Devizes Bowls Club

What a team!

This year we had the challenge to complete the Autumn Renovations for the 2 greens, seeking windows of opportunity in the weather and relying on the team spirit of  a group of more than 18 volunteer members of our club.

This week we tackled both greens, moving 10 tonnes of top dressing by hand and that was just the beginning. Spreading fertiliser and grass seed followed by the top dressing and levelling with the lute. In all we spent over 12 hours to complete this task and even managed to put into storage the benches and ditch mats for the winter.

This was a fantastic achievement demonstrating what it means to be a true member of a club.

We hope you will enjoy the result of this work next season !

The Social Group’s first event was an end of season race night, and what a fabulous success it was. A sell out crowd of 82 guests, dined on excellent pizzas from Woodland Pizza kitchen, had 8 great races with some nail biting finishes, and a roaring crowd that shook the rafters.

All of this couldn’t have been done without the help of our volunteer group, so a huge thank you goes out to the Tote staff of Julie, Nicki (who made our rosettes as well), Nigel, Mike & Jill, plus Kelvin on “tech support”, Dave on transport, and the multitude of other members who have been behind us 100%.

Lastly a huge thank you to the group’s other half’s who have been to hell and back putting up with the four of us!

Next stop, The Christmas Party on 30^th November!!

Babs, Chris, Darren & Wendy

Congratulations to Colin Smith for maintaining our floral displays!

Your work has earned us 2nd place in the Clubs & Societies category…

Accompanied by our President, Colin received the award from Deputy Mayor, Cllr Jennie Britten at the Town Hall.

The Floodlit Bowls on Wednesday was a great success.  Although It was a little bit chilly, everyone seemed to ignore the cold and just concentrate on finding the jack!!  A bit difficult at times but that was the aim of the game!!

We are grateful to Sydenhams for providing lighting, and also to Kelvin who backed this up with extra floodlights to make the event possible.

A fish and chip supper rounded off the evening and a big thank you goes to Ricky and Terry for running the Bar.  All in all a great sociable evening.

Terry & Ellen

The last Monday afternoon roll up session for this season was held yesterday.  It was well attended and members were treated to a cream tea afterwards.

The Monday afternoon sessions have been a new venture this season.  The sessions are open to all members but have particularly benefited the members who find it difficult to attend evening sessions and also find it challenging to play 18 ends. It has proved to be a very successful format and we are hoping to make it part of the Fixture list again next year. 

The sessions have been very relaxed and friendly which is just what we were hoping for. Thank you to all the members who have made this the success it has proved to be. You have all been fantastic.

Ellen, Coaching & Development

John does it again !

Great exhibition of bowls by both Bradley and John in a thrilling close match.

John holds his nerve !

Devizes Bowls Club will be represented at the Bowls Wiltshire Finals!

 John Scoffield has reached the finals of the County Unbadged singles which is being played Sunday 8^th September at our own club at 10am! Very well done for your outstanding performance in the club competitions and County games.

A testimony by Darren Woodcock

I will apologise, as I know he doesn’t like a fuss, but John has been an incredible unsung hero for Devizes Bowls club. He should be recognised for not only his incredible achievements this year, but also for the encouragement that he has given to some of our members, and I include myself in that list.

This year, he not only won the Men’s Championship, The Two Woods, The Mixed over 60’s and the Men’s Pairs, he also reached the final of the last game of the weekend, The Husband & Wife final. There, both John & Isobel along with their opponents Pam & Kelvin treated us all to a fantastic game, with not only some amazing shots, but many comedy gold moments that only a “Husband & Wife” team could possibly give. When we were all not laughing, we were cheering every bowl, and it felt more like the noise from a football match, rather than a bowls weekend.

However, in the build up to our finals weekend, John had also fought his way through to the County Unbadged Quarter finals singles at Chippenham Town, which coincided with our own Saturday finals. John duly turned up and won his match, and 15 minutes later played his semi final match and yes, you guessed it, he won that as well!

I went along to support John in both of these matches, and I can honestly say, he was not only the best player out there, but he also carried himself extremely well in some very competitive and fractious games.

I know I will be there not just to watch some great bowls on Sunday, but also to try to give just a little bit back to someone who has been a real support to me, and been a great ambassador of Devizes Bowls club. If you are free come up and join me to cheer on John and see if he can become the Wiltshire Unbadged Singles Champion!

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