Club News
Club AGM 2025
The AGM will be held in St Mary's Church, Boston Spa, on 4th December 2025, 7.30pm and refreshments will be available from 7pm. I shall send out an agenda by mid November. There is an impending change of treasurer from David Gooch to Gail Lock.
Various end of season updates
The big BSBC Quiz
This will be held on Friday 14th November, St Mary's Church 7 for 7.30pm start. Chris Lock will once again be organising the quiz. Tickets are £6 per person with teams of four. Please bring your own refreshments (including alcohol and snacks),as well as glasses and take home your own empties. Janet will be running a raffle in the evening and prizes would be welcome, bringing them along on the evening will be fine.
Help setting up (12 - 2pm) and clearing at the end of the evening would be appreciated.
GREEN CLOSURE - the green closed on 28th September.
PRIZE PRESENTATION LUNCH - The Bridge Inn, Walshford 19th October 12.30 for 1pm. £28.50 pp. All members are invited.
Chris will be available for purchase of tickets for the Quiz Night.
Bowling Club Recruitment Drive
THE STATE OF THE NATION OR MORE PRECISELY BOSTON SPA BOWLING CLUB
A message from your Chairman Barry
As you are aware the Club is financially sound and holds an image district wide as somewhere visiting players look forward to playing. The Club has an excellent green, an extended and attractive Pavilion, an informative new website and we have a 3 year improvement programme. In addition we are well sited in the delightful new Community Park, in Stables Lane in the heart of the village.
…. We are indeed fortunate.
We are actively seeking new members as we have lost several members in the last year.
I highlight them because, boy do we need their like. If we project ourselves forward 3-4 years the average age of our club members will be around 80.
This statistic is worrying for both the competitive element of our Club and indeed its actual existence. I am inclined to exaggerate for effect but make no mistake this is no exaggeration.
Your Committee is very concerned about the Club’s very existence in the medium term. Much discussion is taking place but we need YOUR HELP.!
To that end it is imperative that we make a concerted effort to attract younger members – say 55 to 65 years old !! And of course youngsters of all ages from 10 upwards would be a real bonus.
So what can we do ? Well this is where YOU come in .
We need a real effort from all members to promote the game to neighbours, friends, family and acquaintances who may be members of other clubs such as pilates, dance, tennis and golf clubs which prove to be fertile hunting grounds for budding bowlers.
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Good luck, the future of the Club may well be in your hands.
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Anyone interested only has to contact me or Janine and we will sort it.
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Thank you all in anticipation
Regards
Barry
Club Maintenance volunteers.
Every year we maintain our own club buildings and surrounds, and we are always looking to members coming along and helping with all the various jobs that need doing around the green.
These jobs are many and varied and to do them we need volunteers to go on a rota, with a few special projects on an ad-hoc basis.
Each new year we start a weekly rota and try to spread out the load as fairly as possible among the volunteers.
Every year we are looking for two or three people each week to clear gutters, cut the grass on the verges (but not the green, that’s for the Green Keeper to do), hedge trimming, and do general clearing up and odd tasks as required.
We have some volunteers from this year who we hope to keep for next year, but are looking to swell those numbers with some new ones.
If you wish to help the club in these essential tasks, then please let me know. I can then have you put on the rota for next year. Hopefully if we get enough volunteers, it may only be every 4-5 weeks that you would be required.
Your reward? Free tea and biscuit, and usually a bit of a chat, meet other members who you may not know, but most of all, contributing to a well maintained club.
If you have any specific skills (Carpenter, Painter etc) could you let us know, as we may be able to take advantage of those skills.
I hope to hear from many of you.
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The maintenance day is Tuesdays from around 9:30am onwards for a couple of hours.
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Dave Robinson
Your Club needs you!
Our club is heading for a significant cross roads in its history. It now needs Volunteers who will ensure the continued running and good health of our well respected club.
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We currently need: Social Events organiser.
Also volunteers for captains in various leagues.
Tuesday Maintenance volunteers.
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If you are interested in discussing any of these vacancies then contact Barry Ibbetson on 07776308428