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16th April
2014
Copnor Bowls Club is
100 this year
As part of
their Centenary Year, Copnor Bowling
Club are having two Open Days on
Saturday 26th April and Saturday 10th
May at 2pm - all welcome.
In addition, they also welcome beginners on a Monday afternoon at 2pm to
encourage potential bowlers to try their
hand - you will be well looked
after by Copnor members.
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Enjoy a cup of tea and a chat to find
out more about joining the club.
The Swordsands Bowling Association (who
run the bowling facilities) offer a
competitively priced season ticket, and
if you are under 30, the first year’s
season ticket is free.
So, if
you are interested, why not pop along to
their green at
Swordsands Bowling Association, which is
situated
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11th April
2014 78th
Portsmouth Open Bowls Tournament
Sunday 3rd to Saturday
9th August 2014.
Entries now being
taken.
For more information,
entry form and gallery of the 2013 winners please
click here
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11th April
2014 Leigh
Park Charity Triples
Sunday 7th Sept 2014 in aid of
The Rosemary Foundation.
Numbers strictly limited 24 teams. Start times 9 &
10am.
Prizes for winners and runners
up.
Buffet, Bar & Raffle Prizes.
A great fun day. Come
along and join the day!
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30th March
2014
Cowplain Bowling Club invites you to experience their
hospitality
Cowplain Bowling Club are having an open day on
Saturday May 10th from 10:00 to 15:00. Everyone
welcome, beginners can come along and have a go!
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| 17th March
2014
Invitation to Clubs of the Portsmouth & District
Chris Young Bowls
Roadshow will be visiting Hayling Island Bowling Club on
Friday 25th April. For more details please
contact Hayling Island BC
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dates for your diary.
Rowland Cup has now been drawn. Please check when
and where you are playing.
More dates in the
Friendlies calendar. Book your rink in now with our
new 'online' form.
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Some reminders
1) The P&D Constitution and Competition,
League & Midweek League Rules have been
updated to reflect the changes agreed at the
2014 AGM.
To view, follow
the "Rules"
link from our Home page and they will be in this
year's Manual.
2)
Sadly, we lost Post Office BC
during the winter. Their members
voted to disband in November.
3)
However, the good news is that
Portchester BC have returned to
the fold. They will be playing
in the West Division of the
Midweek League.
And there's more....
Rumours have been heard that
Rowner Bowls Club (see picture
further down this page) have
been approached with a view to
'Twinning' by Hambledon Village
who themselves have recently
twinned with Bruges and Venice.
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13th
Feb 2014
Friendlies fixtures are now available for your
diaries
If you
would like to submit a rink from your club simply use
the new form available at the top of the Friendlies
Fixtures list.
Or you might like to
challenge the P&D to a friendly at your club. Please use
the invitation form at the top of the Friendlies
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28th
January 2014
League
and Combination fixtures are now available for your
diaries
Unbelievable as it may sound, the 2014 bowls season will
soon be upon us. Please take a look at the
Competition
section for League and Combination fixtures.
Please keep an eye on
divisional fixtures for any changes that prove
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A brief note to inform you all of
what was agreed at the 2014 P&D AGM.
As you'll see from an earlier posting,
Ken Graham has now taken over the reins
as P&D President (as he was getting
bored no longer being County President
and needed something to keep him busy!!)
Les is now our Senior Vice President and
we were all pleased that John Pearson
from Alexandra agreed to become our
Junior Vice President (obviously his
term in office back in 2011 hadn't put
him off!!)
Paul Robson was formally voted in to
replace Jim Bartlett as our Match
Secretary. Jim will be missed, but we
know that Paul will do an excellent job
in stepping into his shoes - in fact he
has already set up our fixtures for the
forthcoming season.
After 3 years in the role, John Ralphs
stood down as our Midweek League
Secretary. Ken Graham paid tribute to
all his hard work he performed during
his term of office.
To replace him, Martyn Reynolds of Star
& Crescent stepped forward. So please
all give him your support in his 1st
year.
Changes were also agreed to the P&D
Constitution, Competition, League &
Midweek Rules. The new rules will appear
soon on the website with changes marked.
The following items were also agreed:
1) Capitation Fees were set at
£1.50, 0.75p for Juniors (under 18)
2) P&D Competition forms are now to be
sent to Treasurer with the full entry
fees. (No
pay No play.)
3) To replace the old County Secretary's
Singles (which Bowls Hampshire dropped),
there will now be a P&D Club
Secretary Singles, open to each club's
Secretary or Treasurer, Male or Female.
There is No entry fee for this
competition.
a) There is a new form to nominate
players for each P&D Friendly game and
it doesn't have to be a complete rink
that is put forward. This will be
available on the P&D Website for
downloading as well as being sent to all
Club Secretary's.
b) The following Price structure was
agreed:
- For
Away matches where a Coach is being
used, then costs will be
£15 for
players and £12 for guests (which
includes after match meal).
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For Away matches where travel is by
car, then each passenger should pay
the driver
£5
to cover his/her costs. In addition,
there will be a match fee (including
cost of the after game meal).
- For all Home matches, the fee will
be set to cover costs (i.e. match
fee and after game meal).
NOTE: The match and meal costs will
be sent out to each club when player
nominations are asked for.
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Regards
Dave
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VIEWS FROM THE HEAD
A new section
in which events and characters will come under scrutiny
from our resident 'roving' reporter - DW
Look out!
Go there now... |
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Honours Boards
In keeping with the P&D's attempt
to make a record of the history of Bowls and Bowlers in
Portsmouth photographs are being added to the various honours
boards as and when they become available. It is hoped this will
capture memorabilia before it is lost to time and give everybody
a chance to put faces to the many names who have achieved
success in the sport. It can be nice to see faces of long lost
friends and adversaries.
If you have photographs of any
individual or team that have been honoured please let the
Secretary borrow them so they may be copied and posted. Unless
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But please don't stop there. If
you have photos of your club, its teams, the members or any
events that might make interesting viewing we can add these to
our photo gallery.
Let's not lose our history and
heritage. Many thanks in anticipation.
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Notices |
The P&D
needs your
help
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Dave
Wildman
in
drag |
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We are
presently
trying to
capture the
history of
the P&D by
placing on
record
within this
website as
much
information
as possible
before it is
lost.
If you have
anything
that might
help please
let us know.
Things that
will be of
particular
interest are
old photos
and
information
to fill gaps
on honours
boards.
Everything
and anything
will be
gratefully
received.
Let's list
it before we
lose it. |
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A
Big thank you
Our appreciation to everybody
who has contributed in our quest
to fill in the missing
information on Honours Boards.
Please keep it coming and we
will eventually compile a
complete record of all those who
are worthy to call themselves
winners in this great district.
We
hope you find discovery of
historical 'artefacts' relating
to the P&D interesting. |
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Members of the P&D are
actively encouraged to
submit reports and
photos of their matches,
club activities or any
articles that might be
considered amusing or of
general interest. |
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