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.
Just a little reminder to our Clwyd Team players that there will be a team practice on Saturday 30th March from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Also, remember not to handicap yourselves by eating any Easter eggs before the practice.
Ian: David, answer this, what is the colour of a grass plot covered with snow?
David J: Well Ian, I’m not sure about that. You’ll have to tell me.
Ian: It’s Invisible Green, of course!
Source: “A Thousand and One Riddles, With a Few Thrown In”, book published by George Routledge and Sons Limited.
If you want to know what’s happening in the week ahead, and don’t have time to get to the clubhouse, just visit the 2024 Diary on the Diary page.
Click Here to read Ian’s report on the opening day of the season held on Saturday 23rd March.
And, just Click Here to see the photographs from the event.
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.
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.
Vardre Deganwy Crown Green Bowling Club 