Category: General News

EIBA National Over 60’s Singles Champion 2023

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Wonderful article on EIBA website about our lovely Jo Morris and her determination to carry on bowling after an horrific neck injury. Such an inspiration to us all and she has helped other members of our club get to grips with using a bowling arm.
 
Jo is proof that if you want something, you have to fight for it. Last month she was crowned EIBA National Over 60’s Singles Champion, five years after she started using a bowling arm when faced with the prospect of giving up the sport she loves forever! 🏆
 
Jo says “The reaction has been mostly complete admiration of my determination to try bowling with the arm. Some say they would just give up bowls, or throw it from the hip, but we both decided we wanted to master the bowling arm to show people there is another alternative.”
 
Here is her story ⬇️

Club Champions 2022-23

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Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd April 2023 saw the climax of this seasons internal club competitions, there was a great atmosphere in the club on both days with lots of spectators, family and friends supporting all the finalists.

Take a look at the winners . . .

 

Men’s Sussex County Finals 2022/23

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Men’s County Finals 2022/23 took place on Sunday 12th March at Falaise and our congratulations go to Rob Morphett, Ajay Morphett & Steve Boswell who won the Triples and the three of them together with Bill Fuller won the Fours.

Say Hello to Nathan and Sags

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Our relationship with Brighton University Sport Management Placement Programme continues and we welcome two students to our club.

Nathan and Sags will be with us to complete 300 hours of work each to enhance their management knowledge. Their time here will enable them to complete a project to end their year 2 studies.

Please give your time to chat to them and to answer any questions they may have.

Nok Pun (Nathan)

 

 

 

“Hi my name is Nathan, I’m from Macau. Macau is a small city beside Hong Kong. My hobbies are playing football and cooking. I’m looking forward and excited to meeting you all.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Osagie Ojo (Sags)

 

 

 

“My name is Osagie Ojo, you could call me Sags. I am 19 years old. I like to watch football and support Liverpool. Furthermore. I am excited and looking forward to getting to know everyone.”

Captains / President “Fives” Day

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60 bowlers took part in todays tournament in memory of our late President Phil Garrett and in support of our captains.
12 teams competed, each team had 5 players and each player had to play 2 games. The format was 6 singles games and 6 triples games played in the morning followed by 6 pairs then 6 fours after lunch.
The winning team was “Mustryarda” and the runners up were “The Motley Crew”
Thank you to everyone who came to support, there was a great atmosphere in the club and lots of fun and banter. Thank you to the bar staff and also those who prepped the sandwiches. A very special thank to George who organised the event and kept it running smoothly.

So Close . . .

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L-R Lorraine Kuhler, Katherine Rednall

Lorraine Kuhler, representing EDIBC  at the finals of the National Ladies Champion of Champions came so close to beating the current Ladies World Champion, Katherine Rednall, narrowly losing by just 2 shots.

Well done Lorraine, we are so proud that you choose to bowl at our club.

Goodbye 2022 – Hello 2023

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Our club continues to thrive and has had some great successes in 2022, both Men’s and Ladies’ teams topped their respective County League Divisions, Rob Morphett won the Mens County Singles Title and our Ladies almost had a clean sweep of the Ladies County Competitions winning 4 of the 6 Titles, Lorraine Kuhler Badged Singles Winner, Lorraine paired with Jo Morris won the Ladies Pairs, Lorraine and Jo with Mandy Carrie won the Badged Triples and Lorraine, Jo, Pat Bain and Chris Dodd won the Ladies Fours.

Lorraine, Jo, Pat and Mandy Carrie were also runner’s up in the National Fours losing to Katherine Rednall’s team from Norfolk.

Our Ladies team have progressed to round 5 (Inter Area) of this season’s Yetton Trophy and will be playing Worthing Pavilion on Saturday 7th Jan at 10am and Lorraine has reached the final of the Champion of Champions to be played at Dolphin IBC 4/5th February.

Club competitions are well under way, the club leagues are running smoothly and our Ladder League has 72 players split in to 18 groups of 4.

We look forward to more great bowling in 2023 good luck to everyone in all competitions.

In March we were joined once again by two Sports Management Students from Brighton University for their 300 hour work placement and they had an opportunity to learn every aspect of managing a sports club. We enjoyed having them and they both joined in the spirit of the club and were an asset, we wish them well in their future careers.

Also in March we held, for the very first time, a 24 hour Bowl-a-thon and raised £4600 for the local charity Children With Cancer Fund – Polegate.

As members of Disability Bowls England our aim is to work towards being a preferred club to host County and National Disabled Bowls Matches and during the Eastbourne Festival for Accessible Sports we promoted our club and the work we are doing for disability access and inclusion by displaying examples of equipment to aid people with a disability to play bowls.

Our social calendar has been busy with members enjoying an Afternoon Tea, a Race Night, Live music with Tom Powell, a couple of Quiz Nights and a very successful Christmas Fayre.

Events planned for 2023 are a Fish and Chip Beetle Drive, a Barn Dance, another Afternoon Tea, a Bingo Night, another Race Night, a couple more Quizzes and a Spring Fayre, check out our social page for dates and times.

Finally we wish a Happy New Year to all our members, their families and friends and to any prospective members. If you’d like more information about our club please send us a message using our Contact Form and we will be in touch to arrange a visit and/or taster session.

Eastbourne Festival for Accessible Sport

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During the recent Eastbourne Festival for Accessible Sport Derek Spiller,
Fred Hughes, Chris and Anita Feltham promoted the Club and the work we
are doing for disability access and inclusion. Our display included examples
of equipment to aid people with a disability to play Bowls as well as details of
facilities at the Club for social activities and meetings etc., for use by non
bowlers from the disabled community.

 

L-R Derek Spiller, Fred Hughes, Chris Feltham

Held at the Archery Field and Sports Hall, Seaside Road the event was well
attended and included demonstrations of a variety of sports for the the
disabled during what was a lovely sunny day. Our stand had a steady stream
of visitors and useful contacts were made with local groups including
Eastbourne MS Society, Eastbourne Blind Society and Eastbourne
Parkinsons Society.

 

 

 

The annual Eastbourne Festival for Accessible Sport is organised by Defiant
Sports, a local charity who provide coaching, events and competitions for
disabled sports. Further details can be found on www.defiantsports.org.uk
We are pleased that we are collaborating with Defiant Sports to make the
game of Bowls available to players of all abilities.

As members of Disability Bowls England our aim is to work towards being a
preferred Club to host County and National Disabled Bowls Matches in
addition to to the above. These exciting developments form part of our on
going community initiatives and we look forward to posting progress updates
in the future

Social Dates For Your Diary

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Our social team has got some great events lined up for the Winter Season starting with Steve’s Quiz Night on Saturday 15th October (tickets on sale behind the bar now) followed by the very popular Tom Powell Cabaret Night on Friday 28th October.

November will see a Race Night, always a great evening and our Annual Christmas Quiz.

 For a full list of social events see our Social page.