Torrisholme BC

Here are the initial team picks. Matches start next week (w/c 19th), with the A and C at home to Kirkby Lonsdale B abd Bailrigg B, and the B and D away to Bolton-le-Sands B (Monday) and D (Thursday).

I’ll start putting the fixtures into the club calendar soon, and may even start tweeting again, too.

‘A’ Team

• Keith Poppleton
• Helen Gates
• Steven Sowerbutts
• Anne Poppleton
• James Illingworth
• Jeanette Sowerbutts

‘B’ Team

• Phillip Mashiter
• Shauna Speight
• John Skeltcher
• Veronica Hawkard
• Chris Adams
• Julie Grieve

‘C’ Team

• Kevin Thompson
• Hazel Bishop
• Gordon Rutter
• Rebecca Brock
• Graham Hewitt
• Tracey Bargh

‘D’ Team

• Stewart Clark
• Sandy Squires
• Leon Bhatt/ Michael Rosier
• Lorna Hewitt
• Rachel Stainton
• Tanya Hughes
• Sue Page
• Nikki Banks

Subs – Diane Williams, Dave Carney, Dave Sowerbutts

Notes from the Selectors

• These are the initial teams – selection is an ongoing process and performance and results will be monitored. Approach a selector if you have any concerns about placings.
• Due to an abundance of ladies of a similar level, the D team ladies will work in a rota system. We realise this will disrupt the pairings but it is the only fair way to ensure everyone gets games. This was discussed at the AGM and it was agreed that a rota system could be used for the D team, as long as it was made clear in advance that this would be the case.
• Team sheets are to be copied and given to Rebecca, Hazel or Keith on a regular basis so we can make any changes to teams if needed.

Official 2011/2012 Club activities start today with team selection at Salt Ayre, 2:30 to 4:30, continuing tomorrow night 7-10pm at the college, next Sunday at Salt Ayre 3:30-5:30, then Monday at College again.

If you’re not interested in being selected for a team, just attend club night on the Mondays, Sundays are for team selection only.

Matches and standard club nights resume w/c 19th September.

I’ll update the fees and club night pages soon!

Cheers,

James.

With Phil’s successes at the tournament (mystery mixed and doubles handicap), two teams promoted and one team scabbily missing demotion, we have got some things to celebrate as the season recedes into memory.

Rebecca has organised a simple, yet nourishing, night out for us.

Friday 8th April

1. Meet at Superbowl in Morecambe Prom. The 3 lanes booked 6.30 – 7.30
   (I can book more if extra people want to play)
2. Meal at Babar Elephant (Indian)
   on Morecambe Road 8pm

All welcome including partners!

We’ve received the entry forms from the Tournament Secretary. I literally can’t contain myself. They’re supposed to be on the league website, but, at the time of writing, I can’t see them. No matter, I’ll host them here, too.

There are four separate files provided. I guess you only need to print the entry form and declaration (3 & 4) to send in. I’ve also combined them all into one file in case you just want to see all of the pages in one go, coz I’m helpful like that. You’re welcome.

1. Programme of Events
2. 2011_2_Conditions_of_Entry
3. 2011_3_Official_Entry_Form
4. 2011_4_Declaration_Form

The full 2011 League Tournament Entry Form – Now in one, handy, cut out and keep file!

• Monday 14th March
  • Mixed Doubles Championship
  • Mixed Doubles Restricted Championship Div 3and,4
• Tuesday 15th March
  • Gents Singles Championship*
  • Ladies Singles Championship*
• Wednesday 16th March
  • Gents Doubles Championship
  • Ladies Doubles Championship
  • Gents Doubles Restricted Championship Div 3 and 4
  • Ladies Doubles Restricted Championship Div 3 and 4
• Thursday 17th March
  • Mystery Mixed Handicap
• Friday 18th March
  • Veterans Gents Doubles Handicap
  • Veterans Ladies Doubles Handicap
• Saturday19h March
  • Mixed Doubles Handicap ‘A’
  • Mixed Doubles Handicap ‘B’
• Sunday 20th March
  • Gents Doubles Handicap ‘A’
  • Gents Doubles Handicap ‘B’
  • Ladies Doubles Handicap ‘A’
  • Ladies Doubles Handicap ‘B’
• Monday 21st March
  • Veterans Mixed Doubles Handicap – over 40’s
  • Veterans Mixed Doubles Handicap – over 50’s
• Tuesday 22nd March
  • FINALS – Handicap Events
• Thursday 24th March
  • FINALS – Championship events

Sorry, meant to post these ages ago – I took a few snaps around the table at the meal we had at The Dalton Rooms – You may be able to recognize some of the people through the filters applied to the pictures, you may not…

Go look at the set on Flickr.

Here’s a nice one of Keith to whet your appetite, wish it wasn’t so blurry, it’d be a cracker…

Sorry to mention XMAS when it’s only October, but, social committee débutante Rebecca has only gone and booked the Xmas meal. This year’s venue is The Dalton Rooms in Lancaster, with a very tasty looking set menu of 4 courses for a remarkably austere £20.

Usual rules apply. We need a deposit of £10 per person to secure your place. Places are limited, obviously, so it’s first come first served.

You can email your interest and menu choices to ku.oc.notnimdab-emlohsirrotnull@yraterces or to ku.oc.notnimdab-emlohsirrotnull@kcorBaccebeR – all monies to Rebecca or James or via team captains (if your captain is one of the ones we can trust).

Menu – Also, click here. Ignore the price on their website, it’s £20…

STARTERS

• CLASSIC FRENCH ONION SOUP
  Home-made using a beef and brandy stock, topped with a gruyere cheese croute.
• HAM HOCK TERRINE
  Pressed with buttered leeks & fresh parsley
  served with pea & mint mayonnaise
• HOME-CURED SALMON GRAVLAX
  With a honey, dill and wholegrain mustard dressing
• SCALLOPS ST. JACQUES
  Seared queen scallops in a white wine & garlic sauce, with shallots, fresh basil, pomme purée &
  finished with freshly grated parmesan
• HORSE CHESNUT, PARMESAN & GOATS CHEESE TWICE BAKED SOUFFLE
  Drizzled with caramelised lemon dressing

MAIN COURSES

• TRADITIONAL ROAST CHRISTMAS TURKEY WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS
  Including Yorkshire pudding, sausage meat & apricot stuffing, pigs in blankets, roasted potatoes, parsnip & carrot mash.
• PAN FRIED FILLET OF SILVER BREAM
  With roasted curried parsnips &
  dauphinoise potatoes
• CONFIT DUCK LEG
  Crispy duck leg with buttered fondant
  potato, sticky red cabbage & mulled
  wine sauce
• INDIVIDUAL HOME-MADE FISH PIE
  Topped with cheesy mashed potato & served with buttered greens
• BEEF BOUGIGNON
  Traditional slow braised beef in a rich red wine sauce, with home-cut chips & fresh bread
• CHICKEN GALANTINE
  Rolled with apricots, sage & garlic, served with dauphinoise potatoes and butternut squash puree
• WINTER VEGETABLE COBBLER
  Mixed root vegetables in a creamy white wine sauce with a crumble topping, with fresh bread

HOME MADE DESSERTS

• TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS PUD
• TIRAMASU
• SHERRY TRIFLE
• WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE
• BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

TO FINISH

• FRESHLY GROUND COFFEE & MINTS

…and we’re back.

On the eve of the new season, a couple of things.

If anyone in the club wants to volunteer to post anything, match reports, social news, rants about their boyfriend, let me know and I’ll set you up with a user who can publish. The site’s been a bit quiet of late, but I’ll try and be a bit more active, and probably set something up so it’s easier to post some pictures and the like.

Twitter: I haven’t been tweeting that much from the club account because, well, nobody follows it. But, it occurred to me that maybe people are still looking at the tweets either direct on the Twitter website or on this site via the magic of the sidebar and the auto posts. It doesn’t seem terribly likely, but you never know, SO if you are on Twitter, please follow and tweet at me occasionally, or if you’re not on Twitter but look at the tweets, let me know. I’ll probably drip a few through when I remember anyway, but there’s not a lot of point if nobody reads them!

Calendar: I’ve updated the calendar with fixtures through to the first week of November to be going on with, as it’s a bit tiresome to tap them into Google, but I’ll add the rest soon. If you spot any errors, do let me know so I can correct them, Rebecca.

Finally, the initial team picks. We’ve got a rather healthy number of members this year and so expect this to change over the weeks as the selectors learn more about the players and the results start to roll in – each week the team captains send the results to the selectors and they are used to help analyse how well individuals and pairings are working. Also, get down to club night to allow the selectors to make better assessments of players between teams, and, if you feel you are in the wrong place, have a word with a selector – they’re not human and they will bite, but that’s the quickest way to get them to re-assess…

Oh, and good luck with the new scoring system!

‘A’ Team

• James Illingworth
• Keith Poppleton
• Steven Sowerbutts
• Janette Sowerbutts (C)
• Anne Poppleton
• Julie Grieve

‘B’ Team

• John Skelcher (C)
• Phillip Mashiter
• Graham Hewitt
• Tanya Hughes
• Shauna Speight
• Veronica Hawkard

‘C’ Team

• Dave Carney
• Gordon Rutter
• Kevin Thompson
• Tracey Bargh
• Lorna Hewitt (C)
• Hazel Bishop

‘D’ Team

• Stewart Clark
• Alan Poppleton
• Rod Illingworth
• Rebecca Brock
• Rachel Stainton
• Diane Williams (C)