Metheringham Bowls Club - Summer 2009

We held our Annual Dinner at Martin Moor Golf Club in March and Carol and Alan looked after us, as only they can! We all had a lovely evening - the food was wonderful and the service excellent.

For the second year running we joined forces with the Football Club to hold a Race Night, in the Star and Garter on the Friday before Grand National Day. Although it seemed there were not quite so many people there, we still managed to raise a substantial profit and both clubs were extremely pleased at the outcome. Sincere thanks to Butch for allowing us to use his pub free of charge.

Our next fund raising event was a Coffee Morning held in the pavilion on 25th. April. We had excellent support from members of both Metheringham and Dunston Bowls Clubs, and it was nice to see villagers not associated with either club, coming along to join us. On 26th April we officially opened the Bowling Green for the 2009 season. The weather was kind to us and we again had a brilliant turn-out. A Round Robin competition was played, but Adrian Wood, and later John Maury, spent time giving some coaching to various people who were interested in playing, but had not played before. We are always keen to welcome new members.

At the time of writing this report we are only one week into the new season (it runs from 1st May to 31st August). I am not yet aware of the results of all the matches played so far, but I do know that the EBA team lost their first home match against Moorlands 4-6 and the City Afternoon League also lost their first match 4-6 away at Skellingthorpe. But the ASC Triples team had a wonderful start to the season, winning away at Washingborough 10-0. As we are involved in 7 Leagues, and Dunston Bowls Club are involved in 3 Leagues, there are not many week days/evenings, when a match is not being played on our green.

If you would like a copy of our fixtures list so you can see exactly when matches are being played, or if you would like to have a go, please contact me. Dawn Smith (Hon. Sec)01526 320502 (or e-mail dawnsmith@homecall.co.uk)