Author: Dawn Slaughter

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Last Chance to Bowl at CP in 2023!

With the Club being closed tomorrow and New Year’s Day, today is the final day for booking a rink and bowling for 2023!

The Club will be open again on Tuesday.

Steve G send greetings from the Philippines to everyone.

Happy New Year to Steve, Nadine, Roy, Corale and all our other members away from London.
May 2024 be healthy and successful for all of us wherever we are.

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Boxing Day

I hope you had a good Christmas. For some of our members, it was the first Christmas without a family member or close friend.  I hope you still enjoyed the day and shared happy memories of Christmases past.

Boxing Day as a child was a mixture of Painting-by-Numbers, a jigsaw, thank you letters and cold turkey with Branson Pickle (there are other varieties) for supper. I guess we went out at some point. I don’t remember that.

As a teenager, our church had the Boxing Day tradition of going down to one of the parks in Ealing and played hockey. Not everyone knew the rules and the curate was lethal but it was enjoyed by all. Competitive? Of course!
As an adult, it was a trip down to Kent to see my brother and family with Turkey Curry, playing ring-on-a-string, Fruits (sometimes Stations) where everyone was  given the name of a fruit, and we sat round in a circle with one person sitting in a stool in the middle, blindfolded. That person called out two fruits and those people had to change places without being caught by the person in the middle. Also we had a go at completing my brother’s jigsaw.
As an older adult, it’s definitely a walk at some point, starting the new jigsaw and not eating Bubble & Squeak nor going to the sales!

Does your family having Boxing Day traditions?

Alas, playing bowls won’t be on today’s agenda but it can be tomorrow, Wednesday 27th,  when the Club opens again.  Grab a friend, book a rink and catch up on the festivities whilst getting your arm back in swing. (The bar won’t be open this week.)

Check out the noticeboard for those club competition deadlines, contact your opponent, fix a date  also check out the noticeboard near the bar as there are sign up sheets for London Welsh on 21st January and a newly added fixture away v Camberley on 29th January

Mike and Bob are standing down as organisers of the annual tour to Potters in November, so if anyone would be interested in taking it on, please let Mike know. Deposits for 2024 need to be collected by February so an organiser is needed quite quickly.

Enjoy your Boxing Day whatever you do

 

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Club Competitions

A reminder from Stella for you to check the club competition draws as they are deadlines approaching for the first few rounds which need to be completed.
The draws are on the Indoor Club Competitions page of this site as well as the on the noticeboard say the club.
The Club is open today, shut for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & Boxing Day then open again from 27th-30th December.

Bowl off those Christmas calories!

Wishing all of our members, their families, friends and neighbours a very Happy Christmas.

We’ll raise a glass to absent friends especially those who have recently departed this mortal coil.

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Is it a Quiet Week?

Seems pretty quiet on the bowls front apart from leagues and roll ups.
Maybe everything is focussed on the Big Ho Ho Ho Monday?

You’ll be pleased to know that today is the shortest day in relation to daylight hours and from tomorrow we shall getting more light. Oh, hooray!  Dark days can be very depressing. One can only do hot chocolate and all day movies/daytime television for so long!

Last Saturday in the National Triples, Teresa, Jacqui & Tina gained a win over Di, Dawn & Ann H in a nail biter of a match. After 18 ends, it was 19-19 and an extra end played. At 1 down, Ann played just over weight and caught the jack, but instead of it moving a yard to her team’s bowls, it headed off sideways. Dead end.
Jacqui played a corker drawing the bowl and, alas, the rest of us just couldn’t get quite passed the shorter bowls to get closer nor was a firing shot an option so T, T & J won by 1!

On Saturday morning, Tina and Teresa are joined with Tricia & Dawn to play in the National Fours against Pauline C & her Christmas Angels from Egham.
Match is at Cambridge Park and starts at 10:30. If anyone has had enough Christmas shopping, you’ll be very welcome to come along and support. The Egham four are tough …. but so are we!

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Christmas Dinner – A Success!

Almost 60 people sat down to Christmas Dinner on Saturday prepared in the main by Karen who has several elves helping her out from table decorating to potato mashing and clearing up and washing up. Special thanks to Marie from Karen for turning her hand to anything that was needed.

Thanks to Julian for master-brewer of the Mulled Wine and to Jane for serving behind the bar all afternoon.
our chaps certainly needed the odd beverage after their defeat in the L&SC Challenge Shield in the morning.

For those of who who have not yet purchased your Christmas veg, Karen has bagged up a selection for a donation of £2.50, so please collect  there is an assortment of other items for grabs with a donation e.g. Christmas table cloths

Thanks to Karen for coming back on Sunday morning for over 4 hours doing a final clear up returning table to original places and doing a through clean. I hope she slept well last night!

I haven’t heard the outcome of the raffle in aid of Cancer Research but all but two prize winners were at the dinner. Hopefully Peter will advise later.

Of course, these events cannot happen without the support of the club members so thanks to everyone of you.

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Saturday 16th December. Support our Boys!

Just a reminder that tomorrow morning 16 of our lads are split between Cambridge Park and Desborough in the London & Southern Counties Challenge Shield.
Play starts at 10:00 am at both venues and supporters will be very welcome. There’s also a chance to buy a few more tickets for the raffle in aid of Cancer Research . See Ann M or Jane

For those of you coming to the Christmas Dinner at 3:00, come a bit early and cheer the boys on!

On Sunday  morning, Tina, Teresa & Jacqui play Di, Ann H & Dawn in the National Triples also starting at 10:00

A few roll ups and League matches left for next week before we get to the big Ho, Ho, Ho!

 

 

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Christmas Dinner – Last Day to Sign Up Today

Today Wednesday, us the last day to sign up for Christmas Dinner on Saturday made by Karen & Co.
£20 in cash which can be paid over the bar.
Karen’s contact number is on the Members’ Page on here.

Also available are tickets for the Christmas Raffle in aid of Cancer Research  See Ann M or Jane

Come early on Saturday and watch our chaps in the London & Southetn Counties Challenge Shield v Desborough which starts at 10:00.

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Festive Closing & Opening Times

A message from the Board:-

The Club will be closed on

Sunday 24th December

Monday 25th December

Tuesday 26th December

Sunday 31st December

Monday 1st January

 

The Club will be open from 27th-30th December for play but the bar will be shut on these days