Our Treasurer Barry has been busy working on a new shirt design and here it is, freshly approved by Middlesex Bowls.

The club shirt currently has two different designs and we are now moving forward to a third one. It creates a more unique club identity for match play and is also an opportunity to change our badge to recognise the sun in Sunbury .. our current badge with crossed shepherd crooks is Shepperton’s emblem!

Prices have been increasing since we last stocked up and the new shirts cost £29 but early orders will receive a discount. Please contact Barry if you wish to order one – he’s happy to discuss sizes (see chart below) and will be at next week’s social. He aims to get an initial order in asap.

# treasurerssbc@gmail.com

# 07513 249755

PS: Middlesex county have adopted navy blue trousers/shorts and are encouraging us all to embrace the colour at local club and county level. Whites and greys will undoubtedly be around for some time to come but we don’t advise anyone purchasing new white/grey bottoms from now on.

The green received its first cut of the year on Saturday. The slightly depleted green team of Dennis, David and Brian did a grand job .. probably the first of around 50 cuts over the season!

We may have had some changeable weather recently but one thing is guaranteed – more daylight every day .. we’re up to 3 mins extra per day at the moment (up from 1 min at the start of the year). It’ll soon be time for bowls but before that we have our February social on Tues 7th at 7:30pm .. a night of skittles. All are welcome.

Team Spirit were the winning quiz team at the latest winter social on Tuesday. Congratulations to Alison, Diane, Karen, Rose, David & Cassie, who finished a few points ahead of the chasing pack, all separated by a single point. Gary did another superb job as compere ably assisted by his wife Katie. There was a surprise cake presented to myself and thank goodness everyone had a piece otherwise it’d still be here at Easter!

Our next social is on Tues 7th Feb. After that we’ll be moving closer to the start of the 2023 season with dates published and perhaps even a new club shirt .. watch this space!

Just a reminder that we kick off the year with a big fat quiz on Tuesday 10th 7:30pm. Gary is in charge of the questions again so we can expect a quality time. Everyone is welcome, including family and friends.

The main club remains open during the festive period – see opening hours below. We’ll then kick off the New Year with a Quiz Night on Tues 10th Jan. Back by popular demand will be quizmaster and compere Gary, but be warned there will be some age-appropriate questions in honour of a certain someone who will be celebrating their last night in their 50’s! The person in question was born during the Big Freeze of 1963, which by all accounts was somewhat colder than the one we experienced last week. Happy Christmas everyone and look forward to seeing you all in 2023.

We ended the year with a winter/xmas social on Tues 6th with a miss mash of games and quizzes. Big thanks to Nikki for organising the evening and all the other helpers. The next date for your diary is Tues 10th Jan, although activities continue at the club with football broadcast most nights and an informal get together most Friday nights from 6pm .. all welcome.

Happy Christmas everyone!

 

With World Cup football in full flow it may not seem like Christmas but the last of our winter socials for 2022 is next week. Please join us for games and chat – Tues 6th 7:30pm.

  

An evening of great food and bonhomie was had by all at Fulwell Golf Club at the annual presentation of trophies & awards on 18th November. All the winners deserved their night of glory and it was especially rewarding to see some collecting silverware for the first time – congratulations to Pat Fletcher, Colin Edwards, Alison Nabil and Simon Reynolds! Many thanks to everyone involved in organising such a well-polished evening and best wishes to everyone. All the photos from the evening are available here Presentation Dinner 2022

Here’s a couple more dates for your diary (both take place in the main hall at SSA) ..

• Thur 24th Nov 7:30pm – SSA Annual General Meeting
• Tues 6th Dec 7:30pm – Bowls club Xmas social

The annual dinner and presentation of awards is nearly upon us – if coming, please arrive by 6:30pm for a start at 7pm. The dinner, presentation of awards and raffle is expected to take around 3hrs. If you feel able to donate a suitable raffle prize please seek out Eileen or Di on arrival at the club.

We have been advised by Fulwell Golf Club that the code for exiting the car park, if required, is 1904.