Next time we have a competition, we could use that well-known Latin expression: proxime accessit. The classics scholars amongst us will also know that this is a phrase usually abbreviated to prox. acc. But what does it mean? It means: Runner-up to prize-winner. So in every competition we hold, we always have one of these.
With the arrival of the latest newsletter, we now have our very first date of the season. Click Here to check it out. Remember to keep revisiting the Weekly Diary and also the Additional Dates Diary.
Just when you were still standing in awe of Newsletter 50 hitting the streets, racing up from behind is No. 51 – the follow-on from the latest Committee meeting courtesy of DaveH. Whilst we’re sitting at home, the Committee is working its socks off for us all. Newsletter 51
P.S. If you haven’t yet paid your membership fee for 2023, now’s the time!
Concentration whilst you calculate the route for your bowl is very important in this game.
One needs to be very careful with terminology in sport. In crown green bowling, for instance, “roll-ups” are what you do with your pair of bowls just before playing a game against an opponent. In the wider world, however, “roll-ups” are what you make with loose tobacco and a special piece of paper followed by setting fire to them. Remember, do not set fire to your bowls, no matter how you play on the day!
Click Here to read Ian’s latest news from the Clwydian League AGM and the North Wales Coast League AGM.
Yes it’s that time of year again when the snowdrops are popping up in gardens, hedgerows and forests. Take a walk & enjoy.
Beside the Pensarn Beach is this ceramic mosaic crab. It was unveiled by the BBC Autumnwatch Team back in 2011. If you haven’t yet seen it then do pootle along to have a look.
The Club Committee has appointed Marina Roberts as the interim Chairman, to undertake the role between now and the next Annual General Meeting due to the recent sad loss of David Rogers Jones. She’ll need everyone’s support to carry out this role and we’re grateful to her for taking on this responsibility.
John C talks bowls to the new recruits.
Vardre Deganwy Crown Green Bowling Club 