The MB Christmas Draw this year features slap up din dins for two at eight Lark Lane restaurants – Elif, Maranto's, Pablo's, Pistachio, Que Pasa, Red Fort, Romios, and the Moon and Pea have donated prizes. The tickets are printed and ready for the hard sell from members, your families and friends... Let's make a whack of money to put towards the refurb' of the clubhouse. Ticket books are available from Meryl, who'll be peddling them down at the club this weekend (14th/15th Nov); they're being sold at £1 each in books of ten....
If you can't make it down this weekend, just shout and we'll get some over to you.
Friday, 13 November 2009
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Gunpowder, treason and plot: Bommy night at da Bow
Bommy Night at the Bow will be providing shelter, sustenance and sparkling facilities around Seffy Park's annual fireworks display this Thursdee, November 5th. 2009's spangly spectacular will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landings. Space, sky, rockets... It all fits, see. Clever old Liverpool City Council - see what they did there?! A specially-orchestrated firework display will be set to what VisitLiverpool.com teasingly describes as 'space-themed music'. Hmm. We just hope it's one space-themed playlist Babylon Zoo have been omitted from. Wrap up in tin foil for extra excitement, and hit the park with family and friends from about 6:30pm. The Bow will be a simmering cauldron (oops, wrong celebration...) of seasonal smells, with soup, pizzas, cake and mulled wine on the go. And, probably, Walking on the Moon at some point.
Friday, 9 October 2009
MB Autumn Open Day
The MB Autumn Open Day, will be setting out its wholesome homemade stall this Sunday, from 12 noon. Bring your kids, mums, dads, friends, foes.... press-ganged-loafers-frequenting-pubs-before-the-sun's-reached the yard-arm-on-the-holy-day for an afternoon of tennis, fun games and tasty food. Bring a racket with you or borrow one from the club. We're easy. Obviously. Hurry on down while the sun's shining, the leaves are falling from the trees and it's clear, crisp and chilly out there.
Monday, 5 October 2009
Get a bunk up on the winter ladder
Remember, if you want to play in the winter ladder you need to let me know as we'll be setting it all up soon.... Just email me back and tell me who you wanna play with. So to speak. And the rest will happen, as if by magic. It's £3 to enter per person, as there'll be prizes on offer at the end of the season. There'll also be a monthly social evening so everyone can get together, eat some tasty food, have a few jars and admire the recently-rediscovered cleanliness and cosiness of Club MB. You know you want it.
1. 2009 AGM
The date: October 8th
The time: 7:30pm
The place: Club MB
It's THAT time of year. The MBAGM. You'll get to hear about funding opportunities, coaching, clubhouse plans, the teams and all sorts of other nuggets of interesting info. Be there, or we'll talk about you...
And there are still a couple of places unfilled on the committee - namely secretary and social secretary (although of course you're welcome to put yourself forward for any position on the committee. Full job descriptions are up on the noticeboard in the club) - it's the only club to be a member of, kids. Job descriptions follow, so if either of them are roles that you think might be right up your street, read on.
Those committee job descriptions...
Secretary:
- Coordinate the convening of all regular committee meetings. Which are FUN.
- Coordinate the convening of the club AGM and providing an agenda and previous minutes.
- Take minutes at committee meetings and the AGM.
- Liaise with the Club Membership Secretary to keep an up-to-date members address list.
- Be the main official club contact person for all external correspondence coming to the club.
- Receive external mail and liaise with relevant committee members.
- Ensure any relevant notices about tournaments and events are displayed on the notice boards so Mersey Bowmen can complete a clean sweep of the Parks tournie (and the rest) next year too...
- Apply for annual club Wimbledon tickets, organise the ticket draw and keep records of ticket holders in line with LTA regulations.
- Be responsible for the notice boards in the clubhouse, removing out of date notices and updating displays when relevant with pretty pictures and the odd incriminating photo
- Help make sure that players using the club are members, and are adhering to club rules.
- A pencil skirt is not required, and thoughts of Maggie Gyllenhall in darkly er0t1c James Spader films are not necessarily accurate. But might be encouraged...
Social secretary:
- Be responsible for organising club social events and advertise to the membership. Lots of drinking and dancing. Beer. Basically.
- Maximise the fundraising and profit element at all planned social events/functions (provide lots of beer)
- Coordinate the roles and responsibilities of committee members, and others, in the planning and running of social events and functions (to buy, sell, fetch and carry beer)
- Explore and coordinate potential sponsorship possibilities for social and other organised events (esp. with organisations which might provide beer)
The date: October 8th
The time: 7:30pm
The place: Club MB
It's THAT time of year. The MBAGM. You'll get to hear about funding opportunities, coaching, clubhouse plans, the teams and all sorts of other nuggets of interesting info. Be there, or we'll talk about you...
And there are still a couple of places unfilled on the committee - namely secretary and social secretary (although of course you're welcome to put yourself forward for any position on the committee. Full job descriptions are up on the noticeboard in the club) - it's the only club to be a member of, kids. Job descriptions follow, so if either of them are roles that you think might be right up your street, read on.
Those committee job descriptions...
Secretary:
- Coordinate the convening of all regular committee meetings. Which are FUN.
- Coordinate the convening of the club AGM and providing an agenda and previous minutes.
- Take minutes at committee meetings and the AGM.
- Liaise with the Club Membership Secretary to keep an up-to-date members address list.
- Be the main official club contact person for all external correspondence coming to the club.
- Receive external mail and liaise with relevant committee members.
- Ensure any relevant notices about tournaments and events are displayed on the notice boards so Mersey Bowmen can complete a clean sweep of the Parks tournie (and the rest) next year too...
- Apply for annual club Wimbledon tickets, organise the ticket draw and keep records of ticket holders in line with LTA regulations.
- Be responsible for the notice boards in the clubhouse, removing out of date notices and updating displays when relevant with pretty pictures and the odd incriminating photo
- Help make sure that players using the club are members, and are adhering to club rules.
- A pencil skirt is not required, and thoughts of Maggie Gyllenhall in darkly er0t1c James Spader films are not necessarily accurate. But might be encouraged...
Social secretary:
- Be responsible for organising club social events and advertise to the membership. Lots of drinking and dancing. Beer. Basically.
- Maximise the fundraising and profit element at all planned social events/functions (provide lots of beer)
- Coordinate the roles and responsibilities of committee members, and others, in the planning and running of social events and functions (to buy, sell, fetch and carry beer)
- Explore and coordinate potential sponsorship possibilities for social and other organised events (esp. with organisations which might provide beer)
Thursday, 17 September 2009
The Finals Day bandwagon rolls into town
I'm sure it goes without saying that you've all got Finals Day scribbled in your diaries in big red letters for this Saturday, and have been awaiting it with rampant anticipation. So with only 50 nailbiting hours to go until kick off, here's a bit more info for you....
Matches will be starting at 12, so pleez make sure you're ready to play, lend your most vocal support or stare intently at the lines. I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that there are some new faces amongst the finalists, alongside the old stalwarts of the fair game, so come down and give them a cheer...
Order of play will be:
12:00 Men's singles & Ladies' singles
1:30/2:00 Men's doubles & Ladies' doubles
3:30/ 4:00 Mixed doubles
We'll be having a party tea throughout the afternoon, so if everyone who's coming down can bring something to chip in, that'd be great... Sarnies, cakes, sickly sausage rolls. La la la. Then we'll be doing a big fat barbeque from 7:30, so make sure you're around for that... And - oh - there just happens to be a Liverpool tea time kick-off at 5:30pm which we had to ask them to reschedule around our finals, so you don't need to miss a thing. Presentations will take place in the evening once everyone's suitably well oiled and rowdy. Come and join the party!
And, dare I say it? We're due some sunshine, although scorchio it won't be, so a few layers might come in handy...
If you've got time on your hands then both quarter finals and a couple of semis are being played dow at the club over the next couple of nights, so have a stroll down and take a look.
Matches will be starting at 12, so pleez make sure you're ready to play, lend your most vocal support or stare intently at the lines. I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that there are some new faces amongst the finalists, alongside the old stalwarts of the fair game, so come down and give them a cheer...
Order of play will be:
12:00 Men's singles & Ladies' singles
1:30/2:00 Men's doubles & Ladies' doubles
3:30/ 4:00 Mixed doubles
We'll be having a party tea throughout the afternoon, so if everyone who's coming down can bring something to chip in, that'd be great... Sarnies, cakes, sickly sausage rolls. La la la. Then we'll be doing a big fat barbeque from 7:30, so make sure you're around for that... And - oh - there just happens to be a Liverpool tea time kick-off at 5:30pm which we had to ask them to reschedule around our finals, so you don't need to miss a thing. Presentations will take place in the evening once everyone's suitably well oiled and rowdy. Come and join the party!
And, dare I say it? We're due some sunshine, although scorchio it won't be, so a few layers might come in handy...
If you've got time on your hands then both quarter finals and a couple of semis are being played dow at the club over the next couple of nights, so have a stroll down and take a look.
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Davis Cup arrives in Liverpool
Team GB's (that's Great Britain, not Team Gary Burns - although it's an easy mistake to make...) tie against Poland in the Davis Cup comes to Liverpool for the first time ever in the event's history next week. NEXT WEEK. We (!) are playing Poland in the Euro/Africa Group I tie from 18th to 20th September at the Echo Arena.
Davis Cup captain John Lloyd, said: 'Liverpool is a fantastic city with a rich sporting pedigree and I’m very excited to be taking the tie to the Northwest. That Mersey Bowmen is a cracking club and I'm thinking of calling up a few of their players. They really are something else. I am delighted that the city is so keen to host what will be a difficult tie for us and we will need the support of a vocal crowd if we are going to maintain our place in Group 1 in 2010.' Or did he?
The stats tell us that the tie'll be played on an indoor hard court with an arena capacity of 4,000 to 5,000... We've played Poland seven times in the Davis Cup and won all of the previous ties. Oops. And the last tie was held in Poland in 1991 with Great Britain coming out on top 4-1. Ken Skupski (of Palmerston fame) is in the GB squad, so for all of you out there who beat him when he was four, it's your chance to brag about glory days against a Davis Cup player.
Tickets are still available from the Liverpool Echo Arena Box Office on 0844 8000 400 and online at www.echoarena.com and I think British Tennis Members may even be able to get a discount...
Davis Cup captain John Lloyd, said: 'Liverpool is a fantastic city with a rich sporting pedigree and I’m very excited to be taking the tie to the Northwest. That Mersey Bowmen is a cracking club and I'm thinking of calling up a few of their players. They really are something else. I am delighted that the city is so keen to host what will be a difficult tie for us and we will need the support of a vocal crowd if we are going to maintain our place in Group 1 in 2010.' Or did he?
The stats tell us that the tie'll be played on an indoor hard court with an arena capacity of 4,000 to 5,000... We've played Poland seven times in the Davis Cup and won all of the previous ties. Oops. And the last tie was held in Poland in 1991 with Great Britain coming out on top 4-1. Ken Skupski (of Palmerston fame) is in the GB squad, so for all of you out there who beat him when he was four, it's your chance to brag about glory days against a Davis Cup player.
Tickets are still available from the Liverpool Echo Arena Box Office on 0844 8000 400 and online at www.echoarena.com and I think British Tennis Members may even be able to get a discount...
It's YOUR MBC
Your MB needs you:
26th September: is the day of the MB clubhouse clean-up, from 11am. Please come along and wield a hoover, duster or make yerself useful and put the kettle on. By the end of the sesh we're sure the club'll be clean enough to eat your tea off the floor (although someone else can test the theory) so please come along and chip in. I'd almost go so far as suggesting it'll be fun, but can confirm it will be followed by the summer's final fling of tennis in the afternoon sun, and.....
....... the comedy-dancing, eccentric food and tennis-people-looking-very-strange-stripped-of-their-trackies that is the League Dinner. Making its debut at the Liverpool Marina this year, go along to whoop and cheer the clever folk who won things in the league and cups this season. Sadly I can't go, because, er, I've got plans (KAZIMIER, KAZIMIER, KAZIMIER!!) but if you'd like to go, or even organise the MB delegation minibus, then feel free... Nuff said, it's a cracker of a night.
Then...
8th Oct: is the uber-informative AGM. Which will take place in the clubhouse. Very clean clubhouse. And tell you all about funding, plans for the club, the teams' performances, our new coaching programme, a bit of financial chit-chat and other Bow banter. Can't wait? Put it in your diary now - always fond of a cliche, it's YOUR chance to find out what's going on at YOUR club, and YOUR chance to get involved and make a difference. Remember kids, this isn't the BBC, this is the MBC.
8th October will also be the last date you can sign up for the winter ladder, which will run throughout the bright sunshine and frosty mornings of winter until March next year, when Bow Boot Camp begins for pre-season. Matches can be played at your leisure, at a venue of your choice - under floodlights, indoors, at the Bow in a sunny Satdee afternoon - as long as it's keeping you playing and socialising. It's a ladder, so pairs of all abilities are welcome. You're not going to be finding yourselves playing someone 1000 times better - or 1000 times worse than you - as ladders let you bob around and find your own level. Clever, eh?! We'd prefer mixed pairs, please, as it includes the greatest number of members, but don't be shy, grab a partner, and sign on the line... If you're already raring to go, drop me an email saying you'd like to play, your partner's name, shoe size and favourite colour and we'll dust that list off.
We'll also be having a monthly social night at the club - probably on Thursdays, but feel free to suggest - when we'll whip up some food and get everyone to congregate for a bit of scran and a few beers and some truly enlightening tennis talk. Ahem.
26th September: is the day of the MB clubhouse clean-up, from 11am. Please come along and wield a hoover, duster or make yerself useful and put the kettle on. By the end of the sesh we're sure the club'll be clean enough to eat your tea off the floor (although someone else can test the theory) so please come along and chip in. I'd almost go so far as suggesting it'll be fun, but can confirm it will be followed by the summer's final fling of tennis in the afternoon sun, and.....
....... the comedy-dancing, eccentric food and tennis-people-looking-very-strange-stripped-of-their-trackies that is the League Dinner. Making its debut at the Liverpool Marina this year, go along to whoop and cheer the clever folk who won things in the league and cups this season. Sadly I can't go, because, er, I've got plans (KAZIMIER, KAZIMIER, KAZIMIER!!) but if you'd like to go, or even organise the MB delegation minibus, then feel free... Nuff said, it's a cracker of a night.
Then...
8th Oct: is the uber-informative AGM. Which will take place in the clubhouse. Very clean clubhouse. And tell you all about funding, plans for the club, the teams' performances, our new coaching programme, a bit of financial chit-chat and other Bow banter. Can't wait? Put it in your diary now - always fond of a cliche, it's YOUR chance to find out what's going on at YOUR club, and YOUR chance to get involved and make a difference. Remember kids, this isn't the BBC, this is the MBC.
8th October will also be the last date you can sign up for the winter ladder, which will run throughout the bright sunshine and frosty mornings of winter until March next year, when Bow Boot Camp begins for pre-season. Matches can be played at your leisure, at a venue of your choice - under floodlights, indoors, at the Bow in a sunny Satdee afternoon - as long as it's keeping you playing and socialising. It's a ladder, so pairs of all abilities are welcome. You're not going to be finding yourselves playing someone 1000 times better - or 1000 times worse than you - as ladders let you bob around and find your own level. Clever, eh?! We'd prefer mixed pairs, please, as it includes the greatest number of members, but don't be shy, grab a partner, and sign on the line... If you're already raring to go, drop me an email saying you'd like to play, your partner's name, shoe size and favourite colour and we'll dust that list off.
We'll also be having a monthly social night at the club - probably on Thursdays, but feel free to suggest - when we'll whip up some food and get everyone to congregate for a bit of scran and a few beers and some truly enlightening tennis talk. Ahem.
Monday, 31 August 2009
The winner takes it all
The club tournie is go go... The entrants have thrown down the gauntlet and the draw has been made. It's on the noticeboard in the clubhouse, so pleez go and have a look, see who you're doing battle with and let the games commence.
Each round has a play-by date so we can keep proceedings chipping along at a decent pace, so keep an eye on them. All play-by dates are weekends and Wednesday evenings - we'll have the bar open in the club so come down and play, or come down and watch some most excellent tennis, and we'll ply you with tinnies.
And Saturday 19th September is Finals Day, so don't forget to put that in your diary - biryani, barbeques and beers. Bargain...
Each round has a play-by date so we can keep proceedings chipping along at a decent pace, so keep an eye on them. All play-by dates are weekends and Wednesday evenings - we'll have the bar open in the club so come down and play, or come down and watch some most excellent tennis, and we'll ply you with tinnies.
And Saturday 19th September is Finals Day, so don't forget to put that in your diary - biryani, barbeques and beers. Bargain...
Yee-Haw
Big thanks go to everyone who played, panted and prayed for sunshine in the YouEssAye-YouEssAye-RIPTeddyKennedy-HotDog Open last weekend; we'll be doing another one soon, so keep your eyes peeled. Congratulations to our victorious champs Jeremy Nicholls and Tony Horton, and to our plucky finalists, Galia Piunovskaya and Adam Vaughan...
Thursday, 13 August 2009
cHiCkEnStOcK
This Saturday • from 7pm • £4 • beers; bands; barbequetickets from Greendays cafe (Lark Lane) or on the door...
Pete Bentham & the Dinner Ladies • Voo • Emily & the Faves • The Haunted Swing • Bernie Connor (DJ)
Friday, 7 August 2009
Team MB; team MB - it's time to kiss the badge, kids
We have a limited (and therefore very special edition) number of Mersey Bowmen t-shirts left, in sizes small, medium and large. If you'd like to turn out in official Bow colours this season, email me back and stating which size you'd like, and we'll put one to one side for you. First come, first served (no dodgy tennis pun intended......
It's CHICKENSTOCK - the Dinner Ladies' Rock 'n' roll picnic
If you didn't make Glasto this year - and, let's face it, it was MuddEE - rock off to Chickenstock at the MB on August 15th; Pete Bentham and the Dinner ladies are topping the bill, supported by VOO + EMILY & THE FAVES + THE HAUNTED SWING, while one Bernie Connor (he used to DJ at Eric's, you know) will be doin' the mixing. And there's a barby. And a bar full of beer. Tickets are selling fast at the bargain price of £4, so snap 'em up now if you want one. Speak to Stevie B to get your hands on a ticket - his email address is sjb1@talktalk.net or give him a call. Have a look at: http://www.myspace.com/petebenthamandthedinnerladies
The ticker-tape-tastic MB American Open is on August 22nd
Instead of our traditional mid-August finals day, we'll be playing an American Open tournament. It's open to current and former members alike, and anyone you fancy bringing down to impress/ sell into Bow-slavery or dish out a sound thrashing to, so invite friends, family and frenemies... We'll be playing a round-robin format - pairs'll picked out of a hat to ensure that you're all as equal as possible, and we'll play a semi-final and final at the end of the day.
It'll be £5 per person to enter and lunch will be provided... please email me to enter - you don't need a partner, all pairs will be picked at random on the day. All comers welcome.
In return we promise you cheesy USA-USA prizes, hot dogs, star-spangled banners galore and the right to life (you see, no getting knocked out in the first round here...), liberty to express yourself with a bat and the pursuit of happiness on a tennis court. But not to bear arms. Or bare arms. One of the two...
It'll be £5 per person to enter and lunch will be provided... please email me to enter - you don't need a partner, all pairs will be picked at random on the day. All comers welcome.
In return we promise you cheesy USA-USA prizes, hot dogs, star-spangled banners galore and the right to life (you see, no getting knocked out in the first round here...), liberty to express yourself with a bat and the pursuit of happiness on a tennis court. But not to bear arms. Or bare arms. One of the two...
A club tournament with more than 33% of the club's players in it? Never...
Well well well... In a controversial yet decisive move, we've decided not to play the club tournament next month, but to move it to September. We obviously have far too many members with time to play with and money to burn, as approximately half the club is away for most of August. Instead, we're going to start the tournament on the Bank Holiday weekend, as it just doesn't seem right to be giving out the tupperware when so many of our much-loved players can't, actually, play (much as I have been a beneficiary of this in the past ;) ) The deadline for entries is Friday 28th August at 6pm when we'll do the draw, and you can start playing any time you like after that (you don't need to be here for the Bank Holiday weekend to enter the tournie.)
So if you thought you couldn't play and fancy it now, please put your name down now. You can email me, or stick it on the list in the clubhouse. Once again for the record: men's singles, ladies' singles, men's doubles, ladies' doubles, mixed doubles. Finals Day will be September 19th, so please make sure you're around for that. We'll be having a bit of a do...
So if you thought you couldn't play and fancy it now, please put your name down now. You can email me, or stick it on the list in the clubhouse. Once again for the record: men's singles, ladies' singles, men's doubles, ladies' doubles, mixed doubles. Finals Day will be September 19th, so please make sure you're around for that. We'll be having a bit of a do...
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