County and Divisional Dinners

[mary]

We really like the County and Divisional dinners (can be expensive, £65 for 2 people just the dinner then traveling & drinks).

There was a lot of complaints this year with trophy winners not attending to pick up trophies, just over 50%!!!!!

Does your County/Division have the same problem???

A lot of hard work and dedication goes into organizing these events and it always appears a bit of a snub when only a few trophy winners turn up!!!

A lot of the winners are youngsters and find the dinners 'Stuffy and Expensive', do YOU have a similar problem and is there any way to improve attendance of the 'Trophy Winners!!!

It's well attended normally apart from the Trophy Winners!!

[Surfer]

Not a lot of people can afford these dinners not where I come from and I know the youngsters definitely cant
If you take the cost of petrol raffle tickets and a drink in a Hotel will set you back twenty pounds plus
Can understand why the numbers are falling:rolleyes:

[Bigbear]

Not Surprising the numbers are falling with the prices charged, Our Club Dinner is hardly worth going too wont be able to put a coach on haven't got enough people going
Someone showed me the list last night and the committee are thinking of Canceling :(

[Blondie]

We have the Ladies County Lunch

The Ladies Divisional County Lunch

The mens County Dinner which the ladies go to

The mens Divisional County Dinner with partner

Then the Club Christmas Dinner and Dance
And if hubby is with another Club you get another Dinner to go to

Will soon need a Bank Loan not surprising nearly all of us Bowlers

Are always trying to lose some weight:roll:

[pops]

I cant afford to go anymore would love to go and pick up a Trophy

Haven't won many of them lately bit of a shame the cost puts a lot of

people off:rolleyes:

[Angel]

http://www.julianhainesbowls.co.uk/forum/images/avatars/7963.gif I have got to pick the one I would like to go to

It would be great if it was possible to attend them all perhaps with the new Bowls England they will sort it out:rolleyes:

[Bigbear]

Hate the Darn Dinners would rather go to the dentist and have teeth pulled

Get bullied every year feel guilty if you dont go

Some of the Bowlers on the top table are full of wind love to hear the

sound of there own voices:confused:

[Blondie]

You are so right Bigbear I get the same pressure every year makes you feel guilty I know it takes a lot of orginising
But not everyone can afford to go:(

[snapper]

Well if you live in Cornwall you certainly cant, everything is dearer down here and the wages are lower

In Truro there are Ten Charity Shops and they are really busy

An awful lot of pensioners cant afford to pay prices like that in Marks and Spencer's

Get so annoyed with people who say oh you must attend these Dinners if you have a Trophy to Collect

How many people are going to own up and say I cant afford to go:(

[The Duck]

Would go if I had a trophy to pick up I find these dinners very boring


Got to be a lot of change when Bowls England kicks in next year:rolleyes: