13th April: After a brief ‘spring’ meeting Club President Gordon Pearce officially opened the green by delivering the first bowl. Conditions were cool and drizzly – but a few members  took the opportunity to have their first roll-up of the year.

opening the green

Sunday 17th March 11.00am
Men’s Section Spring Meeting at the Clubhouse.
This is an informal meeting – no minutes will be taken – to talk about the coming season. Information about the Leagues, playing format, timings of fixtures.

Sun 24th March 
Ladies Section Spring meeting

Sat 23rd/Sun 24th March
Working Parties – at the Club, 9:30 start – or whenever you can spare a few hours.
Generally to get the clubhouse, green & surrounds tidied-up ready for the new season – clean windows, clear gutters, weeding etc, etc! Major task for this year is to re-paint the outside of the Clubhouse. All materials will be supplied.

Sat 6th / Sun 7th April
Further Working Parties as necessary

Sat 13 April 11:00am
Club Spring Meeting followed by the opening of the green.

The club held an evening to raise funds for Red Nose Day on Saturday 2 March, there were 20 cakes entered into the ‘Bake Off’ competition, with Sylvia Taylor winning the ladies section and Gordon Pearce winning the men’s section. The ‘best joke’ winner was Elaine White with a last minute entry, at last someone has told a better joke than Chris Mussen! Throughout the evening there was also a fun quiz, which everyone took part in, overall the evening was a great success.

The grand total raised for charity on the night was £144.33

Thank you to all of those who took part, especially the bakers, judges, joke tellers and Rose for doing the Raffle.

The last S&D game of a difficult season was played on Monday 24th September, and the final league table confirms that the Highworth S&D side has done enough to avoid relegation and stay in Division 1 – by a margin of just two points!

Thanks to all players for a great effort – the closeness of the final results demonstrates the importance of every match win, and every winning rink – and that at the end of the season, every shot counts!

Stratton Churchways ‘A’ and Haydon Wick are relegated to Division 2.
Swindon and Wootton Bassett ‘A’ join us in Division 1 next season.

Swindon & District Bowling Association
4 Rink League 2012 – Final League Positions