Fred Etheridge started his three year presidency. Club Captain was Alan Scarrett and Maggie Gaughan was the Ladies Captain. The membership continued to grow throughout the year to a total of 65 members.
The league results were mixed. The Ladies finished 6th of 7 in the Glos Tuesday League. The Men in the Glos Sunday League came 5th of 10 in Div 4. The Mixed team in the Glevum League finished 6th of 8. There were a large number of friendly games and these were all well supported and enjoyed by our members. Sponsorship from SKI Groundworks and Construction provided an opportunity for the club to provide after match refreshments for all league and friendly matches which were well received by members of visiting clubs. Our application to have a second team from 2026 in the Mens Sunday League was approved.
We successfully applied for a Community Health and Wellbeing grant (£834) from Tewkesbury Borough Council which has allowed the club to improve the coaching offered to all members and replace unserviceable items within the club, improving the members experience when bowling.
Major items worked on at the end of season were replacing the actual green ditch along the tennis courts side and ditch wood toppers on two sides. We were successful in our application to Churchdown Parish Council for funding (£2500) for 3 x water sprinklers, the tennis side ditch work and the watering system pump servicing.
The old club Honours Boards on edict from the main club had to be taken down but they were replaced with smaller versions and placed in the Bowls Hut.
Graham Dean completed his final year of three as overall Club President. Mens Captain was Richard Taylor and Linda Clarke was the Ladies Captain. Membership grew to 56. The Ladies finished 5th of 7 in the Glos Tuesday League. The Men in the Glos Sunday League came 2nd in Div 5 and were promoted. Following our first year in the Glevum League we started well and in the end finished 7th of 8. We had 68 matches on the card at the start of the season, a healthy increase mostly due to the Glevum League. Using the grant from Churchdown Parish Council we added two new metal steps to the green, upgraded the website, bought some junior woods and recruitment resources. We attended three local events with our recruitment table they were Churchdown Tescos, Churchdown Parish Council Funday and Imjin Barracks Freshers Fair. The main club taster session was a roaring success.
The Club President was Graham Dean, Mens Captain was Ian Wood and Jean Kemsley was the Ladies Captain. Membership stabilised at 44 members. The Ladies entered the Glos Tuesday League for the first time and came third in Div 2. The Men in the Glos Sunday League came fifth in Div 5. We had 55 matches on the card at the start of the season. Following the AGM we applied to join the Gloucester Glevum Mixed Leage in addition to the other two league competitions.
The Club President was Graham Dean, overall Captain was Roger Stollery. Membership grew to 53 and we had 36 matches split 29 friendly and 9 Mens Sunday League.
On Wednesday 22nd September 2021 we hosted another taster session. This allowed the Churchdown Cubs to visit us and learn about bowling. There were 25 cubs and 4 of their leaders. We supplied 15 bowls club members to help and encourage the cubs. We were delighted with the cubs’ enthusiastic and increasingly accurate involvement.
On Friday 20th August 2021 we hosted a taster session. This allowed a local social club to visit us and try bowling. The session lasted about one hour. The visitors tried bowling the Jack and the woods, and played a friendly game. After this event they rested in the bar area of Churchdown Club to enjoy beer/wine and Pizzas.
We had an official opening of the club on Saturday 22nd May 2021. Due to Covid-19 rules that were applicable at that time we had limited number of external "Bowls Officials". We were lucky that the Chair of Bowls Gloucester could attend. We had a sequence of internal matches.
Since then we have had external matches with local bowling clubs, both home games and away games.
The old equipment sheds were inconvenient and difficult to access with heavy machinery. So two small concrete sheds were dismantled and rebuilt as one larger shed, closer to the clubhouse.
One huge task was also required. We had to release some of the green to allow for bench seating. This required digging a small ditch, releasing part of the bowling green, and repositioning the relevant fencing.
Churchdown Village Bowls Club quickly purchased sports equipment needed by a bowling club. It was also urgent that a club "identity" was created; so a small committee was formed and agreed the club colours, logo, flag and shirts. Having an "identity" meant we could redecorate the club house.
On 14th January 2021 a Bowls Club in Churchdown, that had existed since 1923, decided to close. There were some members who regretted the closure; and they decided to create an alternative bowls club. So, on 27th January 2021, Churchdown Village Bowls Club was born. The name is sometimes abbreviated as CVBC, for internal communications.
The CVBC was able to use the same bowling green and club house that had been vacated by the old bowls club. However CVBC needed to perform a series of tasks that were required to create a “new” bowls club...
