BOWLS NEWSLETTER: March 2024

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DIARY DATES:
Wednesday 20 March: Ladies’ Lunch
2pm Sunday 3 March: Indoor Bowls v Cambridge Park IBC
1.15pm Wednesday 13 March.: Ladies Invitation Match (King George IBC)
25 – 28  March: Preparation of the green before the bowls season – volunteers need!
6.15 pm for 7pm Friday 12 April: Pre-Season Meeting
2.30pm Saturday 13 April: Opening Day Roll Up

Jubilee Cup (Tony Baker)
We have now played three matches in this indoor competition for outdoor bowls clubs. It has proved good fun, but we have had very good opponents, many bowlers having good indoor experience.
We lost our first match against Hook and Southborough: by just 3 shots on one rink and 10 shots on the other. We fared a bit better against a strong Southey side. We won on one rink by 2 shots but lost on the other by 10 shots. On 26 February we played West Wimbledon B who had several very experienced indoor bowlers. It showed as we lost by a big margin: 30 shots on one rink and 14 shots on the other!

Spring Social (Tony Baker)

Our Spring social on 17 February comprised a quiz organised by Chris Axton, followed by an excellent meal thanks to Ann Gregg and Jenny Baird, and followed by a bingo session. It had excellent support with 57 attending (see pictures) and having a fun time as well as raising good funds for the Bowls Club. The bar took over £500 and thus made a big contribution to the Sports Club finances.

Recruitment (Sylvia Jones)
Wanted – New Members! You, yes you, are needed to help promote our Bowls Club and encourage friends, family, neighbours to come along and ‘Have A Go’ at bowls. Tell them about our super club where we play the wonderful game. Tell them to come along and try it out, once or twice or more.
It could be just what they need to improve their general health and wellbeing. Sunday 12th May 10am – noon is the first Beginners’ class with further sessions on the following Sunday morning and the Thursdays in between i.e. 16th and 23rd May at 6pm and it is all free. Nothing special is needed other than coming along with flat soled shoes (trainers are fine) and outdoor clothing appropriate for the weather. In addition to the usual local press, social media and poster promotions we will be emailing printable handouts to members later in March to help you spread the word.
If you know of anyone interested, or for more info, contact:
Sylvia Jones 01932 788701/07778 034793 sylviatheaker@ntlworld.com
or Ken Homewood 01483 282384 kenhomewood@live.com

Bowls Green (Iain Gregg)
A lot of work is planned for 25 to 28 March on the bowls green and surrounds (benches, ditches, garden beds  etc) in preparation for the start. Volunteers will be needed to help with this work and full details will be sent to all bowls club members. Please try to make time available to help particularly on 25 March when a lot of the non-green work is planned.

Sad News –  Gloria Lacey                                                                             KEN HOMEWOOD
I am sad to announce that Gloria Lacey, who was a bowls member for many years, died on 21 February 2024 with her family on the Isle of Wight.
It is some years since she was an active member but when she was playing, she and her husband Derek, who died some years ago, were very supportive members. Gloria was Vice Captain in 1988 and 1989 and Captain in 1990 and she won Ladies Championship Pairs in 1996 with Jean Condon and the mixed pairs with Bill Campbell in 1993. She was also a strong supporter of the Club Evening League and the club roll-ups until around 2012.
Many of the older members will have their own fond memories of Gloria. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

Sad News – CARMEL PINTUS                                                                      PETER COLLINS
It is with sadness that I am reporting the death of Carmel on 9th February 2024.    Carmel joined ESC in around the early 1980’s (together with her husband, Ron).    Carmel was a good supporter of the Bowls section and enjoyed the game very much indeed.    She also joined the Bridge section of the club and played there regularly with like-minded friends.     Carmel was always happy to  join in the social events and regularly attended Club events when, clearly, a good time was had by all.    She was a great cook, a great hostess, and all in all a lovely lady.    She will be missed by all who knew her. Our thoughts are with Catherine, Stephen and Matthew.
The funeral will be held on Monday, 18th March at 3.20pm    Requiem Mass, The Round Church, Hampton Court Way, followed by light refreshments at No 59 Basingfield.   All would be welcome.

Take a look at these websites to keep up to date with bowls at county and national levels.
www.bowlsengland.com
www.surreycountybowls.co.uk
www.ladiesbowlssurrey.co.uk

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