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Please only use Lawn 1 as a last resort.

Squirrels are being a nuisance and we have put removable covers over the holes.

We don’t want to close the lawn if possible, but please use other lawns when free,

The lawns have been reconfigured for the rest of the Winter Season and setup is complete.

This was to move the lawns so that we avoid the worst of the frost along the edge parallel to the path.

Due to weather constraints this has been extended into Thursday so ……..

All lawns will be closed on Tuesday 19th, Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st November for Verti-draining

Sorry for the short notice and any inconvenience .

If you have bookings for those days please note they have been removed from the booking system.

The booking system has been blocked for those days.

Lawns

All lawns have been reconfigured for the Winter in preparation for all the Winter Knock-Out and Weekly competitions.

There are now 5 (3/4 size) lawns, although lawn 5 is slightly smaller than the other 4.

Lawns are numbered

• 1, 2 & 5 on the lower level, with 1 near the clubhouse and 5 nearest the gate.
• 3 & 4 on the upper level with 4 nearest the Cinnamon Club

When booking please avoid Lawn one where possible.

Continue to use secondary balls unless double banking.

Booking System

The booking system has been updated to remove the short Lawns and introduce lawn 5.

After the clock change (27th October), the schedules/times change as follows:

• First session starts at 11:00
• Sessions remain 1hr 30 mins
• Handover time remains 15 mins
• Monday AC roll-up starts at 11:00
• Tuesday Solomon Grundy starts 11:00
• Thursday 14pt starts at 10:45
• Friday GC Roll-Up starts at 11:00
• Saturday One-Ball starts at 12:45

Please let Nigel Matthews know by 24th May if you would like to represent Bowdon in these events.

The All England Area Handicap Finals are an annual event open to all members. 
The previous year’s Silver Box and GC Handicap competitions are used to select two representatives from Bowdon to enter each of the Area Finals. Winners of these then go on to the National Finals.

Dates for these events are :-
The AC Area Finals 17-18 August..venue tbc.  National Final 21-22 September at Blewbury CC in Oxfordshire 
The GC Area Finals 27 July at Ashby.    National Final 14-15 September at Guildford CC in Surrey

If you would like to be considered for entry into these (even if you didn’t enter the silver box and GC Hcp last summer) please email   nigelmatthews56@gmail.com

Bowdon travel to Ashby for the first round of the Longman Cup this Thursday 2nd May.

This is an handicap match (Aggregate handicap greater than 24, lowest handicap greater than 3).

Bowdon will be represented by

The draws of the Summer internal competitions has been completed and are listed below.

Please note that for those competitions that members have two lives there are two sheets, Draw and Process. After clicking, scroll down to see the second page. The winner of each half will play each other in the final.

Click on a link to see the sheet.

For the Silver Box, a Plate competition will be drawn and completed for all the first round/preliminary round losers.

A Class  – Winner – Jack Good
B Class – Winner – Adrian Apps
C Class – Winner – Andy Jackson
D-Class – Winner – John Bagnall
E-Class – Winner – Nan Saul

14pt Advanced – Winner – Simon Jenkins
14pt Handicap – Winner – David Beddy

Silver Box – Winner – Sylvia Steer

Silver Plate – Winner – Robert Cutts-Watson

Doubles – Winners – Angharrad Walters/Alan Dix

Short – Winner – Liz Webb

Level Play Golf – Winner – John-Paul Moberly
Handicap Golf – Winner – Alan Dix

One-Ball – Winner – Nigel Matthews

The  Fotiadi Bowl was resurrected last year, open to new members in their first two seasons a the club and have a handicap of 20 or over. This will be played later in the year.

The Summer Lawns are now setup and comprise 3 Full Lawns (1, 2 & 3) and 2 Short Lawns (A& B).

The bottom two lawns are full lawn 1 (nearest the clubhouse) and full lawn 2 (nearest the gate).

The Top Lawns will be usually be set up as full lawn 3 and Short Lawns A & B.

These will open (Weather permitting) from midday Thursday 28th March and are bookable now.

Sue and Ken Cooper will be doing Saturday teas at this months Saturday One-Ball.

Sign in if you can, but just turn up for 1:15 if you would like to play or just rock up to enjoy the tea.