Over the weekend, Buckinghamshire teams were out in force in the Balcomb Trophy and the Walker Cup. The regional final of the Balcomb was played at Gerrards Cross BC on Saturday 30th May with a revised format of pairs, triples and fours. Bucks played Beds in their first game, winning overall by 2 shots and picking up a total of six points of the eight available. In the second game, playing Berkshire, they only managed to grab a further two points, giving them an overall total

The draw for the last 16 of the Bucks Cup was made before the HCL game at Waddesdon on Saturday 16th May. However, this will not be published until after the completion of the leagues games.

The draws are available to view by logging into the Bucks Portal. This year, competitors (once both results are known) will receive an automated email with details of their next opponents. We are also planning to link the portal's competition draws/results to the BBA website for easier viewing. Work on this should be completed shortly.

The Bucks Cup draw has now been made and is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rSz-e0pK_xR_b2EatvPpdDMRo3FGv2V8/edit?gid=222842091#gid=222842091 A couple of date errors crept in, but the version above is correct.

There have been a few revisions to the entries for the Ray Keen Association League for 2026, owing to a number of late entries. Two leagues are affected - Central and Southern Blue - so please check the latest fixture lists, which were uploaded this afternoon. An updated contact list has also been made available on the link. This will be the last revision, as all five divisions are now at capacity and no more late entries can be accepted.

New for 2026 - Match applications All matches can now be applied for via the Bucks Portal. Whether its inter-county friendlies, Middleton Cup, Balcomb, Johns Trophy, Walker Cup - they can all be found on the portal and you are encouraged to apply for them.

Entries for the national championships and internal county competitions close on 27th February. Entries should be made via your clubs, who have a list of all the competitions available to enter.

Les’s funeral will take place on Tuesday 17 th February at 10.30am at Watermead Crematorium, Watermead, Aylesbury HP19 0FU and afterwards at Aylesbury Town BC. Family flowers only but a collection will be made after the service. Dress code is county uniform or smart attire. Please contact the club direct on atbc.sec@outlook.com if you are intending to attend the wake, so that they can get an idea of numbers for catering.

Updated regulations regarding competitions have been uploaded. To make it easier to find the rules for a particular county competition, they have been separated out into individual buttons, rather than having to look through the entire Regulation 127 to find it. The competition rules for 2026 can be found at the bottom of the drop-down menu under "Competitions" .

The rules for the new Challenge Pairs competition are now available 3 Challenge Pairs 3.1 Competition is open to any individuals who are members of a BBA club who have not reached at county semi final in either singles, two wood, pairs, triples or fours, during the last 5 years, or reached Leamington in one of the BE Competitions i.e Senior singles, Senior pairs, Champion of Champions etc during the same period, but excluding junior competitions, Middleton Cup, John’s Trophy

Already in the bag are the Women's Two Bowl Singles (Jane Murphy, Bletchley Town), the Men's Junior Pairs (Thomas and Kieran Jaycock,...

John McGuinness, of Gerrards Cross BC, was awarded BE Honorary Member status in grateful recognition of the service he has rendered to...