On November 1st, Anne and Gordon Masson hosted another exciting fun bowls around a Halloween theme. Attendees were asked to get close to wandering gnomes, hit a pumpkin, rattle some bones, and an innovative lucky dip that could reduce their score!

In what proved to be a very exciting day of competition finals, major honours go to Sadie Baker and Stan Barteluk for winning the inaugural running of the Drawn Mixed Pairs Finlay MacKenzie Trophy. A very proud Finlay presented the trophy. As the final results table also shows, Roger Chambers and Sophie Day’s 15-14 victory…

Not everybody wants the commitment of leagues but still want to play matches. Every week there are several Organised Open Play (Oops) sessions where Members are put into teams to play against others of various skill levels. This enables the new joiner or Cygnet to meet more people and hone their skills. For those who…

At the National level, our Members put up valiant fights but no gold medals. Jon Queripel just lost his inter-area Men’s Singles final 21-18, whilst Cliff Aldridge and Dave Lee lost their area Open Pairs final to a Dolphin team that has already won through to the National Finals. Well done to all and better…

There has been a Catering Suggestions Box by the front office for some time now and it has been decided to extend its remit to include any suggestions you think would improve the running of the Club. Have your say about what niggles you and how you think it could be fixed. Please keep them…

Many of you may not be aware but the current Cygnets sessions are full to bursting and so the decision was taken to encourage some to move on. This is part of a concerted effort by the Bowls Committee to make more rink sessions available for roll-ups, competitions and the like. Previously, Cygnets could stay…