Ringwood Bowling Club

There was a good turnout of members who attended the Club Spring Meeting at the end of March who experienced a very convivial evening. Also, Doug Dalrymple was busy selling tickets for the popular 50/50 Club lottery. Two draws have already taken place this year and the winners are. Saturday 5th April Brian Tester, drawn by Lee Croad and Saturday 12th April Chris Pentelow, drawn by Richard Blackiston.

Just a reminder that the 2025 Club Handbooks are available for collection, in the clubhouse, for those playing members out didn't attend the meeting or forgot to pick up their Handbooks.

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The number of volunteers, who turned out for cleaning and painting of the Green Surrounds, last week, was lower than hoped for. However, the job was done, with special thanks to Helen Blackiston, Peter Smith, Geoff Robins, Dave Lewis, Chris (on Thursday) and yours truly, and dusted on Friday.

Hopefully, there will be a better turnout for ditch preparation which takes place on Wednesday 16th April. See earlier email for details. At the time of writing we only have 5 volunteers.

As you will notice, Club and Green maintenance carried on during the closed season with special thanks to Paul Wright, Mel Barrett, Neil Richmond, Brian Harrington and Chris. If I've left anybody out please let me know and I will edit.

Volunteers are still required to help Paul with mowing of the green on a weekly basis, so please contact Paul if you are able to help and join the mowing team.

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Short mat bowling has never been so popular since COVID. Many members played in the clubhouse during the winter and two Ringwood teams competed in a short mat open competition at Atherley Bowls Club, Southamptonon on the 23rd March. The report from Malcolm Chater on how the teams faired, follows.

'Last Sunday Helen Blackiston, Peter Smith and myself played in a short mat open competition at Atherley bowls club in Southampton. There were 4 groups of 6, so we were guaranteed 5 round robin games of 7 ends each. Unfortunately, we didn't make the top 2 positions in the group to go forward into the main event, but we went into the remaining 16 teams in the Plate competition. We played 5 ends each game and kept winning, moving into the quarter finals then semi final and finally the final. Unfortunately, we lost that game, but after 55 ends played during the day, it wasn't a bad effort. We also had another team there made up of Brian Tester, Mavis Hammond and Sue Wyatt. Sadly they didn't fare quite as well.
Anyway, just thought that I would mention it as we were quite chuffed on our achievement.
Regards,
Malcolm

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We now have new scoreboards at the club. Well done to Chris who has been continually improving their design to make them as ergonomically perfect as possible. The pictures below show President Pete Smith officially receiving the new scoreboards and also show what both sides of the scoreboards look like .

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B&DBA's Inaugural B&D Cup takes place on Sunday 27th April at Meyrick Park at 10:00am. The tournament is a team competition between the highest 16 clubs in the B&DBA Premier League from the previous season. The two teams representing Ringwood Bowling Club are Helen Blackiston, Mavis Hammond, Patricia Reeves & Debbie Senior and Lee Croad, Derrick Fulker, Allan Mason & John Sanderson. Supporters are welcome but please note that there is a need to car-share, where possible, due to limited parking for 100+ people. If rugby is being played at Meyrick Park, parking spaces will also be reduced.

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 Coming Up Events

Wednesday 16th April. Ditch Preparation. 9.00am start.

Monday 21st April. Green Opens weather permitting. 10.00am.

Saturday 26th April. Lee Croad's Pre-Season Games. 2.00pm Start.

Sunday 27th April. B&D Cup at Meyrick Park. 10:00am start.

Tuesday 29th April. NFBA Men's 1st Team Away versus New Milton. 6.00pm start.

Thursday 1st May. NFBA Men's A Team Away versus Fordingbridge C. 6.00pm start.

Saturday 3rd May. B&DBA Mixed B Team Away versus Fordingbridge Flyers. 10.00am start.

Saturday 3rd May. B&DBA Mixed 1st Team at Home versus Bournemouth. 2.00pm start.

Saturday 3rd May. B&DBA Mixed A Team Away versus Moordown A. 2.00pm start.