During the first lockdown our Men’s Vice Captain, Mike Taylor, started writing poems as a way of passing the time and grew to become an (almost) daily Facebook post to share with his online ‘friends’, the subject matter covers social distancing, restricted travel and most importantly praise for the work undertaken by the many people who selflessly worked on in… read more..
Letter received 2/11/20 “Dear Mr Chairman. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you, your entire committee and all the volunteers concerned, for the efforts achieved on behalf of the membership in keeping the club open and sanitised, allowing bowls to continue. It is sad there is another lockdown on the horizon, we all look for better times… read more..
Dear Members I’m sure your aware by now that the club will shut its doors after the last session of bowls on Wednesday 4th November and hopefully reopen on 3rd December, subject to Government approval. Rest assured we will be planning for reopening with a full agenda for the Christmas period including a couple of Mixed Drives and internal matches.… read more..
Annual General Meeting – Notice of meeting Notice is hereby given that the 43rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Association will be held on Friday 27th November 2020 at 6pm. The meeting will be held at the bowls club, 5 Hampden Park Drive, Eastbourne, BN22 9QR. Numbers are limited to 30 attendees due to Covid-19 guidelines, 12 of which will… read more..
Dear Members, Our Sunday Roast starts this Sunday 25th October, the cost is £10 for two courses. There will be two sittings allowing 20 people per sitting. The first sitting will start at 12.30 -2pm The second sitting starts at 1pm-2.30pm. The only way of booking your Sunday Roast is to contact Michelle direct, either by email or phone 07983520461 Tuesday to Saturday. Your booking… read more..
Bowlswear Direct will be at the club on Tuesday 20th October 10:30 – 14:30 The shop will be in the boardroom and it will be a one in, one out system. Should you want to try clothes on you will have to buy them and try them on at home. You will be able to exchange them on their next… read more..
We were really pleased to welcome back visitors from ‘Memory Lane’ Dementia group, returning for the first time after many months away. In addition to our volunteers we are thrilled that one of our highly qualified coaches, Denise Smith, offered her services and equipment to enable the group to play a variety of games, followed by tea and cake of… read more..
Welcome to the new season and a brief intro to how we hope the new season will run. This year, the only internal Club competitions will be Singles and Pairs initially, with Triples and possibly Fours being introduced if the Covid situation allows. Last year’s competitions are still active, aiming for a Finals Weekend on November 7th/8th. However, the Bowls… read more..
We recently had a visit from our local Member of Parliament Caroline Ansell. Our Chairman contacted Caroline several months ago to ask her to lobby the government on our behalf when the club was unable to open. She has communicated with us over this period and came in for a cup of tea and chat. As her video shows she… read more..
Dear Members I am writing this message to appeal to you to pay your full subscription for the 2020/21 season whether you intend to return to the club in October or not until a vaccine for Covid-19 has been found. Like all businesses we have ongoing costs and still want to invest in the future of the club. Now is… read more..
