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DIARY DATES
3 August (Monday) Fish and chips after the Roll-up (remember £10)
15 August (Saturday 10.30am) Leightons Cup Day and Club BBQ
31 August (Monday 2.30pm) Bank Holiday Roll-Up
5/6 September (Saturday/Sunday 10am) Club Finals Weekend
7 September (Monday 5.30pm) Club Ladies’ Champion v Men’s Champion
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
LEIGHTONS CUP AND BBQ (TONY BAKER)
This action-packed day has already attracted over 40 participants. A list is on the Club Noticeboard so check you are on it if you want to play or withdraw if you are no longer available. This is most important as the teams are drawn in advance and the program is quite complex with everyone playing a series of 4 end games.
The competition concludes 4pm/4.30pm with a BBQ to follow. Entry for the competition is £3 and the BBQ £15. You can attend the BBQ even if you do not play. It will be assumed that everyone on the list to play will stay for the BBQ unless they advise me beforehand. The money will be collected!
An email will be sent out about a week before the event to give the teams, timetable, rules etc.
CHARITY DAY (LINDA PILLMAN AND STEWART PALMER)
A great fun day with approx. 50 participants playing an assortment of games on the bowls green. It had the added benefit of refreshments, hamburgers, boerewors rolls and salads enjoyed by all. The activities raised in excess of £900.00 for the retired greyhounds
CLUB FRIENDLIES (STEWART PALMER)
17 matches scheduled of which 9 won, 1 drawn, 1 postponed and 6 lost. Encouraging to see new members participating in matches, 6 new members have played in various games. Ten matches remain.
Members, especially the new members, please do nominate to play. They are enjoyable social occasions.
CLUB COMPETITIONS (MARY BAKER)
After a rocky start in some competitions, most are now on track for the semi-finals. Any outstanding matches need to be completed by the play by date, which in some cases is very soon (eg the Non Winners is 8th August). Remember the play by date is a deadline, not a suggestion!
HOLIDAYS – It has come to my attention that several people involved in the competitions are taking a holiday in August. Please remember to organise, and, if possible, play, your matches before you go. If it is not possible to play your matches within the play by date because of your absence, you must consult your team and perhaps organise a substitute. Please consult me if a sub is needed, before the game is played. Subs are not permitted in singles matches, if you cannot play your game you will have to concede. Please do this before the semi-finals are played.
DRESS CODE – The dress code for competition matches is club colours. If a player is not in possession of a club shirt, a white top is permitted. Grey bottoms may be worn for the competition rounds. This also applies to markers.
Finals day dress code is club colours ie black bottoms and club/white top. Linda Pillman has club shirts for sale for those who need one.
You can play as soon as you like! Remember you need a marker. A list is on the board of those willing to mark, but other people may be able to mark for you. Please make sure that your marker has done it before. The rules for marking are quite specific, and if not adhered to can affect the outcome of the game.
FINALS WEEKEND – To make Finals Weekend run smoothly much help is needed, from bar helpers, coffee makers and ploughman’s lunch organisers, to green stewards, markers and umpires. I will be putting up lists, so you can volunteer and help make the weekend the best possible experience both for competitors and spectators.
RACAL DECCA MIXED LEAGUE (TONY BAKER)
Our poor start to the RDML has now been reversed: we are not now bottom of the league as we have moved up after good wins. Ember won well against Cheam and Surbiton and on 30 July made it three wins in a row by defeating Hook and Southborough 55-33 and so got 8 points.
With injuries, absences and holidays we have struggled with nominations to play even when approaching over 20 members when we need just 9 players. As a reminder these three triples matches are competitive but very enjoyable so do have a word with me if you are interested in playing. All the fixtures are on the Fixture List.
“HOT SHOT “ (DEBBIE JOHNS)
Against Chertsey Ember’s Thursday evening team represented by Doug House, Ann Gregg, Debbie Johns and Mike Grimshaw achieved the very rare ‘Hot Shot’ on 30 July. That is their 8 bowls were the nearest eight to the jack at the conclusion of an end. Ember went on to win the game 28-11.
EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS (TONY BAKER)
Latest matches notified to date are:
Surrey
In the ladies Surrey Champion of Champions Helen Hill put in some magnificent performances and reached the Surrey semi-final, which was played at Horsley, but she lost to Kylie Jenkins from Knaphill a great battle.
Ember played well in the Mixed Fours but our team (Helen Hill, Stewart Palmer, Mary and Tony Baker) but lost against Mid Surrey on 10 July.
Northwest Surrey
Helen Hill had a good win in the Ladies Singles against Vanessa Franklin from West End and now plays her semi-final on a neutral green against Dace Clarke-Warrier from Egham.
Stewart Palmer defeated James Stather from Addistone in the Unbadged Singles and now plays in the semi-final at a neutral green against Ian Lovelace from Ottershaw.
Stewart Palmer and Tony Baker lost to Ashford in the Men’s Pairs.
Our Ladies Triples team of Debbie Johns, Mary Baker and Aneta Thompson were most unfortunate to lose after an extra end to Bishop Duppas who came back strongly in the last three ends to tie the match and cause the extra end.
Our Mixed Fours team (Mary and Tony Baker, Stewart Palmer and Helen Hill) had a great away win against Ashford on 3 July. They then got a walkover against Egham and now play a neutral green semi-final against Ottershaw or Horsell.
BOWLS TO SELL? (TONY BAKER)
If you have any sets of bowls, you do not want and would be interested in selling contact Tony Baker who will arrange ‘advertising’ among the members and can advise on price. Most in demand are still smaller bowls with good grips; by that it is 00, 0 and 1.
Currently ‘in stock’ are one set of size 0 and one of size 1. Regrettably nobody wants very big bowls (5 and above) but we have lots of available sets!
NOMINATIONS FOR THE NEW COMMITTEE (ANN GREGG)
The nomination form for officers and committee members will be up on the noticeboard in August. We need more 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
