The Council has advised us that the Heaton Street car park will be totally closed for parking on the 19th & 20th of January , next week. And partially closed for the rest of the week as they trim up some of the trees.
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Hi All
Congratulations to all those who performed with such distinction at the National pairs and singles over the past 8 days.
Special congratulations to Mandy Boyd for her success in the women’s singles and pairs competitions which has earned her a bar to her gold star with 10 National titles (one of only three women in NZ bowls history to do so).
Congratulations also to Gary Lawson and Tania Woodham for their silver medals in the men’s and women’s pairs and to Lance Pascoe for a bronze in the men’s pairs.
A huge thank you to all those volunteers who gave their time so willingly around the club, to help make the event the success that it was. We had lots of positive comments from Bowls NZ and others.
A special thank you to Steve Street and Don Baker for the countless hours they have put into the green preparation. The green for the finals was outstanding, resulting in some fantastic games on finals day.
Best of luck to everyone for the rest of the season.
Ian Rule
President
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More sad news unfortunately.
Long time member Colin Sherratt passed away yesterday. Colin was a member since 2006 and was still playing Edwards Cup up until 2 years ago when aged over 90.
Our thoughts are with Colin’s family at this sad time.
Ian Rule
President
From the match committeeThanks to all who have been proactive in playing their games.
With interclub either having finished or about to finish. every opportunity needs to be taken by singles players and skips in other events to get their games scheduled and played. We remind players of the very early dates next year for champion of champion singles and fours.
David has received an email from David Conroy offering to run an umpires course for those who are interested. Please get back to me or Nyalla Tamati if you are interested. It would be nice to get some qualified umpires at our club.
Every Friday night at 6.00. 1. First draw to be held at 6pm 3rd October starting at $100
2. All members (full, limited and non playing) to have a number with one number drawn at approximately 6pm each Friday. To win, the person drawn must be present at the draw and a fully paid up member (subs are now due). If not present or not fully paid up, the prize pool will jackpot by $50 per week.
3. When the prize pool reaches $1000 the jackpot is terminated. If the first person drawn is present and financial, they win $1000. If not present, numbers continue to be drawn until someone present and financial has their number drawn. Any second, or subsequent winner drawn will win $500.
4. If the main prize pool is won at any time, the next draw reverts back to $100.
5. If the $500 is won (ie the second or subsequent person drawn at the terminating draw) the next weeks draw reverts to $250.
6. Terms subject to change if deemed necessary by the Executive.
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Greetings fellow bowlers and welcome to the 20025 – 26 season. since I was last president.
It is an honour to serve as your president again after an eight year gap. A lot has changed since I was last president. The urban beach has been transformed back to a bowling gren, our number 2 green has had further improvements, and we now have a wonderful new clubhouse for all to enjoy. We also have a healthy balance sheet and all of these, along with our considerable playing strength make us the envy of many other clubs.This can lead to a “tall poppy syndrome” which can reflect negatively on the way other clubs perceive us. Elmwood has always been considered a friendly club which is a great place to play and visit. We must continue to win with dignity and lose with honour whenever we are on the greens.
Speaking of winning, we were once again very well represented at the recent Bowls Canterbury Awards Evening and congratulations to all of those wo won titles last season. Since that awards night both our women’s and men’s champion fours teams have finished runners up in the Bowls New Zealand champion of champions event, Well done to all.
The last twelve months have been a busy time for your executive and the many helprs wh have contributed so much to the smooth running of our club. My thanks go to all concerned.
Our greens have once again been amongst the very best in Canterbury thanks to the outstanding work off our greenkeeper Kelvin Scott, greens superintendent Don Baker and all their willing helpers. Kelvin is stepping down this year and we welcome Steve Street to Elmwood Park to continue the good work.
Volunteers form the backbone of most sporting clubs in New Zealand and we are extremely lucky to have so many people who give up their time so willingly in the interests of our club. Some of our volunteers are getting close to retirement age and we are always looking for willing helpers to spread the load, This season we will be co-hosting the National singles and pairs over the new year and we will definitely need further volunteers to help out.
Finally I would like to wish everyone an enjoyable season and look forward to further success on the green.
Ian Rule
President
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From Lesley
Duty Teams.
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Take care when using the entrance to the club.
The break glass is only to be used in an EMERGENCY. Please use the “Press to Exit” only.
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SMOKING/VAPING
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There is a defibrillator at the new clubrooms. We would like everyone to get some familiarity with it, before they may need to use it one day.
It is so so so easy, take it out of the cabinet, open it, turn it on, it will talk to you!
- The sign on the cabinet that says the “alarm will sound” is NOT TRUE – no alarm will sound if you open the cabinet and take the defib out.
- Unzip the container and turn it on – button No. 1
- It will now start telling you what to do – very very simple.
Because you won’t be able to actually place the defib. pads on to someone while exploring, the machine will not go any further with the instructions but, it would if the pads were on. Do not worry – you cannot do anything wrong. It will not shock someone unless it detects a ‘shockable rhythm’. It is completely fool proof.
So – have a look. At least then you won’t hesitate to take it out of the cabinet if it’s needed. Turn it off when you have finished though, we don’t want the batteries to run out!
Fiona Frew
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