Despite a miserable, wet start, the club’s Opening Day event went off without a hitch. Club patron Bill Moffatt delivered the first bowl of the season before the annual Hyder Cup competition began. The men beat the women this year and Mike Harvey received the trophy from Life member, Russ Wilkins.
VC Cup 2019 All the players at the VC Cup were unanimous in their positive response to this year’s VC Cup event. The weather was perfect and the club looked fantastic with the two greens fully occupied and bustling with activity. Again unfortunately it wasn’t a local team which won the Cup. The best results were produced…
This season’s Novice Singles produced some riveting games, with the final especially intriguing.
Junior Pairs – Noeleen Smith Memorial Event 2020 The club’s inaugural Junior Winter Pairs (Noeleen Smith Memorial Event) attracted 14 teams with many of the competitors being first year players. Congratulations to Stewart Wilson and Mike Harvey (Four wins out of four games!) Photo shows the competitors before play began. Question: Can you name them…
Community Bowls 2021 For those people, young and not so young, who have wondered if bowls might be the sport or pastime to suit them, there’s an opportunity to find out. The popular Community Bowls programme will start on Monday 1st February and continue each Monday night until the 8th March. It’s open…
World champion bowler, Mike Kernaghan, visited the club last week. He was invited primarily to chat to members about the need for care in the sun in his role as chief executive of the Cancer Society, but he also chatted about his bowls highlights and offered some sound ideas about making the sport attractive to…
The prestigious ‘Club Member of the Year’ for the 2021-22 season was awarded to Rob Nicholson.
Like many members, Rob is always available to assist in the running of the club.