Belfast Indoor Bowls Club

Welcome to this edition of your club newsletter as we go to press we are in the final stages of preparing the club for the uk internationals and championships we are all looking forward to these events but grateful at the same time they only come around every 4 years or so thank you to all those who have submitted their names to volunteer for a variety of functions thanks also to the many good folk who donated items for the daily raffle ticket sales have gone remarkably well to date but if you have not purchased a ticket there will tickets on sale at the door please make yourself familiar with all the forthcoming events as there will obviously be no leagues during the internationals the clubs ladies presidents day is on tuesday 21st march see posters around the club president briege donnelly is looking for a big turnout beginners pairs league concludes on monday 25th as usual the competition was closely contended and went down to the wire club finals results winners mens fours p rooney p mccafferty m mccafferty g mcgleave mens triples s gibson d nixon c craig mens pairs m mcpeak j mccullough mens u25s d atkinson mens singles j boyd mixed pairs b leckey m mckeown ladies fours n mcbride l kinder j montgomery j bell ladies triples c watson c eadiess bailie ladies pairs c eadie s bailie ladies singles s mcauley senior mens singles j mcgettrick senior pairs j mcgettrick m morgan senior triples j trolan m fay a briggs senior fours j trolan m beattie j martin s elliman jim magee pan disability cup g mallon this is the final edition of the newsletter before the summer break so the usual appeal to all members to update their email addresses there will be the usual 4 summer leagues operating so watch the noticeboards for the info on these i received recently the letter below and thought it worth a wider public i was recently visiting a golfing friend dennis who sadly some years ago had a tragic accident leaving him paralysed from the neck down during my last visit i told him i had caught the bowling bug and had joined the beginners programme at belfast indoor bowls club immediately i could see the sparkle in his eyes and he asked me if i had seen the world bowls on tv to which i replied every minute bowls dominated our conversation for some time tv is one of the few pleasures dennis can enjoy and he said the world bowls was the best broadcast he had seen for a long time and wished there was more of the same it was clearly evident the world bowls finals had kept his attention throughout the week this is just a short note to thank all who gave so much pleasure to dennis by showcasing their skills and creating such drama on tv and like dennis lets hope for more of the same signed an old bowler with a new bug editor