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Early Summer Newsletter, May 2026 by Dave England

To all our wonderful members.

Well, we’ve done it again. A huge pat on the back to all for your support in ensuring we have had yet another successful season. Membership numbers are now approaching 320, an increase of 30 from last season, a testament to all the hard work put in by our (entirely voluntary) team and to those members who have gone the extra mile in encouraging others to join.

Hopefully, we will see everyone returning in September with renewed vigour to ensure we maintain our continued success. You can rest assured that due to this ongoing success there will be no increase in charges for 2026/7

League matches have managed to reach a successful conclusion. Winners of the 2025/26 Leagues were as follows :-

Mon AM Aussie Pairs – Ray Clifford, Steve Law
Tue AM Triples – Chris Gibbons, Peter Bailey, Jayne Gibbons
Wed AM Triples – Heather Standring, Jayne Gibbons, Chris Atkinson
Fri AM Pairs – Andy Bingham, Keith Bardon, Les Fleming

 Mon EVE Triples – Chris Gibbons, Pete Bailey, Derek Everson
Wed EVE Triples – Tony Creaser, Sue Allan, Steve Law, Stan Harrison
Thu EVE Pairs – Heather Standring, Jayne Gibbons

Congratulations to all: winners will receive a Garden voucher for £10

It was great to see so many of you at the presentation night, everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves and the ongoing quiz kept everybody interested. Seems like it will become a regular event. Next season we hope to split the leagues in to 2 separate sections (before and after Christmas) and have a presentation at the Christmas Lunch

 I have already had confirmation from most teams that they will be re-joining the leagues in September. Please contact me as soon as possible to ensure you are also included. At the moment there is a space in both Mon AM Aussie pairs and Thu evening pairs leagues. Any members not attached to a team, those wishing to Bowl more often, or those wishing to be included in a team please let me know when you wish to Bowl and I will try to allocate appropriately. The more teams playing the better the atmosphere!

Hopefully, many of you will now be out in the very fresh air enjoying outdoor bowling at the various local clubs, a list of these are on the club notice-board and website (ryedalebowls.com), together with contact details. Anyone requiring further details should contact myself (DE). All the clubs welcome new members and supporting them ensures continuation of the loyal support they give to RIBC.

The winter social sessions have now finished and we have now switched to social bowling on Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10.30am plus Wednesday at 7pm. Many thanks to Pat Baldwin for opening up on Sunday mornings, please ensure it keeps going by supporting him as often as you can. Everyone is welcome at any of the sessions. (I know it is said that outdoor and indoor bowling shouldn’t be mixed but personally I do both and don’t have problems. So, come along when you can.)

As the Potters Bowls trip was such a success it will be repeated next March. See the notice board for more details. Many thanks to organiser Liz Briggs

To those who have given their time to help in the successful running of the club we give a big thank you.

The Cleaning teams –
Ann and Keith Harmer, Dick and Di Myers, Tony and Hazel Corcoran, Mike Christon, Ray Wilcox and Dave England

Those opening up –
Aubrey Charlton, Terry Wray, Chris Gibbons, Tony Creaser, John Breckon, Antony Croser, Derek Harper, Mike Franklin, Dave England, Steve Law, Peter Wheeler, Pat Baldwin, Allan Humphrey

The Maintenance team–
Ray Wilcox, Tony Corcoran Paul Rolfe Mike Christon and Dave England

The committee –
John Breckon, Sue Harrison, Tony Creaser, Tony Corcoran, Kath Jeanes, Terry Wray, Dave England, Jen Smithson and (Webmaster) Mike Franklin.

Apologies if I have missed anyone.

Let me know if you can help anywhere, we are always looking for more volunteers, particularly on the committee. If anyone has any suggestions as to how we could enhance the running of the club please pass them through a committee member. Our Treasurer (Kath) is retiring later this year so the club is currently looking for a replacement. If you feel you could take on this position, or know someone who can, please tell the committee. (There is an honorarium payment available.)

We have been informed by the Oscar’s (restaurant) team that they will soon be ending their operations. We are now looking for someone to take on this part of the organisation so if you know of anyone looking for a challenge in the catering and hospitality sector, please ask them to contact us at RCLCadmin@gmail.com

Hope everyone is enjoying the daffodils and wildflowers alongside the drive. The daffodils have shown great longevity with a few still in flower. Thanks to those who donated towards the cost and those who helped plant. If anyone has any daffodils, English bluebells or other wildflowers “in the green” that can be donated or would like to donate towards bulbs for autumn please let me know. Some of the wildflowers are getting a bit out of hand so there will have to be a bit of trimming back in places to give others a chance. Any help with maintenance of this area would be greatly appreciated

 May the sun shine and your bowls run true. Whether you win or lose your games – make sure you win some new friends. Looking forward to seeing you all in early September

Best Wishes

 Dave

Visit to Potter’s Bowling Centre

In early March a party from Ryedale Indoor Bowling club and other local clubs visited Potter’s bowling centre. The Fours competition was won by members of the group.

 

End of Season (March29) Newsletter

Greetings to all our wonderful members

We are nearing the end of the indoor bowls season with only two more weeks of league bowling to go. All leagues finish by Friday 10th of April with some but not all winners emerging. It’s still tight at the top on most leagues. Well done to all our league teams who, by hook or by crook, have managed to get almost all catchup games played. Remember, ALL games must be paid for, whether played or not.

Schedule for the next 2 weeks is as follows:-

Sun 29th March – Social Bowling at 10.30. Whistlestop at 1pm (1 place still to fill)
Mon 30th – Aussie Pairs 10.30. Social at 2pm. Triples at 7pm
Tue 31st – Triples at 10.30. Social 2pm. Social 7pm
Wed 1st April – Triples 10.30. SH/Pickering 2pm. Triples 7pm
Thu 2nd – Social 10.30. Social 1pm. Pairs 7pm
Fri 3rd – Pairs at 10.30. No social at 12.30 as Sleights have finished for this season.

Sun 5th April – Social Bowling at 10.30.
Mon 6th – Aussie Pairs 10.30. Social at 2pm. Triples at 7pm
Tue 7th – Triples at 10.30. Social 2pm. Social 7pm
Wed 8th – Triples 10.30. SH/Pickering 2pm. Triples 7pm
Thu 9th – Social 10.30. Social 1pm. Pairs 7pm
Fri 10th – Pairs at 10.30. No social at 12.30 as Sleights have finished for this season.

Sun 12th April – Social Bowling at 10.30.
(SH /Pickering have 1 last social at 2pm on 15th April)
Catchup games can be played during this week

 After this we will be returning to our Summer Bowling programme as follows :-

Tue 10.30am Social
Wed 7.00pm Social
Thursday 10.30am Social

We may try to carry on with the Sunday morning session but this will need a committed supervisor to open up and control, and a minimum of 12 committed bowlers. See noticeboard for details.

In response to the recent survey (where 160 members expressed an interest) this year we are returning to holding an end of season presentation event. It will be held in the Oscar’s function room on Friday 17th of April from 6.00pm. There will be a 2-course dinner of either Steak, Ham & Chicken or Veggie Pie with peas, chips and gravy. This will be followed by Cheesecake for pudding. All for £14.50. Payment for food to be made by card at the Bowls club office before Friday 10th of April. The bar will be open for socialising from 6pm, food will be served at 6.30. Following the food we will have the presentation of prizes for this year’s league winners

During the evening we will be running a Blind card so don’t forget to bring some cash. Payment for Drinks at the bar can be by cash or card. This event is open to RIBC members and their guests and partners. It is several years since we held an end of season presentation so please give us your support and ensure this will once again become an annual event.

 Many thanks to all our members for yet another highly successful indoor season. No doubt many of you will now be looking forward to returning to your local outdoor clubs for the 2026 season. We wish you all the best and hope you have a fine enjoyable summer. The outdoor clubs are our major source of members without whom we would struggle to survive. For those of you who have not yet joined a local outdoor club and wish to do so, there is a list of contacts on the club noticeboard and also on our website.

We sincerely hope that you will be back in September ready to enjoy your indoor bowling again and help us to ensure the club’s continuing success.

Many thanks to all our volunteer helpers – we couldn’t do it without you.

That’s it for now. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Dave (On behalf of RIBC committee)