David L: Well now Ian. I have a little question for you.
Ian: OK David. What do you want to know?
David L: Why is a man imprisoned like a boat full of water?
Ian: You’ll have to give me the answer to that one David.
David L: Because he requires bailing out.
Source: “A Thousand and One Riddles, With a Few Thrown In”, book published by George Routledge and Sons Limited.
Today is the opening day of the season for the North Wales Coast League. Our ‘A’ Team is Away to Rhos Park ‘B’, and our ‘B’ Team hosts Rhos-on-Sea. Good luck to both teams.
Just prior to the green opening, some of our members volunteered to help spruce up the club. The new kitchen installation created the need to get the clubhouse well prepared for the new season, and some tidying up outside was also vital whilst Ian and David L were on greenkeeping duty. Many thanks from everyone at the club for their hard work.
The Welsh Crown Green Bowling Association will be 100-years old in 2026. The organisation is in the process of setting up a committee to plan their celebratory year, and would welcome any interested person who would like to join them in this endeavour. Click Here to visit their website to find out a bit more information and how to get involved.
Congratulations to our Clwydian League ‘C’ Team as they won their first match of the season and their 3 best players on the day are now numbers 1, 2 & 3 in the individual player aggregates list for their Division. Keep it going.
Meanwhile, our North Wales Coast League team members joined together to play a friendly at home against Dwygyfylchi last night. With about 15-members a side, some doubles matches were also played to ensure that everyone got a game despite the cold and the rain. Crown green bowlers are a hardy lot and it was an enjoyable evening all round.
Our Clwydian League ‘C’ Team plays the Club’s first match of the season today whilst the ‘A’ and ‘B’ Teams play their first matches in two-weeks time. Good luck to the ‘C’ Team that is AWAY to Rhos-on-Sea at 2:15pm.
Our North Wales Coast ‘A’ Team, however, plays a friendly on the same day at Vardre Deganwy versus Dwygyfylchi, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Remember to arrive by 4:30pm.
With the build up to this year’s league matches, here’s the forecast for the week ahead in the Conwy area (as at Sunday 31st March).
On Good Friday, Christians commemorate Jesus’ execution, when he died on a wooden cross. It’s a day of mourning in the Church, and services are held to reflect on his pain and suffering.
After Jesus died, his body was taken to be buried in a tomb. It was heavily guarded by Roman soldiers, and a huge boulder was placed in front of it.
Two days after, on the Sunday, Mary Magdalene and some of Jesus’ disciples visited the tomb, only to find the boulder pushed to one side and the inside completely empty. Later that day, they found Jesus alive, and realised God had resurrected him. This is why Christians celebrate Easter Sunday.
30th March 1867 saw the signing of the land treaty for Alaska, with the purchase from Russia by the United States of America for a sum of $7.2 million. Less than 2-cents per acre. Russia was keen to sell the territory but there were many critics in the U.S., claiming it was a waste of money. Once gold was discovered there in 1899, views changed. Alaska became the 49th state on January 3, 1959.
There are rules around Christian Moveable Feasts and Holy Days. Easter Day (on which all the rest depend) is always the first Sunday after the full Moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox (21st March). If the full Moon falls on a Sunday then Easter is on the following Sunday.
Want to know more? Then just visit the Royal Museums Greenwich website.
Vardre Deganwy Crown Green Bowling Club 