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2013 Presentation Evening

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The Presentation Evening on the 26th October was a great success, Farnham Golf Club providing a great venue and delicious food.

Martin had been busy getting all of the trophies engraved and laid out for all to view.

2013 Trophies

The usual suspects had found the bar early and got there wine and beer in ready for a delicious meal; a bit of trading went on with the starters with Prawn Cocktails being exchanged for Potato and Leak soup.

After dinner the trophies were presented, President John made a short but good speech and throw in a surprise of a rediscovered President Trophy.  This was awarded to Barry Lee for the excellent work he has done for the club over many years.

After all of the formal proceedings a group photo of the trophy winnersTrophy winners

A special one of Sheila, Joan and Diane, winners of the Nell Rumble Trophy

Nell Rumble Winners

All of the winners and runners up are listed below.

2013 Competition Winners

 

Bournemouth Tour September 2013

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The September bowls tour of Bournemouth was a great success.  We played four games, the opponents were: Southbourne, Argyll, Poole Park and New Milton.  We had mixed results on the greens, which all played extremely well.

Away from the bowling people explored the area around Bournemouth, many taking advantage of their bus passes.

As usual with these events a lot of time was spent in the bar, playing cards, silly games or just reminiscing over the shots of the day, particularly the near misses.

The week was very busy so not many photos got taken but a few have been published on our website

Finally a very big thanks to Anne for arranging the tour which happened without a hitch; I am sure there was lots of things happening behind the scenes which we weren’t aware of.

 

Bell Ringing Photos from 15th December 2012

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A great afternoon of Ploughman, Christmas cake and mince pies, followed by the Bishop’s Bells bell ringing troupe performing some Christmasy tunes on their hand bells. Some members braved having a go on the bells, although they performed well it wasn’t a patch on the Bishop’s bells.

A lot of hard work must have gone into arranging the day so a very big thanks to all those who made the event such a great success.

Photos are available to view here

John Raison with Barry and Christine Lee Triumph in club Triples

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Sunday 9th September was the day of the Nell Rumble Trophy, Farnborough Bowls Club’s two wood triples competition.

Eight teams entered and a draw took place to see who was in each of the two leagues; the winners of each league would then play each other in the final.

Geoff Chadd, Anne Hellier and Diane Hill won League A.  Barry Lee, Christine Lee and John Raison won League B by not dropping a point.

Barry Lee’s team got off to good start in the final by building a good lead.  Anne’s team started to pull it back and were two points down going into the last end. They were holding three until John Raison draw in for 2nd wood. Anne’s only option was to try to dislodge the opponents wood but unfortunately she was off the target and moved the wrong bowl to give Barry’s team the shot.  The final result 11 – 8 to Barry’s team.

A big thanks to all of the competitors and particularly to Martin for organising another flawless competition day.