CLUB NEWS & EVENTS
General Club News
- We are now holding our committee meetings at the club pavilion and as decisions are made, we will keep members
up to date with details as soon as possible.
- Club shirt orders and details are now available on the club notice board. There are a few names already
but Judy our president will extended the date for submitting orders to WEDNESDAY 17th AUGUST.
- The club committee has introduced a Club Online Booking System (COBS).
It is intended this will be an option to the traditional Pavilion based fixture sign-up sheets, which will be retained for those members not wanting to use COBS. The system is based on using the free Google Calendar facility and information on how to use and take advantage of this facility has been circulated to members. If you require further information please contact our Vice President Drummond Russel.
- Critical dates published by the government on Covid did influence our decisions for our 2021
bowling season. Outdoor hospitality was provided but we considered it unwise to provide our normal
full catering for friendly fixtures with other clubs within our club pavilion. Club members are requested
to look out for club emails and this website club news page for more information for our 2022 season.
- In April and May we successfully held another 4 week Introduction to Bowls course on
behalf of the Haslemere U3A. Please contact our club President for further details.
- As always we welcome new members and our membership secretary can be contacted for further information
and an opportunity to come and try lawn bowls during our 2022 season.
- As usual the club green will be available most afternoons during the club 2022 bowling season for
roll-ups when members can enjoy practice and hone their playing skills. Our more experienced bowlers
are expected to help organise these events and provide help to beginners and our less experienced
members.
Thursday and Monday afternoons tend to be a popular roll-ups day with sufficent members attending to allow triple play which provides the opportunity to gain experience, knowledge and skills in playing in all positions of triple play, which is the usual format when enjoying bowling with other clubs during our Fixture progamme.
Fixture Matches and Events
- Our 2022 Fixture Event programme can be viewed on this website Fixture Page and is kept updated with any event changes as the season progresses.
- The League Match fixtures for 2022 can also be viewed by opening this website League Page.
Club Competitions
- We are now well into the clubs programme of 5 club competitions for the 2022 season.
These competitions as usual were open to all club playing members to join at the begining of our bowling
season irrespective of skill levels and provide great enjoyment and the chance of holding one or more of the
club's cherished trophies and your name on the club's pavilion honours board.
The club competitions are of course competitive, however our competition secretary together with the club captain has endeavour to assign fair handicaps where appropriate and also the best balance for the pairs and triples competitions. This gives members with varying playing abilities a fair chance of winning apart from the Ladies' and Men's Singles were skill prevails.
The finals for all competitions are held in August including our Champion of Champions match where the men's singles winner plays against the ladies' singles winner. In our 2021 competions our president Judy Rix won in an exciting close match against men's single winner Leo Cash and is the clubs current club Champion of Champion. - Our website Gallery Page contains photographs of our 2021 and other previous years finals players.
- Last years season ended with an Annual Lunch at the West Surrey Golf Club on the 30th October with Lynda Skeldon
the representive from our sponsors Leightons Opticians presenting the club trophies to the club
competion winners.
Photographs taken at this event are also contained in the website Gallery Page.
General Events
- Memorial Day
 Winners Sandra & Leo |
 Runners-Up Koos & Rob |
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With 30 members attending the club’s traditional Memorial Day event this August, it was great to see playing members in whites again enjoying pairs matches on the green. The interval for cream teas was welcomed after which play resumed with Sandra Margretts and Leo Cash winning the Sanders Memorial Trophy which was presented by Richard Sanders. Runners up were Rob Margretts and Koos Engelbrecht. With members' generosity the club is able to make a donation to the Haslemere Stroke Club this year. The event was rounded off by a raffle with prizes again generously provided by members. |
Other News
- Season's 1st Social Event - 16th March
Don Stacey idea for a "Crazy Whist" event was a great sucess and after providing a full tea and prizes it achieved a significant contribution to club funds.
- Club Lottery
For members' entertainment and also to provide some welcome funds in support of the club costs, further 20 week club lottery periods are planned to be introduced at the end of the current bowling season. Previous lottery periods have provide over £1000 in prizes to members and a similar amount to club running costs.
- New Members
The club welcomes the following members who have joined us for the 2022 bowling season -
Ken Braysher
David Dennis
Henry Emden
John Frere-Swith
Roger Green
Robert Knowles
Steven Midgley
Douglas Streatfield
Dennis Westby
Member's Stories
- Peter Brackfield has provided an interesting article on the building of the current club pavilion - Click Here
- Jeff Wise's Story - Click Here
