Another very successful charity day was held at Lostwithiel Bowls Club which raised a grand total of £1250 for Cornwall Hospice Care. A presentation of the cheque was made on 21st August. A big thank you to all the teams that participated to this worthy cause.

On Saturday 24th August 12 club players competed in this annual
event in an attempt to win one of the appropriately dressed stuffed
toys with the successful players having to add to the toy for the
following years event.
The Club Treasurer John presented the prizes to Wendy Nicholson-
Bertha and Peter Brock-Bertie with Booby going this year to last
year’s top prize winner Adrian Wood. Congratulations to all.
This was followed by a Faith Tea and thanks to Chris Burrough
helping to get the food out and all for the washing up and supplying
the excellent range of foodstuffs.

 

On Sunday 18th August we held our Annual Charity Triples Day with all money
raised going to Cornwall Hospice Care. Eighteen teams had signed up from
many local clubs as well as some of Lostwithiel. Many thanks to all players, all
club members who provided food, services and raffle prizes, to local traders
who supported the event and former players and friends who helped in so
many ways.
The real beneficiary will be Cornwall Hospice Care when we hand over the
£1,250.00 on our final day of the season on 14 th September.
The photographs show Alan Pearce, a former member of the club who had
been involved in the organisation of the event for many years, presenting the
winners and runners up prizes to a team from Imerys and Wadebridge
respectively. Congratulations to Terry Kellow and his team from Imerys who
wins the trophy again and to Peter Keat, a former member of Lostwithiel and
also a past winner for bringing his team from Wadebridge.

 

The photograph shows the Lostwithiel Team and the team from
Wadebridge who competed in the final at Bodmin with Wadebridge
winning by 20-13 after a tight final where both teams won 9 ends
each. The team for that match was Captain Chris Dimond, John
Berryman, Brian Philp and Morley Tubb. Richard Read played in the
first match against Dunheved. This is the first time in many years
since the team reached the final.

During their B team game against Saltash in June Renny
Fenton, Barry Bowe, Morley Tubb and Brian Philp successfully
gained a Hot Shot during the 28-7 win. The photograph
shows the players with their certificates and they also were
given silver medals by Bowls International. Well Done to all
the team.

Let us first start with the weather which has certainly been
changeable with the occasional nice day interspersed with some
heavy and persistent rain-not the weather most of us want to play or
watch bowls in.
We have unfortunately had two of our male members involved in
falls and we wish them both well and speedy recoveries.
On the playing front the men’s A team has had a good start winning
all three of their games and the B team have recently had their first
win with a 5-0 win away from home.
The mixed Millennium team also had good wins on all rinks away at
Callington and now progress to the next round at Kensey Vale.
We are still in need of some more new players as our Taster Days
were not as successful as we would have hoped despite the
significant local advertisements. If you are looking for an opportunity
to play bowls then contact the club through this web site; you will be
made most welcome.

The green workers in unison.
Despite the still very wet weather, we have been flooded three times
in the past two weeks, any time the weather is dry and preferably
sunny our green team have to take advantage to produce a decent
bowling green for National, County, League games and our own
members.
We really need a few weeks of good sunshine in order to have a dry
green that will play well-we can only wish and have our irrigation
system ready in case we swing completely to a hot dry summer as
we have had in the past two years.

Although we could not use the green despite the efforts of the
greenkeeper and his fantastic team of helpers in the end the weather
beat us. However we were pleased that the Mayor of Lostwithiel,
who also happens to be one of our top lady bowlers, Karin
Henderson formally opened the green and managed to bowl the first
wood of the season after being welcomed by our Chairman Richard
Read.
After getting all the paperwork in order and sorting out teams for the
upcoming friendlies and practice matches we were able to sit down
to an excellent faith tea-thank you to all who provided the
refreshments.
The green team are confident, based on the weather forecast, that
the green will be ready for the Taster Days next Saturday and Sunday
and are hopeful for some new members who have the advantage of
a considerable discount on the current annual fee.

With only nine weeks to go before the start of the 2024 outdoor
season the wet weather seems set in for a few more weeks limiting
the amount of time we can spend on the green. From my records
this is at least the third very wet autumn/winter in a row and it looks
like we will have another year with very hot weather during one of
our summer months; a situation we will have to get used to as our
global climate changes.
Hopefully all our current members will rejoin but we are always
looking for new members, men and ladies, both ones who have
played before and new members to the sport who will attend our
annual Taster Days in late April. Both classes of member are entitled
to a reduction in annual fees for their first year and bowls are always
available to get you going -so it doesn’t have to be an expensive
sport but one you can keep doing in your old age.
Lostwithiel has one of the most picturesque grounds in the county
located in the Fowey valley surrounded by farm and wood lands with
an excellent club house, car park and dedicated committee.
We look forward to welcoming you to the club.