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A Tree for Judith

Many of you will have known Judith and her husband Peter who were Club members for many years. This afternoon Judith’s cousin Joan and a group of her friends gathered to remember them by dedicating a new tree in their memory. We have Barbara and Robin to thank for doing the organising and planting the tree. We are also grateful for a donation to the Club from Joan and her husband.

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President’s Day 2025

President’s Day 2025 was held at the Club today Sunday 21st September. The weather was beautiful for bowling, unlike yesterday and I think everyone who came enjoyed themselves. We were also visited by some old friends which was nice to see.

The day was in memory of one of our members, Irene, who recently died from Cancer and we were able to raise £400 to donate to Cancer Research UK.

The winners were Jan Wruszek and Bob Charlesworth and the runners up were Chris Evans and Ian Fawcett.

Gary Jones won the “Spider”.

My phone camera has a life of its own so there are some photos of the crowd that I didn’t know I’d taken!

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Summer Quiz 2025

Last night we held our summer quiz for 2025. As you can see in the photo below, the room was full and everyone had a good time. Food was chip baps followed by some posh puddings. A selection are shown in the photos below.
We also held a raffle with the “Star prize” of an air fryer being donated by Barlows. The air-fryer was won by a newbie to bowling this year so well done to him.

Thanks go to Jeanette for being organiser in chief and to all the helpers who made the event special. Looking forward to the next one!

Click on an image to enlarge it.

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Sunshine Cup 2025

A rather belated Sunshine Cup this year because of the Big Bowls weekend. Guess we’re clashing with the holiday season now because we only had 14 entries. Nevertheless, the competition went ahead and those who played enjoyed themselves. Our winners were Jan Wruzek and Ian Fawcett. Congratulations to them.

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Big Bowls Open Day/Fun Day

Yesterday we held our 2025 Open Day as part of the national Big Bowls Weekend. We opened the Club to visitors, members and their families and invited them to try some light hearted “fun” games, mostly involving bowls and obstacles of some kind. If they were a bit more serious they could move on to the Big Green and try their hand at “proper” bowling.

More than 30 people turned up and we made them welcome with free hot drinks for the grown-ups and squash for the kids. We also had a selection of food and cakes for sale. As far as I could tell, everyone who came along enjoyed themselves and we hope we will gain a few more members as a result.

Huge thanks to all members who gave up their time to help.

Here are a few photos of the day.

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Chester Road and Easyfundraising

Chester Road Bowling Club has just registered with Easyfundraising as a “good cause”.

This means that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for Chester Road Bowling Club Whitchurch? There are over 8,000 retailers on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis & Partners, ASOS, Booking.com, Dunelm and M&S as well as some comparison websites such as Compare the Market and Confused.com , even Amazon – and it won’t cost you a penny extra to help us raise funds. All you need to do is:

1. Go to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/chester-road-bowling-club-whitchurch/ and join for free.

2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.

3. After you’ve checked out, the retailer will make a donation to Chester Road Bowling Club Whitchurch at no extra cost to you whatsoever! There are no catches or hidden charges and Chester Road Bowling Club Whitchurch will be really grateful for your donations. Thank you for your support.

You can make contributing even easier by adding the Easyfundraising browser extension for PC’s and laptops or the app for phones and tablets. Then you’ll get a pop-up donation reminder whenever you visit a retailer who donates. N.B. Amazon doesn’t allow the pop-up, so you do have to start on the Easyfundraising website or app to raise a donation from Amazon.

You may be wondering why we keep saying Chester Road Bowling Club Whitchurch. That’s because there is another Chester Road Bowling Club in Kidderminster. Don’t sign up with the wrong one!

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Open Evening Reminder

Remember the Open Evening at Chester Road on Thursday 20th March. Doors open 6pm. Why not come along and try bowling. The bar will be open and you will be able to meet and talk to Club Members.

Members – why not bring along a family member or friend?