Subscriptions and Membership Renewal

This year we have updated the membership form to comply with GDPR and to collect data requested by Bowls England and the EIBA.

From now on, we will require existing members to complete a renewal application form every year, to ensure that we keep your contact details up to date.

For Full, Outdoor, Junior, Student and Social members, subscriptions are due by 1^st April 2024. Indoor only subscriptions are due by 1^st October 2024

The costs of running the club have increased substantially over the last few years, and the current operating deficit is unsustainable. Therefore, the board has taken the decision to increase subscriptions in line with inflation to help address the shortfall.

In your pigeonhole you will soon find a named envelope. This envelope contains an application form and a Code of Conduct form. Please complete and sign both forms and replace in the envelope. It would be helpful if you could add your locker number to the form.

Place the envelope in the box provided.

In March you will be emailed an invoice. Our preferred form of payment is by bank transfer.

If anyone would prefer a printed invoice, please write “printed invoice required” at the top of the form.

If any Full, Outdoor, Social, Junior or Student members did not receive an envelope please let Sarah know.

A copy of our GDPR policy and Privacy policy are available at the club and in the members area of the website (and will be available to view online shortly)

Any queries please contact Sarah Hall

Please see below.  Responses need to be in by 19th February, so just over a week to send to  Tony.waller1999@gmail.com

A rare mid-week friendly for this season!

Good luck to all playing v King George Field this afternoon. Play starts at 2:00

Many thanks to David H for keeping us all in line and updated. Great job!

Lovely to see our friends from Ladygate yesterday, most of whom we see on the outdoor greens during the summer.
We all got off to a good start then the opposition got into the swing. Before the game started no one thought to mention that Ladygate have two Short Mat Bowls rinks that come into play during the closed season. That meant on the occasions we brought the mat up didn’t always go our way, despite there being no block of wood in the way!

Gym, George , Bernie W & Dave W kept the jacks long and came out as our top rink – well done. In fact all four rinks won after the 21 ends and a tea break and there were only two wrong biases during the game!

A good afternoon with friendships renewed and made and we look forward to seeing them in the summer.

This afternoon we play Teddington in the first of our three indoor matches with them. Play well everyone.

We’re looking forward to welcoming our friends from Ladygate at Cambridge Park this afternoon.
Play starts at 2:00.

January has whizzed by and not everyone has had a great start to 2024, so do take a few moments out and send positive vibes to those under the weather

Not a football result but the outcome of two National comps last night.
Teresa, Tina & Jacqui got off to a good start v Pauline, Yaz & Norma with a 2-0 lead. Egham drew level then crept ahead to secure a good lead before our girls picked up a 4 and another single putting them only one shot behind when I had to leave. Egham stepped up a gear and went on to win the match. However the heads were so compact that a nudge on any bowl could change the shot. There was not one end when a sheepdog was needed to round up the bowls!  A high quality match of which our girls could be very proud.

On the tricky adjacent rink 4, Peter J had an Over 60’s battle v Trevor H. Peter was ahead most of the match although Trevor kept up scoring a single here and there. An unusually loose end by Peter gave Trevor a 3 levelling the score at 18-18. The next end Trevor was holding match when Peter pulled a brilliant draw out of the hat to go 19-18 up.
On the next end, Peter took command and secured the match.
Peter is now in the Regional Final with the match v an opponent from Donyngs to be played on a neutral green by 3rd March. Well done Peter!

The greens are full with club competitions as the 3rd February deadline looms!

Just a note that when you out the scorecards in the box, please give Stella a sporting chance of knowing which competition it is so it’s easy to track!

On Thursday at 6:00 pm, Tina, Jacqui & Teresa play the next round of the National (not oldies) triples v Egham at Cambridge Park. Supporters welcome and it should be a very good game.

And, finally (she writes sounding like Trevor MacDonald!), Joan Hudson says hello from Camberley. She came down to watch some of the match on Sunday. Alas, some mobility issues prevent her bowling more than 12 ends these days. For those who are not sure who Joan is, she played outdoors at NPL for many years and every time she was listed as reserve indoors, she always turned up in whites ready to play. Sometimes she got a game and sometimes she went home after an hour. She was a good lefty front end bowler and we were lucky to have her. What a gem!