BB&DBA Pairs
Yes - Les Melville and Ian Way have done it again !!! Having beaten Bromley Common B.C. in the semi final earlier in the month by just four shots they stormed to victory in the final against Hayes C.C. by 30 shots to 13. The final, held at West Beckenham B.C. was played in glorious sunshine which was in contrast to the end of the semi final when the last two ends were played in almost total darkness. Indeed at the end of the game they found that they had two of each others bowls in their bags!!
This now means that they have not only won the competition for three out of the last four years but have been beaten only once (by one shot) in a sequence of roughly twenty matches. Do you think they may be persuaded to give it a go again next year?.

LX League
The final two matches of the season brought good wins in both :-
Blackheath & Greenwich Away Won 8 - 2
Bethlem Home Won 8 - 2
This means we finished around halfway in the league which was won by Sidcup. It has been agreed that an additional two triples knockout competition will be introduced next season called The Ron Ault Cup in memory of Ron who served the league so admirably before his death.

Kent Competitions
Don't forget - the forms for the 2004 competitions are up on the notice board now so please take one, fill it in and get it back to Ian Way before the 12th of October.

Aggregates
Two sets of results to give you plus the overall winners. The result of August's competition was ; 1st - Barbara Mossman, 2nd Dennis Seaman and 3rd Ken Hapted and the September competition proved to be very close with a joint 1st between Roy Aston & Dennis Seaman and joint 3rd between Doris McCarthy and Ann Young. At their end of season supper held on Tuesday the 23rd the overall results for the season were announced as follows ;
Winner - Doris Lindley
Runner Up - Ken Hapted
Congratulations to them both.

June Jones
June ran in the Hyde Park Fun Run on the 14th of the month and completed the three miles in 45 minutes. On the day she wore a T-Shirt with the name West Wickham B.C. written on it and with sponsorship she picked up at the club and elsewhere she raised a magnificent £157 for a Breast Cancer charity. Well done June !

Ladies Handicap Singles
The delayed final was played the 4th of September and it was well worth waiting for. In a tense encounter Anne Simmonds finally beat Barbara Way by the closest of margins 22 - 21.

Jubilee Cup
Congratulations go to Roger Cooley, Jack Skinner, Keith Gall and Phil Broomfield who beat Bromley Town in the final at Beckenham B.C. by 23 shots to 13. This is in fact the second time in three years that a team from this club have triumphed in this competition so we must be doing something right !. Spare a thought though for Pete Searle who played in all the rounds up to the final but after declaring himself unavailable then found out that he could play. It was decided to leave the team as it was with 'super sub' Roger playing in his place and thankfully, for everyone concerned, this clearly did not affect the result. Lets hope that they can win it again next year but this time with Pete making the final.

Men's match v Cyphers I.B.C.
The team has now been picked for the match against Cyphers for Sunday 26th October and is up on the main notice board. Please tick your name off to acknowledge that you are still available to play.
Ladies please note that there will again be a mixed match against Cyphers, on April 4th 2004, and we will be asking for names for that at the AGM in December.

Officers for 2004
Please note - The nominations lists for all Committee offices & delegates are now on the notice boards. Remember that officers for the Management Committee can be from both the gentlemen and ladies sections.

PCL League
The final game of the season away at Bellingham was lost by 89 shots to 73 ( 2 points to 5) despite winning on two of the four rinks. This means that we have probably finished the season in 8th or 9th place.

Hospital Amenities Competitions
The triple of Colin Fazackerley, Keith Gall and Phil Broomfield unfortunately lost their semi final against Bellingham on the 2nd of September at Nat West Bank.
Sadly, in the final of the singles, John Tullett was also beaten, by Dave King from Nat West Bank.

Animals League
The final matches of the league were (just about) played without a hitch although, for a variety of reasons, many of the teams could not field the players that they should have. However the competition was finished off on the 1st of the month without having to postpone any matches and it is gratifying that it was played in good spirit. The final positions show that the Antelopes were in third place, second were the Bears and the winners were the Lions so congratulations to team leader Doris McCarthy, Jo Reynolds, Maurice Simpson, Sid Perrett and Bill Mewis.

The Warren Secretary's Charity Day
For the second year running the club supported this day by sending a rink to the Metropolitan Police B.C. at the Warren on the 20th. Roger Cooley, Phil Broomfield, Keith Gall and Mike Truan played in the fun day and in fact actually won the overall 'round robin' competition where you play a number of ends in all four positions. The money raised on the day went to local hospices.

AGM's
Mens - Thursday 16th October at 7.30 pm.
Ladies - Sunday 19th October at 11.00 am.
Club - Tuesday 2nd December at 7.30 pm.

Social Events
Remember to keep in touch with what is going on at the club during the winter by coming up and using the bar on either a Friday evening or Sunday lunchtime. It is hoped that at least one Quiz Night will be arranged and also that the short mat may be rolled out again on Wednesday evenings.
The Christmas Party will be on Saturday 13th of December and if recent years are anything to go by you may have to get your name down quickly as numbers may have to be restricted.

Help
There will plenty of little (and some not so little) jobs done in and around the club during the winter including the renovation of the benches and seats, redecoration of the changing rooms etc. So please keep in touch with the Maintenance Manager, Keith Gall, and if you can help out and spare a few hours of your time it would be greatly appreciated.