300 Club

The September Draw took place at our Bowls Presentation Night and the very first winner of the new Lightfoots Cup competition also won the £200 first prize, just before he emigrates to Scotland - I'm talking about Kevin Sharman of course who now has more than one reason to remember us by.  Second prize was won by Aidan Coles, a tennis member who has had a number in the draw since the very beginning in May 2017.  

Congratulations to both winners.

October prizes will be £75 and £25 before the prize amounts work their way up the scale towards the grand Christmas bumper prize.

A remarkable month when 2 of our small and elite group of Life Members won the prizes on offer.   The Draw took place after the Ladies v Gents match in front of a few of our sponsors and I am delighted to say that our long-time former Treasurer, coach and great supporter of our Club Keith Wright won the 1st prize of £100 and the 2nd prize of £25 went to our outstanding clubman and former Club Captain John Hurley.  Wonderful.    

The September prizes are £200 and £50 so keep your fingers crossed that your number comes up on 30th when all being well we will do the September Draw on that Friday evening.  

The July draw was held in front of a clubhouse full of bowls club members after the Friday League games on 29th July.  This month's £75 first prize was won by our brilliant Social Event Organiser Jo Green with her number 59 and Gerry Bryant, who witnessed his number 48 being drawn, and having already won a tenner in the raffle lucky fella, won the 2nd prize of £25.  Many congratulations to both winners.

The August draw will take place in the club on the 26th when the prizes will be £100 and £25. 

The June draw was held in the clubhouse after the Frday League games on 1st July.  The first prize of £200 was won by Ian Griffiths with his number 45 and Derek Goodyear, a generous supporter of the 200 Club since Day 1 in 2017, won the 2nd prize of £50.  Many congratulations to both winners.

Next month's draw will take place in the club on 29th July when the prizes will be £75 and £25. 

The £100 first prize of the first draw of the new 200 Club year was won by Jenny Lowe with her number 9 and our Men’s League Captain John Rawson celebrated our first league game of this season with a 5-1 win over Bicester, but then also won the second prize of £25 with his number 60!  Well done both. 

May I thank everyone who has subscribed with a number or numbers this year.  For a variety of reasons we had a turnover of nearly 20 numbers in the past month so I very much thank those who continue to support the Club and those who have most recently joined or subscribed to extra numbers to make sure we have a full house.

Ian

The final draw of this 200 Club year was completed on Friday 29th and the first prize of £75 was won by long time friend of the club Ken White.  The second prize of £25 was won by our exceptional President Gordon Taylor.

Thanks all Bowls Club members who have supported us this past year.  We have now written to all Bowls Club members about the new May 2022 - April 2023 200 Club year when we hope it will be well supported again.

In the year just gone the 200 Club has paid out a total of £2,250 in prizes and we've been able to contribute £2,550 to Sports Club funds.  This money  helps the Sports Club cover borrowing costs associated with the new clubhouse.

So far the 200 Club has raised £12,000 in the 5 years we've been running it, so a big thank you to Bowls Club members who have significantly helped make this happen.

Ian Rutherford

200 Club Administrator

I think the March draw was the first to take place in 5 years without your writer, but happily the winner of the £200 prize is our blind bowling buddy Bob Gerhardt with his number 176, well done Bob.  Second prize was won by Matt Canfield with his number 159.

The final draw of this 200 Club year will be next month when the April prizes will be £75 and £25.

Thanks everyone who is a member for supporting the 200 Club this past year and we will be writing in a few weeks' time about the new May 2022 - April 2023 200 Club year when we hope to learn that you will support us again.  

This month the draw was held during a Friday afternoon's table tennis session when the £100 1st prize was won by friend of the Club Nigel Champken-Woods and the £25 2nd prize by Jenny Reed.  

We only have 2 more months to go before the end of this 200 Club's year and March's top prize will be £200!

Good luck everyone.

This month's draw took place in front of an enthusiastic group of short mat players on the very last day of the month.

One of our senior members John Wheeler won this month's £75 first prize with his number 83 and the second prize of £25 went to our tennis club member Alan Cornish with his number 160.

As always, our congratulations go to both winners.

Next month's prizes will be £100 and £25 and hopefully we will be able to do this draw on a Friday evening again!  

Unfortunately, due to the postponement to a later date of our Christmas Dinner, we did the 200 Club Draw on Monday 13th at the final short mat session this year in front of 30 or so enthusiasts.

And this year's bumper Christmas Draw winners will be familiar names to many of you, because Jan Sargeant won the 1st Prize of £500 with her number 103 and Maire Duncan took the 2nd prize of £100 with number 191.

Many congratulations to both long time members of the 200 Club.

We hope to hold the next draw in front of a crowd in January 2022, but we will have to wait and see what next month brings.

In the meantime, we hope you all have a good Christmas and can look forward to a prosperous New Year. 

Another month, another 200 Club draw.  This month's winners have won before, so we need to seek their advice on how to do it!

On this occasion Rosie Collins won £100 with her number 27 and Graham Watson £25 with his number 77.

Next month we have prizes of £500 and £100 in the Christmas Bumper Draw, so we hope to see you there at the Bowls Club Christmas Dinner on 17th December when the draw takes place.   

It was really nice to do the 200 Club Draw this month in front of so many club members enjoying a good night out playing short mat, having a drink and a chat, or playing cards.  A good time appeared to be had by all.

Amongst all of this we did the 200 Club Draw in which Graham Watson won the £75 1st prize and Barbara Waters the £25 2nd prize.  Well done to both long term contributors to the 200 Club.

Next month we have £100 and £25 prizes before the big £500 and £100 Draw that will be held at the Christmas Dinner. 

Until next time ........

Bowls Club members are doing very well this year, yet again taking both prizes.

Jane Kimber has won the very significant first prize of £200 and Maxine Plested has the 2nd prize cheque for £50 on the way to her.

Congratulations go to both members and thanks again go to everyone for supporting us so well.

Next month's prizes drop to £75 and £25 before we start working ourselves up the scale to the Christmas jackpot prize of £500 which will be drawn at our Christmas Dinner on 17th December. 

Keep well everyone.

The August draw this month took place earlier than forecast, after the Friday League matches that were played on a Monday (yes really).

The first prize of £100 was won by Steve Balne with his number 48 and the £25 2nd prize went to Louise James, a tennis club member, with her number 25.

Congratulations to both.

Next month's prizes will be £200 and £50.

For the second month in a row and we've been able to do the draw in front of a packed clubhouse, although sadly much to the disapointment of eveyone present, no one in the room won!

Nonetheless, there was applause for the winners, namely the £75 1st prize of winner Jill Jenner and the £25 2nd prize winner Barbara Waters. Well done ladies.

Next month on the 27th August we will have prizes of £100 and £25 up for grabs.

We hope to see you there!