Club Secretary: David Wilkinson

Treasurer: Sue Massey

League Secretary: Bill Armistead

Greenkeeper: Eric Taylor

Lead Safeguarding Officer: Richard Williams

Trustee Rep: Trevor Ingledew

Lay Members: Gary Blandford, Cindy Cotton, Paul Donnelly

League Club Captains or their representatives:

Harrogate League:

Division 1 – Lions – Dave Finlayson

Division 2 – Tigers – Dave Moore

Division 3 – Badgers – Dave Rowlands

Division 4 – Foxes – Sue Massey

Harrogate Vets League:

Division 1 – Knights – Paul Donnelly

Division 3 – Knaves – Dave Rowlands

Division 3 – Squires – Phil Dolan

Division 4 – Jesters – Andy Minty

Airedale & Wharfedale League:

Division 1 – Knaresborough – Geoff Ricketts

Airedale & Wharfedale Vets League:

Division 3 - Knaresborough - Lynn Curl

Tadcaster Evening League:

Division 2 – Oak – Rob Barker

Division 4 – Ash – Paul Addle

The following items are currently available to be purchased:

Orders should be made through Phil Dolan either in person or by using ‘Contact Us’  Please note that the lead time for orders to be processed, at this price, may vary as delivery is dependent on the size of the order and the suppliers goodwill.

	Short Sleeve Polo Shirt Sizes: S,M,L,XL,XXL	£10.00
	Sweat Shirt Sizes: S,M,L,XL,XXL	£20.00
	Full Zip Fleece Sizes: S,M,L,XL,XXL	£28.00
	Rain Jacket Sizes: S,M,L,XL,XXL	£30.00
	Baseball Cap Sizes: One Size	£8.00

How Club Bowling Works

Members are reminded that, to protect the green, flat-soled footwear, i.e. without raised heels, should be worn.

Members are entitled to use the clubhouse and green for practice and social bowling apart from Monday and Thursday mornings, or when league matches are taking place. Matches for the week are posted on the chalk board in the outside shelter next to the Clubhouse and at the entrance to the alley running alongside Tescos in the High Street. A weekly Calendar is displayed on the Club Website and an email is also sent to members each week detailing planned matches, events and availability for social bowling for that week.

Social bowling is played in an informal way, but in a competitive bowling match, to ensure impartiality, the score is normally maintained by two scorers for each game (one from each team). To settle any question raised regarding who has won an “end”, two representatives, (one from each team) may also be called to “measure”, so it is really important that you are taught the correct way of performing these quite simple scoring and measuring duties and that you make yourself available to perform either task when required to do so.

If you are wishing to play competitively, it is important to familiarise yourself with: Player Etiquette*; The British Crown Green Bowling Association Code of Conduct*, and Official Rules of the Game*, which you will also find under ‘General Information’ on the Members Home Page

Home Matches

On our home team match days, the Club rule is for our selected players to pay their captain £1 before the match starts. It is standard practice that, following completion of their match, our players offer their opponent a complimentary tea, coffee or refrigerated/tap water. The match fee is for covering the cost of one hot beverage each for the opponent and home team player, should they chose to have one. All match fees are paid into the Club’s funds. Opponent teams are not allowed to practice on our green before a match and they are always offered to bowl the first jack of each match.

The team captain will ask available players for help in pre-match preparation and setting out duties.

Please Note:

When using the clubhouse facilities for social bowling and practicing, it is important for Club finances and a Club rule that members pay 50p for any tea or coffee they consume together with any further appropriate charges for any other items consumed.

A warm welcome to you and thank you for becoming a member of Knaresborough Bowling Club!

The Club and its members welcome you!  We will try to guide you below on how the Club functions and provide details of the leagues in which it competes. Hopefully, some of the information will be familiar to you as it is contained within the Public Home Page of this website and/or may have already been explained to you if you have attended our taster sessions before joining.

If, after reading this introduction to the Club, you have any questions, please do not hesitate in asking another member and if they are unable to provide an answer they will point you in the direction of someone who can. If you prefer, you can use this websites ‘Contact Us’ to send an email.

Security and Health & Safety

Before going any further, it is important that we inform you of the security and health and safety arrangements that we have in place.

Security

Firstly, when not in use, the Clubhouse door is always locked and entry can only be gained by key. This should have been explained to you when you joined and a key offered to you for a fee of £5.00. If this is not the case, please speak to the Club Treasurer.

Also, the gate to the club grounds is locked with a coded padlock. All members should be advised of the current code and if you are not aware of this, please contact the Club Secretary.

It is the responsibility of the last member to leave the Clubhouse and grounds to make sure both the Clubhouse and gate are securely locked before leaving.

For an annual fee, there are secure key operated lockers in the clubhouse, which can be reserved, when available, by contacting the Treasurer.

Health & Safety

The Club address is Park Crest, Knaresborough HG5 0EQ and the what3words by the road entrance steps is listed.bends.canine which is useful in the event of the emergency services being required. There is a defibrillator on the wall of the Fraser Theatre, immediately opposite the Club road entrance steps, to which the Club contributes.

The unmade road alongside the Club is owned by the Frazer Theatre and is a no parking zone, however Club members are allowed a concession to park by displaying a parking fob but only outside of times specified by the Theatre.

It is the Club’s responsibility to provide a duty of care to all its members in all matters relating to health and safety. A document entitled ‘Members Safety Brief’ exists which all members should familiarise themselves with.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding is having proactive policies and procedures in place for the benefit of all children, (and vulnerable adults), involved in our club and its activities. The Club has a Lead Safeguarding Officer who holds a Disclosure and Barring Service Advanced Certificate (which replaced the old Criminal Records Bureau check), and who’s details can be found here.

Children and vulnerable adults protection is an aspect of safeguarding specific to people who are at risk of suffering significant harm. Particular areas of concern are:

• Grooming
• Neglect
• Physical abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Bullying

It is the safeguarding officer’s role to: look out for signs of the above; deal with concerns and complaints involving them, and take appropriate action, which may include referral to a third party, such as social services or the police.

How the Club Functions

The Club is run on a not for profit basis and is managed by a committee elected by members, and it raises its funds both internally through annual subscriptions and occasional fund-raising events, and externally from donations and grants from a variety of sources.

All Club positions are voluntary and unpaid and all the green and ground maintenance work is carried out voluntarily by members. The bowling season runs from late March until late September during which time the green is mowed and ground maintenance is undertaken on Monday and Thursday mornings by a team comprised of members.

In addition, two new members WhatsApp groups have been formed. One is headed by Paul Addle and Phil Blaymire to help out with and to undertake occasional supplementary jobs such as painting and gardening under the direction of the greenkeeper. This group’s WhatsApp organiser is Phil Blaymire.

The other group is for hospitality and housekeeping assistance headed and organised by Sue Massey. Both groups enjoy a good social atmosphere and are an excellent way of getting to know and interacting with like-minded members. If you are interested in helping with either of these groups, please speak to the appropriate organiser.

The ground and clubhouse are shut over the closed season apart from Committee meetings and any necessary green or ground works.

How Club Bowling Works

Members are reminded that, to protect the green, flat-soled footwear, i.e. without raised heels, should be worn.

Unless advised otherwise, members are entitled to use the clubhouse and green for practice and social bowling during the playing season, apart from Monday and Thursday mornings, or when league matches are taking place. Matches/Home Events/Green Availability can all be found in ‘Calendar’ on our website. Matches for the week are also posted on the chalk board in the outside shelter next to the Clubhouse and at the entrance to the alley running alongside Tescos in the High Street. An email is also sent to members each week detailing planned matches, events and availability for social bowling for that week.

Social bowling is played in an informal way, but in a competitive bowling match, to ensure impartiality, the score is normally maintained by two scorers for each game (one from each team). To settle any question raised regarding who has won an “end”, two representatives, (one from each team) may also be called to “measure”, so it is really important that you are taught the correct way of performing these quite simple scoring and measuring duties and that you make yourself available to perform either task when required to do so.

If you are wishing to play competitively, it is important to familiarise yourself with:  Player Etiquette*; The British Crown Green Bowling Association Code of Conduct*, and British Crown Green Bowling Association Laws of the Game*, which you will also find under ‘General Information’ on the Members Home Page

Home Matches

On our home team match days, the standard practice is for our selected players to pay their captain £1 before the match starts and following completion of their match, to offer their opponent a complimentary tea, coffee or refrigerated /tap water plus to have one themselves. Opponent teams are not allowed to practice on our green before a match and they are always offered to bowl the first jack of each match.

The team captain will ask available players for help in pre-match preparation and setting out duties.

Please Note:

When using the clubhouse facilities for social bowling and practicing, it is important for Club finances that members pay 50p for any tea or coffee they consume plus appropriate charges for any other items.

It is the club’s responsibility to provide a duty of care to all its members in all matters relating to health and safety and has therefore become incumbent upon the club to provide a safety brief.

Members Safety Brief

1. If you discover a fire
   Raise the alarm.
   Call the Fire Brigade by dialling 999.
   Leave the building and green by the nearest exit.
   Report to the assembly point (Top of the main entrance steps to the green), Assembly Point signage in place.
   Do not stop to collect personal belongings.
   Do not return to the building or green until authorised to do so.
   The clubhouse hosts both a water/gas and CO2 fire extinguisher.
   FIRE ACTION SIGNAGE POSTED ON CLUB HOUSE DOORS
2. First Aid
   A fully supplied First Aid box is located inside the clubhouse with signage indicating its location.
3. An Accident Report Book is positioned with the First Aid Box. “Please note”, all incidents/accidents must be recorded and completed, no matter how small. Slips, trips and falls being the most common incident/accident.
4. The nearest portable defibrillator is located on the Fraser Theatre wall facing the green. Code details to obtain the defibrillator are clearly visible and instructions for its use are displayed on the casing. 999 must be called immediately.
5. Risk Assessments
   An up-to-date full risk assessment has been carried out and is displayed in the clubhouse. Any member who identifies a further hazard or risk must notify the club/league secretary so that the hazard/risk can be investigated by the club risk assessor and addressed without delay.
6. Awareness
   It is important to remember that you are not only responsible for your own health and safety but also, of all you come into contact with, including visitors, that way the risks, likelihood, consequences and liabilities can be reduced.

David Wilkinson

Club Secretary

Player Etiquette & Hints On Playing

Below you will find a few notes on the niceties of the game, which will, hopefully, make your experience of bowling pleasurable and fun. These are not an exhaustive list of laws, but rather the politeness which we would hope would be reciprocated around the greens of Harrogate.

Etiquette

1. When playing home game your opponent has the first jack and when meeting them at the side of the green, it is nice to hand them the jack, shake hands and say ‘good game’.
2. 2 scorers (markers) are used for each game, one per player. It is your responsibility to signal to your marker the result of each end. The 2 markers then agree scores with each other after every 3 or 4 ends (agreed by them before the game).
3. After the game, congratulate (or commiserate with) your opponent and ask if they would like a drink and then provide it for them. (You should have already paid for this prior to the Match commencing!)
4. You must indicate to your opponent which bias you are sending the jack. Although you do not have to do this verbally, most players do.
5. After you have delivered your wood you may occupy the ‘footer’ (round mat) until your wood has stopped running. You may not impede your opponent’s view of the line, nor can you walk up the line after your wood.
6. Game players 1 – 4 should, after completing their game, return the jack and footer to the ‘start’, which will be clearly marked on one edge of the green, for use by the next set of players. Also, thank your marker, collect your scorecard from them and return it to the captain/referee’s table in the clubhouse.
7. Because the game can be won at the next end, the markers should tell you when either you or your opponent have reached 19 or 20 points. A player who is at 20 is ‘All-but’. Both players on 20 points is called ‘All-but Across’.
8. If you have called for ‘measure please’ because you and your opponent are unable to decide which bowl is nearer the jack, allow the 2 measurers, normally representative from each team, space to get on with the job, watching them too closely suggests that you do not trust their impartiality. Do not be flustered out of points – e.g. your opponent may say ‘I think that is 2 to me’ – if you are not convinced, say that you would prefer to have it measured.
9. If you play your woods first, you may walk towards the end before your opponent finishes their delivery, but you must not interfere with their line of sight nor kick-in any bowls until they have seen and agreed the score. You will forfeit the end if you do.
10. Try and walk around other games on the green, not right across their ‘land’. It is not necessary and it is considered bad manners.
11. If you need to leave the green during the game (to put a sweater on, for instance) you must ask your opponent first – don’t just disappear (and do visit the loo before starting a game!).

Hints

1. It is nice to exchange pleasantries during the game, but do not be drawn into general chatter. Time enough after the game – you must concentrate on the game in hand!
2. If you find you are well up in a game, do not be tempted to ease up on your opponent. Once you lose the jack your opponent can gain great momentum by winning 2 or 3 ends and before you are aware, you are playing catch-up or worse, you’ve lost.
3. Regardless of whether you are winning or losing, remember that each point you (or your opponent) score is a point toward’s the team’s total aggregate score and at the end of the game every point counts. Keep trying until the game is won or lost!
4. Try to play as a team by supporting your teammates around the green (NOT if you are playing a game yourself)!
5. If you think your opponent has bowled a short measure i.e. jack is sent less than 19 meters, wait until their first bowl has stopped before deciding whether to object or not. If they send a poor first wood, you may prefer to leave it and elect to play the end – that way your opponent has only one wood left to correct the first shot, whereas, if you restart the end (albeit you would send the jack) they would have 2 woods to play with

The Club has taken out a personal accident insurance policy, for club members up to and including age 84, at the commencement of the insurance period, with Endsleigh Insurance, who specialise in sports cover and who work in partnership with the British Crown Green Bowling Association.

This policy is designed to provide cover for personal injury or death if you have an accident while taking part in a sporting event organised by the Club. This could be a game, training or while travelling directly to or from playing or training.

Any appropriate incidents should be reported as soon as possible to the Club General Secretary.

Safeguarding is having proactive policies and procedures in place for the benefit of all children, (and vulnerable adults), involved in our club and its activities. The Club has a Lead Safeguarding Officer who holds a Disclosure and Barring Service Advanced Certificate (which replaced the old Criminal Records Bureau check), and who’s details can be found here.

Children and vulnerable adults protection is an aspect of safeguarding specific to people who are at risk of suffering significant harm. Particular areas of concern are:

• Grooming
• Neglect
• Physical abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Bullying

It is the safeguarding officer’s role to: look out for signs of the above; deal with concerns and complaints involving them, and take appropriate action, which may include referral to a third party, such as social services or the police.