When: Saturday 14th December 2013
Where: At the Club-house Time: Doors open 5pm
Cost: £5 per person (Guests welcome)
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Christmas Tea
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Green Renovation
Due to a very dry summer and the green being built on an unstable base, the green has sunk in many places. The club had two real options (doing nothing was not considered an option).
- To have the green dug up and resurfaced
- To start a renovation programme with a specialist contractor.
Option 2 was taken and quotes obtained, a contractor was chosen and work began in late September. This is part of a 3 year programme but, in parallel, funding is being sought which may give other options for year 2.
The green on 28th September shortly after the initial work completed
The Green on the 5th October, the grass is fighting back
The Green on the 19th October, the holes being slowly filled
January 2014
Major renovation work took place in January. The edge by Canterbury Road has been lifted and levelled. The middle of the edge had to be raised five inches, some new side boards were added and the area re-turfed. The green has been vertidrained (deep aeration to a depth of between 8”-10”) hence the large spiky machine
Levelling across the rest of the green is continuing with more top soil gradually being applied to the dips; another ton of top soil is about to be ordered.
Bournemouth Tour September 2013
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.
Flooded Green 5th August 2013
Photograph of the green during a cloud burst after Monday Club. This is the first time I have seen the green flooded. Amazingly games were being played an hour later.
Farnborough Bowling Club win F&D league
Farnborough Bowling Club win the Farnham & District League Division 2 by 10 points.
Well done to all of the bowlers who participated and a special thanks to Joan Abbott for organising the teams and managing the league details and admin.
Good luck in Division 1 next year where we will do battle against:
- Farnham
- Rowledge
- Tongham
- Seale & Sands
- Elstead
- Traco
Ladies Day
Well done to the organisers of the Ladies Day, especially to Vicky, Joan, all the men who helped out with the bar, the barbecue and the clearing up, and all those ladies who supplied and helped out with the food. It was a fabulous afternoon and it was great to see so many ladies from other clubs and the newer Members of our club taking part. Roll on next year?? Big thanks to Vicky and Joan for the towels, used mine on Sunday at Tongham where, surprise, surprise, Diane Hill, Rona Jennings, Joan Abbott and myself were third in the Ladies Open competition, following two awesome wins in the last two games in our league, had a great laugh as well.