Last season saw the ninth year of the Charity Floodlight Bowls competition, played by Paulton, Norwest, Prattens, Purnell and a combined Frome Selwood and Frome Park Bowls Clubs, and to date, has raised over £25,000.
There is a different charity chosen each year, usually a local one. This year, it was the turn of Age UK, based in Bath, who do lots of good work in the Midsomer Norton and Paulton area.
Organisers of the floodlight competition, Trevor Francis, Eric Obern and Bryn Hawkins, visited the Age UK offices in Queen's Square, Bath, recently to present a cheque for £2,000 to the Chief Executive, Janet Dabbs. The amount raised was helped by a concert put on by the Mendip Male Voice Choir and a Rock 'n' Roll Dance at the Conygre Hall, Timsbury.
Next season's charity is the local Gateway Club and every effort will be made to raise as much money as possible on the tenth anniversary of the competition, with a great big thank you to the bowls clubs that take part.