1992 Huddersfield Merit, 26 years after winning it for the first time.
Bowling News
Mar 18, 2022


Good memories from 5 years ago this month
Memories: News from the archives of the Veterans League with an extract from the League's Newsletter from March 2017.
Bowling News
Mar 14, 2022


Huddersfield bowlers dominate YCCGBA KO
A dip back into Yorkshire's history by focusing on the county's Centenary Year competitions dominated by Huddersfield bowlers once again.
Bowling News
Mar 12, 2022


Meeting House Lane Golcar green 1932
Did you know that there used to be a bowling green on Meeting House Lane at Golcar next to Clough Head Baptist Church?
Bowling News
Mar 12, 2022


TV Star Gene Bardon 1975
The year was 1975 when crown green bowling could be seen on BBC television and Huddersfield bowler Gene Bardon was a TV star.
Bowling News
Mar 11, 2022


10-penny worth of margarine wins £120 prize
An unusual story about a trick for bowling on a snow surface which cost 10p and on this occasion realised a £120 return.
Bowling News
Mar 9, 2022


Lepton Green 1932
A 1932 O.S.Map of Lepton shows what is believed to have been the site of a bowling green around 1932.
Bowling News
Mar 8, 2022


Peter Muff 1992 - that was the year that was
A typical Peter Muff report: It was supposed to be Yorkshire's Centenary Year celebrations but it was hijacked by Huddersfield bowlers.
Bowling News
Mar 6, 2022


War of the Roses 2001
The matchday programme of the 2001 War of the Roses Lancashire v Yorkshire bowling match with all the individual score details.
Bowling News
Mar 5, 2022


Huddersfield Merit 1986
Memories: The Merit Final of 1986 and a name-check for Frank Wrathall, Graham Sigsworth, Ashley Daykin, Tony Wilson. Brian Starkey & others.
Bowling News
Mar 2, 2022
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