Opening Day 2024

President Shan Eccles welcomes everyone to the green and performs the opening ceremony
The new kitchen, very generously donated by our sponsor, Konrad Roberts of MKM Building Supplies, already looks well lived-in as Rosina drums up customers for tea and cake

Members attended the Opening Day Ceremony for 2024 together with family, friends and also our sponsors. Ian, David L, Keith, Tommy and a variety of others popping in and out to assist, had done the Club proud by maintaining and improving the standard of the green and the premises throughout the winter. So we are now able to avail ourselves of an excellent green to play on and a well kitted-out clubhouse.

Konrad Roberts and Family. Vardre Deganwy Bowling Club is very grateful to our Sponsor.
Vardre Deganwy Crown Green March 2024

A few more photos of the opening day event will appear on the website in a day or two so keep checking back for updates.

Green Opening Today

Calling all Members to come along to see Shan, our President, perform the short opening ceremony on the green for the 2024 season, then you can start playing bowls.

In the meantime, here’s a photo of David L and Ian practising their Synchronised Mower Mowing, also to be performed as part of the opening ceremony. Well, maybe not, but only because they have too much else to do on our behalf.

Synchronised Mower Mowing performed by David L (left) and Ian

Untidiness! Not us M’lud

Today is the day to put untidiness behind us and spruce up the clubhouse and premises. See you there from 10am onwards. Only got a minute? We’ll take it.

Help to clear this all away today
No room for the Away team yet
New growth around the green!

Nearly There

Work has been going on at the green throughout the winter but, with the Opening Day on Saturday 23rd March almost upon us, most areas of the premises haven’t escaped being tidied, untidied, mown, ripped down, installed, spiked, etc. With everybody else’s help on Friday 22nd March (hopefully), sorting out the inside of the clubhouse as the final preparation for the start of the season should be a breeze. Thanks to our volunteers (below) who have looked after the green and built the new kitchen and got us to this stage of readiness. All fingers accounted for.🖐

The Green Green Grass of Home

If the green isn’t benefitting from the sunshine, then Ian certainly is. A couple of drier days has certainly helped dry the green a bit quicker. Another cut to 8mm took place on Monday morning, before tackling a verticut and partial seeding on Tuesday morning.

The green is still soft, so Ian and David L are likely to get off quite a bit of thatch with the verticut. Hopefully they will be able to roll and aerate the grass on Thursday/Friday before a further cut to perhaps 6mm before Saturday. They don’t want to take too much off too quickly as it will lose its current colour and texture (looks good at moment).

Here’s the green in darkness. You’ll have to wait until the Opening Day on Saturday to see what it looks like!

Action Stations

If you’d like to find out how each country in the world is meeting its climate change action targets, then just Click Here to visit the appropriately named Climate Action Tracker and scroll down their page to choose the country you’d like to know about. Hazel (photo below) has just checked out a few countries!

Hazel has seen it all now

Next Saturday

Remember that our green reopens next Saturday, 23rd March. No doubt everyone is preparing for the season ahead. So, in the meantime, here’s another little riddle for you:

Question: Why is a sovereign gained like a guinea?

Answer: Because it is one pound won.

Source: “A Thousand and One Riddles: With a Few Thrown In”, a Victorian book published by George Routledge and Sons Limited.