A message from Paul Jaques.
I have been your Secretary & Treasurer since 2008. At that AGM Greg Warman decided to step down and a suitable replacement was sought from the membership. Jim Winters (bless him) stated that as I had retired in 2007 and had sweet F.A. to do I would make an excellent replacement. It didn’t take the room long to agree that was a good idea (milliseconds) and the rest is history.
Over the last ten years we have seen many changes and improvements to the league, and have grow from 12 teams to 20 teams playing in two divisions, with over 200 members.
Teams that have come and gone include Stevenage Police, Plankton Factors, Green Rovers (Buses), Bright Sparks (Electricity Board), Marquis of Lorne, Postels, (GPO), Jackasses, Grasshoppers, John Lewis, Esa, & Astronuts ( Astrium/Airbus) to name just a few. Since 1954 most of the industry teams have gone and been taken over by pub & club teams.
We now hire 3 rinks to facilitate all the league and competitions that we play. The cost to hire a rink in 2008 was £844, the cost this season will be £1206, an increase per year of just under 3%, which is still pretty good value.
The hardest part of the job in the early days was preparing the fixtures and competitions, so I am forever grateful to Loz for joining the team and computerising that side of the job.
Loz is also the brains behind this fantastic Web Site we have which has enabled us to communicate to you all.
Enjoy your bowling and have a great season.
Paul. J