Alexandra Park Bowling Club
To those of you who knew Colin Stanton, as well as a memorial bench at Alexandra Park opposite the small pavilion, you might like to know that there is one at Walton Gardens in his memory too.
Colin was head gardener at Walton Gardens for many years.
Situated by the pond it’s a nice spot for a few minutes rest when exploring Walton Park, a lovely reminder of a great friend and a wonderful bowler
It was a warm sunny day on our annual day out at Croft BC and for the first time we had made this a full day competition to fall in line with our other away days. There were 30 bowlers in attendance comprising of members of our 3 seniors league teams as well as social bowlers. It was also nice to see a couple of ladies joining us for the first time.
The competition was based on the usual format with 2 rounds before lunch and 2 rounds afterwards. The buffet lunch was enjoyable and just the ticket on a hot day.
In the final analysis the winner was Denis and there was a 4 way tie for second between John, Brian, Arthur and Geoff.
On a fine sunny Saturday 5th June at Alexandra Park 28 APBC bowlers took part in a sponsored competition of 4×8 ends. The bowlers comprised of members of the lady’s section and members from the A, B and C league teams and social bowlers of the senior’s section. A break in the play allowed members to obtain refreshments from the Café in the Park and enjoy the other activities such as the Morris Men and singers.
In the final analysis the winners were as follows:
1st Jim – Seniors A team
2nd Linda – Lady’s Section
3rd John – Senior’s C teamThe trophy and first prize were presented to Jim by members of Platinum Fencing, the main sponsor and club sponsored prizes were presented to the runners up. In summary an enjoyable afternoon and competition that fitted in well with the Park celebrations.
On a fabulous Spring day 30 bowlers took part in the 4×8 ends pairs competition followed by buffet in the main Pavilion. It was a tightly fought contest with the overall prize winners as follows:
The buffet followed the bowling and was enjoyed by those present.
Our thanks for the organisation, catering, etc go the John, Jim and Peter .