City & Port Of Bristol Bowls Club Despite being unable to enjoy the usual week-end and Wednesday friendly fixtures, Men’s and ladies league, Monday evening league, club competitions and the Annual Summer Tour, bowling is still very much alive and kicking at the City and Port of Bristol Club.
Negotiations with the Avonmouth Club to share their green were soon underway and agreement was reached on the basis that PBA members paid the same membership fee as the host members and in doing so would be associate members and the PBA Club would contribute equally to the cost of More than a dozen bowlers have been to the the green-keeper. Players from both clubs green so far to enjoy a pre-booked two hour would be interchangeable thus helping to session played in accordance with the Covid ensure that there would full teams for both 19 safe rules, issued by Bowls England with clubs to play their games. The annual Government approval. membership fee was three pounds ten shillings and the green fee just one shilling. The season runs until the end of September This was the amount paid to the Avonmouth and it is hoped that more bowlers will make the Club but PBA Members paid just two pounds call to Lis Davies to book a rink and bowl annual membership, the remainder being before the curtain comes down on what will offset by a grant of two hundred pounds for have been a season like no other.Looking the main Social and Sports Club that also ahead there is great news about the 2021 paid for eight sets of woods and a few Winter Bowling Break ----- it is on, and will measures. take place in Torquay early in March. It is a firm favourite at the club ---- something to look The green share continued very happily until forward to ahead of the new outdoor season. in July 1974 the new green, adjacent to the main club in Nibley Road was ready to play In the previous issue of this magazine there on. Its construction started in 1973 and it was an account of the inaugural meeting of cost around £7500. By the time the retaining what was then the PBA Bowls Club. The first wall had been built, a fence erected, water entry in the original minutes book is a record of laid on and shrubs planted the total cost was that meeting. The book provides a in excess of £9000. In the next issue we will wonderful insight into not only the clubs see how the club grew from those early green formation but a really fascinating account of its sharing days at Avonmouth to a point in the development from that point. Who formed the 1980s when the membership reached 140 --first committee, how did they come to share the by that time --- ladies as well as gents were Avonmouth Bowls Club Green, buy eight sets enjoying the game of bowls on their very own of woods plus a few measures and how was it green. News also about who was the very possible to subsidize the annual membership first Club President and who followed him. fee? The first committee --- formed at the inaugural meeting on June 9th 1970 was ----- For further information about the club and its Dave Winstone ---- Chairman, Pete Tarant --activities please call David Hinksman on Secretary, Mike Harse – Treasurer, Malcolm 0117 9082713 Leach and B.Latcham.
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