One of our members, Maurice (Mo) Arkus, takes us through his journey of contracting CoVID-19, via the NHS Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust...

Roaming Jack Singles

Following a successful maiden competition last year we will be running the Roaming Jack Singles once again.

ENTRIES OPEN NOW.

Direct to Ed Morris in the Club Office, simply contact Ed by e-mail or phone.

Deadline for entries Monday 19^th April.

£5 entry fee, cheque/BACs, open to all members. If you have no option but to pay by cash or card please contact Ed to arrange.

Competition provisional start date Monday 26^th April, running for at least 2 weeks on weekday evenings or

Our new Club shirts (provided by Henselite) are now ready for order.

The first shirt will be discounted to just £10 thanks to generous sponsorship from our main Club sponsor Stibbards and Sons. Subsequent shirts are £25 each.

Click HERE to see the design.

Contact Ed in the Club Office if you would like to order.

In time, these shirts will be used for all Club representative matches.

Club News – March

Outdoor Season

Following the good recent news from Boris, we are planning on opening as early as possible this coming season. Of course this is entirely dependent on Government guidelines and most importantly the weather, so lets hope for some warm and dry weather!

Regardless of when exactly we open, we are planning a full season to be as close to a normal (what is normal these days?!) schedule as possible – we hope you will join us for

As with the Club News from January there is very little to report whilst we remain closed. Management, Indoor and Outdoor Committee meetings are continuing via video conferencing so please keep up to date with the minutes that have been added to the Members’ Area of the Club website.

Club AGM

The Management Committee agreed that we simply cannot hold an AGM currently, for obvious reasons. Instead a pack will be sent in the post to all Full members including a motion

Club News – January

Sadly as the Club continues to be closed by government restrictions there is not a lot of news currently to share with members.

However, there are a few (bowls related) ideas to temporarily halt the boredom of another lockdown:

Wrong Bias Bowls Podcast

Bowls talkshow with hosts David Bolt and Richie McKie covering a variety of topics either locally, national or worldwide. Guests, competitions and updates. www.buzzsprout.com/692521

You can find all episodes here dating back to the podcast’s inception. The

As our region of the country has been placed within ‘tier 3’ for COVID restrictions the management committee have decided that the club will be closed with effect from Wednesday 16^th December until further notice and certainly for the rest of 2020.

The management committee will continue to monitor the situation and will take advice as necessary from the EIBA, local authority and government in making further decisions regarding the running of the club and when and how it can reopen.

All

As you no doubt are aware, our region of the country has been placed within ‘tier 2’ for CoVID restrictions. This means that we can re-open the Club on Monday 7^th December but with some very strict conditions:

-         Opening Hours – Monday to Friday 10am-7:30pm

-         Sessions will begin at 10am, 12noon, 2pm, 4pm and 6pm – each will last for 90minutes; extending the gap between sessions for safety reasons. Players are expected to leave the Club immediately after the conclusion

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