June 2024 – Vardre Deganwy Crown Green Bowling Club

Riddle

John C (top left): Dave, here’s something from one bowls coach to another. Dave H (top right): OK John, lay it on me. John C: What is that which comes with a coach, goes with a coach, is of no use whatever to the coach, and yet the coach can’t go without it? Dave H:Continue reading “Riddle”

Summer Solstice Today

Today will be the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and the 2024 Summer Solstice will occur at 21:50pm British Summer Time. So day and night today will be roughly equal in length. The Summer Solstice can occur between the 20th and 22nd June – this year it is on the 20thContinue reading “Summer Solstice Today”

Update

Apologies for no posts for a few days until my provider fixes my broadband problem. Perhaps service will resume on Thursday this week.

4 of the Best

Our ‘B’ Team in the North Wales Coast League won their match yesterday by 12 wins to zero. Not only that but 4 of their players had the “Best Result” of the match. Well done everyone.

Trooping the Colour

Today is Trooping the Colour, the event to celebrate the official birthday of King Charles III. His actual birthday is in November but the official birthday is usually held in the summer months, although this year the weather tells us that we might still be stuck in November. Watch it from 10:30am on BBC1.

Reminders

Reminder 1: Volunteers are needed for the evening of 19th June 2024 to help with refreshments or measuring. The list is up in the Clubhouse so please add your name. Reminder 2: The Colwyn Bowls Festival 2024 runs from Sunday 28th July until Friday 2nd August. They have had a huge number of entries forContinue reading “Reminders”

Friendly Day Today

Today’s Friendly is at Home versus Penrhyn New Hall. Arrive by 1:30pm to be paired up with a partner, and then the match commences at 2:00pm. Come along and enjoy yourselves. It’s a great way for less experienced players to play a game with someone who has more experience. It is also played in aContinue reading “Friendly Day Today”

1 + 1 = 2

Can you do the above sum? Can you also do subtractions? Then you are just the person that this Club will need after November, so please put your thinking cap on now and prepare to volunteer. Why? Well here’s a message from David L, Treasurer: “After some 10-years as Treasurer, including a few years asContinue reading “1 + 1 = 2”

Tip Top

Under Carol B’s captaincy, our Ladies Clwydian League Team sits atop the ‘A’ Division Table in its first year in the Division. The Team won the Division ‘B’ title last year at its first attempt, so keep going ladies and try to emulate that amazing and unexpected win by Emma Raducanu at the US OpenContinue reading “Tip Top”

2024 Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain

After winning the 1st Stage of the Tour that ended in Llandudno on Thursday, Lotte Kopecky also won the 2nd Stage that was a circular route from Wrexham through the Horseshoe Pass and back into Wrexham. On the 2nd Stage, she broke away from the Peloton together with the British rider Anna Henderson, and theyContinue reading “2024 Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain”