Club Corner Wendover Bowls Club
World War 3 was concluded without too much bloodshed with a win for the Wendover Widjets over the Wanderers and Warriors.The traditional final match of the season between teams for the Captain and in Chairman resulted in a narrow win for the Captain by just two out of one hundred and sixty six scoring shots. So that is it for the outdoor season. A gang turned out to put the green to bed and it is now over to the tender mercy of our greenkeepers. It still looks in wonderful condition, despite the ministrations of the rooks looking for lunch, but like all of us it needs a rest. Well, where do we go from here with the indoor season? We will be able to play with severe restrictions on numbers and no interclub games. Also our social life, which is normally such an important part of club activity, will have to hang fire until this wretched virus is beaten. It is such a shame as we enter this festive season in this very strange year but we must all stay safe. We have been lucky and all of us have come through unscathed so far. Sadly some other clubs have not been so fortunate and bowlers whose company we have enjoyed in the past have gone to that great bowling green in the sky. We will miss them. Next time we will have some idea how the indoor season is panning out, meanwhile keep warm and keep safe. Don
Wendover Horticultural Society
We are intending to start meetings in the New Year. To this end we have booked St Anne’s Hall, as the Library Rooms, if open, would not accommodate us. The only
available Thursday is the first in the month, You can register to be sent a link by going not our usual third Thursday. to www.bbowt/events ahead of Tuesday 17 November and signing up for a £4 donation. If the rules permit, our AGM will be held there on Thursday 7 January 2021 at 2.30pm. John Meanwhile out on the reserves, we expect Yabsley will also speak on “Early Egyptian to maintain our programme of work parties Gardens”. Subsequent monthly meetings within some Covid restrictions. Details of will be on the first Thursday. contacts are on www.bbowt/volunteering. College Lake Reserve is open every day This is written just after the three tiers of except Monday from 9.30am till 4pm with lockdown rules have been published, case the café serving for sheltered outdoor numbers locally have been increasing, consumption and the shop available for you with positive tests at local schools. Times to start your Christmas shopping. can change, and those who do not feel comfortable should not attend, but if the Wendover Cricket Club rules allow, we will go ahead as we have to Wendover Cricket Club enjoyed a successful restart sometime. season despite not starting until July. We fielded 2 Saturday and 1 or 2 Sunday teams As last year, we are able to order seeds at a most weekends and such were the numbers discount from Suttons. Those members who wanting to play regularly, that we played are interested, please contact Neville, 01296 34 matches whereas in 2019’s full season 622899. we only managed 41. We won and lost 14, with 2 abandoned, but there were many close games. In a shortened Mid Bucks BBOWT Talks Restart League programme, the 1st XI won 5 of Tuesday 17 November, 7.45pm on Zoom! their 7 games and finished top of Division As we are unable to hold our usual indoor 1. Notable performances in the 1st XI came evening talks we have arranged some ZOOM from George Robinson (2 x 101 & 4-18), Tom McPartlan 61* & 81* in batting with the talks, which we hope you will enjoy. tail to set up victories, Jon Green 5-44 and Registration online will be available by the Jonathan Seabrook 4-20; for the 2nd’s, Daisy end of October. It’s a very easy process much Jackson had two 3-wicket hauls and took like going onto the BBOWT site and booking the most wickets, whilst Bob Glue, Harry Murray-Russell and Rahul Kedia each had a a place on a walk. 3-for. Our first event is designed to take us out of the gloom of November and all the way to In the friendlies, 13 fifties were scored with South Africa. It is 'Naturalist on the Loose…... Will Digby getting the best score of 92, others in CapeTown' presented by Mick Jones MBE, included Anshuman Pandit 91 (2x50’s), Warden of Dancersend Nature Reserve and Kevin Jackson 84, Kalum Sapumannage 73*, Nick Morley 71, Kush Bhargava 70, Hector Chairman of BBOWT Chilterns Group.
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