Saturday, 13th April at 3pm we will celebrate the opening of our Outdoor Season.  If you wish to play on the Green that afternoon please be ready in your ‘whites’ by 3pm. During the afternoon will also be celebrating the winners of the Indoor competitions with the presentation of their trophies.

 

Gentle reminder that our bowls club member Richard Thomas is running The London Marathon on April 21^st, 2024 and trying to raise as much money as he can for.

 

Alzheimer’s Research UK

 

If you would like to help Richard in his quest, you can donate and learn more by clicking on his Just Giving Page below.  Remembering if you tick the Gift Aid Box the amount you donate will automatically increase by 25%

 

https://www.justgiving.com/page/fairwatergarage

 

The club wishes Richard and Claire Liell (his running partner) all the best on the day.

 

Congratulations to Don Bridges on winning the singles final.

Commiserations to the runner up Tom Emmett. In a game as all the rest that was played in a great friendly spirit and atmosphere, that maybe sums up our indoor bowls. 

                                                          Trophy presented by Paul Finch, Indoor Secretary.

 

Congratulations also go to the winners of the triple’s competition Mary Ryder, Jim Bass and Richard Luscombe and commiserations to our runners up, Bob Attwood, John Hill and Tim Rhodes.

Congratulations to the pairs winners Alfie Dibble and Dennis Williams, in a match that was close-run thing. One could go as far to say that it was at one stage, devilishly close with the score line after 6 ends being 6 all!

Alfie and Dennis pulled ahead steadily after that and, despite a valiant comeback  – scoring 9 in the last 3 ends, Paul and Richard were unable to claw back enough points and after 21 ends Alfie Dibble and Dennis Williams were declared your Pairs Champions with Paul Finch and Richard Luscombe runners up.

Trophy Presented by Don Bridges, Club Chairman 

Thanks go to Richard for providing the tea and coffee facilities, to Rita for her wonderful cupcakes and to Mike for his Bertie’s every flavour pastry.

In total there were 37 competitors across all three competitions. So many, in fact, that we even had to hold a prelim singles round before we were able to begin the knockout stages!

Beginning in January, there were a total of 41 matches played, many of which were very closely fought battles, until we had two triples’ teams, two pair’s teams and two singles players lined up to compete for the trophies.

There are match availability sheets on this website for the start of the season, along with hard copies in the clubhouse.

 

 

 

 

Club Indoor Finals will be played on Saturday, 16th March. The day will run as follows:

 

 

 

The will be outside maintenance sessions  Monday 18th to Friday 22nd March, starting at 9.30am on18th March. Volunteers are encouraged to come along to help where needed. Pete Challacombe will co-ordinate  tasks, so please contact him to let him know if and when you are available.

It may be the indoor season at the moment and soon the start of the outdoor season, but there is a lot of activity going on outside the clubhouse.

Preparing the green and the gardens for the onslaught of bowlers is a year-round task, undertaken by a team of volunteers.

Perhaps you may fancy doing a bit of gardening?  No application form or experience required.

Why not come along and see what we do, normally Monday morning’s around 10.00

Stand-up gardeners are very welcome, as well as those who like to get down with the weeds.

Perhaps you’re a fair-weather gardener? No Problem, we’ll look forward to seeing you when the sun comes out!

We are also on the lookout for gardening equipment, so if you’ve got any redundant forks or spades, we are keen to put them to good use.

Please contact Jane Finch, Trudi Jenkins or any member of the management committee for further advice.  

Photos below.        One sunny Monday morning in February, it was Tom’s turn to get his steps in, sweeping the green. Close by, Jane & Malcolm were spotted in the undergrowth, pruning and weeding.

 

Ladies’ and Men’s Section AGMs will start at 3pm on Sunday 18th February in the Clubhouse.

The Club AGM will commence upon completion of section specific business on the same afternoon.

Members have been sent Agendas by email and copies are displayed at the Club

For members be willing to stand for a position within the Club for 2024 the nomination forms are now displayed on the Club noticeboards.