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DIARY DATES
31 August (Monday 2.30pm) Bank Holiday Roll-Up
31 August (Monday about 4.30pm) Final of the 100 Competition
4/5/6 September (Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday)
Club Finals Weekend – Presentation Ceremony at 5pm
7 September (Monday 5pm for 5.30pm) Club roll-up and fish and chips
7 September (Monday 5.30pm) Club Ladies’ Champion v Men’s Champion
20 September (Sunday 2.30pm) Final roll-up of the season
24 October (Saturday 10am for 10.30am) Bowls Club AGM
14 November (Friday 7pm) Bowls Social Horse Race Night
11 December (Friday 7pm) Music Night with These Days Rock Band
THE GREEN (IAIN GREGG)
Changes to the cutting (mowing) schedule for the week leading up to the Finals Weekend:
31 August Monday early morning;
2 September Wednesday early morning;
However, the green should be open for play after 11:00am.
As in previous years, the green will be closed all day on Friday 4 September for the finals weekend which, starts with a match at 5pm on the Friday (4 September).
LEIGHTONS CUP AND BBQ (TONY BAKER)
Saturday 15 August saw 12 teams battle it out all day for the Leightons Cup, donated by one of the Club sponsors, Leightons Eye Care and Hearing.
All teams played five short matches of triples with a 3,2,1 scoring used for bowls nearest the jack. The four top sides then played a four-end semifinal with the winning two teams a four-end final. The overall winners were Wendy Beaney (Skip), Howard Reed and Paul Robert. The team was presented with the trophy by Alison Bailey and John Irving from Leightons Cobham branch.
Pictured below is the award ceremony.
After the award ceremony over 50 members gathered for a great bbq in the glorious sunshine prepared by Cera and Stewart Palmer.
CLUB COMPETITIONS (MARY BAKER)
The competitions are complete, the programme for the weekend is published and circulated to all members plus on display in the Clubhouse. All that remains is for everybody, whether Competitors or supporters to come and enjoy the matches. Remember there is, unusually, a match on Friday evening, so please come and support the players.
Over the weekend there will be raffle tickets to buy, cakes and ploughman’s lunches to eat ( providing you’ve signed the lunch list), the bar I’ll be open and the matches will be both brilliant and exciting. See you all there.
Please remember: All 2025 trophy winners must return their trophies to the designated shelf in the bar stockroom as a matter of urgency
RACAL DECCA MIXED LEAGUE (TONY BAKER)
Our dire start to the RDML place us last in the league having lost our first seven games and gained few points. This has now been completely reversed as we have won the last five games and moved up to 8th in the league.
On 30 July we won 55-43 against Hook and Southborough. On 22 August it was a 61-36 win against Malden Lime Grove and 26 August a win 58-28 against Cheam Fields.
EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS (TONY BAKER)
Congratulations to Helen Hill on reaching the Northwest Surrey final to be played against Beth Cartledge (former Ember member!) on 30 August. We wish her every success.
Sadly we lost the three other semifinals we had players in but congratulation to Helen Hill on reaching the Surrey Ladies semi-final, Stewart Palmer the NW Surrey Unbadged semi-final and Helen Hill/Mary Baker/Stewart Palmer/Tony Baker the NW Surrey Mixed Rink semi-final.
EVENING LEAGUE (KEN HOMEWOOD)
We eventually completed the league after having to reschedule 3 evenings. It is hard to believe it, but the match scheduled for 2 June was postponed due to torrential rain.
Congratulations go to team Bravo: Malcolm Pryer (Team Leader), Ann Gregg, John Rodgers, Sue Pettit, George Marcall, Gloria Harding and Howard Reed.
The league seemed to be enjoyed by everyone who played, so to those who did not win. Better luck next year.
Thank you to everyone who contributed.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE NEW COMMITTEE (ANN GREGG)
The nomination form for officers and committee members is now on the Club noticeboard. We do need lots of volunteers to be actively involved in the running of the club!
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
