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Latest News as at 27 July:
Well done Cheltenham Ladies on winning their 3rd round Inter-club match at Cheltenham Spa 15-17 & 14-17. Great result.
100 Club. July winners as follows:
£50.00 No 35 Brett Tomlinson
£25.00 No 27 Margaret Merry
£15.00 No71 Phil Jones
£10.00 No14 Peter Petrie
Prize money collectable from the bar. Thanks to all for their support.
Cheltenham won last nights final North Glos Leaguge match at Bredon 80-84; a very close match with Cheltenham picking up 9 points. This turned out to be just enough to WIN the League by 1/2 a point!!! So subject to League ratification CHELTENHAM reclaim the league title from Bishop’s Cleeve and are 2024 NGL CHAMPIONS. Congratulations to all concerned.
Anthony Cutmore. Anthony was discharged from hospital last Thursday and was making good progress readjusting to living at home. On Tuesday he had to attend an outpatient procedure to remove a gallstone that had become stuck and was causing ongoing problems. This procedure carries up to a 15% risk of complications and in Anthony’s case he fell into that 15%. The outcome was that yesterday I was called into hospital as the Consultant had come to the decision that there were no more medical interventions that would be helpful and had reached the stage where palliative care was the only option. Anthony passed away at 5.45pm yesterday evening.
Thank you to all members who have supported me and him during the past few months. Lorraine
Men’s County League Division 4. Cheltenham ‘C’ win away at Victory Park ‘B’ 41 – 45 1 point to 5 points.
Ladies League Division 1. Cheltenham Ladies return to winning ways with 6 points to 2 points win at Barnwood BC.
For latest results and tables for all internal and external leagues visit https://cheltenhambowlingclub.org.uk/ngl-county-leagues/
Congratulations Finley on receiving a silver medal at the Under 18 International tournament in Belfast. Team England was pipped by Scotland for the gold medal but Finley did himself and Cheltenham proud winning 5 of his 6 matches. Tournament results can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tR4JZMWmrUjihx6krZbXesMsGcKxThDwYB1p76UW1a0/htmlview?#
Well done James Fitzpatrick on reaching the County Singles Final and National Championships at Leamington in August. Lee Williamson won his QF at Barnwood beating Grant Baldwin (Coleford BC) 21-20 in a terrific QF match. Lee now plays SF v Paul Bryant on Sunday 4 August 5pm at Wotton Under Edge BC. Winner to join James in County Final.
Club Competitions. An important part of our annual bowling programme is Club Competitions. As we enter the Quarter final stages of most of the competitions the following stats are available.
We have had 72 individual entrants that have generated 317 entries into 13 competitions. To date 151 games have been played (or conceded). Some stragglers are playing catch-up and the Competitions Committee continues to urge them forward! By the time we reach the finals day (31 Aug) the club should have completed approx 256 games.
Like most competitions there have been some surprises along the way and no doubt there will be more before the competitions are completed. I’m not going to draw attention to any particular victories or defeats – members can scrutinise the competition boards if they wish!
The administration of competitions is time consuming and generates large amounts of paper. The club is looking at ways of putting next season’s club competitions on-line; this would include rink bookings. In the meantime a big thank you to the Competitions Committee for all their hard work.
Club tourists had a lovely time in Eastbourne, lovely hotel and great food. The weather was mostly kind, except for a showery and very windy afternoon on a Hastings hilltop! There were some lovely settings for playing bowls. They won 3 of our 5 games and only lost the other 2 games by 1 shot and 3 shots respectively. The company was great and a good time was had by all.
On behalf of the tourists a big thank you to Gill Dorman for all her hard work putting the tour together and especially for sorting out the teams each day.
THIS WEEK:
Monday. Home match v South Oxford Tourists. Players are reminded that the game starts at 1pm and dress is whites.
Thursday. Suffolk Square provides a neutral venue for Last 32 National Top Club match between Wootton Bassett BC and Bristol BC. 6pm.
Friday. 6pm Ladies Inter-Club away at Cheltenham Spa.
Saturday 10am National Top Club (Last 32) Cheltenham ‘A’ v St Dunstans (Worcs) at Worcester BC. Support welcome.
FORTHCOMING MATCHES (not on the fixture card)
GBA Double Rink Cheltenham ‘B’ at home to Redland ‘B’ on Sunday 28 July. 2pm.
The first round of the Club 2 Wood Triples Competition has now been moved from Wed 24 Jul 24 to Mon 29 Jul 24. Round 2 (Semi-Final) is on Fri 2 Aug 24 and the Final on Club Finals day Sat 31 Aug.
9 August County Cup Section Final. Cheltenham ‘A’ v Fairford or Cheltenham Spa at home 6pm
10 August Suffolk Square host UK Regional Open Family Pairs
Monday 12 August GBA Double Rink away at Chipping Campden
OTHER BOWLING MATTERS:
The club is pleased to welcome Hazlewoods on a one year sponsorship deal. The intention is to use this to mutual benefit with the purchase of new score boards displaying company advertising. We are also extremely grateful to Adler Fairways who have recently renewed their generous sponsorship for the 5th year.
For more details of these and all other sponsors go to https://cheltenhambowlingclub.org.uk/our-sponsors/
OTHER MATTERS:
Monday 19th August will see the 50th year for the Annual Senior Citizens Free trip to Weston Super Mare. The coach leaves Leckhampton Road at the side of the Norwood Arms at 8 50 am and returns 5 15 pm. Coach spaces limited. Interested? Contact Geoff at [email protected]
OBITUARY:
Members will be saddened to learn that former member Colin Clarke passed away on Monday after a short illness. Arrangements to follow.
MARKET PLACE:
For sale. 50 bowls badges. £50 ono to charity. Contact Mike Longley at [email protected]
For Sale. Brand new Large Zip Cardigan and Wet Suit. Donation to club funds.
If you want to advertise items for sale contact Allen at [email protected]
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
Saturday 5 October Tina Turner Tribute Night
Saturday 19 October Return of Cher
Saturday 23 November Jerry Lee Lewis
NYE Party See New Year Cruise Brochure
Saturday 18 January ABBA Farewell