We wrapped up our programme of winter socials at the weekend with a Murder Mystery play – Murder at the Baftas! Thanks and congratulations to Geoff & Co. for all their hard work in bringing something new to the club as well as raising a rather substantial amount for club funds! Rumours abound that Geoff is already penning another .. Murder at the Bowls Club!
It may not feel like it but summer is coming and with it the new bowls season. The annual Sign-up evening is this coming Tuesday 17th at 7:30pm. Membership and Competitions forms are on the website and will be available on the evening, and subsequently in the summerhouse. Following Bowls England protocol, we are asking members to provide some form of photo identification in the form of passport, driving license, blue badge, travel pass, etc.. Expired and scanned copies will also suffice. This is a one-off check so once done, that’s it .. it won’t be required for subsequent years.
A lightweight name badge will be ordered for everyone who joins, with no charge to the member. The plan is to place a subsequent order sometime in May after the Open Days. These have been scheduled for the evening of Friday 1st and daytime of Saturday 2nd May. Flyers and advertising are in hand and will be available nearer the time but please do spread the word. Don’t worry if you can’t make the sign-up evening, you can hand in forms at Club Night or forward them electronically.
Eileen has done a sterling job and sorted out all the seasons fixtures. As well as some familiar fixtures we have a couple of new ones – a home game with Wraysbury and a rather special visit to Windsor Great Park in early May for a match with the Royal Household. You can see all the fixtures and other key events at the usual place on the website .. Calendar. Fixtures booklets will also be available.
Some of you may already have noticed the changes taking place at the SSA. A new main entrance to the club has been finished with Womens toilets to the left. Also, wider doors have been fitted to the hall/pavilion entrance. Works affecting our existing rooms in the clubhouse have been delayed for various reasons but is due to commence by the end of the month. This will obviously impact us throughout the summer and we will have to improvise as best we can. The rooms have been cleared in readiness for rebuilding, with much of the contents either temporarily transferred to the summerhouse or disposed of. Check in for Tuesday Club Nights as well as sign-up for team games etc. will be available in or around the summerhouse.
The green has now been cut a few times and a new hedge planted behind the summerhouse but lots of other jobs are needed to be done. The official clear up of the grounds is scheduled for Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th so any help would be appreciated. The list of jobs will be made available but include such items as mat cleaning, rubbing down and repainting ditch markers and remaining benches; painting of rink markers (including 2m markers); applying preserver to summerhouse; moving of equipment to alongside summerhouse (to be out of sight!) and everyone’s favourite – weeding and path clearing! So if you can spare any time please do crack on or refer to Dennis.
Lastly, the minutes from the latest Committee Meeting are available online and will be pinned up somewhere in due course.