UP TO DATE INFORMATION FROM OUR NEWS EDITOR DAVID WHITFIELD

Sponsorship of Advertising Boards ... I am pleased  to let you know that we have two further parties who have kindly agreed to become a sponsor of an advertising board at the club 

The first is  Eden House Financial Services . They are Independent Financial Advisers , based at Rosehill, Carlisle , providing financial advice, specialising in Retirement, Investment and Inheritance Tax Planning. 

The second is Williams Painters , who were the painters who recently completed the external painting of the Bower  

Can I thank both of them on behalf of the club for their valued and appreciated support.

Open Triples Tournament.... .On  Sunday the Club held its annual Open Triples tournament , sponsored by Stan Palmer Honda . This was the third year that the club has run the tournament and we enjoyed our highest attendance to date with 72 players from a host of clubs plus numerous friends , guests and club neighbours who made the most of the beautiful weather to come and play , or just watch the bowling while enjoying the refreshments available and generally making the most of the great weather we are having
We had joint winners of the tournament .. a Subscription club ( represented by John Baird , Mark Nanson and Rick Gallagher ) and Lockerbie  ( represented by Eddie Dunbar , Neil Shearer and James Little )  ; congratulations to our winners , and many thanks to all of the competing teams for such a close , competitive tournament played in an enjoyable  spirit.

I would also like to recognise and thank our sponsors of the tournament --- Stan Palmer Honda ;  Hodgson Newsagents ( ie our own Colin Reed ) ; The Auctioneer  and the Cumberland Building Society
It was a tremendous success from a bowling , social and also fund raising aspect and many thanks need to be given to those who attended and supported us , and a particular thank-you to all the unseen club volunteers for all of their work in making the day such a success.

Cumberland News Article     we had a full one page write up in the Cumberland News last friday     ( page 8 ) on the club , our role in the community and the progress we are making on and off the green  . It was a very positive but balanced article and reflects well across all aspects of the club , and for those who have not had the chance to see it I will post a copy on the club noticeboard tomorrow .

Can I remind everyone that we are holding our  Annual Triples tournament on sunday ; the weather forecast looks extremely good  - at the moment ! - with a sunny day and 21 degrees forecast - and everyone is welcome to come and watch during some part of the day if they can . Food will be served from first thing , the bar will be well stocked and I look forward to seeing you there for what should hopefully be a good day of bowling in a social environment

 Annual Triples Tournament ...we are holding our Annual Triples Tournament on Sunday 11th May at   9.30 am - which we also use as a social and fundraising day - and I am pleased to confirm that thanks to the efforts of David and Jacqueline Lee we now have reached our maximum number of 24 team entries . Can I also thank all the members who have volunteered to help in various ways at what is one of our major fundraising events of the year , and your unsung contribution is greatly appreciated.

 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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