Your Management

Committee members Please feel free to approach the

following with any queries you may

have:

President - David Keen

Vice President – David Payne

Treasurer – Len Lindsell

Secretary – Nina David

Bar Manager – Mike Jackman

Greenkeeper – Ken Nash

Captain – Dave Jeanes

Vice-Captain – John Matthews

Match Secretary – Steve Ford

Ladies committee rep – Carol Dover

Mens committee rep – Paul Day

Social committee rep – Sheilah

Walker

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forget that at Suttons we have excellent facilities &

parking. Our hire charges & bar prices are very

competitive. Speak to Mike on 07831 464448

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Upcoming Events

Club Finals Weekend –

Sat/Sun 16/17 Sept

Putting the Green to Bed

– Saturday 23 Sept at

17:30 hrs

Short Mat Bowls – starts

13 November at 7pm,

then every Monday

Key Dates

Ladies AGM – 26th Oct at

19:00 hrs

Mens AGM – 2nd Nov at

19:30 hrs

Presentation evening &

Christmas dinner –

Saturday 09 December at

18:00 for 18:30 hrs

Sept Fixtures

See website & fixture

booklet for details.

Mixed:

12 Sept: Desboro’ (H)

14 Sept: Woodley (A)

16-17 Sept: Finals w’end

Ladies:

13 Sept: Berks v Worcs

16-17 Sept: Finals w’end

Mens:

09 Sept: Mens triples

16-17 Sept: Finals w’end

County Events

Coming up:

10 Sept: BCWBA Patrons

Day (Cancelled)

Monday Night Club

This event has been

running very successfully

during the summer with

numbers regularly around

the sixteen mark.

Monday Night Club this

year has included the

normal rinks and triples

games, along with one

session of target bowls

and Aussie Pairs. Final

night (Sep11) will

include some food

afterwards and prize

giving.

Coaching

Coaching has proved

very successful this year

with some of the new

bowlers playing in mens’

and ladies’ matches/

leagues, & getting

through to the semi/finals

of club competitions!

Breaking News

Forms now available for

2018 County Comps &

winter Indoor matches –

see Notice Boards

Food/Social Events

Sep 23 – Pie & Mash after

Putting Green to Bed

Oct 20 - Quiz night

Oct 22, Nov 26, Jan07,

Sunday lunches all at £8

pp starting 1pm; ring

Karon on 07966 431831 to

reserve a place.

Nov 11, Call My Bluff,

Wine Night.

Nov 25 – Skittles Night

Dec 09 – Presentation

Evening &Christmas

Dinner; tickets at £15: see

NB for details.

Club Tour

The Club visited Tenby for

a successful tour over the

end of May bank holiday.

We visited three bowls

clubs in the area and a

good time was had by all!

The Club tour next year is

to Bournemouth.

Volunteers Needed

The club needs volunteers

to help with all the duties

and jobs need to keep the

club running smoothly.

Speak to a committee

member if you would like

to help - also, see the back

page of this newsletter for

further details.

Welcome to the latest Club News

Don’t forget – if you want to play in a game, friendly or match - put your name down on the lists

Suttons website link

Email: The editor

Improvements list: # Disabled toilet facilities - costings and landlord permissions are being progressed # New TV up and working # Bar glasses now take full can of non-alcoholic drink # Quotes for replacement card setting machine received and being progressed # External building paintwork refreshed in the summer # Quotes to replace fire extinguishers being progressed

Match & League News:

10 Sept: KLV-A Final v

Thatcham at

Wokingham, 09:30 start

10 Sept: KL-A Final v

Tilehurst at Wokingham,

14:00 start

Suttons win Floodlight

League with points total

of 60! Wokingham 2nd,

M’Head Town 3rd and

Desborough 4th.

Suttons A Team win

Club Championship

final (Sep02) against

Tilehurst.

Well done everyone!

Volunteering

The club relies on volunteers to fill all the management and bowling roles needed to keep the club running smoothly.

This allows the club to keep its membership rates as low and affordable as possible by all.

Without sufficient volunteers’, subscription fees would need to rise depending on member numbers. Working parties

are often required, so please watch the notice boards and email updates for this.

Here are some of the voluntary roles you could help with in the Club – all roles available to both male/female:

Mens and Ladies committees, social committee, tea rotas, bar rotas, maintenance around the club premises and

grounds, green upkeep and mowing, etc…….

Here are two of the jobs where help is always required:

RUNNING THE BAR

Pipe cleaner(s)!! No not the type of pipe you smoke. It’s the type of pipe that beer travels down from barrel to tap &

your glass. Cleaning beer pipes is easy. It just takes a little methodology & a couple of hours of time.

Very simply it involves passing down the pipes a cleaning agent to remove yeast deposits left by the beer. Tell-tale

signs of dirty pipes is cloudy beer. Next time you buy a pint, at the club or in some other bar, hold it up to the light.

Our pipe cleaning is currently scheduled fortnightly, more frequent if necessary. Our usual rates of pay are pathetic,

zero in fact. But look at it this way a little bar work would be your contribution in helping run the club. Full training

will be given.

If you are interested in helping with the bar, including this task, please give me a call on 07831464448 or we can have

a chat at the club over a beer.

Mike Jackman (Bar Manager)

MAINTENANCE – BEHIND THE SCENES

Some of you will probably not realise the work that is done behind the scene at a bowls club.

For example, you may have noticed that at the beginning of the season the exterior of the club was painted, as was the

fence around the green.

Also, the old score board has been replaced with a new ‘Welcome to Suttons’ sign and the old TV has been replaced

with a modern one (if you have tried it you will see that it is much easier to use compared to the old one).

Those of you who are gardeners will note that this year we have very few weeds around the green, the hedges are neat

and tidy and the flower beds are colourful.

The club is always clean – especially after the KL team eat their sausage rolls and leave crumbs over the floor!

The bar is always well stocked and manned (most of the time) and the green always cut.

The social events are always good fun and the Sunday lunches in the winter are great.

The club matches and club competitions just seems to happen.

So, if you think that you would like to help with any of the ‘behind the scene’ work then you will be very welcome.

Please speak to me for a chat or give me a call – see the Notice Board for my number.

John Matthews (Vice Captain, Competitions Secretary & Maintenance Co-ordination)