April 18th, 2025

It is traditional that at the beginning of a new season the entire playing membership comes out of hibernation and The Opening Drive commences.

Sunday the 13th April was the much looked forward day, and 70 members were present to start the new season. New president, Sharon Kenny, delivered the first bowl, and the green was immediately full as everyone was so keen to get back into the swing of bowling.

Captain of the day, Gerard McCarthy, was delighted that the weather, that can be so capricious in April,
behaved itself and the afternoon turned out to be warm and sunny, so there was no sign of winter fleeces or wet weather gear! A round robin tournament was played, which meant that opponents and rinks were
regularly changed which resulted in much confusion coupled with good natured hilarity! At the end of the day, the team consisting of Melvin Trayhurn, Jane Bishop and Charlie Griffin were pronounced winners,
beating all opposition by 5 clear shots.

A sumptuous tea then followed, as the playing members began to look forward to a new season
A quick reading of the fixture list shows that there is an extensive programme of matches to be played, which includes friendly matches against local teams, visits from touring teams and various internal
competition matches.

We are planning to run two open days in May in conjunction with Bowls Devon and Bowls England, so if you know of anyone who has never played the game and would like to give it a try, then do contact the club coaches (Gail, Sharon, Terri, Carl, Brian or Grant) or the Recruitment Officer (Viv) for further details.