Brilliant effort by Tina, Nadine, Cathy & Ann who came from behind I their first Fours match v Cambridgeshire to win 15-14. They had a break then faced Bedfordshire in the second round. It was yet another tight game with Beds’ no.3 coming in for shot with her final bowl. Despite her best try, Ann was unable to dislodge the bowl with several Bowls blocking the line in and the team went down by 1 shot.
It was bloomin’ cold yesterday in the wind yesterday. Last week, players were sweltering in 30c temperatures and applying multiple layers of Factor 50.
Oh, the British summer and bowls – gives us something else to talk about !

Today the Middlesex Fours see a team from each of Ashford and Hendon. Good luck chaps and enjoy!

Great news! The Board have received the dates for the replacement of the indoor carpet.
Work will commence on Monday 1st September and continue until the weekend of 13th September.
Dales, who will be doing the work, will be taking up a few spaces in the car park and they will also have a skip for their waste (ie it’s not for anyone else to use as a dumping ground!).

Thanks.

Match re-arranged again!

New sign up sheet will be on the noticeboard later.

Saturday 30th August at 2:00 pm (not 2:30).  One rink home, one away.

Good luck to Jacqui as she makes her debut in the Bowls England National Finals in the Two Bowl Singles this morning.

A great achievement winning the County competition and securing the place today.  Breathe, relax and enjoy the experience!

County Fours: Tina, Nadine, Cathy & Ann

County Two-Bowl Champion: Jacqui L

County Runners-Up but still off to the National at Leamington: Jacqui & Karen

Congratulations to our Tony Allcock Over 60’s Mixed Double Rink team who beat Egham in the last 32 of the competition.
Final 16 match is against Gerrard’s Cross on a neutral green by 9th January.

Besides the team above, other members who played in earlier rounds contributing to our results so far are Peter J Paul A, Jean S, Tricia and Ann H.

Congratulations to our Tony Allcock Over 60’s Mixed Double Rink squad who won the Area Final v Bush Hill Park last night.
Tina, Dawn, Brian LeM & Steve G and

Karen, Elaine, Norman & Dave P

Thanks to North London BC for lending us their green and for their hospitality for the evening.
We play either Knaphill or Egham in the last 32 clubs in the country on a different neutral green next.
It’s the first time we’ve reached this far in the competition in recent years. Well done to everyone who has played in the matches.

Thank you for all the work you’ve put into the competitions. You’ve done a great job.

 

Update: As of this morning, Sunday, Paul Scullion & Karen are now Competition Coordinators. Thanks to both of them for taking this on.

Message from the Board

To all members:

We have recently had an EPOS (till) system upgrade, necessitating the replacement of all existing Membership Cards, because we have changed from magnetic stripe swipe cards to a touch card system and the old cards are incompatible with the new hardware.

This will be a simple and seamless swap of your current membership card with your new membership card, which will have the same number and the same balance (if any). Membership card functionality remains unchanged. Old cards have the black stripe on the back, new cards do not.

We are also taking this opportunity to implement a deposit scheme for locker keys, member cards and door fobs.

Because we have had to replace a lot of these due to members losing them, or not returning them when they leave the club, we require a single, refundable deposit of £10 for these items to help cover the cost of replacements. The £10 deposit will be refunded on return of the three items.

When you swap your member card, we will request that you pay the deposit using your new member card – you can top this up using cash or payment card in the normal way.

Thanks to those members who have already paid their deposit!