MidGlos IBCHello again, First of all – our open day yesterday from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. The first people arrived soon after 10.00 a.m. and the last ones left just after 3.30 p.m. During the course of the day, 30 people (mainly folks who were new to bowling) visited. This compares to 25 and 26 […]
Hello, What a World Bowls that was! Seeds dropping like flies to qualifiers! I really wanted the men’s singles final to go to a tie break but Jason Banks played just too well for that. He put up an amazing showing – absolutely relentless! A well-deserved champion but it’ll take me a while to forgive […]
Hello again, As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, the area final of the Mason’s was played on Friday morning against Malvern. Well done to the away team who won but unfortunately it didn’t go the right way for the home team. Overall we lost by just four shots which shows how tight the game was. […]
Hello everyone, In the not too distant future, I predict that we’ll be travelling down to Potters to support at least one of our youngsters at World Bowls. They are going from strength to strength. This week-end the Williamson brothers were representing England in the U18 British Isles International Series at Falkirk IBC. Fin was […]
This is the last newsletter for 2024. Last week, I posted the sad news about Allan Tansley. His funeral will be held at 13.30 at Gloucester Crematorium and afterwards at the club. Everyone is welcome. On a lighter note, I hope you had a good Christmas and haven’t overindulged too much. The weather certainly wasn’t […]
Hello again, It has now been confirmed that refreshments after Bob Read’s funeral will be held at Lonsdale Road Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome. The Christmas quiz was well-supported as usual and fun. Great atmosphere of cheery Christmas jumpers and twinkly lights. The area semi-final of the Egham was played this morning against Solihull. To […]
Hello everyone, As promised, the arrangements for Bob Read’s funeral – it will be on Wednesday, 18th December at Gloucester Crem at 2.00p.m. Again, as promised, an update on the fun bowls afternoon last Sunday. It was very well-received after some puzzled faces to begin with. It was such a success that something similar or […]
Hello everyone, The sad news first – Bob Read died on Friday, 22nd November. His funeral details have not yet been announced. We’ve lost another lovely man. He stopped playing only recently but has looked frail for a while. I think we all prefer the white pushers. Bob offered them to us at a very […]
Hello everyone, Just one month to go ( I’m sure the little ones are counting down the sleeps until he arrives ). The Christmas lights were turned on in Cheltenham yesterday (Saturday). Several choirs (including ours) were meant to be singing outside!!! Fortunately, the organisers managed to house everybody in different indoor venues. We’re in […]
Hello everyone, What a week-end! I’m absolutely “tired”, particularly since we’ve just returned from a drinks and nibbles get together with our new neighbours! No lunch, 21 ends and alcoholic drinks ( with not too many nibbles!!!) – not a good recipe!!! However, I’ll keep going and hope it all gels!🤞 Both the Yetton v […]