Congratulations Lorraine! 
What a fantastic Charity Night at the club over £1,000 raised for our Captains charity St Wilfrid’s Hospice with live music from Nothing Is Real, a local band, who played non stop Beatles hits for no fee, thank you. Thanks also to Bill & Andy behind the bar, to our social team, Sandie, Irene, Kathy, Pauline & Sally for organising the event and raffle and providing the food. Biggest thanks go to all our members and their families and friends who supported the evening.
On 4th December Peter Ring and Derek Spiller ran a three hour session at the Club for ten graduate Occupational Therapy Students and their Lecturer, Annette Feaks, from Brighton University covering the use of the wide range of disabled bowling equipment now available. We have subsequently received the following letter from Annette:-
“I wanted to message yourself to convey how impressed we were with the session provided at the bowls club by Peter and Derek on 4th December.
Their communication in advance of the session was very efficient with a clear agenda of what to expect, in addition we were made to feel very welcome during the activity.
The encouragement received and explanation was very sensitive and appropriate and we really appreciate the opportunity to speak with bowlers whose needs have recently altered and trial some of the adaptive equipment. The students really valued the session and now have an idea of how this activity could be used for those they may work with, and perhaps there’s some budding bowlers amongst them too!
We were really impressed by the scope of the bowls club and had no idea that the provision was so far reaching, it really assisted in cementing the sense of belonging that such a community holds, this is a really important concept in occupational therapy and was very evident during the session, please do extend our thanks once again to Peter and Derek as well as the other bowlers there on the day who made us feel welcome and answered our questions.”
Peter Ring, our Club President and Ambassador for Disability Bowls England in Sussex commented “this session is part of our continuing commitment to disability bowls and community engagement. We hope to run these sessions on a regular basis in the future.”
Our President, Peter Ring, is also the Disability Bowls England ambassador for Sussex and has recently shown Judy Plater, Disability Bowls England national developement and administrative officer how our club is encouraging people of all abilities to enjoy bowling.
Judy has written an article in January’s edition of Bowls International Magazine promoting Peter’s good work.
To read her article click here.
We have received a lovely letter addressed to our Centre Manager from a couple of members who recently hired our venue for a special occasion, this is what they had to say;
”This is just to thank you and the Bowls Club for helping to make my 80th birthday celebrations both memorable and enjoyable. My family and friend were most impressed with the venue and especially the food. Michelle and her team could not be more helpful and welcoming.
The choice of food would suit any pallet and the quality and quantity was second to none. Michelle is obviously an expert in her field and a valuable asset to the Club, my wife feels the same.
I look forward to spending many years at Eastbourne & District Indoor Bowls Club as a member and thank you once again for the wonderful service.”
If you would like to enquire about hiring our venue please contact our Centre Manager during normal office hours on 01323 506009 alternatively please send us a message using our contact form
