SADBA CHARITY GALA 2023

What a great day we had at Harpenden Bowls Club on 5th September in hot and brilliant sunshine for the annual Charity Gala with the proceeds going to the President’s Charity SENSE.

24 teams of three were gathered to bowl for the Strofton Trophy with keen competition and fabulous (and not so fabulous!) bowling throughout the day. Harpenden as ever had a super green that bowled fast and true.

The winners this year was a Harpenden team led by Trevor Tharby, “The Brushes”, narrowly beating “The Three Amigos” from Potters Bar who often figure in the top three.

The full result is:-

1st:”The Brushes” ( Harpenden BC)

Trevor Tharby – Simon Burgess – John Osborn (54 points)

2nd : “The 3 Amigos” (Potters Bar BC)

Barry Woodman – Brian Vince – Mick Brennan (47 points)

3rd: “Coldpaws” (Potters Bar BC)

Dave Sparrow – Colin Malone – Paul Stevens (43 points)

Our picture shows Trevor’s team receiving the Stroften Trophy from the President Gordon Burrows. The event raised over £500 for his Charity.

Click on the image below to open up a slide show of few more pictures.

Special thanks go to Brian Burfoot for organising the event and on the day with the support of Michael Woodhams (admin and umpire) and John Bartlett (umpire). We also must acknowledge and thank Harpenden for their huge support in organising the parking arrangements, a great green, superb food and a bar. The day could not have been better.

President's Welcome Message

This year, for the first time in our history, we do not have a President in post so matches and other functions during the year will each be led by one of our Officers. We do, however, have a Deputy President, Jan Southwell, who was our President in 2018. Jan is unable to fulfil full Presidential duties this year but looks forward to being our President in 2025.

Despite the fact that we have few new faces wanting to step forward to lead SADBA into the future, we have an exciting and promising year ahead, both outdoors and indoors. As usual our Inter-Club League matches are fully subscribed and our Competition entries are up once again reflecting the keen interest in the association and competitive bowling.

With a Deputy President in place our Bob Vise final will be at Jan’s own Club, Potters Bar, on August Bank Holiday Monday. Our Finals Day will once again be at Harpenden Bowls Club which proved to be an outstanding venue in 2023 with excellent facilities and support from the Club.

M J Woodhams, Secretary & Past President