Showing posts with label Barefoot bowls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barefoot bowls. Show all posts
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Bowls ala Barefoot
I have written a few posts about bowls on this blog. However on the weekend, something of interest began at Putney... They launched their Sunday social bareboot bowls. I will check it out in a few weeks. Let's hope more people are encouraged to come to the club.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
For the Love of Bowls and the Joy of Tea
Lawn bowls. Social bowls. Barefoot bowls. It is here and it is here to stay.
According to some of the smaller bowling clubs, it has saved them from extinction. Barefoot bowls has put a new leash on life on some of the existing clubs. This initiative has changed the stereotype of bowls. Not only is it for 'the older', it is for the younger, the hip, the sporty, the lazy, the social, the family-minded, the worker...Bowls can cater for everyone.
From a corporate function to a birthday, social barefoot bowls is drawing in people from all over Sydney.
Tea. Such a beautiful thing. If I am going to write about topics related to 'an older' generation e.g. bowls, then I am going to write about tea.
Tea has such a long history. Every cup, every leaf, every spoon, every teapot has a story. Drinking tea makes people feel adult and calm. It is the mature and graceful beverage. I like drinking tea: green, chai, herbal, red, fruit, Irish breakfast et al. There are so many varieties to choose from.
If you are going to partake in some serious tea sipping, and dessert consuming, then I would suggest you head to a session of high tea. The joys of high tea. Tea, cakes, savoury creations, and other wonderful, edible consumables.
There are a few places around Sydney to have high tea. The Tea Room is a lovely place to visit. The Tea Room is located in the original Grand Ballroom of the Queen Victoria Building so it is quite a treat to have tea here. The service is good, and the food and tea is of a very good quality.
Prices include:
The Tea Room is at Level 3, North End, Queen Victoria Building. It is open Monday to Friday from 11am, and Saturday and Sunday from 10am.
Bon appetit!
According to some of the smaller bowling clubs, it has saved them from extinction. Barefoot bowls has put a new leash on life on some of the existing clubs. This initiative has changed the stereotype of bowls. Not only is it for 'the older', it is for the younger, the hip, the sporty, the lazy, the social, the family-minded, the worker...Bowls can cater for everyone.
From a corporate function to a birthday, social barefoot bowls is drawing in people from all over Sydney.
This is Jess getting ready on the green at Paddington. I love bowls. I have a deep admiration for the sport. It's fun, it's cheap, and a few hours with friends is always a good day out. Personally I am a fan of Paddo Bowls. There is decent food, nice staff, friendly bowlers, and pool tables. It is located in Paddington, hence galleries, gigs, markets, restaurants, pubs, shops, cinemas and parks also await in the inner-city mecca.
Barefoot bowls at Paddington costs $10 on Saturday and Sunday. They also have 3 sessions: 11 - 2pm/ 2 - 5pm/ 5 - 8pm.
Paddington Bowling Club is located at 2 Quarry Street Paddington NSW 2021.
Barefoot bowls is great after a week at work or uni, where you have been glued to a computer screen typing up reports or essays. It is also refreshing to be outside, not bound by deadlines or tasks! Sometimes you might even see a Holden blimp in the sky. This is photographic evidence of such a blimp. Outside goodness, time with friends, physical exercise...All for 10 dollars. What more do you want?
Tea. Such a beautiful thing. If I am going to write about topics related to 'an older' generation e.g. bowls, then I am going to write about tea.
Tea has such a long history. Every cup, every leaf, every spoon, every teapot has a story. Drinking tea makes people feel adult and calm. It is the mature and graceful beverage. I like drinking tea: green, chai, herbal, red, fruit, Irish breakfast et al. There are so many varieties to choose from.
If you are going to partake in some serious tea sipping, and dessert consuming, then I would suggest you head to a session of high tea. The joys of high tea. Tea, cakes, savoury creations, and other wonderful, edible consumables.
There are a few places around Sydney to have high tea. The Tea Room is a lovely place to visit. The Tea Room is located in the original Grand Ballroom of the Queen Victoria Building so it is quite a treat to have tea here. The service is good, and the food and tea is of a very good quality.
Prices include:
Morning Tea $21 per person
Afternoon Tea $30 per person
Sparkling Afternoon Tea $35 per person
Champagne Afternoon Tea $50 per person
The Tea Room is at Level 3, North End, Queen Victoria Building. It is open Monday to Friday from 11am, and Saturday and Sunday from 10am.
Bon appetit!
Putney Bowls...Moving into Barefoot Bowls?
Putney-Tennyson Bowling and Community Club is one of 603 registered bowling clubs in NSW. It has 800 members, including 80 registered bowlers. There are nine members (all bowlers) on the board who handle business matters. John McWilliam is the chairman of the board, and a member of the Grade Five Men’s Team (along with Jim Jones, Peter Keenan, and Max McVicar). There are also two separate bowling committees for men and women.
The small club has operated for about 30 years, and also provides a venue for other small community groups in the area.
"There’s been a trend back to small community clubs," said Michael Beaumont, the Sports Development Officer with the The Royal New South Wales Bowling Association. "Smaller clubs are better than the big, rich clubs who pay their bowlers for wins. The small clubs are more social," Max McVicar, Vice-President of the Social Committee said.
The club is also planning a new social initiative. "We're going to start up Sunday afternoon, barefoot bowls…It's saving a lot of clubs, they're right into it…Hunters Hill do it big…If we don't we'll be behind," John McWilliam said.
The small club has operated for about 30 years, and also provides a venue for other small community groups in the area.
"There’s been a trend back to small community clubs," said Michael Beaumont, the Sports Development Officer with the The Royal New South Wales Bowling Association. "Smaller clubs are better than the big, rich clubs who pay their bowlers for wins. The small clubs are more social," Max McVicar, Vice-President of the Social Committee said.
The club is also planning a new social initiative. "We're going to start up Sunday afternoon, barefoot bowls…It's saving a lot of clubs, they're right into it…Hunters Hill do it big…If we don't we'll be behind," John McWilliam said.
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