What a weekend 19/20th March 2022
A huge thank you to all our fantastic members for their support and donations throughout the weekend and also to those bowlers from other clubs, Falaise, Langney, Egerton, Denton, Preston and outdoor clubs from Hailsham and Hellingly who also took part.
The Mayor of Eastbourne, Councillor Pat Rodohan opened the event and had a bowl as did his wife The Mayoress, Eastbourne’s MP Caroline Ansell came along to support the event and we also had representatives from SCIBA, SCWIBA, Disability Bowls England and of course CWCF (Children With Cancer Fund – Polegate) the local charity that we were raising funds for.
Over the 24 hours Terry Prior and Peter Ring bowled 148 ends with a total score of 255 points. With the help of members that joined them on rink 1 a total of 2,664 bowls were bowled and they covered 4,884 meters (5342 yards, 3.035 miles) each! On all the other rinks a staggering 6,402 bowls were bowled in a variety of games including a session of Aussie Pairs, general roll-ups and the nightshift (some in their pyjamas) decided to have an obstacle course to keep them awake.
The total raised over the 24 hour period including our ‘Just Giving’ page was the phenomenal amount of £4,600
For those of you who don’t know our club has been supporting CWCF since September 2018 and had raised a total of £6,304 before ‘Lockdown’ in March 2020.
After ‘Lockdown’ was eased late in 2021 we continued to run events such as Mixed Drives, our Presidents 5’s tournament, a Beatles Night and various raffles to raise funds for CWCF culminating in the 24hr Bowl-a-thon and the total raised from all these events is £5,935 which means so far we have raised a grand total of £12,239 for this very worthy charity.
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- Eastbourne Mayor Councillor Pat Rodohan opens our 24hr Bowl-a-thon
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- Eastbourne Mayor with Terry Prior
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- L-R Back Row – Club Chairman Dave Parks, Vice-Chair Teresa Hubbins, Eastbourne Mayor Councillor Pat Rodohan, Derek Hubbins, Tournament Organiser Peter Ring, Club President Phil Garrett. Front Row – Terry Prior and Chris Downton from CWCF
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- L-R Back Row – Sussex County Ladies Club Rep Gill Henty, Peter Ring, Sussex County Ladies President Jill Saunders, Club President Phil Garrett. Front – Terry Prior
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- L-R Back Row – Sussex County Mens President John Whitfield, Peter Ring, Club President Phil Garrett. Front – Terry Prior
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- L-R Back Row – Eastbourne MP Caroline Ansell, Ralph Davies organiser of the mixed drive, Peter Ring, Chairman Dave Parks. Front – Terry Prior
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- L-R Fred Hughes (EDIBC) with Steve Ireland(Preston) representing Disability Bowls England
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- Steve Ireland – Disability Bowls England
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- The Nightshift
