Bowls Club, Llanelli.
The Crusaders are sad to announce that our Chairman, MEL DAVIES, has passed away after bravely fighting cancer for the past two years.
Mel was a superb chairman and led the club with the utmost professionalism and it was one of his proudest moments, when the club won the Division 2 Championship last season.
Mel’s funeral will be held at Llanelli Crematorium on Thursday 17th February at 2pm.
Refreshments will be available after the funeral at THE STRADEY ARMS.
The Crusaders have been saddened to learn of the death of one of their players. HERBIE MORGAN.
HERBIE was taken ill recently and has sadly passed away.
Sincere condolences to Herbie’s family and friends at this very difficult time.
The draws have been made for The County Bowls Competitions.
The matches involving players from our club are :
OPEN SINGLES
Clive Coles v Stuart Jones ( Graig Merthyr)
Greg Davies v Kevin Cousins ( Kidwelly)
OPEN PAIRS
David Lloyd Bye
Josh Hancock ( Carmarthen) v Jeff Richards
OPEN TRIPLES
Mark Davies ( Kidwelly) v Jeff Richards
Clive Coles Bye
OPEN FOURS
Jeff Richards v Huw Thomas ( Graig Merthyr)
Clive Coles v Colin Davies ( Carmarthen)
SENIOR SINGLES
Jeff Richards v Huw Thomas ( Graig Merthyr)
Clive Coles v Colin Davies ( Carmarthen)
SENIOR PAIRS
Jeff Richards v Keb Power ( Ammanford Park)
Bryan Kingdon ( Parc y Dre) v Clive Coles
SENIOR TRIPLES
Clive Coles v Jeff Richards
SENIOR FOURS
Jeff Richards Bye
Clive Coles v John Phillips ( Gorseinon)
Dates of all the games are to be advised in due course.
The Full draw can be found on the Carmarthenshire County Bowls website. www.carmarthencountybowling.org.uk
Greg Davies has taken over the role of club captain for the remainder of the season whilst David Lloyd will be in charge of the secretarial duties.
Everyone wishes them well in their new positions and all members are urged to get behind them and provide all the support they need!!
Members of the Crusaders have been invited to join Pontyclun Bowls Club on their annual bowls tour.
This has been very successfully organised for the past nine years, a great package for the cost.
It will once again take place next year from Friday 12th June to Monday 15th June 2020 based at Weston Super Mare.
There will be four days of bowls with everyone being offered at least 3 games.
All matches are local to Weston at top Bowling Clubs, transportation from the hotel to the bowls venue will be in Taxis at 12pm each day.
Matches commence at 1.30pm and taxis collect us at 5.30pm each day.
This allows an hour before and after games to socialise in the Bowls Club bars.
The cost will be £250 and is totally inclusive of the following;
Coach Travel from Pontyclun at 9am on Friday and collection at 12pm Monday for the match at Clevedon on our way home.
3 nights accommodation at The New Birchfield Hotel, on the sea front ,in a shared (or single if available) room with daily breakfast and a three course evening meal.
This will also include a Free Bar every evening between 6pm to 10pm which includes quality Beers, Lagers, Wine and House spirits.
Drinks from the bar can also be taken to dinner, usually 6.45pm
Yes a Free Bar every night including an artist/entertainment.
All taxi fares are included to and from the matches each day for everyone.
A roast dinner at Clevedon after the match before our return (approx 8pm Pontyclun)
If anyone is interested or would like more information then please let Lyn know asap so rooms can be secured.
A deposit of £30 will be required by the 31st August and the balance of £220 will not be required until April next year.
This is an excellent opportunity for our members to have a good social and Bowls weekend.
A new Rule has been introduced for this season by the League and County Association which now allows players to wear BLACK Trousers in mid week League and Tournament matches. There is also no requirement for players to wear the same colour trousers so teams can wear a mix of grey or black. No jeans will be allowed.
The Davies Brothers : From left to right : Johnathan, Melwyn and Greg. All three played in the Crusaders team against Tybie on Saturday 14th July. Both Johnathan and Greg making their league debuts.
A big well done to Club Stalwart, Steven Pope and his daughter Tiegan, who have raised £3000 for the Chemotherapy Unit at Llanelli’s Prince Philip Hospital. Steve and Tiegan presented the cheque as a thank you for the treatment Steve is receiving at the unit after being diagnosed terminally ill last October. Steve said ” My daughter Tiegan, organised a surprise party for me in January as she wanted me to see all my friends again, maybe for the last time! It was an amazing night with over 200 attending! I certainly had a big surprise when I walked through the door! I had friends and ex work colleagues there from all over the UK and even from Greece! Its a night I will cherish for ever and I am so proud of Tiegan for organising the evening along with Mike Rees, Kath Powell and Jo Brewster and raising so much money for the Chemotherapy Day Unit, who have given me wonderful care and support”