NEWSLETTER
22nd October 2025

Comps and casual Play

As previously explained in a Newsletter we are now approaching Comps ’play by’ dates time, so be aware that a lot of your casual bookings may have to be cancelled and re-arranged for later dates, when comps start to ease off. 

Competitors -Simon is happy to open up on Sundays for Competitions and of course the spare rinks will then be available for casual play. 

Early rounds are always hectic but at moment we are still closed for Christmas. 

NEWSLETTER

20th October 2025

1.    Atherley -congrats to the 10 Acle ladies being selected to the ladies County side..

2.    World Bowls  -the booking sheets are out on the tables if you want to visit the World Bowls Championships – another bonus for club members.

3.    Club shirts -we have a small stock of club shirts for sale for £20 -men and ladies.

4.    Boiler – having some minor issues with the new boiler so make sure you come along with sweaters until problem solved.  The old farthings used  in the meter may have been rejected. 

5.    AGM -Village league -at the next AGM the Committee will propose that the village league will be 2 hrs max, up to 16 ends, 3 woods and Federation Rules. 

6.    Sanitisers -you will see on entry that we have a very large sanitiser for you all -let’s keep those germs at bay. 

7.    Sponsorship -so far this season we have secured £3600-00 in different sponsorship deals. 

8.    Membership we still have over 150 members not renewed their membership -best you hurry and pay before the £10 penalty clause  comes into effect and we start deducting points from your team for playing non -members. 

9.    Stewards -note for your diary the Christmas Dinner will be at lunchtime on  Weds 17th December. 

Newsletter 

22nd September 2025

1.    Canadians – our friends Eric and Dave have qualified for Potters this year in the Pairs and young Eric also in the Singles so we will be welcoming our friends from across the pond again this year.

2.    Nelson’s Journey -Fantastic result with over £1,000 being raised for this excellent charity

3.    Novice League -still a few letters/schedules to be picked up.

4.    Club and County Comps -entry forms for Men’s and ladies’ comps are on the table.

5.    Stewards -would you like to contribute to this fantastic club of ours -then how about offering up 2hrs of your time and serving as a club Steward. The incentive on offer is that if you are voted in as ‘top steward ‘you receive an extra Brussel sprout at the Christmas Dinner!!!!! What more could you ask for.? See Duty Steward or Simon for details

6.    Sunday 5th October - the Junior Tournament has been postponed until the new year. 

Newsletter
14th October 2025

1.    Weekend – great weekend and start to the  winter season for the club ,with Men’s A winning 5.5 to 1.5 at NBC and Ladies A beating NBC at home ,5-3, and finally with Men’s B beating NBC ‘B’ at home 7-0.

2.    Team Nationals -the above means we are all looking forward to  the club having long runs in all the team National events. 

3.    O 60s -our Men’s O60s  A ,national  team ,start their campaign off on Tuesday agst County Arts A.

4.    Webcams – went into overdrive last Thursday when our U30s played their first match. 

5.    Denny Cup-for those new to the sport, the Denny Cup is the FA Cup of Bowls and our first match is agst  our old rivals, Norfolk BC,  2 rinks at home 2 rinks away – good luck boys .The club have reached 3 semi-finals in this Competition. This is an excellent team event and well worth a look. 

6.    Raffle -we have just one prize to be collected -cushion – ticket blue 165 . 

Newsletter
4th November 2025

Weekend – Good win for men in Denny Plate and the ladies in  Yetton, especially away from home rinks. Wake up call for Ladies B with an 8-0 defeat to their colleagues in the C team  which is great  by showing the strength in depth in the ladies section at the moment. Not so good in the Egham but best we concentrate in winning a few trophies rather than a  cabinet full as  far too many to keep clean. 

Visitors – also happy to welcome your friends to  the club  and introduce them to indoor bowls but please declare they are ‘guests ‘to the Stewards ,so they know how much to charge ( £5),and of course make your guests  are aware of our dress code. 

Compliment -talking of visitors ,the Chairman was welled pleased to receive a complimentary letter from visitors to the club when playing  here in a national competition recently, who commented  on how  welcoming everyone was .  Not often visitors take the effort to compliment us in writing.

Comps – all club comps now closed and we look forward to seeing the result of the ‘handicaps ‘ . Barney has a pretty good record so far with finals finishing at 21-20. 

Newsletter
31st October 2025

Canadians – Denis has been working on his welcome speech to our Canadian friends and instead of the usual,’ let’s go to the bar, by the way, its your round,’ he thought perhaps with their French Canadian roots he would practise his Gallic 3 kiss  on cheeks  technique so he did some practise at the local building site -we are pleased to report he should be discharged from Paget next week. 

Christmas raffle – we have started collecting items to put into a Christmas Hamper to raise a few pennies for Faith Animal Rescue. Just drop the items in the box -I am sure some good person can make them up into a Hamper style gift. 

Membership -I do hope you have all paid your membership -if you have not prepared for a call from ‘she who must be obeyed’ –

Bugs – I see Acle was once again ahead of the rest by  providing the hand sanitisers -Government have just issued a warning to get your flu jabs asap. 

Re-branding -great to see our O60s men sporting their new gear -sorry about the photo’s we did ask those wearing shorts to stand at the back as we did not want to frighten the grandchildren.