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November 2012

Bowlers Draw 2012 Prize Winners
The Draw for the Cash Prizes and the Club Prizes took place on Friday 23rd November 2012 at the Bowls England Women’s Dinner at the King Power Stadium, Leicester. Full details of all winners are included in 2 separate lists/files (Cash Prizes & Club Prizes).

 Club Prize Winners
 Individual Prize Winners

 

To: Participating Clubs for the Bowlers Draw

Dear All

2012 proved to be a disappointing year for the Bowlers Draw with only 10% of clubs participating.

Consequently, it is with regret that the Executive Committee of the Friends of English Bowling has put the Draw on hold for the foreseeable future.

We are looking at alternative suggestions to replace the Draw for 2014.

For 2013 The Friends will arrange to have a local draw at Leamington and Worthing during the National Championships.

A big thank you to all those Clubs who have participated in the past years

We apologise for any inconvenience and disappointment caused but, from the overall response received from member clubs, the Draw seems to have run its course.

Yours sincerely

Angela Harris
Chairman, Friends of English Bowling

 Official participating Club's letter
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November 2011

Bowlers Draw 2011 Prize Winners

The Draw for the Cash Prizes and the Club Prizes took place on Friday 25th November 2011 at the Bowls England Women’s Dinner at the King Power Stadium, Leicester. Full details of all winners are included in 2 separate lists/files (Cash Prizes & Club Prizes).

All prize winners will be contacted, very soon, by the Promoter (Jeff Applegate).

The top three prizes were drawn by the Chairman of Bowls England, David Mitchell-Gears, and the subsequent prizes by Howard Pryse and Mike Poole (Friend’s Membership Sec.)

 Club Prize Winners
 Individual Prize Winners
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How well did your County do selling tickets for the Bowlers Draw?
Find out below:

 County Sales Summary
 County Returns Analysis
 County Sales History
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August 2011

Newsletter 2011
The Friends announce the sale of the Friends Teddy, Bowlers trying to help Bowlers. Click the link below to read more...

 Friends Teddy Poster 2011
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July 2011

Newsletter 2011
This is our first Newsletter for 2011 and we would, firstly, like to welcome our new ‘Friends’ to the Association. We must also thank all our existing members for their continued support during 2011. Click the link below to read more...

 Newsletter July 2011
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June 2011

Annual General Meeting 2011
Below are details of the 5th AGM 2011 of the Friends of English Bowling, minutes of the 4th AGM 2010 and the Constitution - June 2011.

 5th AGM Agenda - to be held on 25th August 2011
 4th AGM - Minutes - held on 26th August 2010
 Constitution as at June 2011
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May 2011

Position on the Friends Executive Committee
If any member of the Friends would like to stand for a position on the Friends Executive Committee please complete this form and return the completed form as soon as possible to the Friends Secretary, Jeff Applegate at ‘Javae’, 17 Shereway, Fairford Leys, Aylesbury. HP19 8GL.

Dec 2010

Bowlers Draw 2010 Prize Winners
The Draw for the Cash Prizes and the Club Prizes took place on Friday 26th November 2010 at the Bowls England Women’s Dinner at the Walker Stadium, Leicester. Full details of all winners are included in 2 separate lists/files (Cash Prizes & Club Prizes).

All prize winners will be contacted, very soon, by the Promoter (Graham Clark).

The top three prizes were drawn by the Chairman of the Friends of English Bowling, John Durston, and the subsequent prizes by John Durston and Mike Poole (Friend’s Membership Sec.)

 Graham Clark's Draw Message
 Club Prize Winners
 Individual Prize Winners
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Mar 2010

Bowlers Draw 2009 Prize Winners
The Draw for the Cash Prizes and the Club Prizes took place on Friday 26th February at the Bowls England Mens Dinner at the Walker Stadium, Leicester. Full details of all winners are included in the pdf files available below. All prize winners will be contacted by Graham Clark.

 Graham Clark's Draw Message
 Club Prize Winners
 Individual Prize Winners
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Friends Matches
All our 2010 matches are listed under the 'Matches' menu, and they take place across the country. We are invited by a club, association or county to play them, which we are delighted to do, paying our way and helping them to celebrate special occasions. All the games we played in 2009 were greatly enjoyed with everybody joining in with the fun of the day. We were always excellent guests managing to lose our matches by one or two shots. We are a unified association and field a mixed side, but we are willing to play all men, all women, or any sort of mixed sides - and if there are any newly unified counties who want to celebrate their unification by playing a mixed side against us, bring it on!

The Friends have the "X Factor" so join us and join in.

Kath and Adie Lloyd
Nov 2009

Graham Clark, Promoter and Organiser of the Bowlers Draw 2009, is keen to communicate that the Draw will take place on Friday 26th February 2010, at the Bowls England (Mens) Dinner, being held at The Walker Stadium, Leicester.

Unfortunately all Draw tickets and posters were printed before the date of this Dinner was finalised, and incorrectly state the date of the Draw as 20th February 2010.

The Licensing Authority, The Gambling Commission, has been consulted re this change and requires the Bowlers Draw Society (the Friends) to take reasonable steps to communicate this change.

Aug 2009

Friends v Bedfordshire C.B.A. at Henlow Park B.C. - 4th June
The committee arrived at 10.30a.m. for a meeting to be greeted by the ladies of the host club with tea or coffee and biscuits, the remainder of the Friends team arrived at midday and were treated to an excellent buffet. The game was played on a warm sunny day the green was very good and as always the game was played in the right manner but unfortunately one of our rinks was a little too friendly so overall we lost the game by 10 shots. We then returned to the clubhouse for a wonderful after match meal provided by the ladies,the hospitality we received all day was first class and we thank the club for everything they did for us.

Friends v Bowls Wiltshire at North Wilts B.C. - 17th June
On a warm windy afternoon at Chippenham we had another enjoyable afternoon. But as in the previous game one of our rinks was a little too friendly and once again we came second by a few shots, nevertheless I am sure many new friends were made and old friendships renewed. The after match meal was very good and once again I would like to extend our thanks to the club for the use of their facilities.

July 2009

The 2008 Unapproved AGM Minutes are now available as a pdf file -
please click here to view the Minutes.


'Friends' v Metropolitan Police (Bushey) BC - 7th July 2009
This was a 75th Anniversary Match for the club, which was formed in 1934 as the Metropolitan Police No 2 District BC. It played then at the old Met Police Hendon Training School and moved to the current very large (35 Acre) site at Bushey in 1967. The Friends team was captained by Michael Poole, and the game was a huge success.

Hospitality was excellent, first class venue and as part of the Friends spreading goodwill around the Country we lost by 11 shots. Thanks must go to Margaret Osborne of the host club for helping us out when we were one player short, and also to Bryan Fox of Gloucestershire who came in at the last minute and made the long journey with the boys from Wiltshire.

In addition to Margaret, we had 7 other guests playing for us - Brenice Willmott from Northamptonshire Ted Webb, Edith Coxhill, and Carole Dunn from Hertfordshire and David Johns and Rod Amor from Wiltshire Our thanks to all these players. If they enjoyed themselves maybe we can persuade them to join! The rest of The Friends team came form 10 Counties - Beds, Bucks, Cambs, Gloucs, Hereford, Herts, Middx, Northants, Wiltshire and Worcester. The five lady non-playing guests were very well looked after by the host club.
All in all a very successful day.


March 2009

Hon. Secretary - A message from the Chairman

Unfortunately our Secretary, Roger Carter has recently resigned due to an increase in workload associated with his many other bowls commitments and responsibilities. Roger has been our Secretary since the formation of the Friends and we sincerely thank him for all his hard work and support over the past four years. Vice-Chairman, John Durston will assume this role pending the appointment of a new Secretary. Anyone interested in this position - please contact either John Durston or myself for more information.

Graham Clark - March 2009
December 2008

Web Site Updates

As you know, we are now known as The Friends of English Bowling, and in line with that change, we now have a new web site address: www.friendsofenglishbowling.co.uk.
Please 'bookmark' the site, or add us to your 'favourites' now. Although the 'old' web address will still work, it will eventually be phased out.
As part of the update, the new 'Friends' logo has been introduced, and further web site amendments will be carried out soon.

Bowlers Draw 2008

This year's Draw was operated by the Bowlers Draw Society, a sub-committee within the Friends, and organised by John & Freddie Austin and Howard Pryse, with Chairman Graham Clark co-ordinating the Gambling Commission requirements. A number of 'Friends' helped enormously by donating their printing, organisational and administrative skills as well as selling and purchasing tickets.

The final accounting has yet to be completed, but with total ticket sales of just over £50,000 the profit made by the BDS/Friends will be approximately £10,000 for use within Bowls. The Clubs and Counties will have also benefitted by circa £25,000 from their 50% 'donation' from their ticket sales. This is a wonderful result especially given that the Draw resulted in a loss last year (run commercially on behalf of the EBA) on ticket sales of just over £53,000. Graham Clark commented that "we are all indebted to John, Freddie and Howard for this great achievement - thank you".

The Draw for the 38 Cash Prizes and the 5 Club prizes (for those who sold £100+ tickets) took place on Friday 21st November at the Bowls England Women's Dinner in Leicester. The first Prize for £2,500 was drawn by Councillor Mrs Judith Falp, Chairman, Warwick District Council. The remaining prizes were drawn by the President of the Leicestershire Ladies County Bowling Association Mrs Barbara Gamble, with the assistance of Mrs Chris Massie and Mrs Kathleen McLoughlin.

The top selling Club this year was South Woodham Ferrers from Essex, with a wonderful total of £1,200. Apart from the two Mini-breaks that they won, the Club also benefited by £600 (50% of their Sales) and three of the winning Cash prizes were from the tickets they sold.

The organisers wish to thank all the County Agents, all the people that they recruited within their Counties to work with them and all the Clubs who took part, for the effort that they have all put in. It is recognised that it has not been easy for anyone to sell tickets in competition with the various other fund-raising schemes already in place at Clubs. Thanks also go to Westlecot BC Swindon, who provided their Club facilities when needed for administering the Draw. Finally, well-done to everyone who worked so hard and contributed to the wonderful success that was the Bowlers Draw 2008.

Lists of prize-winners have been circulated to County Agents and County Secretaries, and are also available from the links below. All Prize-winners should contact John Austin to claim their prizes as soon as possible.

 Cash Prize winners
 Club Prize winners
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August 2008

We would like to welcome all new "Friends" to the Association as Individual members, County Associations and Corporate sponsors. We would also thank all our existing members for their continued support in 2008. We have lost very few members since the "Friends" was originally set up and are continually recruiting new members committed to putting something back into the sport we all love and support.

As the majority of members are aware at the Special General Meeting held in December the revised and amended Constitution was adopted by the meeting; the main aim in amending the Constitution was to enable us to apply for CASC status and reduce our tax burden. Unfortunately the goalposts for registration appear to have changed and we were unsuccessful in our application; in consequence the Executive Committee agreed to withdraw our appeal in this respect rather than incur additional significant costs. As members are aware from 1st January 2008 the English Bowling Association ceased to exist and the EBA and EWBA amalgamated under the new company "BOWLS ENGLAND". Although the majority of the members of the "Friends" are men we are continually expanding our membership to encompass the ladies and we hope to fully support both genders within our unified sport and would welcome all interested ladies to become "Friends" and help us to achieve this aim. Incorporated within the new constitution was a change in title to "FRIENDS OF ENGLISH BOWLING" and this will be incorporated in due course in a new badge and logo.

At our Committee Meeting held in May, John Austin announced his resignation as Honorary Treasurer and Membership Secretary and Committee Member Kath Lloyd, who was assisting John in the preparation of the accounts, has been appointed as Treasurer for the remainder of the year. Kath, with the assistance of Mike Poole, has been busy chasing the late subscription payers and we would thank Mike for his help. We would ask that if any member is able to help in reviewing the accounts and financial statements she would be most grateful to hear from them. John Austin had been Membership Secretary and Treasurer since the inception of the Association and we sincerely thank him and Freddie for their input and guidance, particularly in recruiting new members to the "Friends" in this very important period.

It is now more important than ever that we maintain and increase our membership in order to enable us to continue to sponsor some of the major Competitions. As members are aware, in 2007 we successfully sponsored the EBA Champion of Champions, National Pairs and National Fours Championships, the Mixed Fours Competition and the Middleton Cup. In addition, as in previous years, we also sponsored the cost of youth trips to Worthing during National Championship fortnight and also provided the 'Friends' hospitality marquee to meet old friends and like minded bowlers. The marquee was a great success will be repeated for this season's Championships and we look forward to seeing you all there.

Bowls England has obtained separate sponsorship this year for the Mixed Fours Competition and the Middleton Cup so it is proposed that, in addition to the other Championships we are already sponsoring, that the Friends sponsorship will be transferred to the Men's National Club 2 x 4's, the National County Top 2 x 4's, provision of National Championship Travel Subsistence and also to sponsoring the Ladies Champion of Champions Event.
In our sponsoring of one of the Ladies major Championships we hope that it will encourage more Ladies to become members of the "Friends" and assist with our sponsorship of bowls.

In order to protect the financial benefit available to Clubs and Counties, and as a major support and fund raising venture this year, the Friends have taken over the Grand Draw previously operated by the EBA. In former years this was run by a commercial lottery agency on behalf of the EBA and experienced a decline in ticket sales and increase in costs.

By operating the "BOWLERS DRAW" ourselves we hope to reduce operating costs, printing and postage and hopefully deliver a considerable profit for all participating clubs with any remaining funds being ploughed back into sponsoring the National Championships and youth visits to Worthing. As previously all clubs receive 50% back from the tickets they sell for their club funds. Tickets can be obtained from any member of the Committee. The draw is being masterminded by our Chairman Graham Clark, John Austin and Howard Pryse and we thank them for their input in the immense amount of work involved in this venture.

As members are aware, although we are not an Association playing a multitude of matches, John Durston, our Match Secretary, is active in arranging a few matches each season. The first match this year was against Dorset CBA at Gillingham in June with Dorset running out winners by 2 shots. The annual match against Bowls England competing for the Ian Woodcock Trophy was held this year in July at the Borough of Eye BC in the President's home County of Suffolk with the Friends regaining the trophy. Further matches have been arranged against Bowls England Ladies President's Teams at Leamington, the Bowls England President's Select Team at Worthing, Three Counties BA, the Runner-Up Club of the Year Prittlewell BC in Essex and Yorkshire CBA at Kingston BC Hull. John reports that it is a problem to find sufficient players for some of these matches and ALL members are asked to make themselves available for some of the remaining matches to enable John to select competitive teams. If any member has not been given an opportunity to apply for the remaining matches this year please contact John direct at home or by Email at and he will endeavour to fit him or her into one of the matches. A number of matches are being arranged for next season against the Bowls England President's Teams, the Bowls England Select Team at Worthing, the Metropolitan Police (Bushey) BC and the Runner-Up Club of the Year together with possible games against Bedfordshire CBA and Wiltshire CBA. If you have any comments about the number of matches being arranged John would be pleased to hear your comments.

We would advise you that the Annual General Meeting of the Association is to be held in the Conference Room at Bowls England Worthing Headquarters on THURSDAY 21st AUGUST 2008 commencing at 2.00pm, Notice of the Meeting is enclosed and we would urge you to attend if you are available. Nominations for the Officers and Committee Members to be with me no later than Saturday 9th August 2008 together with any items you would like discussed under "Any Other Business".

If you have a colleague that would like to become one of the "Friends" could you ask them to contact either myself or any member of the Committee.

Graham Clark, Chairman
2 Fleming Close Ferndale, Yaxley, Cambs PE7 3ZD
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'Friends' v Prittlewell B.C.
Prittlewell Bowling Club, Southend on Sea, Essex was runner up in the 2007 Club of the Year Competition. To celebrate this success a fixture was arranged between the 'Friends' and the Club and was played on 4th August. It was perhaps fitting that this game was arranged for 2008 as the Club was also celebrating its 80th anniversary. The day started off in brilliant sunshine but the weather did deteriorate in the afternoon and although looking very threatening, fortunately, we only had a few spots of rain. There was much banter on the green and it was obvious that all were thoroughly enjoying themselves.

The 'Friends' team was captained by the Bowls England Men's President, Cliff Waterman, but unfortunately the rink that Cliff played on, which included myself and also David Green the Essex Hon. Secretary and skip, Ken Clarke, the 2008 Essex President, were well and truly walloped by the Prittlewell executive rink by 29 shots to 11. By coincidence the only other rink to lose was the 'Hunts' rink which included the Chairman of the 'Friends', Graham Clark and skipped by Bob Morton. Not a good day for the hierarchy, I am afraid, but no matter, it was only a game, as they say.

Thanks to the other four rinks we won the game by 26 shots, 133 to 107. Prittlewell really did us proud. They provided a magnificent buffet and after match meal for the 'Friends' and our partners at no cost. Our best winning rink comprised Don Alen, Ken Playle, Colin Dunstone and John Scholey, who were awarded priceless Bowls England spoons by the Captain of the day as was the Prittlewell best winning rink. The Club was also presented. with a glass engraved plaque to commemorate this splendid occasion.
John Durston
Match Secretary



'Friends' v Bowls England Lady President's Team
The fourth game of the season was played against the Bowls England Lady President's team at a very busy Leamington, on Friday 1st August. Arrangements were made for the men to change at the cricket pavilion which is some distance from the greens. Rumour has it that it was designed to wear us out before the start of the game. A very enjoyable sit down 'ploughmans' was provided in the Leamington Clubhouse prior to the game by the Leamington Club.

The 'Friends' team was captained by the Chairman, Graham Clark (non playing due to his commitment with the Ladies Champion of Champions Competition which was being played at the same time and which the 'Friends' were sponsoring) and was played in very good spirit on a rather windy but otherwise lovely afternoon. The 'Friends' were instructed not to try too hard as we wanted to create a good impression with the Ladies and most complied with the exception of the rinks skipped by Mike Haigh who won 27 shots to 12 and Alan Gray who won by 21 shots to 14. The rink I played on, skipped by Mike Bond, at 18 ends was 24 shots to nine down. We thought we had overdone the good impression bit and decided to pull out the stops on the last three ends, gaining a four, two and a six which meant we were only three shots adrift at 21 ends. However it might have been that Kay Kerley who was skipping against us felt sorry for us.

The final score was 'Friends' 119, Lady President's Team 106 a win for the 'Friends' by 13 shots. It was a very enjoyable afternoon except that my rink, despite the late rally were declared the worst losing rink and had to suffer the ignominy of being presented by the Lady President, Angela Harris, with a yellow plastic duck. Unfortunately, there was no after match meal as the Lady Officers were attending an early evening civic ceremony connected with the Leamington fortnight. We look forward to battle again next year.
John Durston
Match Secretary

July 2008

'Friends' v 3 Counties Bowling Association
The 'Friends' played their 3rd game of the season against the 3 Counties Bowling Association at Leominster Bowling Club on 17th July 2008. The Captain for the day was Don Pugh of Herefordshire CBA . Don telephoned the Match Secretary just before the game and advised that the opposing President, his old adversary, David Holloway, would be putting out a strong rink against him and asked that a bit of strength be put into his rink by including our Chairman Graham Clark. I thought that was a somewhat contradiction of terms but duly obliged. Much to my surprise they came out on top by 3 shots but mind you I did select John Wilks of Wiltshire as their skip.

Despite the triumph of the Captain's rink we unfortunately went down the pan by 20 shots. It was perhaps surprising that 3 Counties won the game having regard to the fact that they fielded three County Presidents in addition to their own President, Max Hart of Gloucestershire, John Bevan of Herefordshire and Mike Bond of Worcestershire. It seems that Presidents are better players now than those who were around in my era. The worst losing rink was that skipped by Colin Dunstone but he did have a handicap with Wesso (John Weston) as his third.

Our Captain had great delight in presenting the losing rink and in particular Wesso with their booby prizes (in Wesso's case a hand grenade which was nonchantly thrown to him which fortunately did not go off). All the other rinks were pretty close, only three or four shots the difference. No matter the score, it was a good fun game on a lovely afternoon and by the banter on the rinks was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Our thanks to Leominster Bowling Club for allowing us to use their facilities and for providing an excellent buffet and after match meal. The next game is with the Ladies President's team at Leamington on Friday 1st August.
John Durston
Match Secretary



'Friends' v. the Bowls England (Men) Presidents team
The 'Friends' played their second game of the season against the Bowls England (Men) Presidents team on 7th July at Borough of Eye BC, Suffolk captained by Ian Morrill. The weather on this day was dreadful and the Bowls England Captain of the day, Chris Smith, having eyed up the opposition, tried to use it as an excuse not to play. However at 1.45pm the Borough of Eye President, much to Chris's disappointment, declared the green fit for play and 24 stalwarts took up the cudgels.

Miraculously the rain stopped and other than a slight shower half way through the game, it was completed in the dry. Needless to say the 'Friends' won, albeit by only six shots. Mind you we left it a bit tight as our success was achieved by the rink skipped by Charles Sharpe with Stuart Lake, Ken Playle, and Ian Bates who scored all eight shots (hot shot) on the last end. If you don't believe it look in Bowls International, the card was snatched from my grasp to send in for the feat to be recognized.

Despite the weather it was an excellent day. The Borough of Eye Club did us proud with an excellent buffet lunch and after match meal for which we are extremely grateful. It was a pity that they couldn't lay on the weather as well. Never mind, everyone seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The next game is against the 3 Counties Bowling Association at Leominster on Thursday 17th July.
John Durston
Match Secretary

September 2007

A total of £22,500 was donated to the EBA to support the National Championships and Competitions. The cheque was presented to EBA President Peter Arnold at Worthing by the Friends Chairman Ian Morrill and their main Fundraiser John Austin.

The donations were allocated to:


2007 £
Champion of Champions 2500
Mixed Fours 2500
National Pairs 1600
National Fours 1600
Middleton Cup Entries 2100
Middleton Cup Travel subsistence 3700
Youth visits 4000
Sponsors Marquee 2000
Banners & new County name Boards 2500
2007 Total £22,500


The Youth visits to the National Championships were a great success. All the youngsters from Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire enjoyed their day out.

January 2007

A message from Tony Allcock MBE
A new organisation has been formed within the bowling fraternity, the Friends of the English Bowling Association. With the opportunities for commercial sponsorship becoming increasingly difficult to obtain, the concept of inviting those who had over the years derived pleasure from their sport, to contribute to improving both its existence and status seemed an excellent idea. This has now been formalised and in August 2006, the Friends of the English Bowling Association was officially established.

Whilst The Friends of English Bowling is not a bowling association, in order to show appreciation of Members' contributions and to foster further interest, it was agreed that each year a few matches would be played against selected clubs/teams. The EBA is grateful for this generous show of support and congratulates all who in the early months ensured that the idea was carried forward and brought to fruition.

  December 2006

The status of Friends of English Bowling
It should be emphasised that 'Friends of English Bowling' is not a part of, or controlled by, Bowls England, but an independent society of bowlers and like minded people who, for years, have derived great pleasure from the sport and wish to put something back into the game and to contribute to improving both its existence and status.

One principal aim is to sponsor major National Championships that would otherwise struggle to exist without any form of sponsorship. It is our intention in 2007 to again sponsor the Champion of Champions and Mixed Fours Championships, but also to sponsor the Middleton Cup, together with covering the cost of youth trips to Worthing during National Championships fortnight.
   

Hospitality Marquee
I am sure that those of you who visited Worthing last summer made good use of the hospitality marquee to meet old friends and like minded bowlers. It is proposed that this will continue to be a regular fixture in 2007 and future years, and we hope that you will all make good use of it when you visit the Nationals.

Matches
Although we are not an Association playing a multitude of matches, we propose to arrange up to six matches every season, and we would very much like to know if you would like to play in any of these matches. We would hope to give all those who would wish to play at least one game during the season.

A match programme is being put together by John Durston (e-mail: johndurston@newbridge-fine-wines.fsnet.co.uk) and we will be sending out nomination sheets to those interested when the details have been finalised

Hospitality Marquee
Hospitality Marquee
October 2006

First Meeting
The first full meeting of the "Friends" was held on the 31st August 2006 at Worthing, and the following were elected:
Chairman Ian Morrill
Vice Chairman David Mitchell-Gears
Hon. Secretary Roger Carter
Hon. Membership Secretary/Treasurer John Austin
Match Secretary John Durston
Elected member Tony Allcock MBE
Elected Member Howard Pryse
Elected Member Kath Lloyd
Elected Member Mike Poole

The Temporary Committee agreed to make a start by supporting two competitions in 2007: The Champion of Champions and Mixed Fours, at £2,500 each. The cost of the production of Sponsor Banners was also met.

In his report to the meeting, the temporary Chairman suggested the additional sponsorship of the The Middleton Cup for two years at £5,800 per year, and of youth trips to the Worthing Finals at £4,000.

A further suggestion that has been made is to provide or restore the score boards to help spectators.

Membership as at the end of 2006
Friends of English Bowling membership is as follows:
Personal members - 200
County Members - 22
Corporate members - 7
Membership Income to date is £49,000

Subscriptions
Subscriptions for 2007 become due on 1st January 2007, as before at £100 per ordinary member. If you have a colleague that would like to become one of the "Friends" could you ask them to contact:
John Austin, Membership Secretary
30, High Street, Croughton, Brackley,
Northants NN13 5LT
Telephone: 01869 810610

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