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Latest news:
- John Spriggs League: First win of the season for Basil's inexperienced team
- Mid Sussex League: Another loss to our rivals - so fight is on to finish second
- Internal competitions: Not one, but two stunning comebacks
- Alzheimer's day: People with dementia and their carers enjoy afternoon on the green (photo below)
- Hot weather: Please see Bowls England guidance on playing in extreme weather conditions (Documents tab)
- Charity: Millennium Cup Day, Burgess Hill's charity day and another at Hurstpierpoint coming up
- Photographs: We're desperately short. It would be lovely if some of you could take some at matches
Match details in Fixtures and Results section
Promotion hopes gone - but fight is on for second place
Our lingering hopes of promotion from Division Three of the Mid Sussex League were finally extinguished in another narrow defeat against Isle of Thorns.
For the second time in just over a week, we won two of the three rinks against them but lost the overall match by a single-figure margin.
Despite taking four of the 10 points available, we cannot now catch leaders Henfield. But we are only eight points behind Isle of Thorns, and with both of us having just two games left, we still have a chance of finishing second.
St Francis are also in the three-way battle, but their latest score has not yet been published by the Mid Sussex League, so we're not quite sure of the permutations.
We are at home to Southgate Park next Tuesday and end the season at Henfield, who quite possibly will have been crowned champions by then.
Isle of Thorns play St Francis in a match that is crucial to all three teams' hopes, and the pair end the season at home to Crawley Town and away to Southgate Park respectively.
Top national competition comes to Beech Hurst
Haywards Heath & Beech Hurst were honoured to host a last-32 men's Top Club match between East Sussex side Sidley Martlets and North Sheen, from south London.
The match - played over five disciplines, including two forms of singles, pairs, triples and fours - had to be held on a neutral green, and the sides decided we were roughly equidistant.
It's fair to say some of the top-class players struggled to get to grips with the quirks of our green, but it's also fair to say some of them adapted brilliantly, with little complaint.
The Martlets won to reach the last 16.
Ten out of 10 for our John Spriggs team
Many congratulations to our John Spriggs League team, who not only won their first match of the season but took the maximum 10 points in the process.
The team, which usually comprise a substantial number of inexperienced bowlers alongside a few senior players, are bottom of Division Two, and before their home fixture against Horsham, were 15 points adrift of their opponents.
But all three skips - captain Basil, Nicola and Bob - led their sides to victory, earning the team 10 points to close the gap on Horsham. But with only one fixture left, they still look destined to finish last.
None the less, their emphatic win - using all John Spriggs regulars, without the help of stand-ins from our Mid Sussex League side - augurs well for the club's future.
For scores and remaining fixture details, select the Fixtures and results 2026 tab at the top of the page.