Ahead of our summer season we now have some new tables to encourage members to have some refreshments during our regular tennis sessions – cheers!

Ahead of our summer season we now have some new tables to encourage members to have some refreshments during our regular tennis sessions – cheers!
Email Jane on emberjane2@btinternet.com or call /text 07768 632684.
Some amazing aerial photos of Ember taken by Cristian Teichner (https://cristianteichner.com). A very different perspective on our club!
37 bowlers enjoyed a thoroughly enjoyable evening playing shuffleboard, bagatelle, shove halfpenny and a putting competition and a splendid 2-course winter warming meal prepared by Jenny and Sylvia. The winning team in the closely fought competition was
Cliff Elliott, Chris & Steve Neale who were each awarded a bottle of wine and the runners up John Garland, Jean Condon & Ivy Walker received a bar of Toblerone.
Thanks to Andy Hughes, Wendy Beaney & John Garland who loaned the games, and to Jenny, Sylvia, and their team for their work in preparing, serving, and clearing up, plus all the others who helped in various ways.
Congratulations to our very own Linda Pillman, who was inaugurated as Surrey County Women’s Bowling Association President for 2022 at the Bowls Surrey A.G.M. on Saturday 20th November
We wish her a very successful and happy year and give her our full support.
Would you believe it!? We have had over seventy different people play croquet on our lawns this year! Not bad given we had a membership of just fourteen at the start of the season. We opened up the lawns to our neighbours and friends, and acquired six new members during the season!
We have played a lot more GC (golf croquet) this year, and this is the generally accepted route in to playing croquet these days. It’s a good fun game, but it can be as competitive and mentally challenging as AC. We entered a team into the SECF competitions and had a great time visiting several clubs including Wimbledon (at the All England Club). Our new members are playing GC and so are our guests. Tennis players must have wondered why there are so many people standing on the croquet lawn, and why are they all laughing and enjoying themselves? Drop your rackets, come on over and find out!
Simon Charrington was our most improved player, and he joins Steve Edney and Roger Stearn as 12 handicap AC players. Certainly the consistency of Roger and Simon led to us “retaining” the SECF B League (we won it in 2019, and of course the competition was cancelled in 2021).
We have received many compliments about the lawn. It certainly is looking nice and green, and it is playing quite well too. Thanks to income from grants and from guest events, we have spent a little bit more than usual on treatments and equipment. Our aim is to make our lawn faster so, instead of using brute strength, anyone can hit a ball from one boundary to another (if that’s the shot to play). We will not get to the standards of the richer Croquet clubs but its good to have this as a target.
Our target next year is to have even more fun, and to actively encourage local people and ESC members of other sports to come and give croquet a go. You are always welcome.
Here are some photos from the year:
We will be running a “Games Night” at Ember on Friday the 26th November 7:00pm for 7:30pm Start. Games which will include shuffleboard, bagatelle, shove halfpenny and a putting competition.
If you have another game that you think might be appropriate and would be willing to lend it to us for the night, please contact Ken Homewood. (01483-282384 or kenhomewood@live.com)
There will be an element of competition and prizes for the winners. There will also be a winter warming meal.
All this comes at a giveaway price of £10 per person. Please book early so that we can arrange the catering by contacting Ken Homewood. (01483-282384 or kenhomewood@live.com) If you or your guests have any allergy issues, please advise Ken when you contact him.
Below you can see some pictures from our previous games nights – come along and give it a go yourself!
Ember Saturday afternoon social mix-in tennis continues all year around, starting 1.30pm – see you there?