Thursday 2nd June – Buntingford Bowls Club. Playing at Buntingford to celebrate their Century was the Friends’ third game of the week in Hertfordshire and Buntingford’s first of their many celebration games this year. We, apparently, were the “guinea pigs”! In my opinion it was right first time and there is nothing to fix! Parking is always a problem for the Buntingford club but a team wearing high viz jackets soon had us parked as…
Wednesday 1st June – Hoddesdon (Rosehill) Bowls Club. On a sunny cloudy day we gathered at Hoddesdon Bowls Club, just in Greater London, at the top of a small hill going into large trees and houses being built. Where are they not building houses nowadays? As usual we were all hungry when we arrived; it is something to do with not preparing the food yourself, so we took advantage of fresh sandwiches on sale with…
Tuesday 31st May: Royston Bowls Club. The day started for everyone with a very wet journey to Royston so we had the photos taken in the clubhouse, and read the teams out indoors – as you can see Doris Wellstead (Bedfordshire) was very happy with her team! We only played 18 ends, and the rain held off until the last couple of ends. FoEB won overall with a 115-75 score. The highest winning rink was:…
Thursday 19th May at Bere Alston Bowling Club. After a couple of wet days playing in Devon in the final game of the week, The Friends’ team were relieved to play in the sunshine at Bere Alston, a club with only 30 playing members with excellent clubhouse and facilities. We were greeted at lunchtime with very nice sandwich’s, sausage rolls, and a selection of Home made Cakes (yummy yummy). With a good green and ideal…
Wednesday 18th May – Sir Frances Drake Bowls Club, Tavistock. Visiting Devon is always a pleasure, today was no exception and across Dartmoor to Tavistock was beautiful. We were early enough to delve into the pannier market and buy some treasures When we arrived at the bowls club, members were there to welcome us into the clubhouse extension, which our Adie officially opened in 2014. Unfortunately just as we started to bowl the rain began and it rained…
Tuesday May 17th – FoEB v Plymouth (Sir Francis Drake) B.C. Oh dear, the weather wasn’t looking so good, and it certainly proved not to be during the afternoon! The warm welcome we all received was not matched by the weather. Our wets were donned and we began the game in the hope the rain would ease up but unfortunately it got worse. The greenkeeper, Sam Allen, was concerned for the green, and a buffet…
Sunday 8th May – Friends v Disability Bowls England and Chelsea Pensioners. The Friends arrived early at Sawbridgeworth Bowls Club for our first committee meeting, this time face-to-face and not on-line, as we have been doing for some time. The club made us very welcome, providing drinks and biscuits, and we finished our meeting as the DBE players arrived at lunch time, when the bar opened and freshly made rolls could be bought. Shortly after this…
What a fantastic end to the season for the Friends on our visit to Gloucester Spa on Sunday 19th September 2021 where the club were celebrating their 100 year anniversary. We arrived to a wonderful welcome from their President Allan Dunn and Captain Mike Prosser and many of the members of their club. Players for Friends arrived from 13 Counties for the fixture. The welcome buffet lunch was so filling it left most of us…