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The Newsroom!
COME FOR A COFFEE!
The first social event of 2025 will be one of our hugely popular Coffee Mornings. It will be held on Saturday, 18th of January at 11am - this is dependant, of course, on the river behaving itself and not creeping up on the Clubhouse again!
Come along for catch-up with friends, whilst enjoying a hot beverage of your choice, plus a slice of cake - all for just £2.50.
If you are an avid baker and fancy providing a cake or some mince pies, please do! All proceeds from the event will go into club funds.
IT'S TIME FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING!
All members are invited to OSBC's Annual General Meeting which is to be held at the club on Sunday, 2nd of February, 2025 beginning at 3.30pm.
Come and listen to reports from Committee members on how the club has fared during 2024 - bowling, financially, developmentally etc., etc. Hear about the plans and goals for 2025, share your ideas and expertise on how they might be achieved, and vote on key issues.
STAIRWAY(S) TO HEAVEN?
Income that's usually generated by hosting outside bowls competitions hasn't come in to the club due to the dreadful weather that got progressively worse as the season went on. At least two important competitions were cancelled at the last moment. Therefore, we need to try and top up the coffers before we head into 2025, because there's some serious capital expenditure coming up.
The biggest project will be the replacement of the two sets of stairs that go up to the clubhouse. The inside of the club itself may be going through a seismic transformation but the stairs are in need of replacement, having taken a battering every time the Severn has breeched its banks and lapped halfway up the club. The first quote has come in at £3,300 per staircase so we need to step up the fundraising. You can initially help by attending social events but your ideas or suggestions for fundraising are also needed.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
The Committee wishes all
members and their families,
a very merry Christmas
and a prosperous New Year!
FANGS FOR COMING!
A spectacular Halloween Quiz was held on the 9th of November and was supported by the largest number of quizzers to date. A total of 53 competitors took part, answering questions on all things spooky - from haunted houses to horror literature, ghost films to Stephen King novels, and from Shropshire myths to worldwide halloween traditions. Overall winners (by a very close margin) were James, Donna, Dan and Jackie, dressed as Beetlejuice, a Day of the Dead Senora, a haunted pirate and a vampiress! A whopping £900+ was raised for club funds!
Keep checking the Members Events page for upcoming functions.
THAT SINKING FEELING.
We always think that there's going to be a year when OSBC doesn't get flooded over winter and are always sad when it happens. The Severn burst its banks on the 25th of November and, once the filthy water started to creep in, it made it to halfway across St. Julians Car Park in a matter of hours. A look at the walls in the downstairs part of the club when the flood receded, showed that, at the peak, there was about a foot of water in there. Luckily, volunteers had been working hard over the last month or so, taking away machinery, equipment and furniture to store in homes and sheds, so there was hardly anything left to damage. Now its a case of getting rid of the dirty silt that's left, although a quick ice skate first is tempting!
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