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New Changing Rooms

Our existing changing rooms are 50 years old, dilapidated, inaccessible for wheelchair users, provide no privacy and are far too small. Often, players have to change outside or in the toilets. This hinders our ability to recruit new bowlers, especially younger players, and to host county matches.

  • Sharnbrook Bowls Club New Changing Rooms
  • Sharnbrook Bowls Club New Changing Rooms
  • Sharnbrook Bowls Club New Changing Rooms
  • Sharnbrook Bowls Club New Changing Rooms
  • Sharnbrook Bowls Club New Changing Rooms

Our aim is to build new changing rooms which will improve our facilities immensely and help us recruit and retain more members, particularly younger bowlers who may arrive straight from school or work and need to change. We have an excellent bowling green and could host county or national matches. New changing rooms would mean we have suitable facilities for players to change before and after matches.

 

New changing rooms will help our Club grow and prosper, recruit and retain younger players, help us with safeguarding, host county and national matches. This will help our Club to continue to provide and maintain our facilities for the benefit of the wider community in Sharnbrook and surrounding villages of north Bedfordshire. Many groups use our facilities in the ‘close season’ for bowls for art, crafts, music, creating writing, learning foreign languages, card games, club and society meetings, for example. Without a successful bowls club, this would not be possible.

 

Changing room plan

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The changing rooms design has to be specific to meet our needs and the constraints of our narrow site, which makes it more expensive than an ‘off-the-shelf’ design. The work will also entail lifting and relaying a paved area to improve and make more central the viewing area for watching matches. Other elements of work include a new shed to house the watering system pump in the existing changing rooms which are to be removed. Also, a new double gates entrance for machinery to maintain the bowling green are needed.

All this amounts to a considerable financial challenge and our Club is busy fundraising and applying for grants. We are doing well so far but still have some way to go. However, we hope to have our new changing rooms ready in time for the 2026 season.

 

Please let us know if you can help in any way. Thank you.

Raffle Winners

Thank you very much indeed to everyone who bought tickets for our Prize Raffle to raise money for our new Changing Rooms. The Draw made at our Finals Day, Sunday 1st September, produced the following winners:

1.   £100 Cash.  Winner: Paul Meeks, St Neots

2.   Microwave oven.   Winner: Bedford Chiropractic Clinic, Bedford ***

3.   Private Consultation at Bedford Chiropractic Clinic.  Winner: Nick and Julie Welch, Sharnbrook

4.   DAB Radio.  Winner: Carl Batchelor, Bedford

5.   Round of Golf for 4 people, with buggies, at Pavenham Park Golf Club.  Winner: Christine Wildman, Sharnbrook

6.   Hair cut, 45 mins back massage, ladies or gents fragrance bundle at Hazel Kaye, Oakley.  Winner: Craig Martin, St Neots

7.   Private Consultation at Bedford Chiropractic Clinic.  Winner: Barbara Thorpe, Milton Keynes ***

8.   Animal Health Check & vaccinations at Scotts Veterinary Clinic.  Winner: Gerry Stafford, Milton Ernest

9.   Private Consultation at Bedford Chiropractic Clinic.  Winner: Nikki Wooding, Bedford

10.   £20 Voucher for Hair by Vincenzo, Bedford.  Winner: Ali McCormick, Ramsey ***

11.   Illuminated Makeup Mirror.  Winner: Lucy Anderson, Rushden

12.   Private Consultation at Bedford Chiropractic Clinic.  Winner: Jan Leaper, Oakley ***

13.   4 Roast Dinners at The Fox, Carlton.  Winner: Nick and Julie Welch, Sharnbrook

14.   10 Pints of Beer, The Sun, Felmersham.  Winner: Malcolm Lilley, Biggleswade

15.   Brewpoint Tour and Beer Tasting.  Winner: Catherine Smith, Bedford

16.   £10 Voucher for The Horse & Groom, Clapham.  Winner: Marc Mann, Bedford

17.   Bottle of Quinta De La Rosa Tawny Port.  Winner: Sally Cooper, Sharnbrook

18.   Bottle of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey.  Winner: Frank Ridley, Sharnbrook

19.   Bottle of The Kraken Black Spiced Rum. Winner: Gerry Sansom, Oakley

20.   Bottle of Gordon's Gin.  Winner: Don and Jean McClennon, Clapham

21.   550g Tub of Cadbury's Heroes.  Winner: Adrian Bailey, Bromham

22.   400g Box of McVitie's Family Circle biscuits.  Winner: John Wade, Potton ***

*** These winners have very kindly donated their prizes to Sharnbrook Bowls Club to help with further fundraising. Thank you very much.