Please note that entries for indoor county competitions for the forthcoming season need to be completed ASAP.

The entry form can be downloaded HERE

These are for Mens and Mixed competitions.

The closing date for the return of entries is 7th September 2021.

There are also plenty of copies of the form printed at the Club in the corridor.

David Dar

Men's Indoor Competition Secretary

Essex County

Club Competitions

All Mens, Ladies and Mixed Club competitions are now drawn and on the relevant noticeboards.

There are plenty of queries coming into the Office, please be advised that I cannot help with these, they must be directed to the relevant Competition Secretaries:

Men – Phil Morris

Ladies – Margaret Shillitto

Good luck to everyone!

Club Opening Hours

Due to there being numerous weekend afternoons and evenings with no matches on, the decision has been made to limit our weekend opening hours for the rest of

INDOOR SUMMER

RINK BOOKING

 Will be required for indoor bowling, via Ed in the Club Office only – not online!

• Indoor Arena will be open Mon-Fri from 10am to 8pm and Sat-Sun 10am-2pm until further notice. Sessions start at 10am, 12noon, 2pm, 4pm & 6pm where applicable
• Each indoor session will last 1 hour 45 minutes, with the arena bell sounding at 20 minutes to the hour.
• Indoor bowlers must enter their name on the session sheet and pay their £3.00 rink as normal at the session desk

As some members may have already seen, we are fully opening up our Club up to the general public to give bowls a try (Outdoors and Indoors) on

Saturday 7^th August (between 10am-4pm)

This is most definitely one of the most important days/events the Club has run in recent memory – we have not had the opportunity to actively recruit any new members since before CoVID hit and it is now more important than

Mark Royal Bowls Shop Roadshow

Mark Royal is bringing the Potters Bowls Shop Roadshow back to the Club on Thursday 24^th June 11am-7pm – a great chance to pick up anything you might need, as it is the first time in 18 months that he has been able to visit.

International Match

A big thank you to everyone who helped out over the course of this past weekend – the Club showed itself in a great light and both countries went away very

Bar Hours

We have expanded our hours further as the season continues to expand:

Mon-Fri

Lunch 11:00 - 14:00 

Evening 17:00 - 21:30

Sat/Sun

Lunch 11:00 - 14:00

Club Friendlies

Friendly Match sheets are now back on their usual noticeboard in the Club corridor. Please put your name down for any match you would like to play in.

Club Competitions

A reminder that the deadline for entries to the Mens and Ladies Club Competitions is this Sunday (23^rd May).

Elite Squad Test Match

We are proud to be hosting a Test Match between the Elite Squads of England and Ireland over the weekend of 22^nd & 23^rd May.

This match features both the Men and Women top players from each country and will be a great watch for anyone who would like to spectate.

Play will be between the following times:

Saturday 8:30am – 6:45pm

Sunday 8:30am – 6:15pm

Therefore play for members will be suspended across the whole weekend as well as between 2pm-5pm

Dear Member,

As you no doubt are aware, the country is moving to step three of ‘Roadmap out of Lockdown’ on Monday 17^th May, this will allow our club to relax some of the restrictions that have been in place for the last few months.

A summary of those changes is as follows:-

OUTDOORS

• Rink booking for roll-ups will not be required for outdoor bowling, just turn up!
• The Monday and Wednesday morning disc games both commence next week (17^th and 19^th May) and run for the remainder

Opening Hours Update

From 1^st & 2^nd May, we are opening on weekends from 10am-2pm initially. As restrictions are eased we will return to being open all day every day, but we will be operating these hours at weekends in the meantime.

Club Bar Update from Kevin Robertson

“Having watched how the bar is being used over the last couple of days I will be revising our opening times slightly. Starting from Monday we will stay open at lunchtime for another 30 minutes