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Well, the Green is now Open and the Fun Day over. Thank you to everyone who came along and enjoyed the fun.
It felt good to be back on the Green with friends again, sending your bowls towards the Jack. The green is pretty good, given the weather, but, today the sun shone and we all had a great time.
Just confirming that the Green will open for our first event on Tuesday 16th at 2pm.
This is our traditional Charity Match and so we will ask for £2 from each player to compete in the preliminary Spider. After the Spider, we will choose some teams to compete over 10 ends, depending on the numbers – So come along and loosen those arms!
After Tuesday the Green is obviously open for the rest of the season.
This week’s highlights:
Feel free to use the Green for a Roll Up anytime.
Looking forward to seeing you all.
Pre season preparation for the surface of the Green has been badly affected by the weather, not just of late, but all through the winter months.
We have not been able to cut the saturated grass at regular intervals, the last time being well over a week ago. The grass height needs to be gradually reduced to a playing level, in the correct conditions this may be managed over a week.
If bowls were played on the ground at the moment then damage would be caused due to the softness; on top of this the speed would be intolerably slow. Taking all this into account, the Green team will try to have a reasonable playing surface by Tuesday 16th April, but there is no guarantee, particularly if we have any more wet weather.
We’ve therefore decided to move the opening Charity Fun Day on 16th April at 2pm.
Alan Waters, Greenkeeper.
Marie Clarke, from Downton Bowling Club has now earned enough points to be offered a place on the County Register.
You are awarded points as winner/runner up in club singles and for getting to certain rounds of county competitions. If you get 6 points over a rolling 8 years, you qualify to go on the County Register.
Well done Marie!
Steve Allen, from Downton Bowling Club, is the 2024 New Forest Bowling Association President.
Social Bowls is an important part of bowling at Downton. It helps new bowlers learn both the art and etiquette of playing bowls and builds confidence. This season we’re planning to change how our Social Bowling is organised. We will be holding two Social Bowling sessions a week:
For Monday’ session, we are looking for volunteers (male and/or female) to run the session. This would involve arriving at the club a few minutes before 2pm to open up the clubhouse; put out the bowls equipment for a rink and then play a game. Afterwards, they will make the tea if needed and supervise the tidying up. If we get enough volunteers, you should only need to do this once in a season.
We will also be having Social Bowling on a Friday evening from 6pm. However we would recommend every member who has a mobile phone to subscribe to the Club’s WhatsApp group. You can then post a message on the Group saying you are going to play on a particular Friday and other players can respond saying they would like to join you. We will make tea and biscuits available on these days.
If you are willing to help the club and can volunteer for an afternoon on a Monday, please get in touch with Steve Allen by email or phone.
Thank you
Steve Allen
Our lovely ladies – Muriel, Rosemary and Anne – organised a lovely morning of coffee cake and laughs on 20th December. Christmas hats and jumpers abounded (some hats were sillier than others, as were those wearing them). Bingo warmed us up, followed by a bumper raffle. Thank you to all those who supported our Christmas event.
Alan Waters
Steve Allen, Downton Dragons Captain receiving the League Shield for winning League 5A in the Bournemouth and District Morning Triples at the B&D Presentation Lunch.
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