Gloucestershire Bowls Association News

President's Message 2012

Dear friends of the Gloucestershire Bowls Association.

I feel very humble and privileged to now be the President of this great Association of ours. I thank my home
Club of Moreton in Marsh for their nomination, and my good friends at Northwick B.C. Club for seconding me.

We have just completed our first year as a Unified Association and all appears to have gone well. I look forward to playing
the County, Presidents and Executive matches, some of them being mixed. The only fear I have in Bowling is being beaten by
a better player – the gender is irrelevant. I would therefore like to wish the lady President, Pat Marsh, an enjoyable season
and look forward to seeing her at the matches.

I have always been an avid supporter of the Middleton Cup, and this will continue through my year. I look upon last year as a
positive step forward, just losing out on a quarter final place at the final game. We have the players to progress further in the
competition and I will be there to encourage and support throughout.

I thank all the Officers, and many members of the Association for their words of support to me for the coming year, it is
appreciated. Also, taking on this type of position cannot be done without the support of your family, and I thank my wife
Margaret for her unstinting support over many years, but especially during my term in Office.

Please enjoy your bowling next season and please remember, the Officers of the County take their positions because they
want to, because they love the game of bowls, and because they want to give something back. They also do it for nothing,
so their commitment to making the game enjoyable for all cannot be doubted.

Please enjoy the year.

Ian Deakins
President 2012

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New - Two Wood Singles Competition

Effective from the 2012 season the County is no longer running the Under 40's Competition which has now
been replaced by the National Two Wood Singles - please contact your Club Secretary for entry details