Friday 5 April 2024 - Quiz Night

The Club again held a very successful Quiz Night with playing & social members with their guests making up the contestants.

 

It was good to see Alan Hazel, acting as Quiz Master, back in form. Alan Entertained us with a smashing quiz. 

Rounds including ones on Geography, Entertainment and General Knowledge. The final question, which stumped most of the teams was the decider.

During the interval the contestants enjoyed a meal of “fish & chips” supplied by a chip shop, recommended by Brian Rose who arranged delivery. I am told that the chicken burger was particularly nice.

The picture shows the winning team, with their prizes and impressive trophy!
 

The event was again efficiently organised by Chris Darby & Chris Martyn. 

Pam and Graham arranged a Tour on the Isle of Wight mostly for members of the Club. On route we played a game at Basingstoke. We won on one rink.

Isle of Wight Indoor Bowling Club  gave us a warm welcome when we played two games there,  which we unfortunately lost, but there was lots of laughter and the bacon sandwiches were a big hit.

On the Thursday we had tour of the Island which included the Needles, which we did not see because of the mist and a stopover in Yarmouth for lunch.  

Everybody seemed to have a good time although no one played Bingo in the Hotel, but there was dancing!

Thank you Pam & Graham for organising the tour.

L&CPIBC have two leagues for outdoor clubs,  on Wednesday evening and  Friday evenings. A lot of our members play indoors and were keen to take part, so we entered three teams, one on Wednesday and two on Friday (FH - 1 & FH – 2). FH-1 and FH-2 had players of similar ability and everybody had the chance to play the same number of games.

We are pleased to report that our Wednesday team came second in Wednesday’s  second division and the two Friday teams came 1st and 4th  in Friday’s  second division. The picture shows some of  FH -1 with the impressive  plaque they won!

The New season  starts with a Club Drive on the Saturday closest to St George's Day, followed the next day with the traditional St George’s Day match.  We always fly St George’s flag on that day but unfortunately the flag pole was showing signs of wear and tear, so we have started renovation it with a fresh coat of paint. This involves swinging the pole down so that our "flag pole painter", John Darby does not have to climb it with his paint brush!

This Friday night the Club house was set up so the members could have an evening playing short mat bowls. This is the second year we have held this event. Although all most everybody had played last year, most of their first  woods either ended in the ditch or would have left the green if they had not hit the  wooden guards at the side. Every body soon got the hang of it and had an enjoyable evening. Those who did not play just enjoyed a drink and socialising. 

Thank you Chas and Deirdre for again organising this evening. 

Next event 5th April   - Quiz Night

It is with pleasure that we can report that Chas has become a Level 2 Coach. With another coach we may all play better next year! 

Well done Chas!

 On Friday the 8th September, the Club hosted its famous annual Candle lit bowling evening. The rink boundaries were marked out with tea lights and the Club House illuminated with strings of lights.

The evening started with a tea consisting of scones, clotted cream & jam, sandwiches and homemade cakes. When it started to get dark all the lights were turned on and the teams made up of players from Forest Hill and invited clubs, processed to the Green and a game of “rinks” started. At first the there was no difficulty seeing what was going on but as it got darker, touches were needed to see the Jack. (It is difficult  line up a jack in the dark when you can’t see the hand signals of the number 1!). After 15 ends the players returned to the Club House for the presentation to the winners and drinks. Everybody seems  enjoy our  Candle lit evening as they come back year after year.

Many thanks to everybody who worked hard in organising, preparing and running the evening. 

Thank you Angela & Chris for the photos.

A little black and white kitten has decided that the Club is a nice place to hang around and get lots of petting, and laps to sit on. I don’t know if she likes to watch bowls but does seem to fall asleep when a game is being played.

She is particularly attracted to David!

We would make her a members but we do not have membership category for cats. 

The Club held a very successful Quiz Night with playing & social members with their guests making up the 48 contestants.

Peter Gerlach, our normal Quiz Master, could not fulfill his normal role but Ian Skelly, successfully  stepped into the role.

Rounds including ones on London, Geography, Films and General Knowledge. A question on the capital of Madagascar stumped most teams! 

During the interval the contestants enjoyed a meal of “fish & chips” supplied by the local chip shop, Saba.

The event was expertly organised by Chris Darby & Chris Martyn who made the event run smoothly. 

On Sunday afternoon the Club held  President  Alan’s Day, when instead of an afternoon of the usual triples, we had a “Fun Day”. This involved various activities that involved nine games, including trying to knock down a rabbit (not a real one!), games of skittles, shove halfpenny using our bowls and trying to bowl though the legs of chairs. The afternoon ended with a buffet provided by the members, who each brought a plate of food. Everybody had a very enjoyable afternoon and look forward to the next Fun Days later in the year.