| Alf Sayers Memorial Trophy Day 2010 |
posted: 22 Jul 2010 |
A cloudy day to begin with, ending in brilliant sunshine without being too hot for comfort.
Another extremely well organised day thanks to a dedicated bunch of club members. We now seem to have it off to a fine art, even though finding three teams at the last minute gave Barry, Mike and I quite a bit to think about.
Ultimately we had 16 teams who all said they had thoroughly enjoyed the competition, food, company and bar facilities.
The green looked superb due in no small way to the efforts of the Tuesday Club. All in all a splendid day resulting in the Club achieving a financial success in line with last year.
Peter Lambert
NBC Chairman |
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| Alf Sayers Memorial Day 2010 - 18th July |
posted: 22 Jul 2010 |
A few problems before this annual event caused the organisers some major headaches but in the end the club triumphed with another wonderful day.
Just 2 weeks before the event three teams pulled out leaving the club to try to find replacements – not an easy task. In fact the final team only confirmed its entry at 8.30pm on the evening before the day itself. We were so pleased to have a full complement on the day.
In the week leading up to the day, the weather was not too good with very high winds and some rain all of which passed us by on the setting up day, Saturday.
Sunday dawned bright but cloudy. The grounds and the green looked very good and we received many compliments from the visiting teams. The green played well resulting in further praise from the players. The wind increased in the morning and eventually cleared the sky for a very sunny and warm afternoon.
The teams enjoyed the competition and the very nice lunch at the usual Nutley standard that we all come to expect. The day ended with tea before the final which ironically was won by the very team that only confirmed its entry previous evening.
Our thanks go to all the teams that supported us with their generosity, supporting the raffle and other fundraising ventures.
Internally we also wish to thank our team of caterers and workers on the day with a special thank you to, Peter Lambert, the organiser who had so many sleepless nights in the last two weeks.
Mike Evans
Vice Captain and Dogsbody of the day. |
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| A Mid-Season Reflection |
posted: 15 Jul 2010 |
As we approach mid July , about half way through our season and just before our main fund raising event, the Alf Sayers Memorial Day, perhaps the time is right to reflect a little on our season so far.
To begin with our membership has fallen slightly this year and our playing members have been temporarily reduced by a number of members being unwell or suffering from various problems.
This has meant a greater call on the remaining members to play more games than might otherwise been the case. Nevertheless they have all rallied to the call when asked.
The weather has been very contrasting as we started with very cold weather, not conducive to playing what we perceive as a summer sport. The ability to play when clothed in multi layers of warm clothing is not easy. Contrast that to the extreme heat of late June and early July taking on water to prevent any signs of dehydration.
Our results have improved from too many losses in the early weeks of play. I can only put down to less enthusiasm as we steadily froze on the green.
The green at Littlemead has remained good throughout these extremes of weather, unlike many greens we have played on elsewhere.
As I pen this piece we look forward to a good day at our Alf Sayers Memorial Day and to good fortune for the rest of the season.
Mike Evans
Vice Captain |
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| Dinner & Presentation Evening 2009 |
posted: 7 Nov 2009 |
On Friday 6 November 29 club members and their guests enjoyed a wonderful evening at the Plough and Horses pub at Jarvis Brook.
The dinner and service were first class and the general chat throughout the evening were clear indications of its success. The trophies for the internal club competitions were awarded to the winners and the runners up.
Our thanks go to David Martin for organising such a good event.
The evening was such a success that plans have already been made to hold next years dinner at the same venue on Friday 12 November.
Mike Evans
NBC Chairman |
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| Quiz Night at Nutley |
posted: 12 Oct 2009 |
On Saturday 10 October we held yet another very successful general knowledge quiz evening, our fifth, at the Nutley Memorial Hall to raise funds for the club. We had a record breaking number of teams, 19 in all, with teams from other bowling clubs Rotherfield, Southgate Park, Felbridge and the Short Mat Bowls club at Crowborough, members' teams and other teams from the surrounding villages.
Judging by the amount of drink and nibbles on all the tables it was clear that teams were to enjoy the evening from the outset. Plenty of sandwiches were provided in the interval and we were well supported with the raffle.
From comments made at the end of the evening it was clear that it had been enjoyable evening with compliments from many of the exiting teams. The winners were the team from Felbridge Bowls Club . Well done.
Apart from wishing to create an enjoyable evening, the object was to raise funds for the bowls club and thanks to the support and generosity of everyone that was certainly achieved.
Thank you to all those who came along. We will do it again next year.
Mike Evans
NBC Chairman and Quizmaster |
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| Sussex Vice-Presidents Visits Nutley |
posted: 17 Sep 2009 |
Tuesday 8th September 2009 saw the début match between Nutley Bowling Club and Sussex Vice-Presidents.
I would like to thank everybody for their support and feel that we equipped ourselves to our usual high standards with a good green, good games, good food and good company. Even the weather was fantastic but we can't claim responsibility for that.
Mike Evans
Chairman |
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| Barbecue 2009 |
posted: 27 Jul 2009 |
After a social event at Nutley Bowling Club I look forward to receiving a report of that event to be published on our website. Our recent BBQ resulted in fine submission by Russ Gaylard whose keyboard must have run red hot.
You can read about
- The setting and ambience;
- The food;
- The reading of a tribute by Patricia Sidwell
- A surprise birthday celebration
Download the full report
Maurice Robinson
NBC Member |
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| Alf Sayers Memorial Trophy 2009 |
posted: 16 Jul 2009 |
On the morning of Sunday 12th July 2009 the clouds began to break up as the 16 teams began to arrive for our annual Alf Sayers Memorial Trophy competition after the miserable weather on Saturday and overnight. As I welcomed the players at 10am I said that never before had I checked the weather forecast so many times over the previous days but now we all hoped for even more of an improvement.It did just that and we all enjoyed a lovely sunny day helped along by slick organisation, good games, great food (and so many of the teams said they only came for the food) and a nail-biting final.
The 3 ends final was between Uckfield and Crawley. It was all tied after the first 2 ends and in the 3rd end Uckfield looked certain to win with one wood to come from the Crawley skip. Somehow he squeezed his last wood through and victory was theirs. Magic!!!.
The club was complimented by many for a wonderful day. I hope it was not the Pimms that was doing the talking! We were only thankful for the change in the weather.
Mike Evans
NBC Chairman |
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| Ringmer Triples 2009 - Nutley Retains the Trophy |
posted: 13 Jul 2009 |
The persistent rain on Saturday 11th July 2009 and the weather forecast for the following Sunday did not bode well so it was a nice to wake up to a sunny morning in time for this year's Ringmer Triples Tournament, as well as Nutley's Alf Sayers Day.
John Robinson, Tony Syzlka and myself attended Ringmer Bowls Club for their annual event in sunshine and so it remained all day. The format remained as previous years with twenty clubs taking part, four of whom we had to play games of seven ends.
Our first match was against Preston Ladies who in 2007 had easily beaten us. This year the table was turned and we were won 14-4, having won 5 of the ends. Our next opponents were Rotherfield 14-1 with 6 winning ends, then Portslade 13-7 with 4 winning ends and finally Adastra 7-4 with 5 winning ends.
The result was as last year with Carlton as runners up and Nutley retaining the trophy.
With the usual high standard of lunch, convivial company and excellent weather a great time was had by all.
Maurice Robinson
NBC Member. |
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| Nutley Fete 2009 |
posted: 29 Jun 2009 |
A very hot, sunny day drew the usual large crowds at this annual event on Saturday 28th June. Our stand this year was a combined boot fair and children's tombolo . Manned by Mike Evans, Tony Smith, David Martin with occasional hindrance from myself, a sum well in excess of £100 was raised. A very worthwhile effort and a good chance to raise the club's profile in the village.
Marlene Robinson
NBC Member |
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