The Ribblesdale Classic

28/01/2026

Hi everyone, as many of you will be aware Sarah and I have been through a tough time of recent and we’ve made a difficult decision to not run The Ribblesdale Classic in 2026.

We understand it’s a huge loss to the bowling calendar and as a competition bowler myself understand it will affect bowlers diaries etc and I can only apologise to everyone for the late announcement.

Ultimately we have struggled to balance all aspects of everything over the previous years and this has made it even more difficult to run it again. I know it is a huge shame but if I can’t give the event 100% to running it and promoting it then I don’t want to run it. As the event has grown year on year so has the amount of extra work, a good problem to have but something I can’t commit to at the moment.

We’ve been amazed by how much support we’ve had throughout the years of running this event and as a consequence the success it has been.

I would like to take this opportunity to firstly thank all our brilliant sponsors throughout the running of the event and we hope that they will look to continue supporting the club in it’s other events in some way and into the future, without their wonderful support we couldn’t have run such a fabulous event with great prizes on offer.

I’d like to thank all the players who have supported, travelled and contributed to the event and also to everyone who’s been and supported the events as spectators because the success of any event is proven by the amount of people who turn up and watch. Also to all those who got involved in our predictor league.

Thank you must go to the team I had helping running the qualifiers and finals in all aspects, both members and non members, your support is invaluable. A big thank you to the club at Ribblesdale Wanderers and our members for backing our event.

One bonus is you won’t have you feeds blocked up with Ribblesdale Classic posts 😂

We haven’t made any final decisions on the future of the competitions, they may return in a different format or exactly the same 2026/2027 or it may not. The club are aiming to run their very popular Floodlight Pairs in Sep/Oct again which have run for many decades and we will also look at possibilities with the Junior competition too.

We hope everyone understands our decision and we’d like to thank you all for your support.

Thanks
Josh

23/10/2025

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Rustlers are proud sponsors of The Ribblesdale Classic

22/10/2025

Bowland Brewery proud supporter of bowls events at Ribblesdale Wanderers and sponsor of The Ribblesdale Classic.

Check out their fantastic products at Bowland Food Hall.

To place your order, call in store at Bowland Food Hall or contact our Bowland Brewery Sales Team:
📞 01200 443592
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Christmas is landing in Bowland Food Hall for their Christmas Preview this Friday 🎅

Get ready for festive beers, Bowland cheer, and a whole lot of Christmas spirit! Whether you’re stocking up for the season or planning the perfect festive gift, we’ve got everything you need to make this Christmas a cracker 🍻✨

To place your order, call in store at Bowland Food Hall or contact our Bowland Brewery Sales Team:
📞 01200 443592
📧 [email protected]

22/10/2025

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13/10/2025

The Bar-Be-Quick Pairs 2025 Finals Day
Played at Ribblesdale Wanderers, Clitheroe

Congratulations to Stuart TIPPING & Alex DAWSON (Preston) for winning The £2550 Bar-Be-Quick Pairs at Ribblesdale Wanderers. They took home the £600 first prize after coming through a strong field, they defeated former winners Lee EVANS & Simon COUPE in the Final 21-19, having knocked out the defending champions Gareth COATES & Stuart KING 21-20 in the Semi Finals.

A great day with plenty of spectators enjoying the action, a big thank you to everyone who attended the qualifying and finals day! Thank to the 64 pairs that entered. Thanks go to all the members and non members who help out throughout both this event and our Ribblesdale Classic. Thanks to The Grass Doctor and Christopher Snape for their work on the green over the season, an excellent surface yesterday.

A big thank you to our sponsors at Bar-Be-Quick for their continued support, it has been said that they have sponsored this event for 39 years and lets hope that they will continue in the future!

Also to all our other sponsors that support our bowls events at Ribblesdale, we’ve been able to pay out almost £12,000 in cash prizes across our three events, The £2550 Bar-Be-Quick Pairs, The £8,000 Ribblesdale Classic, The £1,350 Junior Ribblesdale Classic. As well as all the other fantastic donations and bowls equipment we have for the bowlers, especially our juniors. It’s a huge effort and our Sponsors, Partners and Supporters are instrumental in this! We will have a post about them all, please support them if you can!

Missed the action? Catch up!

Link to the Semi Final Stream - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18rX7VZsre/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Link to the Final Stream - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/15WxbJ6878/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The £2550 Bar-Be-Quick Pairs 2025
Sunday 12th October

Last 16 - £80

Paul WHITE & Paul NICHOLS (Worsley) 8 v 21 Lee EVANS & Simon COUPE (Bolton/Preston)
Adam WALLACE & Will HOLMES (Sabden) 9 v 21 Josh IDDON & Trevor BIBBY (Preston)

Andy MORRISON & Gareth EVANS (Bury) 9 v 21 Danny MILLER & Billy SPEED (Wigan)
Aaron HAYHURST & Dave CHARLESWORTH (Leyland) 21 v 9 Mason LINDLEY & Logan PRESTON (Wakefield/Bradford)

Eamon HERNEN & Dave WORTHINGTON (Lytham St Annes) 21 v 18 Kevan SHAW & Ben PHILLIPS (Westhoughton/Flixton)
Stuart TIPPING & Alex DAWSON (Preston) 21 v 12 Paul REARDON & Kevin WILCOX (Liverpool)

Chris MORDUE & Gary WIKE (Bradford/Leeds) 6 v 21 Gareth COATES & Stuart KING (Halifax/Bradford)
Zach WALKER & Chris IRVINE (Barrow-in-Furness) 21 v 17 Alan HODSON SNR & John HODSON (Southport/Preston)

Quarter Finals - £130
EVANS & COUPE 21 v 11 IDDON & BIBBY
MILLER & SPEED 21 v 10 HAYHURST & CHARLESWORTH

HERNEN & WORTHINGTON 17 V 21 TIPPING & DAWSON
COATES & KING 21 v 4 WALKER & IRVINE

Semi Finals - £200
EVANS & COUPE 21 v 17 MILLER & SPEED
TIPPING & DAWSON 21 v 20 COATES & KING

Final
Lee EVANS & Simon COUPE 19 v 21 Stuart TIPPING & Alex DAWSON

Runners Up - £350

Highest Break £40 - COATES & KING - 20 (QF)

Winners - £600
Stuart TIPPING & Alex DAWSON (Preston)

Total Prize Money £2550
Winners £600
Runners Up £350
Semi Finalists £200
Quarter Finalists £130
Last 16 £80
Highest Break on Finals Day £40

12/10/2025

The £2550 Bar-Be-Quick Pairs 2025
Quarter Finals Scores
Played at Ribblesdale Wanderers
Semi Finals on the green.

Lee EVANS & Simon COUPE (Bolton/Preston) v Danny MILLER & Billy SPEED (Wigan)

Stuart TIPPING & Alex DAWSON (Preston) v Gareth COATES & Stuart KING (Halifax/Bradford)

Partnered & Suppored by
Bar-Be-Quick, Bowland Brewery, Farnsworths Fresh Foods , Drakes Pride, Clitheroe Town Council, Alpha Graphic Machinery UK Ltd

12/10/2025

The £2550 Bar-Be-Quick Pairs 2025
Last 16 Scores
Played at Ribblesdale Wanderers
Quarter Finals on the green.

Partnered & Suppored by
Bar-Be-Quick, Bowland Brewery, Farnsworths Fresh Foods , Drakes Pride, Clitheroe Town Council, Alpha Graphic Machinery UK Ltd

12/10/2025

The £2550 Bar-Be-Quick Pairs 2025
Round One Scores (Top Half)
Played at Ribblesdale Wanderers
Bottom Half on the green.

Partnered & Suppored by
Bar-Be-Quick, Bowland Brewery, Farnsworths Fresh Foods , Drakes Pride, Clitheroe Town Council, Alpha Graphic Machinery UK Ltd

12/10/2025

Play underway in the £2550 Bar-Be-Quick Pairs 2025 at Ribblesdale Wanderers!

11/10/2025

Tomorrow 1.30pm - Bar-Be-Quick Pairs 2025
🆓 Free Admission
🍺 Bar Open All Day
🍽️ Food All Day
☀️ 17 Degrees and Sunny
🔝 Top Quality Line Up
📍 Ribblesdale Wanderers, Clitheroe, BB7 1HQ

The Bar-Be-Quick Pairs 2025 Finals Day
TOMORROW 1.30PM
Played at Ribblesdale Wanderers, Clitheroe

Finals Day - Sunday 12th October 1.00 Practice, 1.30 Start

Here is the line up for The £2510 Bar-Be-Quick Pairs Finals Day. 64 Pairs started out and just 16 remain. They are battling it out for the title and the £600 first prize on Sunday. A fantastic line up with former winners, major competition winners and the defending champions in action. It promises to be a great day of action in the Sunshine in picturesque surroundings of The Ribble Valley. Join us if you can!

The competition has run for many decades with an illustrious list of winners, throughout this it has been sponsored by Bar-Be-Quick.

⏰ 1.00 Practice, 1.30 Start
📍 Ribblesdale Wanderers Sports Club, Clitheroe, BB7 1HQ
🔝 Top quality players in action
☀️ Great Forecast, 17 Degrees and Sunny in the afternoon!
🚘 Please park at Ribblesdale High School, Car Park 2 on the adjacent street, Turner Street.

🍺 Bar Open from 12.30pm, great selection including from our partners at Bowland Brewery, The Ribblesdale Classic. Bowland Brewery are a proud sponsor and partner of Ribblesdale Wanderers.
🍺 Also a great range from Young's Beers, Wines and Spirits, including Coors, Madri, Strongbow and Tetleys.

🍽️ Pie and Peas available, Sandwiches and Cake
🫖 Tea and Coffee
🎟️ Raffle with some fantastic prizes!

Finals Day Draw
Sunday 12th October 1.00 Practice, 1.30 Start

1 Paul WHITE & Paul NICHOLS (Worsley)
2 Lee EVANS & Simon COUPE (Bolton/Preston)
3 Adam WALLACE & Will HOLMES (Sabden)
4 Josh IDDON & Trevor BIBBY (Preston)

5 Andy MORRISON & Gareth EVANS (Bury)
6 Danny MILLER & Billy SPEED (Wigan)
7 Aaron HAYHURST & Dave CHARLESWORTH (Leyland)
8 Mason LINDLEY & Logan PRESTON (Wakefield/Bradford)

9 Eamon HERNEN & Dave WORTHINGTON (Lytham St Annes)
10 Kevan SHAW & Ben PHILLIPS (Westhoughton/Flixton)
11 Stuart TIPPING & Alex DAWSON (Preston)
12 Paul REARDON & Kevin WILCOX (Liverpool)

13 Chris MORDUE & Gary WIKE (Bradford/Leeds)
14 Gareth COATES & Stuart KING (Halifax/Bradford)
15 Zach WALKER & Chris IRVINE (Barrow-in-Furness)
16 Alan HODSON SNR & John HODSON (Southport/Preston)

Total Prize Money £2510
Winners £600
Runners Up £350
Semi Finalists £200
Quarter Finalists £130
Last 16 £80

Want to follow the action during the day? Make sure your following us on Facebook on our official page The Ribblesdale Classic, scores and live streams can be found on here.

This event is the final competition at Ribblesdale Wanderers in 2025, following on from The Ribblesdale Classic & The Junior Ribblesdale Classic and sees almost £12,000 paid out in prizes across the events at Ribblesdale Wanderers this year! Our thanks go to all our Sponsors, Partners and Supporters across all of our Bowls Events at Ribblesdale Wanderers, without their support we can’t offer the great prize money we do!

Drakes Pride, Bowland Brewery, Clitheroe Town Council, Home Eco Group, Farnsworths Fresh Foods , Alpha Graphic Machinery UK Ltd, Bar-Be-Quick, Mel Evans MBE Foundation, Fort Vale Foundation, Well Bowled, RUSTLERS, RPF Commercials LTD & RPF Truck Hire, Stones Young Financial Services, Studio Eleven, Isle of Man Bowls Festivals, The Grass Doctor, Printed Cup Company, Grange Valley Amusements, David Watters (DW Electrical), The Whalley Wine Shop, Jon Metters, Christopher Ashton, Jackie Butterworth, Bob Horrocks, Members of Ribblesdale Wanderers

Green Loaction:
Ribblesdale Wanderers Sports Club,
Church Meadow,
Brownlow Street,
Clitheroe,
BB7 1HQ

11/10/2025

TOMORROW 1.30PM

The Bar-Be-Quick Pairs 2025 Finals Day
TOMORROW 1.30PM
Played at Ribblesdale Wanderers, Clitheroe

Finals Day - Sunday 12th October 1.00 Practice, 1.30 Start

Here is the line up for The £2510 Bar-Be-Quick Pairs Finals Day. 64 Pairs started out and just 16 remain. They are battling it out for the title and the £600 first prize on Sunday. A fantastic line up with former winners, major competition winners and the defending champions in action. It promises to be a great day of action in the Sunshine in picturesque surroundings of The Ribble Valley. Join us if you can!

The competition has run for many decades with an illustrious list of winners, throughout this it has been sponsored by Bar-Be-Quick.

⏰ 1.00 Practice, 1.30 Start
📍 Ribblesdale Wanderers Sports Club, Clitheroe, BB7 1HQ
🔝 Top quality players in action
☀️ Great Forecast, 17 Degrees and Sunny in the afternoon!
🚘 Please park at Ribblesdale High School, Car Park 2 on the adjacent street, Turner Street.

🍺 Bar Open from 12.30pm, great selection including from our partners at Bowland Brewery, The Ribblesdale Classic. Bowland Brewery are a proud sponsor and partner of Ribblesdale Wanderers.
🍺 Also a great range from Young's Beers, Wines and Spirits, including Coors, Madri, Strongbow and Tetleys.

🍽️ Pie and Peas available, Sandwiches and Cake
🫖 Tea and Coffee
🎟️ Raffle with some fantastic prizes!

Finals Day Draw
Sunday 12th October 1.00 Practice, 1.30 Start

1 Paul WHITE & Paul NICHOLS (Worsley)
2 Lee EVANS & Simon COUPE (Bolton/Preston)
3 Adam WALLACE & Will HOLMES (Sabden)
4 Josh IDDON & Trevor BIBBY (Preston)

5 Andy MORRISON & Gareth EVANS (Bury)
6 Danny MILLER & Billy SPEED (Wigan)
7 Aaron HAYHURST & Dave CHARLESWORTH (Leyland)
8 Mason LINDLEY & Logan PRESTON (Wakefield/Bradford)

9 Eamon HERNEN & Dave WORTHINGTON (Lytham St Annes)
10 Kevan SHAW & Ben PHILLIPS (Westhoughton/Flixton)
11 Stuart TIPPING & Alex DAWSON (Preston)
12 Paul REARDON & Kevin WILCOX (Liverpool)

13 Chris MORDUE & Gary WIKE (Bradford/Leeds)
14 Gareth COATES & Stuart KING (Halifax/Bradford)
15 Zach WALKER & Chris IRVINE (Barrow-in-Furness)
16 Alan HODSON SNR & John HODSON (Southport/Preston)

Total Prize Money £2510
Winners £600
Runners Up £350
Semi Finalists £200
Quarter Finalists £130
Last 16 £80

Want to follow the action during the day? Make sure your following us on Facebook on our official page The Ribblesdale Classic, scores and live streams can be found on here.

This event is the final competition at Ribblesdale Wanderers in 2025, following on from The Ribblesdale Classic & The Junior Ribblesdale Classic and sees almost £12,000 paid out in prizes across the events at Ribblesdale Wanderers this year! Our thanks go to all our Sponsors, Partners and Supporters across all of our Bowls Events at Ribblesdale Wanderers, without their support we can’t offer the great prize money we do!

Drakes Pride, Bowland Brewery, Clitheroe Town Council, Home Eco Group, Farnsworths Fresh Foods , Alpha Graphic Machinery UK Ltd, Bar-Be-Quick, Mel Evans MBE Foundation, Fort Vale Foundation, Well Bowled, RUSTLERS, RPF Commercials LTD & RPF Truck Hire, Stones Young Financial Services, Studio Eleven, Isle of Man Bowls Festivals, The Grass Doctor, Printed Cup Company, Grange Valley Amusements, David Watters (DW Electrical), The Whalley Wine Shop, Jon Metters, Christopher Ashton, Jackie Butterworth, Bob Horrocks, Members of Ribblesdale Wanderers

Green Loaction:
Ribblesdale Wanderers Sports Club,
Church Meadow,
Brownlow Street,
Clitheroe,
BB7 1HQ

09/10/2025

The Bar-Be-Quick Pairs 2025 Finals Day
TOMORROW 1.30PM
Played at Ribblesdale Wanderers, Clitheroe

Finals Day - Sunday 12th October 1.00 Practice, 1.30 Start

Here is the line up for The £2510 Bar-Be-Quick Pairs Finals Day. 64 Pairs started out and just 16 remain. They are battling it out for the title and the £600 first prize on Sunday. A fantastic line up with former winners, major competition winners and the defending champions in action. It promises to be a great day of action in the Sunshine in picturesque surroundings of The Ribble Valley. Join us if you can!

The competition has run for many decades with an illustrious list of winners, throughout this it has been sponsored by Bar-Be-Quick.

⏰ 1.00 Practice, 1.30 Start
📍 Ribblesdale Wanderers Sports Club, Clitheroe, BB7 1HQ
🔝 Top quality players in action
☀️ Great Forecast, 17 Degrees and Sunny in the afternoon!
🚘 Please park at Ribblesdale High School, Car Park 2 on the adjacent street, Turner Street.

🍺 Bar Open from 12.30pm, great selection including from our partners at Bowland Brewery, The Ribblesdale Classic. Bowland Brewery are a proud sponsor and partner of Ribblesdale Wanderers.
🍺 Also a great range from Young's Beers, Wines and Spirits, including Coors, Madri, Strongbow and Tetleys.

🍽️ Pie and Peas available, Sandwiches and Cake
🫖 Tea and Coffee
🎟️ Raffle with some fantastic prizes!

Finals Day Draw
Sunday 12th October 1.00 Practice, 1.30 Start

1 Paul WHITE & Paul NICHOLS (Worsley)
2 Lee EVANS & Simon COUPE (Bolton/Preston)
3 Adam WALLACE & Will HOLMES (Sabden)
4 Josh IDDON & Trevor BIBBY (Preston)

5 Andy MORRISON & Gareth EVANS (Bury)
6 Danny MILLER & Billy SPEED (Wigan)
7 Aaron HAYHURST & Dave CHARLESWORTH (Leyland)
8 Mason LINDLEY & Logan PRESTON (Wakefield/Bradford)

9 Eamon HERNEN & Dave WORTHINGTON (Lytham St Annes)
10 Kevan SHAW & Ben PHILLIPS (Westhoughton/Flixton)
11 Stuart TIPPING & Alex DAWSON (Preston)
12 Paul REARDON & Kevin WILCOX (Liverpool)

13 Chris MORDUE & Gary WIKE (Bradford/Leeds)
14 Gareth COATES & Stuart KING (Halifax/Bradford)
15 Zach WALKER & Chris IRVINE (Barrow-in-Furness)
16 Alan HODSON SNR & John HODSON (Southport/Preston)

Total Prize Money £2510
Winners £600
Runners Up £350
Semi Finalists £200
Quarter Finalists £130
Last 16 £80

Want to follow the action during the day? Make sure your following us on Facebook on our official page The Ribblesdale Classic, scores and live streams can be found on here.

This event is the final competition at Ribblesdale Wanderers in 2025, following on from The Ribblesdale Classic & The Junior Ribblesdale Classic and sees almost £12,000 paid out in prizes across the events at Ribblesdale Wanderers this year! Our thanks go to all our Sponsors, Partners and Supporters across all of our Bowls Events at Ribblesdale Wanderers, without their support we can’t offer the great prize money we do!

Drakes Pride, Bowland Brewery, Clitheroe Town Council, Home Eco Group, Farnsworths Fresh Foods , Alpha Graphic Machinery UK Ltd, Bar-Be-Quick, Mel Evans MBE Foundation, Fort Vale Foundation, Well Bowled, RUSTLERS, RPF Commercials LTD & RPF Truck Hire, Stones Young Financial Services, Studio Eleven, Isle of Man Bowls Festivals, The Grass Doctor, Printed Cup Company, Grange Valley Amusements, David Watters (DW Electrical), The Whalley Wine Shop, Jon Metters, Christopher Ashton, Jackie Butterworth, Bob Horrocks, Members of Ribblesdale Wanderers

Green Loaction:
Ribblesdale Wanderers Sports Club,
Church Meadow,
Brownlow Street,
Clitheroe,
BB7 1HQ