Derek Lush was a member of Crewkerne Bowling Club for many years, he held a variety of posts including our Club’s President. He was always willing to help bowlers to improve their game and bowls knowledge. It was with great pleasure that we were able to except from his family a lovely wooden bench in his memory. Derek will always be affectionately remembered within the club as the true gentleman that he was.
Spectators were treated to a great day of bowling at this year’s Finals Day. The matches were played in a good spirit displaying an excellent standard of bowling. Congratulations to all our members that took part and especially to the competition winners. Well done Bryan for organising the day and ensuring that it run smoothly. Cups and trophies were presented on the day by our President Bryan Atherton, an official presentation will take place at our Presentation Luncheon on October 4 at the Ilminster Bowls Club.
A great time was had by all those that took part in this year’s Sparks Trophy. The triples contest comprised of each team playing five games of four ends with two points being awarded for a win and one point for a draw. Congratulations to Rita, Sally/Steve and Reg. who won four out of their five games. The cup was presented by Cheryl who represented the Sparks family. All the games were played with a great spirit, and the afternoon was rounded off with a delicious bring and share buffet. A big thank you to Julia and Steve for organising and ensuring that the event ran smoothly. We now look forward to coming together again for our club’s Finals Weekend.
Congratulations to our Mini League players who were runners up in the league with 25 points just behind Ilminster who had 30 points. The league consists of five local teams made up of players who are fairly new to the sport. Games took place on Monday evenings throughout the season culminating in a Mini League Cup match at South Petherton which was won by Merriott. Thanks to Simon Shrubb for organising the league and cup matches and to Derek Smith for ensuring that we fielded a team each week.
For more information about the league go to our Mini League results page and click on the South Somerset Mini League Link.
On Sunday July 12 we gathered at the club for another great night of music hosted by Reg. He was accommpanied by Sue who sang and played the violin and Matt on the cello. The evening started with Reg and Sue singing a variety of well known songs, it wasn’t long before they invited willing club members to join them. We were treated to such classics as These boots are made for walking, Kingston Town, When I’m sixty four, a parody of the Johnny Cash song Jackson, two very funny poems narrated by Bryan along with numerous other songs in which everyone joined in. Thanks to everybody who came along especially those who were brave enough to step up to the mike. You will find photos from the night in the galleries section, If you have photos from the evening that you would like me to add to the gallery please send them to me. A special thanks to Reg, Sue and Matt for making the evening another special night to remember. The good news is that Reg has kindly offered to do it again later in the year.
Following their match against Watchet where our ladies team won both their home and away matches Rita, Debbie, Lynne and Sally have now been awarded their Hot Shot certificates. They should be very proud of themselves as scoring 8 points in a single end is a very rare occurrence. The ladies team is having a good season so far lying fourth in their league. We wish them well as the season progresses.
Left to right, Rita, Debbie, Lynne and Sally with their certificates