With a change in the catering arrangements, please could all those who want to go to the Christmas Dinner on 15th December afternoon sign up again with their menu choice and pay their £20 over the bar.
Thanks

A big morning for the CP teams.
The men play Richmond in the Denny Cup. 2 rinks at home and 2 at King George Field (Richmond’s Green occupied by gym club on Saturday mornings)

Meanwhile, the ladies play Croydon in the Yetton Plate. 2 rinks at home and 2 at Croydon. All matches start at 10:00.
good luck to everyone

 

A WIN FOR THE GIRLS! WELL DONE!

83-71 in shots with two winning rinks – Ann H, Marie, Carol B & Di away and Chris P, Stella, Jacqui & Teresa at home.
Ann B, Frances, Karen & Tina lost by one shot on the last end.
Tricia, Linda, Ange & Dawn turned up and contributed 15 shots towards our winning total but, to be fair, it wasn’t their finest game!

Regional Semi-Final next v Wey Valley we think on 7th December

Alas the men lost but they had some close rinks. Good luck to Richmond who take on Egham next.

A reminder from Stella that the club competition entries need to be in by Saturday 16th November.
Join Stella and team when they do the live draw on Friday 22nd at lunchtime!

Grab a beer or a tea and enjoy the oohs and aahs as the pairings come out of the hat!

Thanks to David H for doing all the background work for the leagues.

Two minutes’ silence at 11:00 am today.
A chance to remember those who fought for us – the ones that made it back and the ones that didn’t from wars over 100 years ago up until today.
For some of our members, they experienced the horrors and fears of World II as children, as young members of the Army, Navy, Royal Air Force and other branches of the military.  For most of us, we cannot imagine what they went through, nor would we want to have to experience it first hand.
Jean lost her Dad.  My great uncle was a Japanese PoW. He never spoke about it. Dad only spoke about his time in the Royal Navy in the last years of his life. Many of you will have other memories handed down over the years generation to generation

Some of our younger members served more recently. Memories relatively raw

Andy’s comment from last year which you may not have seen.  (He was on parade again today.)

As one veteran on parade said today, I am not obliged to come here but I wanted to – to remember and say thank you  I was one of the lucky ones

There is moving poem by Kenny Martin written in 2003. Copyright protected so you need to look it up. It’s entitled “I Do Not Know Your Name”.

They shall not grow old as we grow old

Age shall not weary them nor years condemn

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we shall remember them.

Laurence Binyon. 1869-1943

For those not out and about, it’s a chance to join in from home watching the parade as it passes the Cenotaph.
Andy H is part of the parade and proud to be so.

We shall have our work cut out on Sunday morning when our team meet Egham in the National Top Club away at Egham at 10:00. At least four of their team have International trials coming up. Well done to Kylie, Cheryl, Yaz and Sam T!

We shall be polishing our bowls and pulling our socks up to do our best. Great to be playing against top players as it’s a chance to learn more about the game.
Supporters for the CP team will be very welcome!

Emy’s Cafe will be open from 09:00-12:00 , so a chance to get some breakfast.
Good luck team!

Tina, Peter J – Ladies & Men’s Singles

Peter T & Dawn – Pairs

Tricia, Mike C & Steve – Triples

Barry, Frances, Bob & Teresa – Fours

 

On Sunday afternoon the club team will be playing West Surrey at home  good luck to them too!

Unfortunately, our Men’s Over 60’s Double Rink didn’t manage to win their first round v Herga on Tuesday  it was close though  – only 5 shots in it. Well tried

 

It was a busy morning at Cambridge Park with the Men’s Denny Cup v Herga and the Ladies’ Yetton Trophy v Egham in full swing.

A WIN for the chaps v Herga by 20 shots  well done! They face the winner of Richmond v Century on 16th. Thanks to Dave W and Cliff who stepped in in the last couple of days due to sickness

Meanwhile, despite putting up a brave fight the ladies lost to Egham (as anticipated). Well done to Di, Carole B, Jean & Ange who had the best result for CP. Well done to Carole A who came in at the last minute for the girls. We now face Croydon on Saturday 16th

Tomorrow, it’s the Egham Mixed Trophy v Hounslow with two rinks at CP and two at Hounslow starting at 10:00. Again supporters and spectators very welcome.

Well done to the Top Club team who had an extremely tight match v Century this morning.
All down to the Triples on the 18th end and a brilliant bowl by Steve dislodging the shot bowl and jack out them 2 up and offloading the pressure onto the Century skip. Fortunately, he just missed with his last bowl so we went through on shot difference after being 4-4 on disciplines.

The clocks – not people!

If you see someone who is playing in the Top Club on Sunday morning, please remind them!