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FOR

PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE
BOWLS CLUB

LOCATED AT PIDDINGHOE SPORTS PARK, PEACEHAVEN, BN10 8RJ.

TEL. 07767 755 797 (Emergency Seasonal use only) Live links are underlined in BLUE.
Last update on Thursday 5^th December 2019 at 12.15 hrs.
See:- below
Post-AGM update of Officers for the new 2020 season
and attempting to edit but having problems!On Monday 11^th November we enjoyed a gourmet lunch at the Langham in Eastbourne
to recognise our members who were successful in the 2019 season's competitions.

Photos are now appearing on the PresentationLunch page. (Almost complete)
including that of our 2019 Club Captain
Pat Gould
who has won the prestigious 2019 Patrons Cup Awarded by Bowls England <- click to see report)

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Pavilion, Terrace and Green, April 2019.

THE OFFICERS FOR SEASON 2020

CLUB PRESIDENT ALAN WALLACE 01273 583835 VICE PRESIDENT AUDREY KIRBY 01273 584143 CLUB CHAIRMAN TED GILES 01273 586217 CLUB TREASURER PAT GILES 01273 586217 CLUB SECRETARY FRANK LEACH 01273 584741 CLUB CAPTAIN TERRY WHENMOUTH 01273 584019 LADIES CAPTAIN SUE LANDER 01273 581324 COMPETITIONS SECRETARY JOHN WHITE 01273 587130 MATCH SECRETARY BAR MANAGER ERIC GLENNON 01273 588298 SHORT MAT REP RAY BURNETT 01273 582311 CLUBMARK COORDINATOR SUE LLEWELLYN-POWELL 01273 734009 SOCIAL SECRETARY Various MAINTENANCE MANAGERS PETER HERMAN AND RAY HILLMAN 01273 599625/580681 BOWLS SECRETARY CAROLE ALDER 01273 303165 WEB & EMAIL CONTACT FRANK LEACH 01273 584741

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Our Club was founded in 1981. Our present membership is 29 Ladies and 51 Gentlemen. We would like our membership to be at least 100. So if you ever felt the desire to bowl or just enjoy pleasant company in a
friendly and welcoming environment please come and join us.

We need you.
Contrary to common misconception it is not expensive. See Club Facilities for prices.

We are affiliated to Sussex County Bowls and through them to Bowls England, the national governing body for our sport.

Our already superior bowling green, ably maintained by Peacehaven Town Council Greens Manager Kevin Bray, is the envy of many clubs in the County. How do Kevin and his team do it? We are most fortunate to benefit from his dedication and expertise.
The terrace outside our extended pavilion is our Garden Lounge. We hope our members and all our visitors will find it attractive, accommodating, and hospitable. This will always be our aim here at
Peacehaven and Telscombe Bowls Club.

The pavilion was erected in 1986 and sports excellent facilities including a bar, fitted kitchen meeting the latest hygiene standards, and comfortable changing rooms. If you're not a Club member why not come and see what we have to offer? The club is open for all our Home fixtures and you will be made most welcome. Take a look at our Fixture List. You might enjoy just sitting and watching one of our home games. If the sun is hot enjoy a cold lager or glass of wine with the bowling on the North Terrace. If its not-so-hot perhaps a cup of tea or coffee in our spacious pavilion would be more comfortable.
Short Mat bowls now a regular pastime during the winter months on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Its fun and the company is enjoyable.The funding to permit this was provided by
Sport England Inspired Facilities under the Olympic 2012 Legacy.

Their award to the Club of £31,280 to fund this project was announced in April 2014.With contributions from
Lewes District Council, our own Peacehaven and Telscombe Town Councils, the House Project and
the Bruce Wake Charitable Trust we have completed our expanded facility. We are also very grateful for an
interest free loan, now repaid, from Bowls England which has financed the North Terrace. We are very fortunate.

We have also benefited from the financial help of Sport England and the House Project Centre. Their combined grants, now totaling some £20,700 have enabled us to provide wheelchairs and bowling arms and other vital equipment to enable disabled members to get on the bowling green to participate fully in their chosen sport.

We are constantly seeking new members, from all sections of the community.
All ages and all ability levels will be made most welcome.

So now there can be no reason for you NOT to enjoy bowls on one of the best greens in the County.
You might be a Champion just waiting to be discovered.

In the Summer months, late April thru September, we have an excellent development program run by Margaret Armstrong and Audrey Kirby on Monday afternoons on the green. In Winter, from October thru April, several members are on hand on most Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays 1.00 pm till 4.30 pm waiting to introduce you to the increasingly popular indoor version, Short Mat bowls. Why not come and try your hand? You might enjoy it and you might be good. Just turn up. We'll do the rest. If you want to guarantee someone will be there drop a quick email to the club secretary listed above. Our club coaches will be happy to instruct you in the basics of the sport or advise on how to improve your game. Just come in and say Hello!
If you don't try you will never know.
Bowling is as much a social activity as a sporting one and to enforce this aspect there are several social functions from coffee mornings to quiz’s, from bingo to fish and chip suppers, barbecues to candlelit bowling.
During the closed season our Social Team organize various events including Club social evenings on Wednesdays, 7.00 pm, which prove quite popular and raise much needed revenue for the Club. The more who attend the more successful the venture. Cards, darts, dominoes, etc., you name it. And all with your favourite tipple. Tea, beer, wine, coffee, whatever. If you are at all interested in taking part in the sport of bowls please contact any member of the club whose names and numbers appear above.
TOURING TEAMS from all over the country visit us during the summer. We welcome them most warmly and can help arrange accommodation in Brighton, just 8 miles west and/or Eastbourne, just 14 miles east, where the Langham Hotel offers bowlers unrivaled service and superb cuisine. It’s a great day out on the Sunny South Coast. PEACEHAVEN is exactly where the Greenwich Meridian intersects the coastline so its not hard to find us. If you’re in the western hemisphere and on the UK mainland, drive south to the sea and turn left. If in the eastern hemisphere do the same but turn right. And make sure you're on the A259.

Our Club Secretary will be very pleased to hear from anyone thinking of touring

beautiful East Sussex

in 2020 and later. We have excellent parking facilities for cars and coaches. East Sussex is home to many world famous sites such as the Seven Sisters white cliffs, Cuckmere Haven and the Fishermens' Cottages of Atonement fame and featured on almost every calendar with photos of Beautiful Britain, the fantastic Brighton Pavilion and lovely old villages such as Alfriston where King Alfred reputedly burned the cakes, Rottingdean, home for years to Rudyard Kipling, and Batemans, nestling in the South Downs at Burwash Common where he lived out the rest of his days. The County remains one of the few areas where you can find old country pubs which welcome you with a bygone warmth and hospitality. Most sell Harveys Sussex Bitter, a brew of International fame and alone worth traveling many miles for. Sounds like Heaven? Try it. You'll think you are in Paradise. (Which can be found just down the road at Newhaven. Our local Garden Centre, coaches and children welcome and worth a visit on its own). If you prefer to walk when your partner is bowling on our green just walk out of the green and turn north. In two minutes you will be in the South Downs National Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty. What more could you ask for on a warm sunny South Coast day in East Sussex?

If you are organizing a tour and can think of a good reason for not visiting Peacehaven I would like to know what it is
( leachf@cldmail.co.uk ).
Let us help you to enjoy a memorable tour.

On the bowling side we have a team in the Brighton and Hove District League, (men only), in Division 2 so there is plenty of opportunity for competitive bowling.
In May we commence the very popular Club Monday Evening League.
For up-to-date information on these leagues please see our Competitions page.
For winter bowling we are fortunate to be within a couple of miles of Denton Island Indoor Bowling Club where the facilities are unrivaled. For links to many other local Clubs go to our Meet the Neighbours page.
For those who enjoy the increasingly popular Short Mat bowling we now have our own fully operational facility which is rapidly gaining in popularity to the extent we have had to double the number of weekly sessions. We would be happy to double them again if the interest level continues to increase. It's a warm and friendly environment and provides entertainment and relaxed exercise throughout the winter months. Why not join in? You will be made very welcome.

Suggestions to improve or add to this site will be appreciated. Contact Frank Leach ( leachf@cldmail.co.uk 01273-584741) for further information of any kind.

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