Mounties presentation to sub clubs

 On Wednesday night 16/6/21, Sue Perdriau and I will be attending a presentation from Mounties about the proposed amalgamation.  The meeting is specifically aimed at the sub clubs of Breakers.  If you have any questions about how this will affect our bowling Club , can you give it to either me or Sue ? You can email or sms or write it out on ( shock horror) a piece of paper and we will do our best to get an answer for you .

Margaret 

Annual General Meeting

 Our AGM is fast approaching - 20th July is the date set down in your diaries.  You will be receiving information from Sue and also nomination forms which close on 15th June - yes, that’s right, very soon. As you know , all positions are up for grabs .  Please think about what you can do to help.  We will have a vacancy in the Treasurer’s position as Rhonda has decided to step down , and Phyllis is offering up her position to someone new.  Both these members have been hard workers for the Club and we thank them very much for their contributions.  

PLEASE SPEAK TO ME OR ANY OF THE COMMITTEE IF YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS INVOLVED. 

It would be wonderful to have some new faces on our committee.  Everyone brings something special and unique into these situations and we are more than ready to help you wherever we can. 

I will be speaking more about this at next week’s meeting but our Club needs you to give some thought to what you can do to help out. 

Bowls for Others is a charity we have supported for many years and we allocate a donation of $100 each year.  We raise this mainly by collecting all those pesky 5 cent pieces out of our wallets so it’s time for you to clean those handbags out, check down the back of the lounge etc and bring them in. Bette Townsend can tell you more about the charity and who it supports with our donations. 

Good luck to our bowlers who are playing in Villages day on Friday. Fingers crossed for good weather.

Margaret 

State carnival report

 Last week, a team from Breakers packed our bowls and travelled up to Forster to join another 900 or so Women for the State Carnival. Kim, Phyllis, Sue and I had a very successful carnival, winning 3 out of our 6 games and being the daily section winner for our last day at Taree.  We played games at Tuncurry, Buladelah and Taree.  Good games and good company .  Lots of compliments (  as usual) about our uniforms.  Thanks to Sue for organising lovely accomodation in Forster .  Not sure where next carnival will be - they are still in negotiations for this but we will certainly be going again and would love some more Breakers people to come with us so we can wander the town or restaurants in a pack of 8 ! Start saving your money now.

Booking seats for Elsie’s Project fundraiser on 19/6/21 at Wamberal Surf Club. Dinner, magic and music! $60 per ticket - sms me on 0439446150 this week .

See you all Tuesday for amalgamation vote and then best of luck to Pennant team in our washed out game against Bateau Bay on Tuesday as well. 

Margaret 

Just a reminder

 During pennants, we have only been paying the green fees.  We hope you have enjoyed the free tea and coffee ☕️🫖 and the pennant teams really have appreciated your support as we have played our games .

Now our home pennant games are over , we will go back to $15 which will also means the lucky door prize will be up for grabs as well as the winning and losing rinks. 

Don’t forget the Lion’s Club fundraising dinner for Elsie’s retreat. It’s on 19th June at Wamberal Surf Club . SMS me if you would like to come along.

Our donated quilt, which we raffled during the pennant season was won by Narelle O’Dwyer and the cushions by Betty Troy. Thank you everyone for your support of the raffle - we raised $260. 

Margaret 

Happy Mother’s Day

 Happy Mother’s Day to everyone.  Enjoy being looked after and a special thank you to those who are looking after their Mums at this stage of their journey.  To those of us who do not have a mum physically with us anymore, we enjoy the special memories we have and keep them close to us in our hearts.