CITY AND PORT OF BRISTOL BOWLING CLUB Sunday May 29th saw the club taking part in Bowls Big Weekend for the first time by putting on an open afternoon for anyone to come bowling for the first time and --- it was a great success.
This annual event is promoted and supported by the sport’s governing body Bowls England and its aim is to attract new bowlers to every club in the country. With a banner on a bridge over the Portway, lots of posters, special Big Bowls Weekend Balloons on the approach to the green ---and many posts on social media ---- everybody must have known it was on --- and at least some people did. When the gate opened at 2.30pm the first potential new bowlers came onto the green and soon woods were rolling. With almost twenty club bowlers there to offer assistance to those who had not bowled a wood before the green was soon alive with activity. 26
Not only Adults but children turned up to try bowling and the afternoon was a great success. A cup of tea and a chat part way through the afternoon helped to encourage the maybe bowlers to become bowlers and two of the people who came for the afternoon have since joined with one or two more currently thinking about it. Phill Chard and Adrian Mace have joined the club and have, since joining they have both played games for the club. Separately Gerry Bessell has also joined the club and is enjoying rolls ups. Competitions are running this year and two of them are played to a conclusion on one day. Two Wood Pairs will be played on Sunday August 14th but the Jack Ashton Triples has already been played. Organised by Lis Davies on Sunday June 5th teams of three were drawn from a hat and teams played against each other in three sets of six end games. The winners would be the team with the highest number of shots over the three games played.
