V isually I mpaired B owls E ngland

NEWSLETTER – Autumn 2019

PRESIDENTS PROSEIt`s been a very busy year again sending 2000 letters to outdoor bowls clubs, each containing a spider badge which raised £5000.00 more than last year for elite and grass root bowlers. As well as spider badges I sent out collection boxes which again was very fruitful.Besides attending V. I. B. E. tournaments, Bernadette and I went on tour with Coventry and District Bowls Association to Great Yarmouth where I helped V. I. bowlers use the string and with front coaching - as well as raising funds. We visited Hawkesbury B.C., Brighton; Canon’s Down, Truro; Yateley, Hampshire and Basingstoke B.C., Berkshire - assisting club coaches to gain confidence and encourage V. I.`s to join their club. We have a new member from Yateley B.C. who played in Hastings.I would like to encourage members who buy online to log in to ‘Easy Fundraising’ or ‘Give as you Live’. Find the account for Visually Impaired Bowls England so when you buy anything the company will make a donation to V. I. B. E. It`s free and an easy way to raise funds, if you need help let me know. Finally, I encourage as many of you as can possibly make it, to come to the ‘Bowlathon’ on 4th January 2020 at Herga IBC, Harrow to help raise money and have fun.

Regards,Clive Robinson

Your President

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In the continuing absence of an Editor, this edition of the newsletter is once again produced by David Stott. If any member – or an acquaintance, friend or family member – could take this role on, your help would be very much appreciated.

CHAIRMAN’S CHATMuch has happened since our last newsletter. First and most importantly our financial assets have continued to grow. This is thanks, in the main, to a small band of volunteers. We need to commend those people for their hard work (they know who they are). Of course, it would not be right to miss the fact that the President and his wife to continue to liaise with Lions clubs, locally and internationally, to gain support.

We have successfully held our usual competitions using the skills and abilities of Gail and David Stott. Congratulations to all the participants in these competitions, winners or not.

Our trials for the World Bowls in 2021 have been completed, and a team selected. I wish all those going every success. I also have to report that England have three highly experienced umpires who are prepared, at their own cost, to help out in Australia. If you are available to participate in our Bowlathon in Harrow, North West London from 10:00am on 4 January 2020 please let Chris Price know. Monies raised will help those selected for Australia to attend.

As far as development is concerned, I attended a meeting with BBS and DBE a couple of days ago. One of our hurdles is having accredited coaches throughout the country who can effectively support new VI bowlers. Therefore, we will address this issue first.

I remain most impressed with the genuine support of committee members, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.

VIBE will host an international tournament next November. At present triples will be the main event. We will not necessarily invite the elite England bowlers to participate. Therefore, it is quite possible that if you enter, and do well, at our indoor triples next April you will be asked to participate next November.

As ever, I wish you all well, and good bowling this winter.David Mears

VIBE INDOOR PAIRS 2019The VIBE Indoor Pairs were held in Nottingham IBC once again in 2019.

VIBE expresses its gratitude to all the staff at the club for their welcome and hard work to make our Tournament so enjoyable.

Hazel Quayle once again sponsored the event but, unfortunately, couldn’t be with us in person this year. Our best wishes go to her and we look forward

to seeing her again next year - if not before!

Thanks also to our Umpires and markers - we couldn’t do it without you!

36 visually impaired bowlers, from across the country, along with friends, helpers and spectators, descended on Nottingham IBC for an intensive weekend’s bowling. The large number of entrants meant that the competition had to be played as a single group - with it being ‘the luck of the draw’ as to which pairs played each other. Each pair played six games and the top two played off for the main competition trophies, whilst the pairs finishing the ‘round-robin’ games in third and fourth places played off for the ‘Plate’.Last year’s winner, Alan Lyne - this time paired up with B1 World Champion Sarah Marshall - started as he’d finished last year and the pair looked formidable as they won every game before unexpectedly losing their last one.Meanwhile, there were other pairs playing extremely well and, at the conclusion of the ‘round robin’ games, Lyne and Marshall found themselves out of the competition - ousted on shot difference.The Plate was contested by Yeovil’s Ron Homer and Mo Perry, who finished runners-up for the second year running - beaten this time by the Pennine pairing of Keith Collins and Gareth HarwoodThe main Final was a real cliff-hanger between Cornwall’s Alison Yearling and Geoff Wherry who had been un-beaten in the round-robins. Facing them - and also unbeaten - was the Metro pairing of Maureen Ryan and VIBE Chairman, David Mears.  After the allocated one-and-a-half hours, the pairs were tied and the winners were therefore decided on an extra end. Maureen Ryan played two great bowls to within a foot or so - but not to be denied, England’s Commonwealth Games V.I. bowler Alison Yearling played the perfect draw for shot. Despite David Mears’ best efforts, he couldn’t disturb the head, so the 2019 Indoor Pairs winners are Alison Yearling and Geoff Wherry.  Prizes were presented by Steve Rodwell - Development Manager of the E.I.B.A.

VIBE INDOOR TRIPLES 2019MIDGLOS IBC   6 th & 7 th APRIL 2019

Nine Triples congregated at MidGlos Indoor Bowling Club – who had generously donated their facilities free of charge – for VIBE’s National Indoor Triples competition.  The awkward number of entries obliged us to play a full round-robin competition over 9 sessions, so Saturday was ‘full on’, with four of the nine teams playing five, one-and-a-half hour games – whilst five teams did get a session off. At the conclusion of day one, Gareth Harwood’s triple was in the lead – having won four of their five games and drawing the fifth. In second – 2 points behind, Mo Perry’s triple, followed in third place by Phil Dutton’s trio.By Sunday lunchtime, Mo Perry had had a big win but also a heavy defeat whilst Gareth Harwood suffered a big defeat and had his ‘sit-out’ session, so Perry now led on shot difference, with Dutton’s triple remaining in third by one point from Geoff Wherry’s Cornish contingent – who only had one game left to play after lunch.In Session 8, both the leading triples won their games and the shot difference came down to 4 in favour of Mo Perry. Phil Dutton’s trio lost whilst David Mears’ team won again – beating brother Adrian’s triple - after their poor start to the competition, to be just one point behind the third-placed team.The final session’s games saw second-placed Harwood’s triple against third- placed Dutton, whilst Mo Perry faced Chris Turnbull and David Mears faced Marjorie Convey’s triple.  Down to the wire!And, after Mo Perry lost his final game – and Gareth Harwood won – the Runners-up were Darren Moon, Ron Homer and Mo Perry.

The 2019 V.I.B.E. National Indoor Triples Champions are:Steve Dewitt, John Palmer & Gareth Harwood

Many thanks to MidGlos Indoor Bowling Club for their great hospitality. Next year’s competition will

again be at MidGlos on 18th & 19th April 2020.It would be great if we could fill the 12 team places

available!!

ENTRY FORM FURTHER ON IN THIS NEWSLETTER

V.I.B.E. Team Manager’s Report

UK VI Indoor Singles 2019

West of Scotland IBC, Rutherglen, Glasgow.

The England party assembled in the Queen Street Travelodge the evening before the competition started – those who were able having been to the club for a practice session beforehand.

Following our outdoor successes in Leamington in 2016 and Llandrindod Wells in 2018, the team was hopeful of another good showing – this time indoors and on the Scots’ “Home Patch”. Scotland have held the indoor ‘Friendship Cup’ for twelve years (six competitions) – although England did manage a tie in 2011 – and so we knew that competition would be fierce. The full party was:

TEAM MANAGER DAVID STOTTASST. TEAM MANAGER

GAIL HEPWORTH

B1L ----- -----B1M Amit AMIN Dir: Clive RobinsonB1M Keith BRENTON Dir: Ron McArthur

B2L Sarah MARSHALL Dir. Linda RalphsB2L Lynn BOURNE Dir. Mick Bourne

B2M Ron HOMER Dir. Moira SheehanB2M Chris TURNBULL Dir. Doreen Metcalf

B3L Marjorie CONVEY Dir. David MearsB3L Tessa FURZEMAN Dir. Judy Andrews

B3M Steve SIMMONSB3M Paul DAVIS Dir. Kelvin HORRIBEN

B4L Liz WARD Dir. Steve IllidgeB4L

B4M Alan LYNEB4M Gareth HARWOOD Dir. Mark Bilsby

ALSO TRAVELLING: Scott Vallance, Bernadette Robinson.

The lack of any B1 ladies and having only one B4 Lady, meant that we were immediately disadvantaged since we couldn’t collect any points for players in these categories. Our aim for the future needs to be that we should try to recruit and coach/develop players – not only in the shortage categories – but across the board in order to provide more competition for established players and to lift our standard generally. I would appeal to all our members to get involved in VIBE indoor competitions (Pairs and Triples) and to enter our outdoor Nationals.

As expected, the competition was a very hard-fought affair and, despite some disappointments, the England players generally acquitted themselves very well and there were some notable ‘scalps’ collected during the competition.

The England medallists were:

Amit Amin: B1 Men’s GOLD

Keith Brenton: B1 Men’s BRONZE

Sarah Marshall: B2 Ladies’ SILVER

Lynn Bourne: B2 Ladies’ BRONZE

Steve Simmons: B3 Men’s SILVER

Marjorie Convey: B3 ladies’ GOLD

Tessa Furzeman: B3 ladies’ BRONZE

Gareth Harwood: B4 Men’s GOLD

Liz Ward: B4 Ladies’ GOLD

It was with great pride that I received the overall team trophy (The Friendship Cup), on behalf of England, from the retiring Scottish Team Manager, David Thomas.

David Stott, Team Manager

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VIBE BOWLERS HELP D.B.E. WIN THE PARA-BOWLS OUTDOOR HOME NATIONS 2019

The Pairings of Alison Yearling (Directed by Sue Wherry) with Chris Turnbull (Directed by Mark Wherry) and Sarah Marshall (Directed by Linda Ralphs) and Steve Simmons (Directed by David Stott) acquitted themselves really well in the Mixed Pairs - and the VI Singles - to help secure ‘top spot’ for England in Wales in September. The ‘icing on the cake’ for Marshall & Simmons was an international ‘Hot Shot’ in their

Mixed Pairs game against the Welsh ……… And they have their certificates and badges to prove it!

ISRAEL 2019. TEAM MANAGER’S REPORT

A party totalling 22 people (including Northern Ireland’s Lisa Royle, her director/husband Steve and Scotland’s Eleanor Clark and director Doreen Strachan) assembled at Terminal 5, Heathrow at the unearthly time of 5am for our flight to Tel Aviv. After a pleasant journey, we arrived in our hotel in Netanya to enjoy a couple of days’ acclimatisation and a practice session at Ra’anaana Bowls Club.

Day one in the International Challenge, being played at Ramat Gan bowls club was a Triples competition which was decided by Group Winners. Despite Lisa Royle having to pull out of the last game, she, Ron Homer and Skip Mo Perry had done enough to secure the group winners’ medals. Well done to them - and well done also to Directors Steve, Moira and Laurence.

The Pairs and Singles competitions got underway on Tuesday and England took 19 points from the day’s games to lie second - behind hosts Israel by 5 points. South Africa followed in third place with 15 points. The performance of the day for England had to be the amazing fight-back and victory on the last end of our B3 pairing of Marjorie Convey (Directed by David Mears) and Adrian Mears (Directed by Kelvin Horriben) over the formidable Australian / Kiwi combination of Greg Kennedy and Sue Curran. Convey and Mears looked to be heading for a big defeat - trailing 0 - 9, with no apparent answer to their opponent’s relentless peppering of the jack. However, dogged determination and a resurgence in form saw the pair claw back to trail by one going into the last of the 14 ends and a magnificent 3 sealed their 15-13 victory.Elsewhere there were wins for B1 Amit Amin, B2 Ron Homer, B4s Liz Ward and Gareth Harwood in the Singles and the B2 pairing of Lynn Bourne and Ron Homer. The B1 Lisa Royle and Amit Amin pair held on for a draw in their game whilst our losers fought valiantly. Not a bad day at the office!

The unfortunate Mo Perry had to miss out on points on Wednesday morning as he had to visit a dentist to address a raging gum infection. How he managed to overcome the pain to play at all on Monday and Tuesday was testament to his commitment to the team. Wednesday was NOT a good day for England. Despite some heroic performances - which we will need to convert into winning performances - we won only a couple of games. Gareth Harwood continued his pursuit of the Gold medal in the B4 Men’s classification - although his points don’t count in the England team total because he’s here as an extra, ‘guest’ player. In fact, the National standings were not at all clear and we awaited the organisers’ verdict on these. There were so many players ‘guesting’ for other countries. Amit Amin (B1) had a

good win over John Monk of New Zealand and Lisa Royle fought out a great draw with Israel’s premier B1 man, Itzikh Baranes.

After Wednesday’s disappointing results, things went a little better for us on Thursday.In the morning session, Amit Amin (B1) had a very convincing 21-3 win over South Africa’s David Mpungose and Lisa Royle was awarded a 21-9 victory over Scotland’s Eleanor Clark after Eleanor had to concede through ill health (thanks to our own Kelvin Horriben and a local paramedic for coming to her aid). Adrian Mears and Marjorie Convey had another tough game in the B3 Pairs, overcoming an Israeli pair by just one shot thanks to a last-bowl effort by Adrian to nick the jack out for 2 on the last end. Our B4s had byes in the morning - allowing Mo Perry to have a roll-up to get back into the swing of things following a successful trip to the dentist the previous day. Lynn Bourne and Ron Homer went down by one in the B2 Pairs.In the afternoon, Ron Homer emerged victorious after fighting out an epic encounter with Israel’s Eitan Hirak by just 2 shots after Eitan tried to convert a drawing position into a winning one with his last bowl - only to catch the jack and push it to one of Ron’s waiting back woods. Meanwhile, Ron’s B2 partner - Lynn Bourne - went down heavily to her Israeli singles opponent. Marjorie Convey and Adrian Mears both lost to South African opposition in the Singles whilst Mo Perry and Liz Ward suffered the same fate in their B4 Pairs encounter. Gareth Harwood - England’s extra player - kept up his challenge for the B4 Men’s title when he overcame the much-fancied Roy Peters of South Africa. Gareth’s ‘crunch match’ comes on Friday afternoon when he faces New Zealand’s star, James Dunn. England continued to improve as we hoped for a last ‘big push’ for medals on the final days of competition.

Gareth Harwood won the B4 Men’s category with an accomplished performance against New Zealand’s James Dunn. Elsewhere there were wins for several individuals and a great performance in the B4 category with Mo Perry and Liz Ward winning their Pairs game in the morning and then both winning their Singles games in the afternoon. We had now amassed 53 points (by my reckoning) and lay in third place behind South Africa and the runaway leaders, Israel.We were all on an up-beat and we had several chances of medals on the last day of competition.

On Saturday morning, in the first game off the green at Ramat Gan,Adrian Mears took third place after beating Greg Kennedy (Aus) 21-7In addition to Adrian Mears' 3rd place in the B3 Men's competition, Gareth Harwood added 3rd place in the B4 Pairs with his New Zealand partner. Ron Homer finished third in the B2 Singles and he and Lynn Bourne had the Silver medal place in the B2 Pairs. Amit Amin and Northern Ireland's Lisa Royle were comprehensively beaten by the Israeli winners of the B1 Pairs and finished fourth (out of four).All was not over, however, and we had more medal hopes in the last session of the afternoon.

Before I get to the final results, a massive “Thank you” to Sarah Shapiro, her co-organisers and volunteer helpers from the Israeli Blind Bowlers’ Association - and the Ramat Gan club - for their warmth of welcome and hospitality throughout the tournament. They were all AMAZING! England finished in second place behind hosts Israel, with South Africa third – a mere half-point behind us! In addition to previously published results for England:Amit Amin won the Silver medal in the B1 Singles, Liz Ward took third place in the B4 Ladies and Mo Perry - third place in the B4 Men’s

We had a relaxing/sightseeing day to The Dead Sea or Jerusalem on Sunday before setting off for home at mid-day on Monday.

A great tournament and wonderful experience for the England team. Lessons have been learned in preparation for the IBBA World Championships at Tweed Heads BC, New South Wales, Australia in March 2021.

David Stott

Team Manager

23rd May 2019

ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGERDue to Gail Hepworth’s ill-health, the VIBE committee has recently made the difficult, precautionary, decision to seek an interim Assistant Team Manager to serve until after the World Blind Bowls Championships in March 2021.

This position requires effective communication and good organisational skills - along with the ability to undertake responsibilities delegated by the Team Manager. The post holder will, preferably, be an experienced bowler/director, as they may be required to be on the green with a VI bowler in the event of anything untoward happening to the allocated director. The appointed person will be expected to sign, and abide by, the code of conduct. Finally, it is expected that you will be fit enough to support the team at international competitions for several days at any one time.

The closing date for expressions of interest is 29 November and should be submitted to David Mears, Chairman. Applicants should be prepared to be interviewed shortly afterwards.

We all wish Gail the very best as she receives treatment and hope she makes a full recovery.

Visually Impaired Bowls England

Official Nomination for interim Assistant Team Manager

Term of office from date of appointment till the end of the World Championships 2021.

Interim Assistant Team Manager

NOMINEEPROPOSED BYSECONDED BY

Please return your forms to:

David Mears at 33 Lanacre Ave, Colindale, London. NW9 5FN

Or by e-mail to davidmears233@btinternet.com

I.B.B.A. World Blind Bowls ChampionshipsTweed Heads Bowls Club

Gold Coast, New South Wales, AustraliaMarch 2021

Following the National Championships in 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 players who had qualified in sight categories where there had been more than one National

Champion were invited to play-offs for the available places in Worthing in August 2019. Subsequent to those play-offs, the following have been selected to

represent England in Australia:

B1 Man: Amit Amin. Director: Doreen Metcalf

B2 Lady: Sarah Marshall. Director: Linda Ralphs

B2 Man: Ron Homer. Director: Moira Sheehan

B3 Lady: Marjorie Convey. Director: David Mears

B3 Man: Steven Simmons. Director: Clive Robinson

B4 Lady: Liz Ward. Director: Adrian Mears

B4 Man: Gareth Harwood. Director: Mark Bilsby

SUPPORT THE TEAM!

Come and play in the Bowlathon on 4th January at HERGA IBC, Harrow and get sponsored!

MORE DETAILS LATER ON IN THIS NEWSLETTER

Weston-super-Mare Open Singles Results 2019SUPPORTED BY THE

LIONS CLUB OF WESTON-SUPER-MARE AND OTHER LOCAL LIONS

Lions Salver for best non-medalling lady: Gail Hepworth (Metro/Lowestoft)

Open Bronze: Gilbert Miles (Swansea)Open Silver & Lauriston Shield: Alison Yearling (Plymouth)

Open Gold & Lions Cup: Toby Warren (Swansea)B1 Bronze: George Phillips (Metro)

B1 Silver: Keith Brenton (Gateshead)B1 Gold & Lions Cup:  Eric Gallacher (Metro)

Weston V.I. 10 th Anniversary Tournament Clarence B.C. 30 April to 3 May

Entry Form on last page of this Newsletter.PLEASE NOTE CONDITIONS OF ENTRY!

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HASTINGS OPEN VI TOURNAMENT 2019

Singles winner C.PRICE.   R.up. J.MEARS.

Pairs Winners W.WILLIAMS & K.M.GAUSE.   R.up. S.DEWITT & C.TURNBULL.

Triples Winners S.DEWITT, C.TURNBULL, F.MORIETY.

 Triples R.up. E.GALLAGHER, J.RAWLSTON, J.TAYLOR.

Plate Winners A.MEARS & C.OMWUKA.   R.up. J.CHU & S.NEWINS.

Visually Impaired Bowls England

Newsletter 2019

FUNDRAISING

Avon Valley Indoor Bowls Club, near Warwick, held a triples event on the 19th January. A new access road was officially opened, the club held a taster day for people to try the game.

The members and guests took on VIBE members in a 12-hour Bowlathon to raise funds towards the England team traveling Nationally and Internationally. A great day was had by all and a sum in excess of £3000 was raised. Many thanks to Malcolm George and Greg Woodhall from Avon Valley also Chris Price for his hard work in setting this up and to everyone involved for raising such a magnificent amount.

As ever, VIBE is grateful for the support of Lions be it bucket collectors or through buying a wheelchair to allow disabled VIBE members to take part.

VIBE organiser Chris Price with Jeremy Wright Jeremy Wright MP with Vice-Chairman

MP, Secretary of State for Sport & Culture. Scott Vallance and Team Manager David Stott

L. DBE’s Paul Brown in action. Tony Allcock watching what’s going on on the next rink. Above R. Jeremy Wright MP rolls up with Chris Price & Tony Allcock looking on.

Elaine serving the tea and coffee. The last survivors!! 10.05pm, the Bowlathon

comes to an end.

The next Bowlathon has now been arranged on the 4th January at Herga Indoor Bowls Club Harrow, Middlesex, London. To get involved or make a donation please contact Chris Price on Tel: 07527 419201.

REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE.

Committee Members: Chairman, David Mears; Vice Chairman, Scott Vallance; Treasurer, Steven Simmons; Secretary, Adrian Mears; Members’ Representative, Kelvin Horriben; Ron Homer; President, Clive Robinson; Team Manager, David Stott; Assistant Team Manager, Gail Hepworth; Fundraising, Chris Price.

Treasurer’s Report: The accounts at the end January 2019 are looking healthy with £30,831.22.

General News: the AGM was held in June this year at the Nationals in Weston-super-Mare. This seemed to work out well in terms of numbers attending and reduction in costs and will continue to be held in conjunction with Nationals. The New Committee was voted on in June. Chairman, David Mears; Vice Chairman, Scott Vallance; Treasurer, Steven Simmons; Secretary, Adrian Mears; Members’ Representative, Bernadette Robinson; Ron Homer; President, Clive Robinson; Team Manager, David Stott; Assistant Team Manager, Gail Hepworth; Fundraising, Chris Price.

Membership: the new Membership Secretary is Kelvin Horriben and you can find Kelvins contact details on the VIBE website. The membership fee changed this year to £10.00 one off payment for life and we are happy to see all are now life members. If you change any of your contact details please let Kelvin know so we can keep in contact with you.

Sight classification: All members should have moved over to the Logmar classification system by end 2023.

National Competitions 2020; Nottingham Indoor Pairs, the weekend of 15th & 16th February. Gloucestershire Indoor Triples, the weekend of 18th & 19th April. Nationals Leamington; starting Sunday 21st June ‘til Friday 26th June. If you require any more information please contact Gail Hepworth on Tel: 01502 514700. Weston Open Tournament; Thursday 30th April ‘til Sunday 3rd May.Hastings Open Tournament; Sunday 12th July ‘til Friday 17th July.

INDOOR PAIRS AND INDOOR TRIPLES ENTRY FORM ON THE NEXT PAGE.

PLEASE USE A SEPARATE FORM FOR EACH COMPETITION.

VIBE NATIONAL INDOOR PAIRS & TRIPLES

ENTRY FORM 2020

The Nottingham Indoor Pairs will take place on

15th & 16th February 2020 (Saturday & Sunday)

The Gloucestershire Indoor Triples will take place on 18th & 19th April 2020 (Saturday & Sunday)

Please tick which Tournament you wish to enter if both please submit two forms

Nottingham Gloucestershire

NAME OF CLUB.........................................................................

NAME & ADDRESS OF CONTACT..........................................................

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TEL: HOME/MOBILE.................................................................

PLAYING PAIR / TRIPLE.................................................................

SIGHT CATEGORY......................ENTRY FEE £............................

PLEASE REMEMBER PAIRS ARE A TOTAL B6 AND TRIPLES TOTAL B8

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PLEASE NOTE: if you have players without a pairs partner or triples team, please enter their names and every effort will be made to find players for you to enter.

Entry fee for pairs £12.00 (£6.00 per person)

Entry fee for triples £18.00 (£6.00 per person)

NB. Players must ensure that their woods have a current date stamp. Presentation of trophies will be made on the green as soon as possible at the end of the tournament.

Dress code: White/club shirts and grey trousers or skirts.

Please return forms by Saturday 11th January 2020

Please return your forms and cheques payable to VIBE

Return to: Gail Hepworth, 18 Hervey Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 2JG

NATIONALS’ RESULTS 2019

CATEGORY NAME(S) CLUB(S)B1 PAIRS WINNERS AMIT AMIN & ERIC GALLACHER METROB1 PAIRS RUNNERS-UP CURTIS & TAYLOR VASEY SCARBOROUGH

B2 PAIRS WINNERS STEVE DEWITT & CHRIS TURNBULL PRESTONB2 PAIRS RUNNERS-UP JEANNETTE MAISEY & TONY KIMPTON STRATN CH'WAYS/PREST.

B3 PAIRS WINNERS MARJORIE CONVEY & STEVE SIMMONS W. HARROW / METROB3 PAIRS RUNNERS-UP DAVE WOOD & PHIL DUTTON TAUNTON DEANE

B4 PAIRS WINNERS RON HOMER & MO PERRY YEOVILB4 PAIRS RUNNERS-UP KHAN. GAUSE & GARETH HARWOOD METRO/PENNINE

B1 MEN'S SINGLES WINNER KEITH BRENTON GATESHEADB1 MEN'S SINGLES RUNNER-UP ERIC GALLACHER METRO

B2 MEN'S SINGLES WINNER RON HOMER YEOVILB2 MEN'S SINGLES RUNNER-UP BOB BOOTH PENNINE

B3 MEN'S SINGLES WINNER STEVEN SIMMONS METROB3 MEN'S SINGLES RUNNER-UP DARREN MOON PLYMOUTH

B4 MEN'S SINGLES WINNER GARETH HARWOOD PENNINEB4 MEN'S SINGLES RUNNER-UP KEVIN PAGE PENNINE

LADIES' SINGLES WINNER SARAH MARSHALL BERKHAMSTEDLADIES' SINGLES RUNNER-UP MARJORIE CONVEY WEST HARROWBEST B2 LADY SARAH MARSHALL BERKHAMSTEDB2 LADY RUNNER-UP JEANNETTE MAISEY STRATTON CHURCHWAYSBEST B3 LADY MARJORIE CONVEY WEST HARROWB3 LADY RUNNER-UP TESSA FURZEMAN NORTH PETHERTON

V.I.B.E. OUTDOOR NATIONALS 2019 RESULTS

2019 PRESIDENT’S CUP

The President’s Cup is awarded annually by the President to a sighted person who has given outstanding service to VIBE.

The 2019 joint winners were Moira Sheehan & Kelvin Horriben.

WESTON-SUPER-MARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED 10 th ANNIVERSARY OPEN BOWLING TOURNAMENT

30 th APRIL, 1 st , 2 nd & 3 rd MAY 2020 AT CLARENCE PARK.

ORGANISED BY THE LIONS CLUB OF WESTON-SUPER-MARESupported by Lions Clubs of District 105 S.W.

ENTRY FORM. ENTRY FEE £10 per person.CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: 29 th FEBRUARY 2020

PLEASE COMPLETE IN BLOCK CAPITALSNAME OF PERSON SUBMITTING THIS ENTRY FORM: ……………………………………….POSTAL ADDRESS:………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………Post Code: ………………..Contact Tel: ……………………………….. Email: ……………………………………………………….CAT COMPETITOR NAME Contact number OR Email FEE Ent.No.BBBBB

Completed entry forms, with full entry fees (Cheques payable to Weston V.I. Tournament) To: David Stott, 8 Sandcroft Avenue, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare BS23 4SS. Tel: 01934 625404, Mob: 07769 568680 Email: stottvibe@aol.com

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY. Entry fees (£10 per person) are non-refundable and entries are only accepted on condition that entrants agree to be bound by the Rules of the competition, that all decisions taken by the organisers will be accepted and that no refunds will be issued in the event of cancellation. Sight Classification Certificates should be brought as these may be requested by tournament officials. The organisers reserve the right to decline an entry – including those from anyone who has entered previous Weston V.I. tournaments and subsequently withdrawn without giving reasonable cause or notice. Entries are limited to eight in the B1 section and 52 in the Open section. A reserve list will be held if the available places are filled and entries will be accepted on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis.PLAYERS REQUIRING ASSISTANCE ON THE GREEN SHOULD BRING THEIR OWN HELPERS.

ANY ENTRANT WHO SUBSEQUENTLY HAS TO WITHDRAW MUST INFORM DAVID STOTT AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

Tel: 01934 625404 OR 07769 568680 Email: stottvibe@aol.com