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The season has started
The Jumble ...Many thanks to Alan Bell for his continued organising and running of our weekly Tuesday jumble's , which take place every Tuesday at 2pm on a " just turn up , play and enjoy " basis - not forgetting you need to be down by 1.45 pm to put your name on the entries.
This week was week two of the jumble and Alan is not sure the exact reason . maybe the good weather , the desire to play outside again or to get some early practise in - he mentioned it was as high an attendance as he can remember for a long time , so thank you to everyone who came down and I think we all enjoyed our time in the sun
And the Indoor Season has ended ... and definitely on a high for for one of our members Alison Hullock, who along with Linda Rose ( Whitehaven ) and Tina Smitham ( Workington ) - now affectionately referred to as " Cumbria United " playing for the Carlisle Indoor Bowling Club - after success against Durham and then South Shields to become Northern area champions went on to beat Tilbury in the finals at Nottingham to became the over 50 s National Triples winners . Well done to Alison and the team and heady success to finish the indoor season on.
The league's ... the Carliol leagues have now started , with the first game taking place yesterday when the B team played a re-organised Thursday night league game ( yes - on a wednesday ! ) at home to Westend and started the season on a fantastic note with a resounding 10 points to nil victory to propel the team to the top of the league ( ok ok - after one game and no-one else has played yet ) so its now over to the A team who start their season this evening with a home game v Wetheral , and everyone is always welcome to come and sit in the sun and enjoy a coffee or something stronger and watch / heckle any match as appropriate
National Cup success !! Our congratulations to Alison Hullock and Jenny Sallis who were part of the successful Carlisle Indoor Bowling Club Ladies team at the National Finals where , after a total of 8 games ,they won the Yetton Trophy ( the premier Ladies four rink club championship ) beating Egham 79 - 65 in the final .. Well done to you both , and to the team
External painting of the Bower
Some fantastic news .... we have been advised that our Grant Application to the Cumberland Council for the external painting of the Bower ( following the recent repainting of the internal which we self-funded ) has been approved and will be completed ahead of the Clubs Opening Day on the 13th April.
I would like to recognise and share that we received a lot of support and guidance from our local Councillor Mrs Anne Glendinning, who was instrumental in our obtaining this award.
Car Park and Fence
I would like to advise and update everyone on some running repairs and maintenance that has been undertaken on the Car Parking area .
The storms last month damaged some fencing dividing the car park from the Green but I am pleased to advise that this has now all being repaired thanks to the work by Bryan Steel and is looking good ; couple that to the new movement sensor lights Ian Gallagher put up a couple of months ago and the recent repainting of the white parking lines , the area is looking very tidy ahead of next months opening
Good Morning All
Well , with Spring just around the corner March is a busy month at the club ; following on from our Coffee morning last week , we followed this up with our March Social event which included a " Play your cards right " game plus a music quiz and Bingo ; both of which really well attended and supported and many thanks to everyone who made them such a success , and we are now moving into the working part of the season in getting the club tidied up , gardens weeded and fences painted etc
I hope everyone is well rested ahead of what is going to be a very busy and active April which starts off with our monthly coffee morning on Saturday the 5th at 10am , and then the eagerly awaited outside season starts on Sunday 13th with our official Opening day activities and Faith Tea . The league season quickly follows and starts on Thursday 24th
The club has been re-painted inside and out ahead of the new season , and we look forward to welcoming all our members and if anyone would like to come and see what Lawn Bowls is all about or the Club in general as a social activity is like please feel free to come down to any of our events or contact the club via our website ... everyone is welcome and if you don't look you might never know what you might be missing ! .
FULL LIST OF ALL WINNERS FROM THIS YEARS COMPETITIONS
The annual club presentation night was held on Saturday 26th October ; it was extremely well attended and after the Award Presentations we had some Social activities and hopefully a good night was had by all.
May I say Congratulations to all of our winners and competition participants , and the Winners and Runners-up of the ( quite numerous ) Club competitions were as follows :-
Competition Winner Runner-up
Mens Champion Johnny Baird Barry Milgate
Ladies Champion Val Graham Lyn Wallis
Chalker Trophy Ian Gallagher Terry Hullock
Robson Cup Pairs Ken Graham / David Balfour Bryan steel / Terry Hullock
Hodgson 2 Wood Laurence Kelly Neil Baxter
McReadie / Jessiman triples David Bues; Suzie Balfour
Emma Bues Laurie Inglis
David Balfour Colin Reed
Spencer Mixed Pairs Alison Hullock / David Whitfield Ken Graham / Gary Lightfoot
Jimmy Armstrong Mens Pairs Gary Lightfoot / Tom Prescott Kevin Lightfoot / David Balfour
Nelson Handicap Johnny Baird Gary Lightfoot
Restricted Single's Brian Lightfoot Colin Reed
J Bell Veteran trophy Terry Hullock Barry Milgate
Tom Wallace 3 Wood Barry Milgate Kevin Lightfoot
Plus Handicap Emma Bues Kevin Lightfoot
Jumble Bryan Steel
Jumble wooden spoon Neil Baxter
Most improved player Emma Bues
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The picture above is of the County Senior Mens Fours Winners 2024, and Ladies County Fours Runners Up, congratulations to them all.