IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ! CLOSURE OF BALAIA BOWLING GREENTHE BOWLING GREEN AT BALAIA IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED
THE CLUB HAS RELOCATED TO
VALVERDE BC NEAR ALMANCIL AND WILL SHARE WITH THEM |
Balaia Bowls Club Competitions 2023 - 2024
Matches, results and other information here. |
Bowls Algarve Winter League 2023 - 2024The final game of the winter season on March 16th resulted in a win for Balaia and the four points needed to finish 8th in the table.Fixtures, results and league table here. |
Bowls Algarve Summer League Cup 2024
The Summer League Cup will run from 2nd May to 27th June
with most games being played on THURSDAY MORNINGS. |
FUNDRAISING AND CHARITIES |
Club Competitions
- I am please to say that the final games in the mixed pairs have
been arranged and will be played very shortly. A presentation and
awards event for all three competitions will be arranged in due
course.
Club Memberships
- thanks to those who have already signed up and paid for full
membership. We remind you that all memberships lapsed with the new
financial year that started on 1st April. If you wish to renew or
apply for a full or social membership, please speak with a
Committee Member and have the €10 (full) or €5 (social) in your
hand. Purely social members cannot play in leagues and club
competitions.
Touring Teams -
we have been playing a lot of games against various touring teams.
Sometimes we are mixed in with Valverde BC members, sometimes we
have been fours or triples entirely of Balaia members. I'm please
to say that in general we have been winning! The final game is on
Friday 26th April.
Bowls Algarve Winter
League - a recent meeting of Bowls Algarve, our governing
body, has made certain decisions regarding the winter league. The
only ones to really concern member are (1) that season 2024 - 2025
winter league matches will normally start at 1030am, not 1100am as
previously and that (2) the match fee for visitors will remain at
€8. We are intending to hold a club event (which will involve
playing bowls!) for ALL those who sign up for the winter league.
This will be a week or two before it starts, probably therefore
early in October. Watch out for that one.
Playing at Valverde
- the Balaia Bowls Club Committee will soon be having a formal
meeting with the committee of Valverde Bowls Club to confirm the
ground-sharing arrangements for the forthcoming year. Fees and
charges payable for membership and play will be among the items to
be discussed. The Committee is making enquiries as to a new venue
for the club in Albufeira. It's a long shot to be honest, but if
anyone has any bright ideas or, better still, has a few thousand
Euros to spare, it would help things along!
Picture taken April 8th - click or tap to see full size
These pictures were taken this morning, before the
Committee Meeting. It's a public holiday today, so no-one was
working. I was able to get a better look than before. It is clear
now that what is being built between the green and the big white
wall of the building behind is a turning circle for cars and a
little lay-by for perhaps two or three parking spaces. A fire
hydrant has appeared on one corner of the green where the water
pumping mechanism once stood. This work has cut away another
corner of the green, which was not expected. That whole work area
is very close to what would be the edge of the green. The trench
along the side has been filled, but there are all sorts of pipes
and cables laying around. The good news is that the grass is still
being cut - you will see the mower in a couple of the
pictures. Elsewhere, construction of the roads on either
side of the driving range continues.
To see a larger version of the pictures, please click
or tap. The situation was discussed in Committee. All members have
been sent the notes of the meeting.
Monday 5th February - Frances and Jill, defending their
title, reached this season's semi final with a 21 - 11 win over
Susan Kinane and Greer Hogg from Floresta. The semi-final will be
at Pedras on either 21st or 22nd February.
There will be NO ROLLUP that day.
Work continues. They are being very careful and the grass is still being cut. Click or tap this link for the pictures I took.
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Please follow this link for some pictures -
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I also took some pictures of the motorway being built down the
side of the driving range. When you get there, click a picture to
see it full size.
You will see that the greenkeepers were hard at work on the green,
cutting out areas of contaminated grass and doing other stuff.
Turves were being carefully stacked along the end being cut, along
with the metal edging strips.
The committee is of the opinion that they wouldn't be bothering if
the green was not going to be re-instated. The little car
park has been ripped up.
An excellent gathering, enjoyed by all, at Restaurante O
Lavrador near Boliqueime. A raffle raised €210 for our
charity, the Albufeira Food Bank. Click or tap a picture to see a
larger size.
That concluded our activities for 2023. The bowling season resumes
on 3rd January 2024.
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