# MidGlos IBC


## Posts

- [Newsletter Issue 87](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-87/): Another week, another newsletter!
- [Newsletter Issue 86](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-86/): Isn’t it lovely to see sunshine and the days lengthening but the first item on this week’s agenda is sad.
- [Newsletter Issue 85](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-85/): We’re back after a very enjoyable time at Potters.
- [Newsletter Issue 84](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-84/): By the time this hits your device, we’ll be well on our way down to Hopton on Sea in Norfolk! The club should be a lot quieter this week with thirty of us away.
- [Newsletter Issue 83](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-83/): I hope you’ve come out of Storm Eunice unscathed, dry and with the minimum of damage, if any, to your home and garden.
- [Newsletter Issue 82](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-82/): Another week gone! Is it just age or is time moving more quickly?
- [Newsletter Issue 81](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-81/): February already! And it’s lovely to see the days lengthening, snowdrops in bloom, daffodils shooting through and the gardens generally waking up.
- [Newsletter Issue 80](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-80/): If you’ve been into the club today, you will have seen that the notices about mask-wearing have changed.
- [Newsletter Issue 79](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-79/): Have you been watching World Bowls? I can’t believe that both Nick Brett and Mark Dawes are out of both the men’s pairs and the mixed.
- [Newsletter Issue 78](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-78/): Well, I really don’t have the time to write this newsletter what with bowling, walking the dog, cooking, cleaning and watching World Bowls on YouTube until it begins on 17th on Terrestrial TV.
- [Newsletter Issue 77](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-77/): Happy New Year again!
- [Newsletter Issue 76](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-76/): Happy New Year!
- [Newsletter Issue 75](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-75/): Sadly, the first thing I have to report is the death of Alan Woodbridge after a short illness.
- [Newsletter Issue 74](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-74/): Although I said there wouldn’t be a newsletter this week, there are some pieces of information which you need to know.
- [Newsletter Issue 73](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-73/): The EIBA have just issued new guidance to reflect the government plan B.
- [Newsletter Issue 72](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-72/): Well here we are in December! Living where we are, we’ve already had three falls of snow!
- [Newsletter Issue 71](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-71/): Like most of you, I can’t believe it’s almost December. Where has the year gone (apart from a few months spent locked down)?
- [Newsletter Issue 70](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-70/): In the last newsletter, I reminded you that the quiz was on the following Saturday.
- [Newsletter Issue 69](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-69/): After the sad news of Jim Geoghegan, I now have details of his funeral.
- [Newsflash 8](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsflash8/): Sadly Jim Geoghegan died early this morning. He had struggled for a few years with myeloma but it finally got the better of him after a stoical fight.
- [Newsletter Issue 68](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-68/): Last week I flagged up that our men are playing Bristol in the Denny cup on Saturday morning starting at 10.00am and on Sunday, MidGlos A team is playing MidGlos B team in the Wessex.
- [Newsletter Issue 67](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-67/): If you were in the club this morning, you will have seen me in a different role! My Mrs. Mop role!
- [Newsletter Issue 66](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-66/): Not a lot to say this week.
- [Newsletter Issue 65](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-65/): So thrilled to tell you that our membership numbers have now reached 300+ (not all playing members but the majority are) and there are still new people coming in asking about coaching and membership.
- [Newsletter Issue 64](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-64/): We arrived back from Potters on Friday afternoon after a great time! Even the weather was kind to us apart from a couple of showers one day.
- [Newsletter Issue 63](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-63/): Great news - the membership numbers are looking very healthy!
- [Newsletter Issue 62](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-62/): We’ve almost completed a week of the new season! It’s been lovely to see, feel and experience the buzz of a full and happy club again.
- [Newsletter Issue 61](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-61/): I’m not saying anything about the weather since I may jinx it but ... enjoy!
- [Newsletter Issue 60](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-60/): Let’s start with the good news, an update on Whist - Rachel Corish has agreed to take over running these evenings which will begin on 1st October at 7.00pm followed by 15th October.
- [Newsletter Issue 59](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-59/): Well, I seem to have jinxed the weather! The forecast which I’d seen promised good weather for the Bank Holiday but, once again, it was wrong.
- [Newsletter Issue 58](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-58/): It doesn’t seem long since I last wrote a newsletter but here I am again with yet another Bank Holiday approaching!
- [Newsletter Issue 57](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-57/): Hello again (somewhat sooner than usual).
- [Newsletter Issue 56](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-56/): Just back from a lovely few days in Pembrokeshire.
- [Newsletter Issue 54](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-54/): Hello everyone and welcome back to a much more normal Midglos! Our aim is for everyone to feel comfortable.
- [Newsletter Issue 53](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-53/): We eventually heard from the EIBA at the close of business last night.
- [Newsletter Issue 52](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-52/): One and a bit weeks to go to freedom, maybe!!! Fingers crossed because I, for one, have had enough!
- [Newsletter Issue 51](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-51/): First of all, many thanks to those of you who turned up to help with the clean-up at the club. In all, there were fifteen of us.
- [Newsletter Issue 50](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-50/): 14th June is almost here when we should know if the final restrictions are to be lifted. I suspect not all of them will be!
- [Newsletter Issue 49](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-49/): My goodness, it’s almost June. At least the weather is a little more as it should be at this time of year.
- [Newsflash 8](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsflash-8/): I haven’t lost the plot! I know I wrote the last newsletter only yesterday.
- [Newsletter Issue 48](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-48/): Really great news!
- [Newsletter Issue 47](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-47/): This is not a full newsletter but just to inform you of some more sad news.
- [Newsletter Issue 46](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-46/): It’s good to see so many of you taking advantage of the free bowling. Don’t get used to it - it won’t last for ever!
- [Newsletter Issue 45](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-45/): I bet you were laughing on Monday if you got up to the same sight as we did - a few centimetres of snow covering everywhere and still falling!
- [Newsletter Issue 44](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-44/): What a change in the weather!
- [Newsletter Issue 43](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-43/): Not quite as nice today but yesterday and Tuesday were wonderful - a taste of summer weather with spring flowers.
- [Newsletter Issue 42](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-42/): This morning, Ray Turner died.
- [Newsletter Issue 41](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-41/): Today the Accounts have been signed off and the Directors’ and Chairman’s reports approved.
- [Newsletter Issue 40](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-40/): Sadly, I have to start with sad news.
- [EIBA National Competitions Statement - February 2021](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/eiba-national-competitions-statement-february-2021/): With the Government issuing its road plan out of the National Lockdown and the hope to return to a more normal life the EIBA Board have agreed the following in relation to its National Competition schedules.
- [Winter National Competition Entry Forms 2021/22](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/winter-national-competition-entry-forms-2021-22/): Please find attached a covering letter, Winter National Competitions Entry Forms for the 2021/2022 season along with a copy of the rules.
- [Amended Team Competition Dates 2021/22](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/amended-team-competition-dates-2021-22/): Please find attached an amended version of the Team Competition Dates for 2021/2022, it has been necessary to amend some dates to avoid clashes of competitions.
- [Newsletter Issue 39](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-39/): A muted “ Hooray “!
- [Newsletter Issue 38](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-38/): It’s getting harder and harder to find news since we’re not seeing anyone, doing anything or going anywhere!
- [Newsletter Issue 37](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-37/): Having said in my last newsletter that gardening was out of the question, I have actually done some this afternoon and feel better for it.
- [Newsletter Issue 36](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-36/): Now that the World Bowls has finished, I guess it’s back to the jigsaw!
- [Newsletter Issue 35](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-35/): Not a lot to report since we’re following government guidance and staying at home.
- [Newsflash 7](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsflash-7/): We have just heard the sad news that Bob Baldwin of The Wannabees died on Christmas Day.
- [Newsletter Issue 34](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-34/): I’m writing this on the first official day of yet another lockdown (Lockdown 3)! It may be the last but, then again, it may not be.
- [Newsletter Issue 33](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-33/): When I began writing the newsletters, the idea was to keep in touch with everyone during the “short” time when we would be closed!
- [Newsflash 6](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsflash-6/): Heartening Christmas good news newsflash!
- [Newsletter Issue 32](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-32/): When I began writing these newsletters, it was in an attempt to keep in touch with all of our members during the initial lockdown.
- [Newsletter Issue 31](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-31/): Following the death of Graham Griffiths and, due to the restrictions of Covid19, numbers are very much restricted at funerals.
- [Newsletter Issue 30](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-30/): As promised, please find Peter Thompson’s reply from the EIBA.
- [Newsflash 5](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsflash-5/): Newsflash … and a very sad one.
- [Newsletter Issue 29](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-29/): Good morning and welcome to our first day in Tier 2.
- [Newsletter Issue 28](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-28/): This is going to be a tough one - trying to put a positive angle on today’s dismal news.
- [Newsletter Issue 27](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-27/): One week down, three to go, provided we’re released then! It’s not quite the same as in the spring is it?!
- [Newsletter Issue 26](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-26/): Here we go again - the first newsletter of another lockdown!
- [Newsflash](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsflash-2/): midnight, we are closed.
- [Newsletter Issue 25](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-25/): More really good news! Thank goodness there’s something positive to report in these dark days (in more ways than one).
- [Newsletter Issue 24](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-24/): Really good news - our membership numbers are steadily climbing.
- [Newsletter Issue 23](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-23/): We had a great time at Potters but not quite Potters as we know it. We’ve been going twice a year for a number of years to play in a mid-week tournament.
- [Newsletter Issue 22](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-22/): The good news is that I’m away next week at Potters (very different from what we’re used to.
- [Newsletter Issue 21](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-21/): YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU!
- [Newsletter Issue 20](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-20/): We are still permitted to bowl in our Covid secure environment!
- [Newsletter Issue 19](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-19/): This will be the last newsletter before the winter season starts on Monday, 21st.
- [Newsflash](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsflash/): Since the bar has been closed for several months, some of the stock is now out of date and has to be discarded.
- [Newsletter Issue 18](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-18/): As promised, there follows a summary of the main points discussed at the GMC on Friday afternoon.
- [Newsletter Issue 17](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-17/): First of all, a huge “thank you” to those of you who responded to my plea for more volunteers to man the office.
- [Newsletter Issue 16](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-16/): Yet more information, I’m sorry!
- [Newsletter Issue 15](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-15/): Well, thank goodness we didn’t have the current weather during lockdown.
- [Newsletter Issue 14](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-14/): requests from Steve Bluck and Angela Holbrook.
- [Newsletter Issue 13](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-13/): We’ve now been back in action for almost two weeks and all is going well, I’m pleased to say. The Covid secure code has been well-received and adhered to.
- [Newsletter Issue 11:](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter/): Fantastic news! We are opening for our familiarisation week on Tuesday 21st July from 10.00am until 1.00pm.
- [Newsletter Issue 197](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-197/): Not much news to fill a newsletter last week but here we are again.
- [Newsletter Issue 196](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-196/): Hello again ... after a week off - there was nothing much to report.
- [Newsletter Issue 195](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-195/): Hope you’ve enjoyed the bank holiday. Other than bowling at the club this morning, we do our best to stay off the roads on bank holidays.
- [Newsletter Issue 193](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-193/): Just a quick newsletter this week before we head off to the New Forest for a few days although it looks as if we’ve chosen the wrong week!
- [Newsletter Issue 190](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-190/): Another week gone and here we are again. I’m writing this in sunshine and inside out of the perishing wind.
- [Newsletter Issue 189](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-189/): Half way through April already and almost a third of the year gone! I’m sure time goes quicker these days. Even youngsters remark on how time flies. But ....
- [Newsletter Issue 188](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-188/): Hello everyone and I mean everyone.
- [Newsletter Issue 187](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-187/): Happy Easter everyone. Hope your clocks sprang forward last night and that you’re not an hour behind!
- [Newsletter Issue 186](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-186/): 21st March may well be the official first day of Spring but we seem to have reverted to Winter!
- [Newsletter Issue 185](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-185/): Well done to Fin last week for winning a nice amount of money in the Open Singles Circuit.
- [Newsletter Issue 184](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-184/): Let’s see if I can get everything right this week!
- [Newsletter Issue 183](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-183/): We’re all back safely from potters after a lovely few days, despite various illnesses.
- [Newsletter Issue 182](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-182/): As promised - the newsletter before we go away.
- [Newsletter Issue 181](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-181/): I’ve just returned home from walking Molly and I’m delighted to announce that we saw our first six lambs of the season in a field in the village.
- [Newsletter Issue 180](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-180/): More exciting news about our youngsters - a week last Friday Dylan Williamson and Louie Hodges played an under 18s singles match where, this time, it was Louie’s turn to come out on top.
- [Newsletter Issue 179](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-179/): I’m feeling quite pleased with myself since I’ve just spent a few hours in the back garden tidying up, doing what I should have done at the end of last season but the endless rain made it impossible.
- [Newsletter Issue 178](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-178/): I can’t believe that a twelfth of the year has almost gone! But at least the days are lengthening.
- [Newsletter Issue 177](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-177/): Well, the snow didn’t come which was just as well since we had no volunteers to clear it had it arrived.
- [Newsletter Issue 176](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-176/): Have we got something to shout about!!
- [Newsletter Issue 175](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-175/): Happy New Year!
- [Newsletter Issue 174](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-174/): Not many sleeps now before that friendly old man drops down the chimney.
- [Newsletter Issue 173](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-173/): I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas again! This year has flown by. Even people of a younger age than the majority of the club are saying the same thing.
- [Newsletter Issue 172](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-172/): I’ve just returned from a week-end away in Guildford with my daughter and granddaughters.
- [Newsletter Issue 171](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-171/): Well it really has felt like we’ve skipped autumn and gone straight into winter this week-end.
- [Newsletter Issue 170](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-170/): I think you all know that I write this on Sunday so, at the moment, I’m thinking of our young under18s who are in Northampton playing in England trials.
- [Newsletter Issue 169](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-169/): Yet another busy week-end!
- [Newsletter Issue 168](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-168/): Another busy week-end for MidGlos!
- [Newsletter Issue 167](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-167/): Hello, hope you all remembered to put your clocks back.
- [Newsletter Issue 166](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-166/): I did miss something last week - it was the first of this year’s Interclub on Wednesday, 18th and this coming week will be the second round with MidGlos playing their first game.
- [Newsletter Issue 165](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-165/): Lots to say this week - just hope I remember everything!
- [Newsletter Issue 164](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-164/): We’re back from a great few days at Potters. Great bowling and lovely company!
- [Newsletter Issue 163](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-163/): First of all, if you have picked up one of the yellow MidGlos league handbooks, you may have noticed that there are several printing errors within.
- [Newsletter Issue 162](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-162/): Just back from a day’s singing at The Three Counties Autumn Show.
- [Newsletter Issue 161](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-161/): Hello everyone and welcome to the new season.
- [Newsletter Issue 160](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-160/): Just one week to go to the winter season! It starts on Monday, 18th September and all of the winter league schedules are now up on the website.
- [Newsletter Issue 159](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-159/): Glorious weather at last! June seems a very long way away! Since then, we’ve had everything except sandstorms! It’s here for about a week - make the most of it.
- [Newsletter Issue 157](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-157/): Got the car and I love it! Maybe I’ll find out what all the buttons do sometime.
- [Newsletter Issue 155](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-155/): Normal timings resumed - no long week-end away but I did go car hunting - test drive later today!
- [Newsletter Issue 154](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-154/): Somewhat later than usual but we’ve been in Pembrokeshire for a long week-end. We had a lovely time with our younger daughter and family.
- [Newsletter Issue 153](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-153/): I was beginning to think that I’d scuppered the summer by mentioning the winter season in the last newsletter.
- [Newsletter Issue 152](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-152/): Well, what AM I going to do now?!! Wimbledon’s finished!
- [Newsletter Issue 150](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-150/): Another week, another newsletter!
- [Newsletter Issue 149](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-149/): Although the newsletter is not out until Monday or Tuesday, I usually write it on Sunday.
- [Newsletter Issue 148](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-148/): Despite only five people baking cakes (not just one each, I might add), we had plenty!
- [Newsletter Issue 147](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-147/): There wasn’t a great deal of news to report last week, hence no newsletter.
- [Newsletter Issue 146](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-146/): A couple of days late but better late than never. We were away for a long week-end near Monmouth until Monday evening.
- [Newsletter Issue 145](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-145/): Apologies for being a day late with the newsletter but I had a rather hectic week-end singing.
- [Newsletter Issue 144](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-144/): I hope you’ve enjoyed a good bank holiday.
- [Newsletter Issue 143](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-143/): This has nothing to do with the club or bowling but I’m buzzing. I’ve just come back from a singing workshop led by Mark de-Lisser. Look him up - he’s amazing!
- [Newsletter Issue 142](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-142/): I’m sure the Denny Plate team members are still buzzing from Saturday’s Final but more of that later.
- [Newsletter Issue 141](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-141/): Welcome to the summer season of indoor to some of us and outdoor to many of you. Sad to see you go but we’re looking forward to you coming back in September.
- [Newsletter Issue 140](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-140/): I usually write the newsletter on Sunday evening so that it will be ready for Monday morning.
- [Newsletter Issue 139](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-139/): Another week, another newsletter and sadly, another death.
- [Newsletter Issue 138](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-138/): This time next week, we will be on British summertime! Hooray! Let’s hope that warm, sunny, summer weather comes with it!
- [Newsletter Issue 137](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-137/): First of all - ladies, our annual meeting is this Tuesday, 14th March at 12.45 in The Cooper Suite.
- [Newsletter Issue 136](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-136/): We’re back! We had a great time. This time we had some newbies to Potters. They loved it and are coming again.
- [Newsletter Issue 135](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-135/): When this arrives in your inbox, we’ll be well on our way to Potters to play in the EBF midweek tournament.
- [Newsletter Issue 134](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-134/): Another week has flown by and we’re heading to that sad time of year when we have to say goodbye to our outdoor bowlers.
- [Newsletter Issue 133](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-133/): I’ll start with the sad news. I have to report another death. Jim Clifford died on 4th February.
- [Newsletter Issue 132](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-132/): Thankfully there are no deaths to announce this week but it is both Barrie Hesling’s funeral at midday on Tuesday and Steve Pope’s at 11.00 a.m. on Thursday.
- [Newsletter Issue 131](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-131/): That’s January almost gone! At least it’s a little warmer for now.
- [Newsletter Issue 130](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-130/): Wow! Did you see the final of World Bowls? What a game! It really was a true final and between two “qualifiers”.
- [Newsletter Issue 129](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-129/): There’s lots to announce this week but I’ll start with the sad news which you will already know if you’ve been into the club this week.
- [Newsletter Issue 128](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-128/): Finally, I think I am on the road to recovery after nearly three weeks.
- [Newsletter Issue 127](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-127/): Happy New Year! Let’s hope it’s a good one for all of us.
- [Newsletter Issue 126](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-126/): Hello everyone for the last time in 2022!
- [Newsletter Issue 125](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-125/): It’s my birthday (forty and a bit bigger bit than last year) and we’re off to Potters to play in Champion of Champions.
- [Newsletter Issue 124](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-124/): Hello from a very snowy Chedworth!
- [Newsletter Issue 123](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-123/): Christmas is fast approaching and my diary is crazy (mainly with bowling)!
- [Newsletter Issue 122](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-122/): Let’s start with the sad news. Sadly, our oldest member of the club, Ken Spink, died last week. He was such a lovely man.
- [Newsletter Issue 121](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-121/): Well, the BBC were at the club filming and interviewing for about three hours on Thursday.
- [Newsletter Issue 120](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-120/): We have a potentially very exciting week ahead of us! The BBC coming to the club all rests on an executive giving his final approval to Gloucester as the focus.
- [Newsletter Issue 119](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-119/): Thank goodness! I have no deaths or funerals to announce. Let’s hope it stays that way for a long time.
- [Newsletter Issue 118](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-118/): I hate being the purveyor of bad news but sadly, I have to report that Bill Notman died in his sleep on Saturday night.
- [Newsletter Issue 117](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-117/): I’ll start with the uplifting news before the yet more sad news.
- [Newsletter Issue 116](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-116/): Once again there is some sad news. Those of you who’ve been into the club this week will have seen that Shirley Cromie has died after a short illness.
- [Newsletter Issue 115](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-115/): Some sad news to begin with, I’m afraid. The oldest member of our club, Hugh Hart died on Thursday, I think. He was 94 but still playing both outdoors and in.
- [Newsletter Issue 114](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-114/): By the time you read this, we’ll be well on our way to Potters to compete in a mid-week tournament. So excited. Really looking forward to the break.
- [Newsletter Issue 112](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-112/): Wow! Doesn’t our wonderful country do things well! Yesterday, everything was timed, and carried out, to absolute perfection.
- [Newsletter Issue 111](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-111/): For the majority of us, Queen Elizabeth II was the only Sovereign we’ve ever known.
- [Newsletter Issue 110](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-110/): As I announced last week, we had a board meeting on Thursday where week-end opening was discussed.
- [Newsletter Issue 109](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-109/): There is a board meeting being held this Thursday afternoon after the Thursday morning league game when week-end opening is on the agenda.
- [Newsletter Issue 108](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-107/): Thankfully the rain did indeed come but not enough to spare us a hosepipe ban if you’re with Thames Water as we are!
- [Newsletter Issue 106](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-106/): It’s been another scorcher this week with more to come! The beauty of indoor bowling is that it’s air-conditioned and very pleasant.
- [Newsletter Issue 105](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-105/): August already! I can’t believe it! It’s nearly the winter season: more of that later.
- [Newsletter Issue 103](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-103/): We’re back from our little break in Pembrokeshire which didn’t quite go to plan since less than an hour after we arrived, we were on our way to A&E in Haverfordwest from where we transferred to Minor Injuries.
- [Newsletter Issue 102](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-102/): Wimbledon’s over! Thank goodness we’re going away on Tuesday for a well-deserved break in Wales! I’m exhausted after all that tennis!
- [Newsletter Issue 101](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-101/): American Independence Day! We’re not American but it was the birthday of one of our former dogs!
- [Newsletter Issue 100!](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-100/): Here we are – our 100th issue and not much to announce!
- [Newsletter Issue 99](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-99/): I’m nearly there - one more newsletter to go to get to the 100!
- [Newsletter Issue 98](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-98/): What a busy week-end!
- [Newsletter Issue 97](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-97/): What a few days! Even if you’re a republican, you surely couldn’t have failed to be impressed by how wonderfully we do these special occasions!
- [Newsletter Issue 96](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-96/): Although Monday’s date appears at the top, I actually write this on the Sunday.
- [Newsletter Issue 95](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-95/): Again, not a lot to report but just keeping you all in the picture...
- [Newsletter Issue 94](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-94/): We’re back after our few days on the Dorset/Somerset border. We hired a converted barn which had been finished to a high standard with the furnishings to match.
- [Newsletter Issue 93](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-93/): Not much to report this week. I hadn’t even realised that this week-end is a bank holiday week-end!
- [Newsletter Issue 91](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-91/): The Club Competitions have finally been completed with the last one being played on the morning of the Presentation Evening - last minute or what?!
- [Newsletter Issue 90](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-90/): Well, we’ve said “goodbye” to our outdoor bowler friends for the summer season.
- [Newsletter Issue 89](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-89/): There weren’t many of us there but yesterday there were some very good finals played.
- [Newsletter Issue 88](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-88/): I hope you all remembered to alter your clocks. It comes as a surprise to my elder daughter every time we either spring forward or fall back.
- [Newsletter Issue 296](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-296/): Did you spot the deliberate error last time? It was M0nday. Look out for this issue’s deliberate error.
- [Newsletter Issue 295](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-295/): Did you spot the deliberate error last time? It was emial. Look out for this issue’s deliberate error.
- [Newsletter Issue 294](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-294/): Did you spot the deliberate error last time? It was Contactible. There was also an error which slipped through, practice instead of practise.
- [Newsletter Issue 293](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-293/): Did you spot the deliberate error last time? It was Delibarate.
- [Newsletter Issue 292](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-292/): Did you spot the deliberate error last time? It was Dilligently.
- [Newsletter issue 291](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-291/): Did you spot the deliberate error last time? It was Socail.
- [Newsletter 290](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-290/): Serves me right.
- [Newsletter Issue 289](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-289/): Apparently some of you thought I was being serious about never making mistakes.
- [Newsletter Issue 288](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-288/): My first newsletter. Better get on with it then. But let’s make one thing clear right from the start.
- [PREVIOUS NEWSLETTER ... an important change!](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/previous-newsletter-an-important-change/): The free buffet is on Friday, the PRESENTATION EVENING not the AGM.
- [NEWSLETTER 287](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-287/): This is it - my last newsletter - better make it a good one!
- [NEWSLETTER 286a](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-286a/): This really is the penultimate newsletter. I did forget something, and other things have come up today.
- [NEWSLETTER 286](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-286/): Well, this is the last week of the winter season and my penultimate newsletter.
- [NEWSLETTER 285](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-285/): It is actually Easter Sunday when I’m writing this - beautiful sunshine but still that chilly wind.
- [NEWSLETTER 284](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-284/): My goodness, a quarter of the year has almost gone. Don’t forget that next week-end the clocks spring forward by an hour.
- [NEWSLETTER 283](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-283/): I hope all the Mums amongst you had a lovely day yesterday.
- [Revised NEWSLETTER 282](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/revised-newsletter-282/): The report from Simon Burke about our young stars from last week came in too late for last week’s newsletter.
- [NEWSLETTER 282](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-282/): The report from Simon Burke about our young stars from last week came in too late for last week’s newsletter.
- [NEWSLETTER 281](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-281/): Happy belated St.
- [NEWSLETTER 280](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-280/): A whole day without rain! I can’t believe it! Not only that but the sun has been out, it’s mild and really very pleasant and ...
- [NEWSLETTER 279](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-279/): I’m writing this with the rain lashing the windows yet again! When will it stop?!
- [NEWSLETTER 278](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-278/): Both Wessex teams were playing today home and away. The A team was playing Cotswold A while our B team was against Carterton.
- [Newsletter 277](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-277/): First of all, let me remind you that it really is time to think seriously about the future. The AGM is on Wednesday, 22nd April.
- [Newsletter 276](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-276/): Wow! What a final to World Bowls. Based on his performance leading up to the final, I had tipped Paul Foster to win but Rob Paxton proved me wrong.
- [NEWSLETTER 275 ... 19th January 2026](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-275-19th-january-2026/): My bowling really should be improving - I’ve played so many shots at World Bowls from the comfort of my armchair.
- [NEWSLETTER 274.     12th January 2026](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-274-12th-january-2026/): First of all, I have to apologise to Erin Burke who was a travelling reserve this week-end for the Mixed U18s International Series up at Cumbernauld IBC in Scotland.
- [Newsletter Issue 273](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-273/): HAPPY NEW YEAR!
- [Newsletter Issue 272](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-272/): The last newsletter of 2025! It doesn’t seem like two minutes since it was the first letter of ‘25, and here we are at the end!
- [Newsletter Issue 271](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-271/): The last newsletter before Christmas and the good news is that today was the shortest day!
- [Newsletter Issue 270](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-270/): There’s quite a lot of information this week.
- [Newsletter Issue 269](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-269/): Some relatively old news first - Nathan Kitchen reached the final of the Open Singles, having beaten Tom Evans in the semi-final.
- [Newsletter Issue 268](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-268/): My goodness, I can’t believe it’s December already!
- [Newsletter Issue 267](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-267/): The results of the MidGlos v Welford friendly last Sunday came in too late for last week’s newsletter, but we achieved another good win - 110/62.
- [Newsletter Issue 266](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-266/): What a good news week for MidGlos!!
- [Newsletter Issue 265](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-265/): Yesterday, we watched the home team of Trips play in the U30's match against Carterton.
- [Newsletter Issue 264](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-264/): First of all, if you made a note of the dates for the bingo sessions, please scrub them. There are a few clashes with friendlies.
- [Newsletter Issue 263](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-263/): I hope you all enjoyed the extra hour in bed (that’s if you remembered to put the clocks back an hour)! Looks like the cooler weather has finally hit.
- [Newsletter Issue 262](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-262/): The Table Top Sale yesterday was well-advertised in various places and the take up of the tables was very good.
- [Newsletter Issue 261](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-261/): WOW! Have we got something to shout about! Fin Williamson has qualified to play in the World Pairs at Potters this January with Ryan Whitlock from Torquay.
- [Newsletter Issue 260](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-260/): We’re back from a great few days at Potters. The weather was lovely apart from Friday when we were leaving.
- [Newsletter Issue 259](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-259/): By the time the newsletter is out we’ll be either on our way to Potters or there.
- [Newsletter Issue 258](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-258/): The sad news first - the funeral of Alan Baines will be held on Thursday, 25th September at St. Lawrence’s Church, Church Lane, Gloucester. GL4 3JB at 1.30p.m.
- [Newsletter Issue 257](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-257/): I’ll start with the sad news. Alan Baines died last Monday after a long illness.
- [Newsletter Issue 256](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-256/): Congratulations to Vince Wilks, Clive Shaw and Fin Williamson, who have reached the last eight of the Summer Indoor National Open Trips.
- [Newsletter Issue 255](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-255/): September already! Having had weeks of heat and unbroken sunshine, there’s definitely an autumnal feel to the weather now.
- [Newsletter Issue 254](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-254/): First of all, my apologies to Dave Wiggall ( I spelled his name incorrectly in the last newsletter).
- [Newsletter Issue 253](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-253/): Not many weeks now until the summer season ends and the busy winter season begins. To that end, the membership renewal packs are now ready and at reception.
- [Newsletter Issue 252](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-252/): I’ll start with the sad news. I’m afraid it’s rather short notice but Jan Gavaron’s funeral is at Gloucester Crem on Wednesday, 13th August at 1.00p.m.
- [Newsletter Issue 251](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-251/): Hello, we’re back from our few days away in Pembrokeshire.
- [Newsletter Issue 250](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-250/): Those of you who were at the club any time after Thursday will have noticed that the original very heavy and cumbersome chairs have been replaced by new smaller, lighter, stacking chairs.
- [Newsletter Issue 249](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-249/): In my younger days, I would have loved this weather and I never thought I’d be agreeing with the (as I believed then, “miserable” older people) but I’m afraid I’ve reached the age when I’m finding it too hot.
- [Newsletter Issue 248](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-248/): Hello again from hot, sunny Chedworth!
- [Newsletter Issue 247](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-247/): And the heat goes on! Fred Croxton and I along with the “i-sing choir” were singing at Cheltenham Racecourse this morning.
- [Newsletter Issue 246](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-246/): Much as I love the sunny weather, I’m not liking the humidity. Thank goodness we can escape to the air-conditioned club.
- [Newsletter Issue 245](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-245/): Hope all the Daddies are having a lovely day and enjoying the sunshine.
- [Newsletter Issue 244](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-244/): We had a lovely few days away where we managed to see a rare sight - the witch of Wookey Hole.
- [Newsletter Issue 243](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-243/): By the time this hits you, we’ll be driving down to Bathampton to stay in a converted farm building for a few days.
- [Newsletter Issue 242](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-242/): A sad week, I’m afraid - we’ve lost two members this week - Campbell McColl on Thursday afternoon and Dave Coates on Friday.
- [Sad News](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/sad-news-2/): It is with a sad heart we announce the passing of Cambell McColl.
- [Newsletter Issue 241](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-241/): Still enjoying the beautiful weather? I love it but we really could do with some rain now (at night, of course) - the gardens are so, so dry.
- [Newsletter Issue 240](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-240/): Having spent most of the week-end filling my garden pots, I got very excited when it clouded over and big spots of rain fell.
- [Newsletter Issue 239](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-239/): Last week I announced the sad news that Dai Jones had died after a very short illness.
- [3 MidGlos Players in OSC Ranking List](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/3-midglos-players-in-osc-ranking-list/)
- [Sad News](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/sad-news/): It is with great sadness and disbelief that I announce the death on Thursday of Dai Jones.
- [Newsletter Issue 238](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-238/): I do have some sad news to announce but I want to do it separately when I have a photo.
- [Newsletter Issue 237](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-237/): Hello again..... again one day late. This time, because of Easter.
- [Newsletter Issue 236](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-236/): Hello again - one day late! There is a reason - we didn’t get back from Torquay until midday(ish).
- [Newsletter Issue 235](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-235/): What a weekend! I’m shattered - I was bowling Friday evening, Saturday morning and twice today! I’ve just gotten back, and now I’m writing this.
- [Newsletter Issue 234](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-234/): Quarter of a year gone already! The last week of our winter season!
- [Newsletter Issue 233](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-233/): The weather today’s not very cheery but it has been springlike this week.
- [Newsletter Issue 232](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-232/): Much as I love this beautiful weather, it means there’s no excuse for not doing the garden! We were rather naive when we agreed to buy our property.
- [Newsletter Issue 231](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-231/): What beautiful weather! The only problem is...
- [Newsletter Issue 230](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-230/): I’m back from a lovely few days in Montpellier (France) with our elder daughter and her two daughters - a lovely girlie break - lots of shops!
- [Newsletter Issue 229](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-229/): This is for any outstanding league games and club competitions to be played. Book a rink with reception.
- [Newsletter Issue 228](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-228/): The sad news first - a former member (until recently when he had to give up due to ill health), Tony Maisey has died. I have no other details unfortunately.
- [Newsletter Issue 227](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-227/): First of all - our open day yesterday from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. The first people arrived soon after 10.00 a.m. and the last ones left just after 3.30 p.m.
- [Newsletter Issue 226](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-226/): What a World Bowls that was! Seeds dropping like flies to qualifiers!
- [Newsletter Issue 225](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-225/): As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, the area final of the Mason’s was played on Friday morning against Malvern.
- [Newsletter Issue 224](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-224/): In the not too distant future, I predict that we’ll be travelling down to Potters to support at least one of our youngsters at World Bowls.
- [Newsletter Issue 222](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-222/): This is the last newsletter for 2024.
- [Newsletter Issue 221](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-221/): It has now been confirmed that refreshments after Bob Read’s funeral will be held at Lonsdale Road Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome.
- [Newsletter Issue 220](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-220/): As promised, the arrangements for Bob Read’s funeral - it will be on Wednesday, 18th December at Gloucester Crem at 2.00p.m.
- [Newsletter Issue 219](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-219/): The sad news first - Bob Read died on Friday, 22nd November. His funeral details have not yet been announced. We’ve lost another lovely man.
- [Newsletter Issue 218](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-218/): Just one month to go ( I’m sure the little ones are counting down the sleeps until he arrives ).
- [Newsletter Issue 217](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-217/): What a week-end! I’m absolutely “tired”, particularly since we’ve just returned from a drinks and nibbles get together with our new neighbours!
- [Newsletter Issue 216](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-216/): At least we’ve seen the reappearance of the sun today (Sunday) after a rather gloomy week.
- [Newsletter Issue 215](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-215/): What a very successful week-end for MidGlos!
- [Newsletter Issue 214](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-214/): Hope you all remembered to turn your clocks back an hour last night. Not sure the weather has realised it’s autumn/winter now. It’s glorious today.
- [Newsletter Issue 213](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-213/): The sad news first, I’m afraid.
- [Newsletter Issue 212](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-212/): What a busy week-end!
- [Newsletter Issue 211](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-211/): We’re back after a great week away. Our team didn’t quite make it - although we lost in the quarters by one shot, we really shouldn’t have done.
- [Newsletter Issue 209](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-209/): I hope you all survived the rain, hail, thunder and lightning which began on Friday.
- [Newletter Issue 207](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newletter-issue-207/): Hello for the last time this summer season!
- [Newsletter Issue 205](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-205/): And it’s still sunny!
- [Newsletter Issue 204](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-204/): I can’t believe it’s still sunny. I’m loving it but I’m not sure everyone feels the same way.
- [Newsletter Issue 203](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-203/): Today’s the day for the match at Suffolk Square between MidGlos IBC and Cheltenham BC at 2.00p.m. Supporters more than welcome. We’ll need it!!
- [Newsletter Issue 202](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-202/): Although I said that there wouldn’t be a newsletter this week, here I am.
- [Newsletter Issue 201](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-201/): Yet another musical performance for Fred and me. This time in The Brewery Quarter in Cheltenham Sunday afternoon in the heat!
- [Newsletter Issue 199](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-199/): Another gruelling week of tennis! Both singles finals were captivating. I don’t understand or follow football but I hope England does it.
- [Newsletter Issue 198](https://dev.midglos.co.uk/newsletter-issue-198/): I’m absolutely exhausted and I’ve got another week to go of Wimbledon! I’m busy decorating in the morning and then tennis in the afternoon.

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