Social Events at Woodlands 2019
Woodlands Bowling
7 August 2019
A merry band of Woodlanders swapped their bats for bowls this morning at the Maltravers Bowling Centre of Excellence. About 14 members braved the elements to roll their woods organised by club president, Dave Richardson. There are too numerous other people to thank but we were made very welcome by the bowls club. There were many styles of bowling from the Barnes Wallis approach to the whirlwind wang but above all we had a very amicable morning.
There is an opportunity to repeat this experience in exactly 2 weeks time, same time same location.
Contact Dave Richardson if you are interested
Guide Dogs Fund Raising
3 July 2019
During the course of 2018/19 the good people of Woodlands Table Tennis Club sponsored the Guide Dogs charity, raising £826, which will be boosted to over £920 with the addition of Gift Aid. This is an absolutely splendid sum.
Paul Prior presented our cheque to the local Guide Dogs representatives, Ken & Yvonne, on Friday at Littlehampton. Ken & Yvonne brought their current trainee dog, Tracey, to the presentation. Tracey, a lively and beautiful young black Labrador was still in the early stages of learning commands and clearly has a long way to go before she will be able to carry out her eventual role, but she is expected to make the grade and will one day be matched with a blind owner.
Yvonne talked about her role in teaching young dogs basic commands and introducing them to different sights, sounds and situations. She also mentioned the new danger that silent electric cars bring to the blind and their dogs, something the Guide Dogs charity has lobbied the car manufacturers and Government about.
It was a very informative evening which raised our awareness of the difficulties faced by being blind, and the difficulties faced by the charity in raising funds in order to provide, train and maintain these magnificent working dogs. The charity gets no Government funding whatsoever, and the process from start to finish is hugely expensive. Yvonne thanked us all on behalf of the charity and after the talk we were permitted to stroke and make a fuss of Tracey, all part of her on-going training.
Very well done everybody and thank you for supporting our 2018/19 charity.
Woodlands OUTDOOR BOWLS
17 July 2019
Just 2 places left
Would you like to have a go at playing OUTDOOR BOWLS, if so why not come along & have a go on Wednesday 7th August at Maltravers Bowls Club, Maltravers Drive Littlehampton BN17 5EY
We will meet at 9.30am so we can sort out some woods for you to use & be ready to start playing at 10am. All we ask is that you must wear FLAT soled shoes/trainers please.
I have booked 3 rinks & can take 12 people so it will be first come first served with your email back to me at, gorranhaven1@gmail.com or you can contact me on 01903 905280 or 0780 2855948
The cost is £3.00 each & if we need to hire some woods then that would be an extra £1.50.
We are very grateful for the help of Colin Smale who is a member of the bowls club.
There is limited parking on site but you can normally park in the road.
I look forward to hear from you very shortly.
Dave Richardson