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It is with deep regret that I have to announce the sad and sudden passing of Dennis Hughes who was a long term and valued member of La Posada. You were always greeted with a smile from him and his wife Jane when ever you met. Dennis was an Umpire and more recently had been providing those that visited La Posada their morning bacon and sausage rolls. I am sure that all those who met Dennis will have only fond memories. Our thoughts go out to Jane, his family and all the member

Mathew Parkinson and Robin (Gus) Drake won the ARRT in the 3rd end of a tie break over Juan Abeal and Christine Naughton in what was an excellent match throughout. Mat and Gus had beat Eoghain and Tom Muckley in a tie break in the morning semis while Juan and Christine required the 3rd end of the tie-break to overcome Ian Patterson and Joan Corbett.

Tommy and Bente Dahlgren regained the Ball & Chain title they last won in 2023 from Alan and Lynda Robertson who were defending the crown from 2024. This was match worthy of the final and went to the 2nd end of the tie break. Lynda and Alan had won their semi final in 2nd end of the tie break over John and Sheila Wilson in the morning while the Dahlgrens beat Benavista members Julie and Doug Hall winning the second set after a draw in set 1.

We will hold a1 day in-house competition based on short format games on Tuesday 6th January during our roll up session and provide Pil-Pil and BBQ pork lunch afterwards. This will be free to our members and their partners. Please add your names to the list in the clubhouse if you want to attend to allow us to prepare provisions and organise the playing format for the event. This will be the last chance for everyone to use their Christmas jumpers before they are packed away fo

After the 3 days we know the semi finalists in the Ball & Chain and the Alternative Round Robin Tournament which will be played on Tuesday 9th December. Alan & Lynda progressed as 2nd placed in their group courtesy of the non-availability of the Tony and Barbara Land for the final day. The Wilsons and Dahlgrens both progressed on shot difference after losing in a tie break in the final group games. The Halls from Benavista complete the Ball & Chain semi line up. Only John R

We are planning a 1 day round robin competition on Tuesday 6th January (maximum 21 ends of play/player) and we will then celebrate with a Pil-Pil and BBQ Pork social lunch. We expect this to be either Pairs or Triples format in 3 mini group of 4 teams dependant on the level of interest from our members. A sheet will be posted in the clubhouse to get an idea of the members interest.

Mijas shared the points with Lauro thanks to a solid win from Juan and Bill that secured the overall shot difference points with a 20-8 result. Alan and Lynda Robertson came back from a 7 shot deficit at 14 ends and were leading by a shot going into the final end, but lost a two and ended up 17-18. Barbara and Angela were 10 shots behind after 9 ends and fought back to all square on 14 all by the 16th end and then took one shot in the final end for a creditable draw. John and

Can you recognise 15 of the current Mijas members on the attached sheet. This challenge formed part of our festive bowls session quiz on the 4th December. I will send you the exposed members if you send me an email request.

The Trophies for the In-house Competitions- Drawn Triples and Handicap Singles were presented during the Festive roll up session by our President Ian Patterson. Triples winners- John Wilson, Barry Holt and Robin (Gus) Drake. Handicap Winner- Tommy Dahlgren.

36 Mijas members suitably attired enjoyed a festive rollup, lunch and social afternoon at the club house at the Tuesday 4th December rollup, with Sheila covering the bar. Bente guided her team of Classe and Sallyann to victory in the Fun bowl skills session with an brilliant score of 66 over the16 ends. Their excellent performance meant that their opponents Manolo, Gus and Angela were lowest scoring team on 44. All of the other teams scored between 56 and 48 points over the

Mijas LBC members completed their first 2 in-house competitions on the 3rd December with the Handicap Singles between Tommy Dahlgren and Hans Nordling. Hans had a 3 hot handicap advantage at the start of the game but Tommy managed to overcome this in the first few ends and despite a strong performance in very windy conditions through out from Hans he lost 21-13. Thanks to Ian Patterson for marking the final. The Drawn Triples final was closely contested with the first 8 ends

Mijas club had 10 of the 16 competitors in the Presidents 4s held at Benavista from 29 November thru 2 December and seven of those were from our Scandinavian members. Ulf replaced Tommy D in the final game along with Bente, Classe and Maggan. Simone and Pat formed a Mijas Benavista team. Kaija and Hans formed part of the winning foursome with Sheila and John Wilson with Kaija pictured proudly accepting her first Lawn Bowls Trophy. Due to the low entry it was held as a round r

The latest minutes from the Federation meeting have been posted on the home page. Significant information affecting our members- Mijas, Saydo, La Posada, Lauro and Benavista will reduce our green fees to €5 for members of the other clubs on a reciprocal basis with immediate effect. Miraflores have not entered into this agreement and our members will be asked to pay €10 when visiting their club and their members will pay our full visitor fees when they play at Mijas. The Andal

La Posada completed their cancelled games with Saydo in the Pairs and Lauro in the Triples. Their 8-2 win at home against Lauro ensured that Mijas finished top going into the Festive break. Saydo had a 6-4 home win against La Posada and that has moved Saydo back to the top of the Pairs table, but Mijas are still to complete their Pairs League fixtures away against Lauro on Friday 5th December.

Lauro finished their Cup campaign for 2025 in style with a convincing 141-65 win over Saydo at Mijas LBC. Congratulations to Lauro on their win and Saydo for getting to their first Cup Final. Lauro were 26 points ahead after 4 ends on all the rinks and managed to build on that lead through out the fixtures on rinks 1 thru 3, but rinks 4, 5 and 6 were closely contested over all 18 ends. Thanks to Bill for Umpiring and the Mijas Committee members that covered the bar and hostin

Mijas Triples team played the rearranged Week 5 home League fixture against Benavista with a convincing 115-35 shot aggregate, but lost one of the games by 2 shots to win 8-2. This result keeps Mijas 9 points clear at the top of the table, but third placed La Posada have still to host second placed Lauro in their Week 5 fixture. The Mijas Pairs team also won their home Week 6 fixture 8-2 against Lauro with an 77-60 shot aggregate. This result was enough to move the Pairs 4 po

Mijas members enjoying the friendly Competition between our nationalities. England won on a shot difference of 2 over the Rest of the World team that included Spanish, Canadian, Irish, Norwegian and adopted player.

Mijas LBC will host the Cup final between Lauro and Saydo on Saturday 22nd November after their semi final wins against La Posada and Miraflores respectively on Wednesday 12th November.

After 2 rounds of 10 end games England won the shot aggregate points to tie the series on 9 points, but took the title with a 2 shot aggregate being the difference and the deciding factor. Every English team had 1 of their 2 games while RoW had won 4 and drew 1.

The minutes from the November Mijas Committee Meeting have been posted on the members page. We recommend that you take the time to review these minutes and if you have any concerns please put them in writing via the Complaints and Suggestion Box for the next meeting. Ulf Bergstrom and Agnetha Safwenberg membership applications were officially accepted. As a non profit making organisation we have to ensure that any excess funds are used for the benefit of the members including