Preseason Meeting will be held on Monday 11th March in the Church Room at St Mary’s commencing at 7.30pm. Refreshments will be available from 7.15

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You will have seen the blog from Barry so hopefully you already have the date in your diary.

It is proving to be a tough time for most bowling Clubs, largely due to an ageing membership and we are no exception. We have lost several league players for the current season due to them no longer playing and sadly two members have defected to another club.

Despite that, we still plan to field the same number of league teams this season and we are very grateful for the commitment of the Captains to manage them whilst accepting some teams will struggle to be as competitive as before.

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An added complication is the need for Richard, our greenkeeper to have hospital Surgery which is likely to impact on his availability for some time.

Fortunately Barry has co-opted members to take over Richards’s duties and for this the Club is very grateful. So, a big thank you to those who have volunteered. We of course wish Richard well and a speedy recovery after the operation.

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All is not doom and gloom, but it does highlight the need for the involvement of all Club members to ensure we continue to be a successful club; this must include efforts to recruit new members to play Crown Green Bowling.

We are contemplating forming one or two subcommittees to address issues such as membership and club promotion and we will raise this at the meeting and which hopefully will get your support and involvement.

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As Barry reminded you in his blog the annual Subs are now due and the £60 should be paid by bank transfer into the Club Bank Account.  Please remember to put your name in the reference block.  Thank you by the way to the members who have already paid Peter Wood is again running the lottery and is doing very well.  

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We have fifteen spare slots in the Lottery renewing in April which offers us the potential to raise an additional £180 to bolster club funds so please bring some money to the meeting!

Peter will be happy to accept cash or cheques payable to Peter Wood.

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On the playing front we are pleased to say the green which is looking good will open for play from Wednesday March 13th so polish your bowls in readiness. The proviso is the weather remains fair  and the Pavilion will only be open for refreshments if it has been cleaned in time and stocked with provisions

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Alan Best has already pencilled in dates for the Club Competitions this year which are as follows:-

Triples May Bank Holiday May 27th

Finals day on August Bank Holiday August 26th

Carter Qualifying   Sunday June 23rd

Club Championship Qualifier Sunday July 28th

There will be Sunday Fun Days on dates to be announced

On another matter the Boston spa Festival will be held on 13th and 14th July.

As usual we will be hosting a match on the Saturday and will have an open day on the Sunday which is a key event for recruiting new members.

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Social and fundraising events

The Quiz in November was an enjoyable event which raised £400 for Club funds Chris Lock  has kindly  offered to organise  another one probably again in November, If  you have suggestions  on social events  please let me or a committee member know

 

Before closing may I ask you to let me know if any of your personal information has changed such as telephone numbers, email addresses, emergency contacts etcetera. I will assume there is no change unless I hear from you.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting at which we really do have a lot to discuss.

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Regards

Geoff Shaw

Bowling Club Secretary