August 14th 2020- Newsletter
Hi Everyone,
I trust you are all keeping well and covid-free.
Last Saturday was the long-delayed final of the short-mat bowls, held over from March. It was played outdoors with the mat laid out on the green, and it was very well organised by Carol Kenneth and Mike Brown. However, I think all the participants found the bowling a challenge and were having difficulty keeping the woods on the mat! The final was between Angie Peasant and Dave Walters and was won by Dave – congratulation to him. The trophy was presented by Barbara.
Then on Monday the contractor moved in to start work on refurbishing the green. It has been dusty work taking off the old surface. We expect the essential work to be done in by the end of next week with the new surface laid and the green reseeded. It should be well established before the end of the year. So we will be enjoying the new green when the season starts next year.
Looking ahead, the committee has decided to open the clubhouse from September. This is for some Friday evening events, for short-mat bowls and for hire to outside groups. Obviously our major concern is the wellbeing of members, so things will have to be a little different from the way they were before. The Friday night events will be limited to things that are possible with social distancing, which rules out things like whist drives. But things like bingo and quizzes are possible. The first event planned is Bingo at 7.00pm on Friday 18th September, followed by Quingo on 2nd October. Pat Radley has kindly offered to do baked potatoes for the events.
This year Mike Brown is organising the Short-mat bowls, which we hope to start on Monday 14th September. Again, we are going to need to make sure everyone is safe. Sessions will be slightly more spaced out, to allow one group to leave before the next one arrives. So there will only be 8-10 people in the clubhouse at any one time. The woods will be sanitised before each session and will be marked with coloured stickers so that each player only touches the woods allocated to them for that session. E.g. Player A plays with the black woods that have red stickers, Player B with the black woods that have green stickers, etc. Also each player will have their own chair and need to sit in that chair when not bowling. There will be six sessions again this year:
1. Monday 10.30 – 12.30
2. Monday 12.45 – 2.45
3. Monday 3.00 – 5.00
4. Tuesday 1.45 – 3.45
5. Tuesday 4.00 – 6.00
6. Tuesday 6.15 – 8.15
If you would like to play this year, please email Mike Brown on mike5.5brown@gmail.com . Please do not text or phone him.
I will also be forwarding to you information recently received from Bowls Leicestershire, which includes a survey, which you might like to contribute to.
Best wishes,
Andy
