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SYSTON GREENOfficial Newsletter of the Syston Bowling Club No.92 January 2014

DIARY DATES 2014JANUARYSaturday 11Coffee Morning 10.30am

Monday 13Melton Indoor Roll-up 11.20am

Wednesday 15Quiz & Social afternoon 2.00pm

Saturday 18Who Wants To Be A Millionaire7.00pm £3 inc supper

Monday 20Melton Indoor Roll-up 11.20am

Wednesday 22Quiz & Social afternoon 2.00pm

Monday 27Melton Indoor Roll-up 11.20am

Wednesday 29Quiz & Social afternoon 2.00pm

Friday 31A game of BocciaFaith Supper & Raffle - Tickets £5

Saturday 1 FEBRUARYIndoor Bowls Game - Warren Triples6.30pm

Monday 3Melton Indoor Roll-up 11.20am

Wednesday 5Quiz & Social afternoon 2.00pm

Saturday 8Coffee Morning 10.30am

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Lady President’sNew Year MessageI hope you all had a good Christmasand wish everyone a very happy andhealthy New Year.There’s not a lot to report at presentbut please keep your eyes on thenotice boards for details of socialevents during the closed season.The ladies held their New YearLuncheon on Wednesday 8thJanuary to be followed by “WhoWants to be a Millionaire” onSaturday 18th January at 7.00pm.£3 including supper.At the end of the month on Friday31st we have an evening with“Boccia” (similar to carpet bowls),admission by ticket only, £5 withfaith supper.Please support these events whichbring in much needed funds for therunning of the club.

Men’s President’sNew Year MessageOnce again old Father Time hascome around to put another year onour account.

But if it’s a year with a summer likelast year, at least it will besomething to look forward to.

As usual, the club have a very goodand willing number of officers tohelp me throughout the comingseason, especially the men andladies who help behind the scenespreparing the splendid teas, withoutthem we would be lost!

On behalf of all the members I thankthem all.

So with that, and good health andhappiness, this is what I wish youall for the New Year.

Janice Wilbourn Rod Heggs

SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY

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The festive spirit was still very much inevidence at the New Year Party in theclubhouse which was beautifullydecorated with the magnificent bestever Christmas trimmings,supplemented by Dave Hudson’s verytasteful “electronic fireworks”.

Equally magnificent was the faithsupper which started the evening’sproceedings. This was followed by thefirst party game, the Syston version of“Husband and Wife” which provokedmuch frivolity and was won by Men’sVice-President Ken and wife Hazel withPast President Rob and Janice runners-up. Thanks must go to Marilyn Woodfor putting the game together.

This was followed by a picture quizorganised by Pauline Wright, on thefloor dancing for the “young at heart”members and friends.

Whilst the evening ended with a raffleraising £77.

A good time was had by all.

NEW YEAR PARTY

FRIDAY 31 JANUARY

A GAME OF

BOCCIATHIS IS SIMILAR TO

CARPET BOWLS

Faith Supper & Raffle

TICKETS £5

THIS IS A MUST FOR EVERYONESO DO COME ALONG AND JOIN

IN THE FUN

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• Only accelerate gently - uselow revs and change into a highergear as soon as possible to helpreduce wheel slip.

• Leave a gap between you andthe car in front ten times greaterthan normal.

• Steer, brake and make gearchanges smoothly and slowly, soallow more time for your journey.

• Don’t leave accessories oncharge overnight, such as phonechargers or iPods.

Throughout the close season regularsocial afternoons will again be held inthe clubhouse every Wednesday,starting at 2pm with a Pub Quiz. Alsostarting in October will be ourfortnightly series of Saturday eveningentertainment. These programmes helpto raise much-needed cash for the Club.We therefore urge all Members to givethe events their fullest possiblesupport.Please watch the club noticeboard andfuture editions of the Newsletter forprogramme details, signing up tosignal your attendance in appropriatecases.

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CLUB COACHDes Eggitt

If you have any particular problems onwhich you would appreciate the advice

of our Club Coach, please do nothesitate to contact him at any time on

0116 269 6548

Things toRemember . . .To be Confident1. Retaining confidence

is an art, dress well for your games, beafraid of no opponent, regard no shot asbeyond you, box on till the numbers are up,and confidence will always be in yourgame.

2. A bowl at the back is to cover if the jackis moved.

3. There is usually a good hand to a badrink, it pays to play it even though theopponents short bowls block the way. Manymatches are won or lost by forcingopponents to the bad hand.

4. Whatever your object is in taking green,look for the shoulder where it starts to turn,play at it, not to it.

5. Every player should have a set policyafter three or four ends they should knowwhat hand is best and what to avoid. Don’tfight a bad hand, it’s a losing game.

6. One of the negative things in bowls is wecan’t do this or can’t do that. Be positive,choose your shot and play it.

7. Congratulating an opponent followingdefeat is a courtesy in the game.

8. No game is lost till the final numbers areup, it is a good thing to keep that in mind.

9. When you are playing well on a goodhand, and if your opponents have a shortbowl in the draw on the good hand, don’tdo as some bowlers do and change theirhand, changing your hand can give youropponent the advantage.

So remember, don’t change your hand, ifyou keep to your line and a good length,you can draw past the short bowl.

‘LEST WE FORGET’

MURIELGIBSON

Most recent winners are:Sheila Aindhow (8), Hazel Rayns (17),Ray Wood (49), Sheila Aindhow (8).Congratulations to them all!

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Your views, opinions, news and anyother material of interest to Memberswould be welcomed for publication infuture issues.

Please send your copy to Alan Collinsby the first Monday in every month.

email:alancollins338@gmail.com ortelephone: 0116 260 9835.

10. Don’t let it upset you if you have a badend, relax and look forward to the nextend to play two good bowls. On the Monday just

after Christmas I joinedin the roll-ups that areorganised by JohnLamble at MeltonBowling Club.

Although not so many bowlers turnedup, possibly because of the holiday, butthose who did, really enjoyed thesession.This was my first time I had played inthis roll-up and I must say I found itnot only enjoyable but also soinstructive in the game of bowls.Our rink were playing triples and wefound that the opposing skip (whoshall be nameless, but one of hisnames is in the title of a favouriteChristmas Carol!) took the art ofwicking to a higher level, it was called‘Super-Wicking’, Des Eggitt would havebeen proud of him!Not content to wick off just one bowl,he used several bowls to wick off onmany occasions (he even put down awrong bias, wow!).But we managed to overcome hisexpertise and we won by the odd shot.Great time was had by all of us on ourrink. I may join in again for furtherlessons!Ed.

MONDAY ROLL-UPS

JanuaryHappy Birthday wishes to:Peter Rawson, Kate Toon,

Violet Whittaker, John Woodward,Marion Heggison, Gerald Horobin,

& Dave Hudson.Congratulations to you all

2014 – A new yearand a very special yearfor one of our LifeMembers. Muriel

Gibson will be 100 years old during thecoming year - I am sure this must bea record in our club to have someonewho is still able to come along to socialevents.Despite having a sight problem Murielis a regular at our monthly winterlunches and last month she was at ourChristmas Party where she was given agift from the County and as iscustomary, given a gift from the ladiesclub.Muriel has been a member of the clubfor as many years that I can rememberand I have very clear memories of heron the green playing lead – her brownwoods with a star engraved on werenever far from the jack when she wasplaying.Muriel was on the ladies committee forseveral years during which she was thecompetition secretary. On the greenMuriel was as she is now, a ratherreserved lady but she was always thereto congratulate a good shot orencourage any that were not so good.Despite not being able to see very wellMuriel is always interested in what isgoing on and really enjoys being told ofany hopes and plans for the future.We appreciate all that Muriel has donefor bowling in the past, and we allwish her well in her coming specialyear.

John organises a Roll-up everyMonday from 11.20am.

He and his helpers do a great joband we are all very grateful for

the work they do.Thank you John and we wish allour bowlers A Very Happy New

Year.

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THE OUTCAST CLUB!Did you ever think of those men whowere left out in the cold and had todefend for themselves against hungerand cold, whilst their womenfolk weregorging themselves on wonderful,wholesome food at their lunch club inthe clubhouse?No, I didn’t think you did!They had to go to a local hostelry,where the only food they could get wassteak and chips and a variety of othersuch food and not only that, the onlybeverage they could drink was beer andwhiskey, how would you like it ladies!In this photograph the men werecompelled to smile for the camera andlook as if they were enjoyingthemselves - is this equality of thesexes one would have to askourselves?But are they despondent?No of course not, they are putting on abrave face and making the most of it,they know their place in the peckingorder of life!

PAST PRESIDENTS’THANKSImmediate Past Presidents, Rob and Katewish to thank all members for supportingthe various charity events which wereheld during their year of office and whichresulted in a sum of £1171 being raised.A further £355 was donated by MarleneMurray following monies raised by thesale of her craft work and two bumperhamper raffles, giving an impressive finaltotal of £1526 which will be allocated toclub funds for future developments andimproving club facilities.

BUMPER HAMPERRAFFLE WINNERSThe winner of the Bumper Hamperraffle was David Anderton, picturedhere below, with his grandson, Jack.As one who saw the size of thehamper, David had a job on his handsto even lift it! Your editor did suggesthe could lighten the load for him bytaking the bottle of whisky off hishands, but for some reason he rejectedthe idea!Well done David.Myles Clare won second prize with ahamper and Chairman, Colin Grimes,auctioned off a further hamper whichwas secured by Kate Williams, onceagain well done.Our thanks goes to all the memberswho bought the raffle tickets andmaking the amount of money raisedsuch a resounding success.

MILLIONAIREWHO WANTS TO BE A

7.00PM £3.00 including SUPPER

SATURDAY 18 JANUARY

28 members and friends of the GardenGroup enjoyed a very goodChristmas lunch at the Toby Inn atLoughborough.During the last year we have had someinteresting meetings in the clubhousediscussing all manner of gardeningproblems and new venues for futureoutings. This year we have venturedfurther afield for some of the outings andthese new venues proved to be popularand worth a second visit in the futureat another time of year.We were pleased to be awarded a 'HighlyRecommended' certificate from the judgeswhen they judged the hanging basketsand containers during the Syston inBloom competition.The next meeting will be held on 21stJanuary 2014 at 2.0pm when we willdiscuss future plans and any gardeningproblems members may have.

HEALTH TIPS

With just a small investment in timeand money, you can make your homesafer and more comfortable byfollowing these do-it-yourself tips. Allof the home modification suggestionsbelow are easily implemented by you,the homeowner, and do not require theservices of a professional contractor.So why wait? Modify your home todayand feel happier and more secure.

Keep emergency numbers (NHS Direct,doctor, relatives, neighbours) in largeprint near each phone.Arrange furniture to createunobstructed pathways andstrategically place heavy, sturdyfurniture pieces for resting andsupport.Try to create bright, uniform lightingby adding lights to dark areas andchanging light bulbs to a higherwattage (without exceedingmanufacturer's recommendation).Ensure ample reading and task lightsin the bedroom, kitchen and livingroom;  consider under-counter lightsand natural spectrum

.Keep floors, tables and other surfacesclear of clutter.Clean out and reorganize contents ofclosets, cabinets, shelves and pantriesfor easy access of the most frequentlyused items.Remove rugs from your floors, but ifyou can't part with them, secure withdouble-sided  tape, tacks or a non-skidmat.

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