Hurst Bowling Club

Hi All. Just to remind you that we will be having a Pre-season Cheese and Wine Event on 25th March 2012. Time and Venue to be announced. Contact Suzanne for advance information.
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The skittles evening has been arranged for Saturday 25th February at the Jack of Newbury Binfield at 7pm.

Cost will be £11 which includes a buffet, with a choice of  Chicken and Salad or Sausage and cheese with french bread,if you are vegetarian there is a Jacket potato with mushroom and stilton.

Please let me know if you will be coming and your choice of food before Wednesday 15th February. You can e mail me ronald.alexander1@ntlworld.com or telephone 01189629667. If paying by cheque ple...

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Just to remind you that Hurst BC AGM is on Sunday 27th Nov 2011 at St Pauls Parish Church Hall, Reading Road, Wokingham at 3pm.
Cheese and Wine will be served at Cost £4 per person, please send in your forms to Suzanne.

Suzanne has asked for help in setting up the Hall at 2:30pm and Washingup plus clearing at the end.
The meeting will finish promptly at 6pm.

Catering RSVP Suzanne.

Please try to attend, this is your club and your chance to give some feedback.
Thanks


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Please view the Hurst Bowling Club Highlights 2011  as shown on the Hurst BC Dinner on 15th Oct 2011. Click here to see it again

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On Saturday 17th September Hurst (Founded 1747) beat Henley 12-0 to become Manchester Unity League Champions for the first time in their history.  The score line suggests an easy victory but Henley fought hard and two rinks were decided only in the last one or two ends.

Hurst’s season started slowly with three defeats in the first four matches.  Once their form improved they were almost unstoppable, losing just one of the other fourteen matches and winning the rest.  Twenty three of the Cl...

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Please note that the start time of this match has been put back to 3.30pm.

There is a wedding at the church and guests will probably not all have left before our usual start time.  If you are selected to play and can share a car with others please do
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Hurst Village and Country Horse Fair

As part of our recruitment drive, and to generate interest in the sport of bowls, Ronnie organised a stall at the Hurst Village Country and Horse Fair.

Barbara and Ronnie, with husbands in tow, were up at the village fair ground at 8 am on Sunday. It was a lovely morning and the Fair committee members were welcoming and helpful.  We dispatched our husbands so that they could prepare for the afternoon match.

We were joined by Martin who was excellent at ...

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CUBS VISIT

The 5th Woodley Cubs visited us to be introduced to the sport of lawn bowls. It was not without its anxities as our hallowed green is unaccustomed to young ones running up and down it.

It was rewarding though to observe the talents of the youngsters. Both boys and girls showed a level of accuracy and an aptitude for the sport. Their exuberance though, left our senior members feeling quite exhausted and in need of refreshments after the youngsters’ parents had collected them.

We...

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BENEFACTORS

The Berkshire Community Foundation has been instrumental in linking us with philanthropic donors who are sympathetic to our aims and needs.

Thank you too to the Berkshire Community Foundation for sifting for sifting through our applications. We owe special thanks to the following benefactors:

·         Grassroots Grants

·         The Prudential

·         Comic Relief

We also acknowledge the time Microsoft took to paint our fences and sheds. Many thanks for sending us a...

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