Melton Indoor Bowls Club hosts prestigious national match

Melton Indoor Bowls Club played host to a prestigious representative event as national governing bodies clashed in a friendly match.
By The Newsroom
Published 31st Jan 2016, 09:41 BST
The EIBA team with Melton IBC member and national president Jenny McConnell seventh from the right in the front row EMN-160126-183830002The EIBA team with Melton IBC member and national president Jenny McConnell seventh from the right in the front row EMN-160126-183830002
The EIBA team with Melton IBC member and national president Jenny McConnell seventh from the right in the front row EMN-160126-183830002

The club staged the annual Presidents Challenge Match between the governing bodies of the indoor and outdoor sections of flat green bowls.

Melton IBC member Jenny McConnell, president of the English Indoor Bowls Association, was the challenger and put out a mixed team of her fellow club members and EIBA representatives.

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They took on the team of Bowls England president Marcia Dunstone and managed to win the game by an aggregate of 197 shots to 133.

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The Bowls England team at Melton IBC EMN-160126-183816002The Bowls England team at Melton IBC EMN-160126-183816002
The Bowls England team at Melton IBC EMN-160126-183816002

The return outdoor match will be held during the summer in Oxford.

Melton has filled the national EIBA president’s role for the last two seasons with Jenny succeeding Arthur Broadberry in the coveted position.

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