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Again the current season is drawing to a close, with the Club finals being held the weekend 12/13 April 2014. Which I am sure will be keenly contested as ever, good luck to all those members involved in the finals. My sincere thanks to our Competition controller who has this year had a very difficult time, down to several health issues by members entered in the competitions. We cannot anticipate health problems, but the important thing to remember is that we have arrived at the finals on time and in good order. This position is in the main a thankless task, but I would like to record here and now my thanks to Lesley Howes for seeing the job through and being responsible for the Club having a Finals weekend.
At the recent AGM we were fortunate to secure her services for a further year in this capacity ably supported by John Kilsby, I am sure that the hard lessons learned this past season will be taken into account and that next year’s competitions will meet everyone’s expectations. For those of you who were unable to attend this year’s AGM, I am including a brief that I presented to those attending after the meeting had been duly closed. In previous Chairman’s messages I endeavoured to keep you up to date with our future plans for the Club and its facilities. As you know you’re Company Secretary Sarah and I have been working on a submission to Sport England under the heading of Sport England Inspired Facilities Grant for funding of the order of £50,000.00. This work had taken some 3/4months to complete; the outcome was worth it as we have successfully been awarded a grant of £33,100.00 . We have decided to use this money to provide the Club with the following; new carpet, new underlay( present one is beginning to show signs of wear). Included in this schedule of work on the green is the unstitching of the present carpet panels and lifting carefully. Lifting of the underlay and removal thereof . The tightening of the board sections and re-screwing where necessary, then a laser level planning of the boards to provide us with an overall tolerance of 10mm in 36.33 meters run. Remove and install new 2” wide gripper rails to the sides of the green. Lay the new underlay(Dales own underlay) and the new carpet and tensioning the same, installing all new green markings and the laying of new spots as previously explained in earlier messages and notices in the Club. The quotation of the green speed (estimated ) after completion is expected to be 17.5 to 18 seconds. We are aware of some members concerns that this might be achieved on the initial stretch but that it will erode quite quickly as it settles and we have made arrangements to have another stretch 1 month later to ensure the spec speed of the green is restored. This work is expected to take 5 days from the 1 st September to the 5 th, during which time the Club will be closed. We have not been able to do all that we had wished for, but remaining on the list of things to do in the future, are painting the outside of the building, re-new the lighting system externally with energy saving LED lights. New signage outside and of course our old favourite the toilet wing. We are hoping to work to-gether with the Improvement fund committee to pool our resources over the coming 12 months with a view to completely re-new the whole toilet wing. We might well be in a position to do this in the summer of next year 2015 if not then most certainly in the summer of 2016. We have not forgotten the kitchen, another major project that I am currently researching to find another grant source to bid for. We are working towards providing the membership with facilities that will be second to none in England, it takes a lot of hard work, setbacks, and different approaches and at this point I would like to thank the Staff and the Board of Directors for their support in our endeavours to meet that high level target. To all the members who give their support in various ways in the Club a huge thank you and to say please continue with your help no matter how small it maybe as it all helps to achieve our overall objectives. Congratulations must go to Jordan Ward on winning the Junior section of the Regional EBYDS finals held recently at Melton IBC and thereby qualifying for the National EBYDS Finals in October again at Melton. A splendid achievement and we wish him success in the Finals later in the year. Congratulations also go to Oliver Fowler in his first year in the Senior EBYDS regional Finals achieving a 5 place overall, in addition we wish him well for the Under 18 Mixed International Trials for which he has achieved a second nomination and plays on 25 April 2014 at our Club, come along and support him, next season we might have two Junior Club members in the trial. Congratulations to all the members involved in our National team competitions and the Wessex League again putting to-gether some inspiring performances which I hope will be surpassed next season. To all the entrants in the individual National competitions your support is appreciated by your National Governing Body the English Indoor Bowling Association Ltd and your continued support are hoped for in the next season. A huge thank you for the successful league programme now reaching its final stages and hope that all our newly recruited bowlers are finding places in the leagues. If you can absorb another player in your squad it would be most appreciated by them and in turn eases the prospect of unplayed games building up as we pass through the season. Finally a huge thank you to the membership as a whole for the support that you give throughout the season and beyond to the Gala days etc which also improves our standing within the community and throughout the Borough and more importantly provides additional monies for the charities that we choose to support. I would like to wish all the members preparing to move outdoors a warm and pleasant season with more sun than rain, and a successful one at that. Looking forward to a busy indoor summer season and to welcoming you back to a new green and improved facilities. D.R.Murley Chairman. |
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