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The cover photo I hope more than anything They have often told me that
4 The cover photo
features Sadie
features
Sadie
Young from the England
Young from the England
“A” squad looking wist-
“A” squad looking wist-
fully into the distance on
fully into the distance on
what might have been.
what might have been.
SHORT MAT CHAT
As well as our regular read- The more people who and it will take a number of
ers, this issue is also being write in the better the
sent out to a large number of
ESMBA clubs, as the English
Association are intending to
put a lot more information in
the magazine, so that the
grass roots players in Eng-
land knows what’s happen-
ing. The ESMBA and I hope
that their information will be
informative and helpful.
The Subscription rate is
just £10.95 including postage
and the magazine is pub-
lished 4 times per year, usu-
ally late January or early
February and similarly April /
May, August and November,
depending of course on what
news items are sent in.
Without advertising rev-
enue the real cost would be
about £15 or more, so support
your advertisers. Whilst it
may be new to some, the
magazine has been going in
various forms for 22 years
and I am the entire staff, so
please be a little patient!
From time to time I may
reproduce items from past
magazines if I think they will
be of interest to new sub-
scribers.
For those outside
For those outside no matter what their county or
England I can confirm
England I can confirm country. As we are all growing
that the magazine will
that the magazine will
remain independent
independent
remain
and cover events from
and cover events from
wherever, provided of
wherever, provided of
course you send them
course you send them and this is very important to
to me.
to me.
that more people send me they are concerned about
their club, county and per- what will happen to their club
sonal stories as everyone de- in the future when they and
serves their 15 minutes of their fellow club members
fame. Also, letters about the have gone.
There is no instant add
sport or rules are especially water solution to the problem
welcome.
The more people who
years to halt and turn around
write in the better the
magazine coverage. the decline.
magazine coverage.
Elsewhere in this issue I My experience in pro-
have included a help page on ducing the magazine is that
writing/presenting a report on the one hand bowlers are
and there is nothing difficult concerned about their clubs
in it and my page could prob- future but can’t be bothered
ably be condensed to a long to give the sport any publicity.
paragraph. Just call or email It is pointless any-
It is pointless any-
me for any advice. one wringing their
one
their
wringing
Moving on it was great hands in lament, if you
hands in lament, if you
news for England Manager do not put in any effort
do not put in any effort
Brandon Whittaker, with Eng- then the sport does not
then the sport does not
land winning three of the five have the secure future it
have the secure future it
events at the British Isle Pre- deserves.
mier Championships plus the deserves.
trophy for the best overall re- As to whom we should
sults in the Premier Champi- target for the promotion of
onships. England also won our sport, in reality it should
the “A” team Triples. be everyone but not neces-
NOTE: this event has sarily all at the same time.
taken up an unusually large Perhaps the biggest tar-
number of pages in this issue, get should be first? In the UK
which only happens once a there are over 22 million peo-
year owing to the new com- ple over 55 and this is more
bined double championships. than a third of our population.
As to subscription re- Youth is good of course
newals, a renewal notice will but we are far less likely to
be included in your last mag- hold on to the young ones. I
azine. still maintain that with profes-
As to the future of our sional outside support we are
sport, we have been shrinking unlikely to succeed; at least
for several years and this ef- that’s my view but what do
fects a huge number of clubs, YOU think?
All national Committees
are basically made up of will-
ing amateurs and our future is
older our playing numbers too important to mess with.
decrease. Do our various committees
In England the ESMBA have the courage to admit
wants to stop this shrinkage they could do with profes-
and start building up again
sional help and support?
many clubs. Probably not!
BobbyWeaf