Malcolm Henderson

Hi Everyone

Malcolm’s funeral is on Friday 17th January at 4pm at the Chapel of Rest at Kemp & Stevens Alton. Numbers are very limited so George Roberts will be representing the club. You are invited to join up with the funeral party afterwards, around 4 30, at Alton Social for a drink in Malcom’s memory.
Any problem please let me know.
Dick

Membership Fees

Hello and Happy New Year to all,

It’s that time of year again when I nag you for your membership fees which are due on the 1st January.
Membership this year for full members is £90 per person, as agreed at the AGM last November. Juniors and Social members are still £10 each.
You can pay me in two payments if you wish. The first should be paid by 15th January and the final payment by 1st April

You can pay by cheque (made payable to Alton Social Bowling Club) or cash forwarded to me at 12 Knights Way Alton GU34 1PJ.
Alternatively payment can be made by bank transfer to our club account Alton Social Bowling Club with TSB.
Account number is 00001971
Sort code is 77-25-06
When paying by bank transfer please give your name as reference.
Regards
Flo Ward

Greenkeeping

Hi all,
An update on the greenskeepers situation.
Both Denny Smith and John Fensom have retired from the green keeping squad this year, we owe both of them our thanks and gratitude for all their hard work over many years cutting the grass every week, swishing in the winter and generally helping with the green and surrounds. They have both been great and will be missed from the squad.
David Cooper filled in for John this year (as he had an operation), but we need another person to replace Denny to cut the grass each week with another member of the green keeping team. Currently this would be a Wednesday morning each week with David, however if you cannot make a Wednesday we could look at changing things around to suit eg Mondays or Fridays. Can you help ? Without someone’s help we will not be able to cut the green as often as necessary and this will affect the speed of the green. You do not have to be retired to be a green-keeper as the green could be cut and maintenance carried out on weekends if necessary. This has been done previously at our old club by myself and others.
In addition as mentioned before, after over 20 years on and off looking after the green I no longer wish to be head greenskeeper but will still help cutting the green, so I am looking for my replacement. I will help and train the person this coming season if required. If we cannot find someone by the end of this coming 2025 season then we will have to hand over to a full time contractor with resulting cost to members, we will be handing some work over this year to a contractor as I will no longer be carrying out end of year and some other activities.
If you can help please let me know and I will run through what is required for either vacancy.

 

Regards
Kenneth Ward

A.G.M.

Alton Social’s 2024 AGM will be held at Alton Social Bowling Club on Wednesday 6th November 7pm for a 7:30pm start.
Any proposals preferable with a seconder in writing ( Email is good ) to me no later than Wednesday  23 October, agenda and 2023 minutes will be circulated after this date.
Regards
Dick

Basingstoke & District Finals

Congratulations to Leo May, singles champion and Champion of Champions.

Congratulations also to Richie Burgin, Mark Fyfield and Matt Carr triples winners, who beat James Shillingford, Danny Brown and Reece Graham in their final.

Success also in the 2 wood triples final for David Cooper, Graham Sampson and Antony LaFrenais.

Luke and Leo May were pairs finalists and Anthony Lafrenais reached the singles final.

A great season well done to all.

TCBF Dinner

THREE COUNTIES BOWLS FELLOWSHIP
ANNUAL DINNER on SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER 2024
7-00pm for 7-30pm & the HALF MOON @ SHEET

MENU CHOICES
STARTERS

A. Celeriac & Chestnut Soup, blue cheese scone (v)
B. Smoked Salmon & Prawn parcel, lime and dill crème fresh (gf)
C. Chicken & Mushroom Pate, chutney, fig loaf slice
D. Sun Dry Tomato Arancini, tomato & chilli relish (vg)

MAIN COURSE

A. Traditional roast turkey, bacon stuffing, chipolata sausage, gravy
B. Slow Braised Feather Blade of Beef in mulled wine gravy (gf)
C. Baked Cod Teriyaki, spring onion & sesame seeds (gf)
D. Caramelised Butternut & Spinach Filo Tart, vegetable jus (vg)
All served with honey roast parsnips, vegetables and roast potatoes.

DESSERT

A. Individual Christmas pudding, brandy sauce
B. White Chocolate & Winter Berry Meringue Roulade, raspberry coulis
C. Rum Plum Crumble with pouring cream
D. Banana Nut Pudding, vegan cream, caramelised pecans (vg/gf)

TEA or COFFEE & MINTS

£30-00 per person

THREE COUNTIES BOWLS FELLOWSHIP
MENU ORDER CHOICES

Name Starter Main Dessert

THE ABOVE TO REACH ME, (Caroline Goodeve), BY SATURDAY 26th OCTOBER 2024 with monies CHEQUES MADE OUT TO Three Counties Bowls Fellowship (TCBF). Payment can be made by BACS to 30-93-20 a/c 01992906 TCBF
S = STARTER. M = MAIN COURSE. D = DESSERT.

Mixed Top Club Title Retained

ASBC beat New Milton 5-0 in the semi-final and were leading 3.5-1.5 when the final had to be abandoned due to a water logged green with about 4 ends to be completed.

The singles had been shared with Waterside and we were leading well in the pairs and triples, with the rink being all square.