UP TO DATE INFORMATION FROM OUR NEWS EDITOR DAVID WHITFIELD

SOCIAL AFTERNOON SATURDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER

Quiz afternoon with Bingo start time 2.00pm nibbles etc 

FINALS DAY RESULTS JUST ARRIVED 

Congratulations to the Winners - commiserations to the Runners-up, but they did very well to get to the Final, after all.
 Competition                                    Winner                             Runner-up            
    Men's Championship                    Johnny Baird                    Barry Milgate
    Nelson Handicap                          Johnny Baird                    Gary Lightfoot
    Tom Wallace 3-Wood                    Barry Milgate                   Kevin Lightfoot
    Chalker Trophy                              Ian Gallagher                  Terry Hullock
    Restricted Singles                         Brian Lightfoot                Colin Reed
    Veteran's Trophy                           Terry Hullock                    Barry Milgate
    W&I Spencer Pairs                        Alison Hullock                  Ken Graham
                                                           & David Whitfield            & Gary Lightfoot
    Ladies Championship                    Val Graham                       Lyn Wallis    (this was played earlier to allow the champion to take part in the Champion of Champions) 

IMPORTANT MESSAGE RESETTING UP OF WHATSAPP CHAT GROUP

Club Member only Social Media chat Group

Hopefully the majority of members will have received the email from Suzie Balfour , our Club Secretary , advising that at our August committee meeting we discussed the setting up of a members only private information and communication social media account , and after some discussion  it was agreed that we would use Whatsapp as the platform and form a member wide group ( or whatever feasible / possible ).

This is now in the process of being set-up , and will be useful in enabling news and information to be shared across all members much quicker and more consistent than current methods , and will be used for items of news and information such as results ; upcoming games; social events ; weekly team selections ; major milestone birthdays etc and generally whatever members would like to share with each other .

For those of us who may need a little help and tuition is setting things up I am assured that there are enough volunteers prepared to help us through the process , so hopefully we will be able to introduce this in the coming weeks , but if you have any doubts, concerns or general questions please feel free to talk to any member of the committee

STAN PALMER HONDA OPEN DOUBLE'S TOURNAMENT

Last sunday the club hosted its annual Stan Palmer Honda ( Cumbria ) Open Pairs Bowls Championship , with the entrants capped at 28 teams .The finalists were teams from Eastriggs and Lockerbie , with Cameron Houliston & Robin Kirk of Eastriggs winning a closely contested final, with  Gary Lightfoot & John Brown  progressing the furthest of our club teams through to the semi-final

The club was bouncing ; 56 players from various clubs - 7 rinks in constant use - lots of supporters - glorious sunshine - great atmosphere - and a very good boost to club funds into the bargain.

Many thanks to our kind sponsors Stan Palmer Honda, and also to the numerous volunteers , players and spectators who made this a hugely successful day , with the beautiful weather being an added bonus.  The club would like to thank David and Jaqueline Lee for all their preparation , organisation and hard work in pulling things together , plus everyone who helped on the day in numerous areas such as the kitchen , selling raffle tickets , working behind the bar ( amazing the profit upturn with the amount drunk due to such a warm day ! , ) those donating raffle prizes and providing some wonderful baking , and getting the green and the club generally in such a good shape etc … again , without everyone's support and input these days are not possible , it shows how well we operate as a collective unit and this will surely come across to all of our guests , quite a number of whom have already commented on how much they enjoyed the day . so a big thank-you to all those members who made the day such a success.

COUNTY MATCH SUCCESSES JULY 2024

Well , what an outstanding achievement - we had two club teams competing in  County Finals on Saturday and both playing at Wigton at similar start times , which gave the travelling support ( which was appreciated by the players ) a bit of a challenge to stay focussed as the two matches played out.

Unfortunately  although Alison , Jaqueline , Lynn and Val played really well they lost the Final of the County Ladies fours competition to a very strong Workington team and although they will be disappointed not to make it to Leamington this time , can be rightly proud of their achievements this year

I am pleased to advise however that our Senior Fours team - Tom Prescott , David Lee , Laurence Kelly and Johnny Baird - had a great win and became County Champions and once they finish their lap of honour ( still going strong around the Bower I think  ! ) will now have to prepare for Leamington in August .

A great result , a fantastic achievement and well deserved and taking the two results together , along with our progress  in the Tony Alcock tournament , makes this one of the strongest performances by our Club teams at County level for many , many seasons so congratulations to everyone who has been part of these teams successes . ( see photos below of both teams)

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