NEWS
All Together Now...
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Some 43 members and guests attended the Christmas party on 15 December. In addition to wonderful food there were games and music. How could you not join in?...,
Short Mat
The short-mat sessions take place on Tuesday (1.30 pm), Friday and Sunday (10.00 am). In addition to those regular slots, members are welcome to go along and play informally at any time.
Bowls on YouTube
Lawn bowls may struggle to get airtime on TV, but there is a great range of material to watch on YouTube. Videos from Australia are especially common, and one very good series to watch is The Bowls Show. It's noisy, it's colourful, it's everything people don't associate with bowls - and there are some brilliant games to watch. Right now (second half of January) there are a heap of live feeds and highlights from the World Indoor Bowls championship in the UK - the top bowlers in the world in a variety of formats, and of course excellent bowling to admire (and copy!). There are more hints on watching YouTube videos in the newsletters mentioned below.
VIEWS
Our friend and Richmond member On Kow Lee issues a periodical newsletter about events in the world of bowls. She kindly makes this available to Granville Park members. The September edition linked to several games from the UK national championships, while October gave an enthusiastic personal take on Hong Kong events. The November edition is a long piece covering events in Hong Kong, Scotland and also Vancouver's PIBC, and for December there is yet another enthusiastic summary of several games to be seen on YouTube.
GPLBC Vice-President Trevor Field has been compiling a bowls blog over the years, aimed primarily at new or intermediate bowlers, with comments and advice on how the game is played.
Happy reading!
COMING UP...
​Social Events
The Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day event will take place on 9 February. In addition, and thanks to the enthusiasm of some of our first-year bowlers, we are in the process of planning other events: these will appear here as soon as they are finalised.