Serves me right.
Did you spot the deliberate error last time? It was a double ‘the’ in the Punny ending section. Except that an unintended error occurred in the Getting to know you section. ‘If your technically challenged’ should be ‘you’re’ of course. Then another which Linda W J found was a repeated ‘being on’. Basically, there were errors everywhere!
However, some people enjoyed looking for the deliberate error, so I’ve included another in this issue with hopefully no unintended ones.
Let’s go.
Bowls stuff
Having talked about a Jack splitting in half led me down the rabbit hole to find out why it’s called a ‘Jack’. Opinions vary. It could be from the Latin ‘Jactus’ meaning a cast or throw. Or since ‘jack’ was a prefix meaning a smaller version, perhaps it was once called a jack-bowl and got shortened. Lastly, in a medieval game called Jactu Lapidum which means casting the stone, rounded stones were thrown at a target so it might have come from that.
Youth Bowls
The youngest ever world indoor bowls champion was Chloe Greechan who won the Mixed Pairs in 2015 at the age of just 14 playing with her Dad, Thomas.
Boring stuff
As I explained before, MidGlos is the trading name for Bentham Bowls club which is a limited company run by the board of Directors. The Bowls Committee under Chairman Ken Manns runs the bowls side of things.
Every three months or so the Board and Committee have a joint meeting under the title of the GMC, General Management Council. This gives the committee a chance to find out what the Board are up to and vice versa. As with the Board, there is a file near Reception where you can catch up with the minutes of these meetings if you’re feeling bored!
We now have the wonderful news from Paul Havard that we are to receive £40,000. This will help greatly with our plans for advertising to attract new members. Taylor Wimpey have agreed to make the donation of £40,000 to MidGlos bowls as a one-off donation without any strings attached so we can use it as the club sees fit.
STOP PRESS! It looks like we have a 5th Director! More next time
Bah Humbug!
The bad news is that in an effort to save costs, we will no longer be providing sweets on the counter. The good news is that this will pay for adverts in the local magazine, ‘The Hub’ for six editions.
Socail stuff.
Remember that Summer cribbage is now on alternate Wednesday mornings from10-12, with the next two being on being on Wednesday June 3rd and 17th. This will continue throughout the Summer.
The next quiz night is on Saturday, 20th June with yours truly as the quizmaster. Cost is only £6 per person, £7 for non-members including a buffet! Enter on the notice board by reception.
The next session of Bingo will be on Sunday, May 31st then 28th June, 3-5p.m. Please bring a raffle prize. There will be a Summer Bingo break so it will restart on 30th September.
Getting to know you.
For those who don’t know me, I’m Liz Giles and I’ve been a member of MidGlos since September 2017, having taken up outdoor bowls in April of that year and I play for the Co-op in Gloucester.
I was born in Gloucester, have never moved away, and I’m married to Dave Giles who is Head Coach at MidGlos. My career has been varied and I worked as a Business Adviser to many types of businesses for twenty-five years. I’ve been on committees at my childrens’ schools, ran an ‘out of school’ childcare club with a friend for five years and have recently spent a year on the Co-op bowls committee followed by five years on the Joint Management Committee at Sisson Road Bowls Club.
My reason for being on the MidGlos Board is my commitment to increasing our membership numbers for it to become a thriving business.
Nature Notes.
It would appear that the blue tits have given up tobacco. They are nesting in the nest box this year not the fag ash can! If you stand looking at the front door go to the left corner and just around that corner on the wall is a bird box and you can hear the baby birds now. But be very quiet as you do it.
A mystery to solve.
Do you use locker 35 or know who does? Yvonne has been doing a brilliant job of checking through the unused lockers and according to our records, nobody has been allocated locker 35. She was therefore surprised to discover that it contained two sets of woods, two measures, a pair of size 9 bowling shoes, a blue scorecard holder and sundry other items. If you can solve the mystery please tell Kath or drop me a line.
For Sale.
Something to sell? Just send me an email with the details.
Set of 4, Vector VS size 0. £180.
Phone Anna Hanks on 07923 093718
Punny Ending
One burden I have to bear is that I’m addicted to brake fluid. But it’s OK because I can stop at any time.
In Closing…
As previously mentioned, these newsletters will be produced fortnightly in the Summer, so the next issue is out on Monday June 8th.
I’m always contactable at the email address below.
Toodle pip,
Tony Letts.
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