APRIL NEWSLETTER 2025
TIES – Congratulations to the following:
- Women’s Triples: Lyn Rance, Nancy McGregor & Margaret Hoad
- Men’s Triples: Logan Charles, Stephen Charles & Dean Willis
- Women’s Fours: Sarah Ibbotson, Lyn Rance, Lynn Baird & Keri Te Tamaki
- Men’s Fours: Paul Desborough, Dean Willis, Ron Kirk & John Holmes
The Champion of Champion Fours are being held this weekend. Men are at Fairfield and the Women are at Outram.
SMELLIE CUP – Congratulations to the WOMEN for winning this year’s Smellie Cup. It was a hard-fought contest which came down to the final end of the final game which had to be won by the women…and….THEY DID!!!!! Go the GIBC Ladies… 😊
INTERCLUB RESULTS – GI has had a successful year, and we have won the following interclub competitions:
- Women’s Tuesday Interclub
- Men’s Bridgeman Plate
- Saturday Afternoon 1 x 4
Special mention goes to the Juniors who came second in the Bowls3Five Wednesday night competition. Nice one everyone!!!
By winning the Men’s Bridgeman Plate, they have been promoted to the Holmes Feathers next season.
FLAG 500 – We will be hosting three Flag 500 events this winter. This is a huge fundraiser for the club. If you are able to, can you please donate some non-perishable grocery items which will be used as raffle prizes. These can be left in the basket in the foyer of the club which we will ensure is in place ready for this Saturday night for prize giving.
WINTER SOCIAL CALENDAR – The Social Committee will be putting together the Winter Social Calendar shortly. If you have any events and/or ideas that you would like to see considered, please let one of the Social Committee members know who are Sarah, Lee, or Evan.
PRIZE GIVING – Our prize giving is being held this Saturday night. The club will open at 4pm with the potluck tea around 6pm. This will be followed by prize giving.
The Bowls Dunedin Prize Giving is being held on Friday, 16th May at 7pm at the Edgar Centre. Tickets are $15 each and can only be purchased online via the Bowls Dunedin website. There will be no tickets available for purchase on the night nor from the stadium before the event.
Note: ticket numbers are limited to 180 so please get your ticket/s early.
AGM – Our AGM is scheduled for Sunday, 29th June at 10am. More details including applications for positions will be emailed in due course. We will also be holding separate women and men’s meetings before the AGM as per usual. Dates will be in next month’s newsletter.
NEW UNIFORM – The proposal of GIBC purchasing new uniforms in the next couple of years has been raised. This is something that needs to be worked through and decided as a club. Please keep this in mind if you were considering purchasing any new items in the near future.
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