Category: General News

Captains Charity Raises £1,055

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We are pleased to confirm that this seasons Captains Charity Night, held on Saturday 24th February, raised an amazing total of £1,055 for St Wilfred’s Hospice. Pictured below are Bill Fuller and Anita Feltham, Men and Ladies Captains, with Kayleigh Tippett from St.Wilfreds.

As previously reported about 90 members and guests danced the night away with music provided by the local Beatles tribute band “Nothing is Real” who performed for free. The food was provided by the Social Team and the bar run by volunteers. A raffle was held with prizes donated by members and guests. The final dance number –  Hey Jude – had everyone on the dance floor asking for an encore. A great night for a worthy cause.

 

Club Champions 2023-24

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Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st April 2024 saw the climax of what has been a fantastic season for our club with the internal club competitions taking place. There was a great atmosphere in the club on both days with lots of spectators, family and friends supporting all the finalists.

Take a look at the winners . . .

Ladies County Competition Winners 2024

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Congratulations to Jo Morris on retaining the Badged Singles beating our very own Nicki Dale in the final and also retaining the Badged Pairs with Lorraine Kuhler.

Mandy Carrie, Barbara Graham, Jo Brand and Nicki Dale were runner’s up in the Fours and Mandy was also runner up in the Open Triples with Pauline Phillips and Jen Poulter

S.C.W.I.B.A. League Champions 2023/24

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Congratulations to our Ladies team who won the Ladies County Division East and successfully beat the Ladies from Adur who had won the Ladies County Division West, to become overall Sussex County Champions for the very first time.

 

International Umpire – Dave Buttle

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Congratulations to Dave Buttle who has received his INTERNATIONAL UMPIRES CERTIFICATE from Steve Boughton, EIBA President at the British Isles International Women’s Series at Chelmsford on 8th March 2024.
Well done Dave from all your bowling colleagues at EDIBA, we are very proud of you.
 

Men’s County Competition Winners 2024

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Congratulations to Rob Morphett, Bill Fuller, Steve Boswell and Tristan Fordham on retaining the Men’s County Fours Trophy and to Tristan on achieving his County Badge.

Captains/Presidents “Fives”

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Great turn out for Captains/Presidents “Fives” Day, 8 teams competing in ‘Singles’ ‘Pairs’ ‘Triples’ & ‘Fours’ games across the day.

It was very close with 3 teams on 8 points but this years winners were “The Pretenders” with a better aggregate score overall.

Our thanks go to George for organising the event and to everyone in the restaurant and bar for keeping us fed and watered

Charity Night – Nothing Is Real

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What a fantastic Charity Night at the club over £1,000 raised for our Captains charity St Wilfrid’s Hospice with live music from Nothing Is Real, a local band, who played non stop Beatles hits for no fee, thank you. Thanks also to Bill & Andy behind the bar, to our social team, Sandie, Irene, Kathy, Pauline & Sally for organising the event and raffle and providing the food. Biggest thanks go to all our members and their families and friends who supported the evening.