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Club Triples – The Results are in!

After a brilliant weekend of draw bowls, tap & lay bowls, trailing the jack, glides and wicks, full on firing and two wrong biases (Brian N & Richard D) by previously regular members of the CP Wrong Bias Club, we now have our finalists!

Gary, Peter M & Gordon secured their victory over Kevin K, Chris P & Richard D on the extra end.
On the other rink this afternoon, Peter J, Ian D & Steve G took the win over the Teddington Triple of Victor, Jonathan & Gerard.
An exciting final lies ahead on Finals Weekend of 6th/7th April.
Of course the competition would not work without any players but the organisation by Stella S, Dave R & Brian C not only doing all the draws, setting up the rinks and providing teas/coffees and homemade sandwich lunches over the weekend has been wonderful . They must be exhausted tonight!

Jane was on hand both days to open up, keep us hydrated with both soft and alcoholic beverages and lock up. Thank you.

Well done to all competitors and supporters/ spectators who made it a real club event.

Not a Middlesex Mixed Fours Win.

Sadly, Peter T, Ian, Di & Dawn didn’t get a win last night in the Middlesex Mixed Fours.  We had a good first few ends and it was 5-5 after 5.  Not quite sure what happened after that but the Century home team showed how they knew the green and the back end played some good shots when we were holding.  Peter T saved us with some amazing draw shots but we weren’t quite good enough on the night.

Good luck to Kath, Sue, Jason & Dave B in the next round.

Spring 2024 Newsletter

The Board have produced a Spring Newsletter.  This is available via the link on the Members page for now.  It will give some insights to the Club since the new Board took over and as the Club moves forward in 2024.

We Have a New Member!

Congratulations to Paul R who joined the C P Wrong Bias Club last night. He did it in great style by repeating it twice more. A total of three !

Paul joins an illustrious club of members and visitors who for some reason unbeknown send their bowl off on a beautiful line only to see it veer off in the wrong direction two-thirds of the way down the green!

Paul was awarded his certificate at the end of the league game.  I should also add that Paul played some lovely draw bowls contributing to his team’s score  Well done!

A little reminder for Paul and everyone else … the little dot goes on the inside!

 

Club Triples This Weekend

A note from Stella:-

Puts your whites away, it’ll be ‘greys’ this weekend.

Play starts at 09:30 on both days.

Sandwich lunch is available at £5 per person and there is a sign up sheet on the Competitions Noticeboard.

There are a few tweaks to players within the teams, but the draw is as follows:-

Mixed Friendly v Teddington Report

We ended up playing 3 Triples & 1 Pair. We had given Teddington 3 of our players – Olive, Paul & Cliff, but Cliff was unwell so we planned on 2 Triples & 2 Pairs, but Dave Pitt turned up and agreed to play for Teddington. Having given Ann Bamber the afternoon off as she had played in the morning, she was quickly recruited again (thanks Ann) and had the pleasure of playing against the Triple with Dave in it. They unluckily lost but we won overall with the top Rink being Gym’s who won 28-6. With Gym were Jacqui & Brenda.

Thanks, Kevin.

Middlesex Men’s Fours Win

Making up for the loss of the Middlesex Men’s Triples on Saturday v Century, Peter J, Peter T, this time with Kevin K & Steve G in the Fours had a cracking win yesterday morning v Century opponents who conceded after 14 ends as they were 3-26 down. Wow. Well done our chaps!  Good luck in the next round.

Happy Mothers’ Day & All Women!

Wishing all our Mums that are with us a very Happy Mothers’ Day. Also, having missed International Women’s Day on Friday, we would like to celebrate all of our lady members.
Take the time to thank our Mums for all they have done (or did) to shape us into the women we are today and to raise a glass or mug of something in their honour.  Cheers!

World Book Day

OK, so I’m a day late but books are ok for any day of the week.
Anyone read any books that they can recommend to those that read these posts?

I’ve got Tim Spector’s Food for Life on the go as well as one of Richard Cole’s novels about putting a toilet in a church. Great fun read!

How does the Marlow Murder Club (now a series on tv) compare to the Thursday Murder Club?

Jay McGuinness, part of The Wanted/ex Strictly/actor has turned novelist as well and has just released a new fantasy Blood Flowers. Had anyone read that yet?

What about sports books? The Final Innings – cricket – seems to be nearby at home

There’s a good selection of paperbacks at 50p each in the ladies changing room if you fancy a browse in there – Thanks to Margaret B.

From the radio yesterday, I understand that a lot of children dressed up as Joe Wickes to go to school (some looking more like the 118 118 men!)and one school had all the children in pyjamas to encourage bedtime reading.
What about our your grandchildren ? Did they dress up?