Newsletter to all members July 2024
It has been a few months since the last members’ newsletter and it’s time to bring you up to date with various matters and to remind you of some important dates.
President’s Day Saturday 27th July. Thank you to those of you who are supporting the day. If you’ve not signed up yet, please come along and join us for a few fun hours. Friends and family are welcome.
President’s team v Captain’s team match is on Bank Holiday Monday 26th August, followed by lunch. Details will appear soon on the noticeboard.
Club Finals weekend – it’s all happening from Friday 30th August to Sunday 1st September.
The Indoor Short Mat draw will be on Monday 9th September at 12.30pm. The Club Competition starts on Tuesday 1st October.
Club Annual Presentation Dinner is on Friday 25th October and details of the menu will be placed on the noticeboard in September. All welcome.
Club AGM is on Friday 1st November, for which your support is always appreciated. Good refreshments will be provided.
We will welcome a representative from Disability Bowls England on Tuesday 10th September to demonstrate bowling aids for players with a disability. Other clubs have been invited and if you are interested in attending, please let Chris Fripp know.
Sponsorship: I am pleased to confirm the offer of sponsorship from Eight (Wealth Management). Local representatives will join us on President’s Day to talk with members and to present us with a cheque for £400 which will pay for two new scoreboards for indoor short mat.
As you all know, there is a rink booking system. It is incumbent on us all to make sure that this works and to always check which rinks have been booked before going out to play. There was a recent situation when this was not done, and caused a few difficulties, which none of us want to happen again.
Kevin Bushell has done an excellent job managing our Friendlies for the past two years but is going to take over from Graham Laird as S&D League Secretary for 2025. We need someone, please, to take his place. Mandy gives excellent organising support for this role and if you feel able to help do speak to Kevin.
We have looked again at installing bicycle racks but it is proving very difficult to find a suitable location. Please be patient while we pursue this further with the Town Council. We must ask you not to ride bicycles once inside the gate for the obvious safety reasons.
All league teams are doing well this year, with just two or three games to play. Our NF Division 2 team are in third place and the final two games of the season are at home on Tuesday 23rd and 30th July against the top two teams in the division. Promotion to division 1 is still possible, so please come along and support the team. Our S&D Championship 3 team currently lie second with three matches to play and with promotion still a distinct possibility. Do come along and support them in their last two games of the season, at home on Friday 2nd and Thursday 8th August. Final table positions will be posted on the noticeboard at the end of the season.
And finally, whether you need to know or not, I shall be away from 15th September to 18th October visiting family in Australia.
With thanks, as always, for your continued support.
Steven
Steven Brice President, on behalf of the GPC