Finally, this brings us to the question of what gender are our bowls? After some research it has been established that lawn bowls are definitely feminine as they have womanly qualities. If a bowl can be referred to as “a beautiful bowl” then it must be female as no one refers to a beautiful man. (Jan Pan disputes this and say “Oh yes you can!). Bowls like a bit of polish and come in lovely colours with a nice glossy finish and don’t like to be manhandled. Bowls also tend to do their own thing and don’t listen, need to be handled carefully, go their own way, are normally a bit biased, a little sensitive and have dimples! End of story! When it comes to determining the gender of the little white or yellow ball we use as a target we need to consider that the official rule book calls it a jack. It is however also known as the “kitty”, “the white”, the “sweetie” or the “pill”! Perhaps when it is referred to as the “Kitty” it is feminine and when referred to as the “Jack” it has to be masculine. – Neville Odell with help from Brian Staples
Life Membership – John Abercrombie At the Annual General meeting in August 2020 Ron Taylor, on behalf of the Governing Council, presented life membership of our Club to our President, John Abercrombie. He told members present that ABBA joined our Club in 1998 and that in the 22 years he has been a member he has always made a major contribution to the on-going success of our Club. He reminded us that ABBA has always performed his duties at the highest level and has never sought recognition or reward and with an
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