Marina: Dave, before we do some work, tell me this: How many sides are there to a tree?
DaveH: Now that sounds like a trick question Marina. OK, tell me. How many?
Marina: Two sides. The outside and the inside.
Source: Victorian Book “A Thousand and One Riddles, With a Few Thrown In”, Publisher George Routledge & Sons Ltd.
The annual Big Garden Birdwatch, organised by the RSPB. You can participate by counting the number of birds that land in your garden over just a one-hour period between 26th-28th January 2024. Click Here to visit the RSPB website and find out how you can help with this research.
Referee, Arthur Peake, one of our club members, has some useful information to share after the Annual General Meeting of the British Crown Green Referees Society, held in December 2023. It’s in relation to the infamous smart-watches that have crept into the BCGBA’s Laws of the Game. Just Click Here to find out more.
“By the way, I now have a Scoreband™ for my wrist that looks like a smart-watch but it just keeps the score, or shows the time. Please, no more frisking me at matches. Thank you.” bowlsjustroll
Dave H is out-doing himself in 2024. He has already produced the second newsletter of the calendar year, and they take a lot of hard work to put together. So, thanks Dave. Click Here to be whisked off to Newsletter 62.
Have you ever wondered about how and why our storms have names? Storm Isha, the one that has just blown down your tree or moved your wheelie bin from the front garden to the back garden (saving you the trouble), is the 9th storm of the season. You could argue that naming a storm Isha, that is pronounced ee-sha, should not be considered. However, the powers that be seem to think they know what they’re doing. Click Here to read a very interesting little article about how and why storms in the UK get their names. (Storm Jocelyn is next up – today!).
The annual Big Garden Birdwatch, organised by the RSPB, is back again. Why not take part in helping count the number of birds that land in your garden over just a one-hour period between 26th-28th January 2024. Click Here to visit the RSPB website and find out how you can help with this research.
Some members of bowling clubs in North Wales join the Craig y Don bowling club during the winter months (when it’s not too cold) to play bowls socially and to keep their skills honed. A week or two ago, the croquet club, on whose lawns the winter bowling takes place, submitted a planning application for a new clubhouse adjacent to the green. Click Here to read the Pioneer Newspaper’s article on the topic. Click Here to read the Notice relating to all the decisions taken by the Planning Committee at the meeting on 10th January 2024.
In January 1841, the British and the Chinese ended long negotiations over territory in the opium wars. China agreed to pay indemnities and ceded the island of Hong Kong to the British. Hong Kong was eventually returned to China on 1st July 1997.
In case you haven’t noticed yet, the BBC is televising the World Indoor Championship, at Hopton on Sea, England. It has been running all week and the last 3-days are today, tomorrow and Sunday. There are a variety of ways to watch it on the BBC so simply choose your method.
Gay sends a message to all members of the Friday morning craft Group: this week’s group get-together is cancelled as there will be a Committee meeting in the Clubhouse that morning. All will be back to normal the following Friday so, if you have any homework to do, you have an additional 7-days in which to get it done!
Vardre Deganwy Crown Green Bowling Club 