Melvyn Beck
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MESSAGE FROM NWBF PRESIDENT
LADIES – It's almost time for my year as your President to end. A very eventful and exceptional year, a new experience for us all, one which will be long remembered, perhaps not for the best of reasons. I do hope you all have been keeping safe and well. My grateful thanks to all those …
2021 NBF OUTDOOR FORMS OUT
ENTRY forms for next year's Northants Bowling Federation and Northants Women's Bowling Federation county competitions are now available from your club secretary. Players are requested to fill in the forms as usual, including the total, and then deduct their 2020 county fees, if applicable, pay the difference (cheques payable to Northants Bowling Federation or Northants …
EBF AGM POSTPONED
THE English Bowling Federation has decided to postpone November's annual general meeting and both the national executive and delegates meetings, scheduled for October, until early next year. Explaining the decision, EBF secretary Dave Woods said: "The Department of Culture, Media and Sport say meetings should be discouraged unless it is of vital importance and then …
EBF INDOOR FINALS DELAYED
WITH no sign yet of indoor bowls club being allowed to open, the English Bowling Federation have decided to delay the 2020 national indoor finals until April next year, which means there will be no national indoor competitions this coming indoor season. Following the postponement of the finals in April following the lockdown, a September date …
BOWLS UPDATE
THE Government guidance now allows clubs to consider alternate formats with reduced numbers per rink – for example, singles and pairs – in order for social distancing to be more easily maintained, rinks of three would be allowed, but you must have procedures in place to maintain social distancing. Clubs may wish to allow spectators, …
OPENING OF BOWLS GREENS
BOWLS greens were permitted to open from today (Wednesday, May 13), but with very severe restrictions and protocols in place. The following guidance from the Government is: You should only partake in activities along with members of your household, or with one other person from outside your household, while practising social distancing. Competitions and competitive …
EBF UPDATE
THE English Bowling Federation will make a firm decision on this year's national indoor finals in July when more information has been received with regard to the coronavirus pandemic. The finals, which were scheduled for Newark at the end of this month, have been provisionally rearranged for September 21-27. If they have to be cancelled, …
COUNTY FEES UPDATE
TO avoid a logistical nightmare for clubs and counties alike and given the current coronavirus crisis regarding personal contact, the NBF and the NWBF have decided that the 2020 county competition entry fees will be 'rollled over' to next year. In the event of some clubs not having copies of the fees paid by their …
NWBF STATEMENT
A MESSAGE from NWBF president Vivienne Hempsell and the Executive Committee. This pandemic is something which in our lifetime we have never had to experience. However, what is emerging from the situation is we must all accept unconditionally the need to work together and support each other. The NBF and the NWBF executives are working closely …
EBF COMPETITIONS CANCELLED
THE English Bowling Federation have announced the cancellation of all county games and competitions for this season. As a result, the Durham Centenary competition will be carried forward to 2021. The statement from EBF secretary Dave Woods reads: "To be able to achieve the national finals at Skegness, counties would have to start playing their …