~~~~~~ 20/Jan/22~~~~~~~~~~~~
JIM HARDING
The club has been informed that Jim, a former member sadly passed away at Rowcroft Hospice on Monday 17th January.
Condolences to his family and friends.
Funeral arrangements will be posted as soon as we have more details.
~~~~~~ 12/Jan/22~~~~~~~~~~~~
We need players for the 8pm Wednesday Men’s four’s.Anyone interested in playing please contact
The club will close @ 2pm on Wednesday 22nd and reopen at 08-45 on Monday 3rd of January.
~~~~~~~~ 10/Dec/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are still slots available for the fun game on Wednesday. The booking sheet can be found by the daily sheets.
COVID-19
PLAN B UPDATE
With the Government announcing yesterday that the Country will be moving to ‘Plan B’ of their COVID-19 Guidance, Indoor Bowls Clubs will now need to implement the following protocols.
From Friday 10th December 2021 face coverings will be legally required to be worn by your members, visitors and staff, who have face to face contact with the public, when they enter and move around the venue. The face covering can be removed when they are on the green playing and when having a drink and or meal. Please also be aware some of your members / visitors due to age, health or disability reasons are exempt from wearing face coverings. Whilst the majority will want to show an exemption card it is not a legal requirement to do so. In addition, if any of your members / staff live with or have been in contact with someone who has been identified as a suspected or confirmed case of the Omicron variant they must self-isolate for 10 days, even if they have been double or triple vaccinated.
Finally, if you have any members of staff who can work from home, then you are encouraged to arrange this from Monday 13th December 2021.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do
These directives will remain in place for the next six weeks, but the Government will review after three weeks and update on the next steps.
If you wish to discuss and or need further information, please contact the Office on 01664 481900 or email peterthompson@eiba.co.uk
Yours sincerely
Peter Thompson
Chief Executive
9th December 2021
~~~~~~~~ 08/Dec/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
The club is saddened to hear that Rusty Hext has passed away. A former member of the TAIBA he will be sadly missed around the greens of Torbay.
Condolences to his family and friends.
~~~~~~~~ 02/Dec/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
IMPORTANT COVID UPDATE FROM EIBA. PLEASE READ IN FULL VIA LINK BELOW
(key part)……..the EIBA would recommend that its affiliated clubs ask their members / visitors to voluntarily wear a face covering when they enter and move around the venue.
The face covering can be removed when they are on the green playing and when having a drink
and or meal……
~~~~~~~~ 28/Nov/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
The draw and pairings for next Sunday’s men’s drawn pairs is on the notice board between the 2 changing room doors.
~~~~~~~~ 22/Nov/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Ladies’ County Unbadged Two Wood Singles Competition which was arranged to be held on January 22nd, has been cancelled for this year
~~~~~~~~ 15/Nov/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
Due to the public being still wary about covid and large gatherings of people it has been decided to cancel the Coffee Morning for this year. The raffle and meat draw will still go ahead. Tickets can be bought from Bowled Over Cafe and the winning tickets being drawn on Saturday 18th December after the AGM which is at 10am.
~~~~~~~~ 28/Oct/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
Club Halloween Friendly Photos
Torbay “A” started their Devon Interclub games with a game against the Torbay “B” team.
J Stone, D Coombes, A Hawke, M Chapman.
I Armitage, A Routledge, E Devonport, J Cherrington.
R Bushell, T Powell, R Dunn, G Heaven.
E Knight, T Lock,G Foster, A Bowden won 33-12 against
Torbay “A” 104 shots. Torbay “B” 59 shots, the “A” team get maximum 14 points.
It is with great sadness we have to report that Pauline Parker has passed away. This is only a few days after her husband Alan passed away. Very sad news condolences to all family members.
Very sad news
~~~~~~~~ 10/Sept/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
All the captains for the ladies leagues will shortly receive a hard copy in the post of the ladies league schedule. Jenny will then make any alterations to team members or names etc if required.
~~~~~~~~ 03/Sept/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hello Ladies,
Welcome back to a new season of indoor bowls. We are planning on having Ladies Day on Monday 20th September at 12.30. If you wish to play please ring me on 07469 395559 so I can put your name down, we only have 32 spaces. Teams will be drawn by Vice Captain Yvonne Batchelor and myself on the morning of play.
I am looking forward to seeing you all again and having a great season.
Best wishes.
Hazel Story – Captain x
~~~~~~~~ 27/Aug/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
EIBA RETURNING TO INDOOR BOWLS SURVEY
The EIBA want to ensure that it provides a great programme of events and services to its Members. To aide us in this we would welcome you completing this survey https://www.
All responses will be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 O’Neills EIBA Clothing range voucher.
~~~~~~~~ 22/Aug/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mike Collins, who was a member for many years has passed away. Our condolences
~~~~~~~~ 20/Aug/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jenny Hopkins is still very short of ladies to play in the leagues. Any one lady interested should contact her on 550980.
~~~~~~~~ 13/Aug/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Friday Pairs (now has full 11 teams) will be from 18-30 to 20-30
Any mixed game only has to have one lady playing in the team
~~~~~~~~ 4/Aug/21~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE CLUB WILL REOPEN FOR THE WINTER SEASON ON SATURDAY 18th September.
Leagues will start on Monday 20th.
As everyone is probably aware Covid has taken its toll on members rejoining and entering teams in the leagues. At a recent meeting, due to the poor uptake on the Wednesday and Friday mixed fours leagues it is with regret the decision was taken to cancel those two leagues.
This does not mean it is the end, once the club is fully open and people start putting names on the subs sheets those leagues could be revived if enough people are interested.
Moving on, the decision was also taken to allow ladies to be a named member or substitute in ANY of the leagues. This is to try and compensate for the poor uptake.
This decision will be reviewed before the start of the 22/23 season.
ANYONE INTERESTED IN ENTERING A TEAM
should contact Graham on torbayaibainfo@gmail.com or 07747825916.
All the membership renewal forms along with the league sheets were posted on
Thursday 5th so should reach members very soon.
All fees will be the same as last season.
The summer bowls opening has been a success and hopefully will continue to grow.
The ladies leagues are also short of players anyone interested should contact Jenny Hopkins on 01803 550980.
Finally
Many people are worried about conditions inside the club,I can only reiterate now that we have the new units installed the airflow is far better than what the guidelines issued by the Government and EIBA advisors say it should be for indoor sports arenas. Hand sanitizers will still be available at various points around the club.
Look forward to seeing people in September
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