Friendly Matches Programme - Version 1 - 14 July 2026 - More styling Required
| FRIENDLY MATCHES – 2026 |
A number of matches against a wide range of local clubs have been arranged for 2026. Link to current FRIENDLY MATCHES CALENDAR
Friendly Matches Results Summary
| Date | Home/ Away | Against | Opp Rinks Won | CBSC Rinks Won | Result |
| 15 Mar 2026 | Home | Holloway Hill | 1 | 4 | WIN |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Away | Cowplain | 4 | 1 | LOSS |
| 2 Apr 2026 | Home | Petersfield | 2 | 1 | LOSS |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Home | Braeside | 2 | 3 | WIN |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Away | Waterlooville | 4 | 1 | LOSS |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Home | Emsworth | 3 | 1 | LOSS |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Away | Meon | 2 | 2 | WIN |
| 6 May 2026 | Away | Lockswood | 3 | 1 | LOSS |
| 9 May 2026 | Home | Four Marks | 0 | 3 | WIN |
| 14 May 2026 | Away | Petersfield | 2 | 1 | LOSS |
| 31 May 2026 | Away | Hayling Island | 4 | 0 | LOSS |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Home | Liphook | 1 | 3 | WIN |
| 20 Jun 2026 | Away | Winchester | 2 | 1 | LOSS |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Home | Meon | - | - | WIN |
| FRIENDLY MATCHES PROGRAMME – 2025 |
A number of matches against a wide range of local clubs have been arranged for 2025. Link to full FRIENDLY MATCHES CALENDAR
Friendly Matches Results Summary
| Date | Home/ Away/ Surface | Against | Opp Score | CBSC Score | Opp Rinks Won | CBSC Rinks Won | Result |
| 15 Feb 2025 | Away [C] | Waterlooville | 81 | 153 | 5 | 1 | LOSS |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Home | Fordingbridge | 73 | 160 | 2 | 3 | WIN |
| 1 Mar 2025 | Home | Waterlooville | 85 | 142 | 4 | 1 | LOSS |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Home | Lockswood | 37 | 175 | 1 | 4 | WIN |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Home | Cowplain | 68 | 161 | 3 | 2 | LOSS |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Home | Braeside | 76 | 150 | 4 | 0 | LOSS |
| 12 Apr 2025 | Away [C] | Hayling Island | 58 | 171 | 1 | 4 | WIN |
| 20 Apr 2025 | Away [G] | Meon | 56 | 134 | 3 | 1 | LOSS |
| 12 May 2025 | Home | Four Oaks | 30 | 165 | 0 | 4 | WIN |
| 21 May 2025 | Away [C] | Braeside | 42 | 151 | 1 | 4 | WIN |
| 8 Jun 2025 | Away [C/G] | Gosport | 86 | 135 | 4 | 0 | LOSS |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Home | Liphook | 48 | 161 | 1 | 3 | WIN |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Home | Arundel | 61 | 167 | 1 | 2 | WIN |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Home | Meon | 71 | 173 | 1 | 3 | WIN |
| 2 Aug 2025 | Away | Winchester | 62 | 133 | 2 | 1 | LOSS |
| 13 Aug 2025 | Away | Liphook | – | – | 3 | 1 | LOSS |
| 26 Aug 2025 | Away | Rogate | 50 | 130 | 2 | 1 | LOSS |
| 25 Sep 2025 | Home | Byfleet | 40 | 103 | 1 | 4 | WIN |
| 27 Sep 2025 | Home | Hayling Island | 57 | 157 | DRAW | ||
| 8 Oct 2025 | Away | Lockswood | 43 | 170 | 1 | 3 | WIN |
| 11 Oct 2025 | Home | Winchester | 50 | 100 | 1 | 3 | WIN |
| FRIENDLY MATCHES – 2024 |
MEON VALLEY FRIENDLY MATCH (Home), Wednesday, 3 July 2024
We played the return match against Meon Valley on IWednesday, 3 July 2024 (having played them on their grass surface earlier in the season and been beaten) and, well, what a corker!! Bottom line is the weather mercifully was kind and (just) held off raining and in the final analysis CBSC won the match by just one point! It was a cracking game against a very good league playing side and the rink scores were as follows:
| CBSC | MEON | |
| Rink 2 | 8 | 23 |
| Rink 3 | 33 | 9 |
| Rink 5 | 16 | 12 |
| Rink 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 65 | 64 |
SPECIAL THANKS For a lovely day as always go to our catering team.
Michael Trippick
LIPHOOK FRIENDLY MATCH (Home), Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Well done all who stepped up to represent their Club in the Liphook match yesterday – we had great weather, fine company and were rewarded with another win against a good side who are represented with teams in the Three Counties Leagues!
| CBSC | LIPHOOK | |
| Rink 2 | 22 | 16 |
| Rink 3 | 36 | 7 |
| Rink 4 | 16 | 15 |
| Rink 5 | 11 | 17 |
| Rink 6 | 13 | 14 |
| 98 | 69 |
Bottom line is we won Three rinks to Two and by a margin of 29 points! Great effort all 
SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS
Yet another superb job from the Catering team –- thank you Helen, Jo & Kathy – it was well appreciated by our guests and our own players.
PS I understand some additional thank you 'Roses' may have appeared after the match compliments of our Sam – nice touch 
Also, thank you to Tom who was unable to play but still offered to turn up and help which is always appreciated as the ladies can be very busy at certain times during the afternoon.
Michael Trippick
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ARUNDEL FRIENDLY MATCH (Home), Thursday, 30 May 2024
Despite some rather dire predictions about the weather, the Knights & fair Maidens of Arundel Castle did indeed come galloping over the horizon to visit CBSC and what a fabulous day was had by all! In the end the ominous black clouds seemed to mostly steer a course around us and our guests were great company, albeit very accomplished bowlers and in one case an ex England player!
That said, despite all 4 of our teams getting off to a very poor start, we managed to put up a superb fight back, winning the game overall by 63-47! Well done everyone!!
| CBSC | ARUNDEL | |
| Rink 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Rink 3 | 19 | 6 |
| Rink 5 | 15 | 17 |
| Rink 6 | 18 | 11 |
| 63 | 47 |
Bottom line is we won Three rinks to Two and by a margin of 29 points! Great effort all
SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS
Go to our David R and Sue B on Rink 2 who were experiencing their first friendly match and both playing magnificently as one can see from the scoreline. Well done guys – may there be many more. 
BIG THANKS
As always go to Helen, Jo & Kathy for providing such splendid refreshments. It would be easy to underestimate just what an impact this level of hospitality has but I am sure Brian will back me up when I say at the end we had several of our guests come up to say thank you and comment on the 'astonishing hospitality'! Great show ladies – thank you so much.
I would also like to thank Beryl for agreeing to be reserve and offering to handle some of the pre-match administration – nice one .
AND FINALLY...
There is no doubt in my mind that this was one of our 'special' friendly matches for many reasons but one key thing was the open friendliness of our visitors who are now keen to respond in kind with an invitation to visit their Castle on Tuesday, 23 July 2924 (Note for diaries).
Michael Trippick
| FRIENDLY MATCHES – 2023 |
FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST MEON VALLEY (Home), Wednesday, 5 July 2023
We welcomed Meon to us for the return match, having lost the away match very narrowly to them on a warm sunny day at the beginning of May. I suppose I shouldn't have tempted fate by saying what a lovely day it was when we stepped on to the rink at the beginning of the match 
After 5 ends there was just 1 point overall separating the teams – a very tight match. At the tea break rinks 2 and 3 came in level in one match and down by just 2 points in the other. Rinks 5 and 6 came in for tea a couple of ends later and we were down in one match and up in the other. Unfortunately, this was when it began to rain! A longer than normal tea break was taken before play resumed and the sun came out briefly. The large partisan crowd were biting their nails throughout the final few ends but we eventually came out as victors with a final score of 73-68!
A couple of quick mentions:
Firstly, to Tony Daughtry who played in his first friendly match – I hope it won't be your last Tony! Secondly, to Tom, Debbie and Chris who played an amazing game to win their match 27-8. A huge thank you once again to the catering ladies, Glenda, Jo, Kathy and Chris. Meon were very impressed by our tea and also our lovely facilities. Carol will be sending out an email for availability for that match shortly so please keep an eye on your inbox. Thank you all once again for a very enjoyable match.
Carol
FRENDLY MATCH AGAINST CHICHESTER (Home), Thursday, 15 June 2023
On Thursday, 10 June 2023, one of the hottest days so far this year, we played a friendly match against Chichester. Although we visited Chichester for a match last year the return match at home was cancelled because of rain. What a difference a year makes! Our friends from Chichester were very complimentary about our facilities and, of course, the view which was looking at its best in the glorious sunshine. The sun also brought out a number of very welcome ‘visitors’ who came to watch the match and enjoy a drink.We all took to the rink for Michael to welcome our visitors and present Chichester’s Captain, Duncan, with Rex, our ‘Royal’ mascot for this, the Coronation Year. We all shared in his sense of fun when his first reaction was to liken Rex’s hairstyle to his own! 
Now to the more serious part of the day – the bowling. We played the full 18 ends with a very welcome break for delicious refreshments part way through – thank you Helen, Kathy and Jo.Watching the scores on each of the 4 rinks as the match progressed it was clear that, before the break, every point was being hotly contested. Play during the second half of the match was just as competitive but maybe it was now that the greater level of experience of Chichester’s bowlers began to show as the difference between the overall total scores increased.Despite our best efforts we lost with a final score of 88-53. Our teams scored between 11 and 15 points so each one made a very similar contribution to the overall result. Well done everyone.Once the scores had been announced we settled down to relax and enjoy a well-earned drink and friendly chat before our visitors took to the road.Thanks to Sue Dickinson who was our photographer for the day. She did an excellent job despite claiming a lack of experience before agreeing to take on the task.As a final footnote, a fact that was shared with us after our visitors had left, was that Helen was offered a free membership at Chichester if she’d go there to bake her delicious cakes for them! 
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Geeti
FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST HAYLING ISLAND (Away), Saturday, 10 June 2023
Our friendly match against Hayling Island took place on Saturday, 10 June 2023 which was one of the hottest days of the year so far. Everyone was very welcoming and several comments were made comparing the very different weather on their recent visit to us with today's and we saw Chalkie, our mascot, sitting proudly on display in the clubhouse.It was indeed very hot and sunny so it was decided we would only play 14 ends with a break for refreshments after 7. Once we all took to the rinks there was a sea of blue as HI’s shirts are blue with yellow collars and cuffs! All the games were hard fought with each of our players doing their best against some very good, experienced Hayling Island bowlers. Despite our valiant efforts we lost with a final score of 72:28. Our 4 teams scored 6, 7 or 8 points against the opposition.Thank you Ivor for being our photographer for the day.
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Geeti
FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST WATERLOOVILLE (Away), Saturday, 27 May 2023
Well didn't the sun shine brightly on us yesterday? Things got a little bit hot out on the rinks at times and I'm not just talking about the weather! There was some brilliant play by everyone during the afternoon, some dogged determination and hard fought games but we did, unfortunately, lose 48-71 overall.Team of the day goes to Geeti, Mary, David Lougher and Nuala, who took over from Mary after the tea break at 9 ends. This game was the closest of all of our games and Clanfield were down by one point after 17 ends. They fought hard to gain a single point on the last end to tie the game 14-14 – well done all. Thank you to all of you who played in the match yesterday, I have had some lovely comments about how much people enjoyed the match and the friendly welcome from our hosts. I think we should consider the idea of the 'wrong bias' fine jar, we could make a big difference to a charity of our choosing.
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Carol
FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST HAYLING ISLAND (Home), Thursday, 11 May 2023
Well what a shame – weather looked quite reasonable at the get go and was boding well for a clear afternoon but then the rains came! That apart, our new friends, Hayling BC, turned out to be good sports (and good at sport as well) narrowly winning a reduced ends match by just 5 points with a final score line that went Clanfield 60, Hayling 65. No matter, some fun and laughter was still had and we will have the opportunity to play at our best in a return match at Hayling on Saturday, 10 June 2023.
In the meantime:
SPECIAL THANKS are awarded to Mary & Tom for stepping in at the last minute to save the day when two of our players had to drop out due to a family emergency. Also to Helen and Jo for laying on another superb catering show to brighten spirits when the monsoons made an appearance. Top rate - thanks ladies.
SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS go to recent joiner Sue Barnes, who popped in to get an appreciation of what friendly matches entailed and then kindly ended up offering to take to match photos and ordering the splendid new team shirt! Nice one Sue.
Thank you all!
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Michael
FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST MEON VALLEY (Away), Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Well what a thoroughly enjoyable day out in the sunshine that was – and I wasn't even selected to play! Seriously, the weather was very kind and the playing surface was in fine fettle I am told, even though it was grass. Ian & Sally at Meon and the rest of their players made us most welcome and all in all a good time was had by all. At the end of the day it was a close match resulting in a 2 all draw in terms of our 4 teams. Yes but, I hear you say...well, the total scores at the end were Meon 65 and Clanfield 61 which, like Bridgemary, is remarkable since we were literally playing on their home 'turf' and they are another club that are very much into league play. So well done all. SPECIAL THANK YOU: Goes first to Andy for stepping in at the last minute when someone dropped out due to injury and to our Phil for organising a superb team photo.
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Michael
FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST BRIDGEMARY (Away), Sunday, 30 April 2023
Well how lucky were we with the weather yesterday at Bridgemary? It rained heavily in Clanfield for over an hour but there wasn’t any rain during the match – and what a match it was!Bridgemary is a grass surface and, until a week before our match, it had been unplayable because of all the rain we have had. Although it was a very difficult surface to play on, and many of us struggled with longer jack lengths, we put on an admirable performance and lost by just 2 points 60-58 overall.A couple of quick mentions, firstly to Frank Laskey, a relatively new member who, according to his team mates, played an absolute blinder helping them win their match convincingly. Secondly, to Neil Morgan, Debbie Martin and Ted McGrath who came back from 17-3 down after 10 ends to lose by just one point 18-17. So close!Thank you to everyone who played – there was a great atmosphere and we look forward to the return match later this year.
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Carol
FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST COWPLAIN (Away), Thursday, 13 April 2023
For our second match of the season we took the much shorter journey to Cowplain, a club we have played before, and one that welcomed us before we were even fully established to help us find out what this bowling lark was all about.The forecast for the afternoon had been looking a little dubious but, to badly quote a well-known song from Lerner and Lowe, 'the rain in Cowplain stayed mainly in the sky' (my apologies that it doesn't rhyme)Things weren't looking too bad at the break for tea after 9 ends. Two matches were extremely close with us being up by one point in one match and down by just one point in the other. Unfortunately I'm not sure if it was the intake of sugar from the lovely cakes but things went mainly downhill for us after that.We lost in the end by 80-37.Team of the Day – A fantastic effort by Andy, Caroline and Phil who played in a thrillingly tight match. It was a low scoring affair with the lead changing by just one point throughout most of the match. They levelled the score to 10-10 after 17 ends but, unfortunately, lost the last end by one when the Cowplain skip chose not to bowl his last wood as they were holdingMany thanks to all of you who played in this match.
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Michael
FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST BRAESIDE (Away), Sunday, 2 April 2023
Well, ‘didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Braeside...’. It turned out to be a charming little club nestling on the edge of the New Forest, the welcome was heart-warming, the opposition charming and the sun even came out to warm us all up from time to time – they even laid on a super spread afterwards including hot (admittedly cold) cross buns!Seriously, for anyone who had any concerns about travel time (circa 55mins) it was well worth it and we are very much looking forward to welcoming these lovely folk to our Club in September.A further bonus, for our first match in 2023, is a win by 50-44 with 2 out of our 3 teams winning their game. Well done everyone!
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE AWARD goes to our relatively new joiner, Frank Laskey, who played a blinder in helping his team (Carol & Sam) win 21-16 (and afterwards said he thoroughly enjoyed himself) – nice one Frank.
SPECIAL THANK YOU: No doubt about this award – it goes to Phil Malin who stepped in and save the day when one of our players unfortunately had to drop out at the last minute because of illness. Thanks buddy – we all appreciate that one!
SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT AWARD: On this occasion this rare and indeed much coveted award goes to Tom for the continuous stream of good craic all afternoon and, (has to be said in the voice of the Heineken advert or was it Carlsberg…) ‘possibly the best Michael Crawford impersonation in the world’! Thanks Tom.
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Michael
| FRIENDLY MATCHES – 2022 |
| FRIENDLY MATCHES PROGRAMME – 2022 The 2022 Friendly Matches Programme is now over. Click HERE for details of the matches and a request for information to help plan next year's programme. |