Calne Bowls Club Gala Day – 7th June 2020 – sponsored by Imagine Cruising.
We have made some changes to improve the day and would ask anyone interested to use the links below to view full details and obtain an entry form.
Gala Day flyer & details (pdf)
Gala Day entry form (pdf)
We look forward to an enjoyable day of bowling.
A great night, well attended and organised. Many thanks go to Yvonne and Steve as well as Rita, Ann B and several others for supplying the food and help.
The winners were the Andy Collier team; congratulations to them and to all those that attended and helped make it a fun evening.
Below are some photo’s with suitable? captions.
At the A.G.M. on Saturday the 2 Owls that have done such a great job of keeping the pigeons away from our grass seed, were officially named, the winner of the bottle of wine was Ann Burke, well done Ann.
So I am proud to announce that
CALNE BOWLS CLUB is now the official home of
TWIT and TWOO – the scariest Owls in Wiltshire
There were 14 entries ranging from the PIGEONATERS
To ERROL and BRODWIN
There was even a suggestion that they should be named every year after the winners of the Ladies and Men’s singles competition, this year BARRY and YVONNE, but it was obviously thought that this was a step to far!
Thanks to Martin S who had the idea and to all who took part, it led to a fun end to the AGM.
Following a successful launch of the Thursday evening session on Halloween night, the following piece appeared in the Gazette and Herald on the 21st November.2019
Lovely morning at the club with the green covered in frost and looking good.
Just had to take a photo of the green today, thanks to Derek for mowing, great job not only mowing but taking away the grass, how many bags, I would guess about 20!
Great job, looking good, however when I was watching 2 wagtails decided to have a peck around the Owls feet, so obviously Owls are not their natural enemy, but hopefully the wagtails are enjoying the leather jacket grubs!
Can you spot Barry looking on with a certain amount of pride!
On Wednesday Barry, Jan and Yvonne attended the presentations along with Pat and Gladys to receive an award. Below is a picture of Yvonne collecting the award.
Thanks to all who helped this year, a lot of hard work was put in and it is appreciated. Next year onwards and upwards!
Now the season has finished and bowlers can polish there woods and put them away (except for the short mat players of course) we enter the season of meetings, account auditing, minute taking, agenda fixing, election of 2020 officers, etc
Key dates for the club are as follows:
Sunday 20th October 12-30 for 1 pm Presentation Lunch at the North Wilts Golf Club.
Saturday 26th October Ladies end of season meeting at the Pavilion 11 am
Saturday November 2nd Men’s end of season meeting at the pavilion 11 am
Saturday 23rd November Short Mat AGM at the pavilion 10-45am
Saturday 30th November Calne Bowls Club AGM at the pavilion 10-45 am
Following last years attempt to feed the pigeon population of Calne on our grass seed, we have installed 2 Owls.So far they have been very successful, with only a lone Pheasant visiting the green last week.
For this idea we have to say thank you to Spencer Moulton, where they were spotted doing a great job on their green earlier this year.
At the moment they have been named TWIT and TWOO, not original but anyone is welcome to name them, there will be a prize of a bottle of wine for the person whose name are selected at this year AGM in November, just send an email to the address shown on this site ( email hidden; JavaScript is required ) and the winner will be advised in December and the result will be then shown on the website in December.
