Christmas Opening Hours / Sunday Lunch / Tier 3

Dear Members GOVERNMENT TIERS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY The Government announced today that our area will remain in Tier 2. Therefore our club will continue to open on the existing basis. Unfortunately anybody who lives in a Tier 3 area cannot visit the club until the next Government review in two weeks time. CHRISTMAS OPENING HOURS December 21st – 23rd Normal opening… read more..

Restaurant Opening Times

DUE TO COVID-19 government guidelines, you can only come into the restaurant if  you have pre booked. If you would like to book a table in the Restaurant please do so via ‘Myclubhouse’. Tables are automatically booked for one hour however you can adjust the time to book for longer. To comply with Covid-19 guidelines you must be one household or one support bubble.… read more..

COVID Tier . . . Update No.1

Dear Members Last evening I received the following communication from the English Indoor Bowls Association. The following is an abbreviation that outlines how it will affect our club. Dear EIBA Correspondent, We have unfortunately not received any formal response to our queries relating to the restrictions to playing Indoor Bowls under the new 3 Tier System, starting on 2nd December 2020.… read more..

COVID Tier . . .

Dear Members I’m sure you are all aware that Eastbourne Borough has been placed in Tier 2 of the Government restrictions. Unfortunately this will alter how our club can operate. I am awaiting further guidelines from the English Indoor Bowls Association to understand if or how we can open under the new restrictions. I am expecting an announcement from EIBA… read more..

Save Our Sports Campaign Petition

The UK’s sport and physical activity sector has joined forces to launch a new campaign called Save Our Sports, urging the Government to save grassroots sport, fitness and leisure facilities from permanent closure due to COVID-19. Leaders from more than 150 bodies wrote to the Prime Minister in September asking him to provide ringfenced funding for the recovery of the… read more..

The Ramblings of . . .

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..

Member’s Comments

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..

Message from the Chairman

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

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..