Tarring Priory Bowls Club
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Worthing, West Sussex BN13 1HQ
Established 1937
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Meet the Tarring Priory Club Officers
Derek Ridley holds this most important of roles. He was re-elected to the office for a 11th successive year in January 2024. He succeeded out-going President Wally Burrows, who stood down at the 2014 AGM after a much valued period at the helm. Derek joined the club on the 10 October 1991, he was co-opted onto the Governing Committee in 1998 as an Assistant Secretary and served as Secretary from 1999 - 2004, during at which time he was also Bar Manager 2001 - 2002. He became Vice Captain in 2004 and Captain 2005 - 2006 and was elected President for the years 2007 - 2009. Derek's tireless efforts to promote bowls at a local level received County wide recognition in 2015 with the award of the 'Sussex Bowls Man of the Year' Trophy. To contact our president by e-mail click on his picture.
Club President
Chairman
The position of Tarring Priory Chairman was born out of the constitutional reform agreed at the 2018 SGM which preceded the 2018 AGM. Keith Brinsmead was elected unopposed at the meeting and was re-elected once again in 2024 will act as the channel and guide for Tarring Priory Committee Meetings.
Keith, despite his youthful looks has been a playing member at Priory since 1978. He has served on the committee in various guises during that time, but it is his recent retirement which has allowed him the time to take on this important role at our club.
As a player, Keith is one of our top men and is our Singles Champion. Keith indeed has a total of more than 30 honours against his name at Tarring Priory
Honorary Secretary
John Fairs joined Priory in 1990 to start learning the game whilst still an active weekend Cricketer with Broadwater. He retired from Cricket in 1996 and took up bowling in earnest, playing in as many matches as work and home life would permit. When not playing bowls he enjoys watching and supporting the club and other members in matches at all levels. John was elected to the Priory Committee in 2003 and in 2005 he assisted the Competition Secretary taking on the role full time 2006 - 2008. He is the SCB and BE delegate for Tarring Priory. In 2009 he was elected as Club Captain and held the role until 2013. John's playing record at Priory is second to none and he was Club Singles Champion in 2008 and repeated the feat again in September 2014, altogether he appears on the Priory Honours board 23 times. He first took over the chief administrative role for the club in 2014 and was re-elected once again in 2024. If you want to email John please click on his picture. John will be helped by our Assistant Secretary, John Schools.
Honorary Treasurer
Bex Bull was elected onto the management committee to replace Sarah Baker in 2024. She is the second lady committee member of our newly 'mixed' club to take on the role of treasurer. Bex has a background in book keeping and is welcomed as a valued member of our Management team. Bex is charged with maintaining the Tarring Priory Bowls Club finances. An enthusiastic and competitive bowler, she is learning to perfect the art through Friendlies and club comps. If you want to contact 'Bex' click on her picture to send her an e-mail.
Our accounts are inspected annually by David Fairs
WSBL and Cup Manager
Stuart was elected to the important position of manager for West Sussex Bowls League matches at the January 2019 AGM, he was re-elected in 2024 for the sixth consecutive year. He will also oversee Sussex County Bowls Double Fours selection (Abergavenny). In addition Stuart will have ultimate selection control for our entries into the Bowls England Team Competitions, The Top Club and Double Rinkers
Stuart's bowling highlights include, winning the SCB Unbadged Singles in 2015. Stuart has also represented SCB in the Home Counties League.
At Priory he has appeared on our Honours Boards 16 times in the time he has been with us. Notably he won the Championship Singles in 2015 and 2017, the 2 sets singles in 2016 and 2018, and has also won the Handicap singles in 2015. He teams up with Stuart Logan in the Championship Pairs and has now won it 3 times
To contact him just click on his picture.
Stracey Team Manager
John Proffitt has made the role of Stracey team manager his own and has been in post since 2020
John plays most of his games in the 'Stracey' team and friendlies. He certainly has an excellent knowledge of the players at the club through his previous role as Friendly manager and he relishes the chance to win the Stracey Shield back for Priory
John is a pragmatist and gets the best out of the players available to him. He is also making himself a reputation as quite a speech maker!
Click John's picture to email him about the Stracey League
Brodie and Friendly Team Managers
For 2024 John Proffitt and Steve Davis will join forces to select players for the Friendly matches.
We are again entering a team into the Brodie Tray in 2024 and Steve will have the sole responsibility of blooding players in this competition.
Match Secretary, Safeguarding Officer & Webmaster
Alan Messer joined Priory in September 2005 eager to experience the more competitive bowling a club like Priory could offer. Alan does have a certain pedigree for organisation having been Secretary to the Sussex County Bar Billiards Association for over 10 years. He was a member o the winning White Hart (Littlehampton) team who were National Team Champions in 2014. He served as Tarring Priory Competition Secretary (2008-2010, 2012-2017). He was also Match Secretary (2011-2022), and he was re-elected in 2024. Alan also has responsibility for the management of this website, and also holds the vital club mantle of Safeguarding Officer. He is also no mean bowler and finished top of the club ranking points in 2018. He appears on the Competition winners lists no less than 26 times. If you would like to contact Alan about competitions, fixtures, the T.P. website or to chat about Manchester City, please click on his picture.
Competition Secretary
Stuart Logan rejoined Priory in 2015 and is fiercely competitive in his approach to bowling. This is a character trait which should stand him in good stead as he continues in the role of competition secretary at Priory in 2019, re-elected 2024.
2021 was a brilliant year for Stuart and was crowned Club Champion and also won the Pairs championship alongside Stuart Shwartz, they retained the title in 2022 and again in 2023. Stuart has a taking a liking to the KO Fours Competition and has been a winner thrice.
As Competition Secretary Stuart will have responsibility for over-seeing KO Comps, Leagues and also establishing Playing Handicaps for 2023. He will also take on the role as MC for Finals Weekend
Bar Manager
Nick Eager has agreed to take over and fill the big shoes of outgoing bar manager Emilio DiPietro.
Nick was elected into the role in 2023 having made sure he learnt the job through a year as Assistant Bar Manager. Nick will lead the club into something of a technological revolution as we will now be accepting card transactions behind the bar.
Nick rejoined Priory in 2015 but has quickly re-established himself as a mainstay of the WSBL team and already has 8 mentions on the honours boards.
Tarring Priory 2024 Committee
Voting Members
President
Chairman
Secretary
Treasurer
Assistant Secretary
Match Secretary
Competitions
WSBL/Cup teams
Stracey Shield teams
Brodie Tray Teams
Friendly teams
Safeguarding
BE & SCB Delegate
SCB Ladies Delegate
Youth Development
Bar Manager
Voting member
Recruitment
Derek Ridley
Keith Brinsmead
John Fairs
Bex Bull
John Schools
Alan Messer
Stuart Logan
Stuart Shwartz
John Proffitt
Steve Davis
John Proffitt / Steve Davis
Alan Messer
John Fairs
Sarah Baker
Vacancy
Nick Eager
Butch Shakespeare
Kevin Tester
Non-Voting Roles
50 Club
Fire Safety
Catering
Welfare
Social
Coaching
Assistant Bar Manager
Web Site
Press
Spoons
Trophies
Sponsorship
Caretaker
Fund Raising
Butch Shakespeare
Kevin Tester
Steve & Steph Allen
vacancy
Butch Shakespeare
Jim Davis
Nick Eager
Alan Messer
Keith Brinsmead
Stan Birch/Geoff Sheldon
Butch Shakespeare
Kevin Tester
John Proffitt
Judie Chambers
To find information about Playing Records, Club honours and Positions of Responsibilty for all our Playing Members use the buttons below.
Club Officers from the record books
Presidents
1938 E R WILLOUGHBY
1939 R WHITESIDE
1941 G F JONES
1942 L W WRIGHT
1944 F J BROOKHOUSE
1945 A J RULE
1947 A H JENKINSON
1948 J B BLUNDELL
1949 J R RUDOLF
1951 F J CHAMPION
1953 C H A WOOD
1956 A E MASTERS
1957 R CHADWICK
1958 F M ROOME
1972 A H HASLER
1973 J J VICKERS
1977 D HERSHEL-JONES
1977 H J T BRACKLEY
1980 A R M MILLS
1982 E D LOYDELL
1985 A ALLEN
1989 G HILDRETH
1991 J E CHARNOCK
1993 S J SAUNDERS
1994 K TIMMS
1996 E J D HOOD
2001 E FRENCH
2004 G P WYATT
2007 D J RIDLEY
2010 W R G BURROWS
2014 D J RIDLEY
Hon Secretaries
OCT 1937 W PLATT
MAY 1941 A J HUDSON
DEC 1943 J D EDWARDS
NOV 1944 J BARKER
NOV 1946 A E MASTERS
JUN 1950 J E NEWELL
NOV 1954 F B VICKERS
NOV 1958 H R SMITH
NOV 1959 S T SHORT
NOV 1961 F B VIGOR
NOV 1963 D C STURGESS
NOV 1966 E L GARDINER
MAY 1972 H E MOULDS
NOV 1972 H H WEBSTER
NOV 1989 R T D DALGLEISH
MAY 1999 D RIDLEY
MAY 2005 E J D HOOD
JAN 2006 M J JOYCE
JAN 2014 J F FAIRS
Captains 1938-64
1938 R WHITESIDE
1939 C EDWARDS
1940 L W WRIGHT
1941 R G RIX
1941 J MEAD
1943 C DALLEY
1944 A J RULE
1945 R G RIX
1946 S W DUNCAN
1947 J B BLUNDELL
1948 F MATLEY
1948 C H A WOOD
1950 F J CHAMPION
1951 S W EVANS
1952 C H A WOOD
1953 A E MASTERS
1954 A E DAWES
1955 J E NEWELL
1956 R CHADWICK
1957 W J ROBERTS
1958 C J CARR
1959 A H HASLER
1960 F B VICKERS
1961 C J BELSHAM
1962 C S COUVES
1963 H A SHARPEN
1964 E A SPIRES
Captains 1965-2014
1965 R CHADWICK
1966 H G PACKER
1967 S T SHORT
1968 J J VICKERS
1969 W WINFIELD
1970 J F FEEST
1971 A E GIBBS
1973 H J T BRACKLEY
1974 A R M MILLS
1976 G L J BIL
1976 B H HOLMES
1978 L D MEAD
1979 L A STRIDE
1980 G HILDRETH
1983 H R SEXTON
1985 G HILDRETH
1986 H R SEXTON
1989 D H RICKARD
1989 H R SEXTON
1991 R G CHALCRAFT
1997 S IVES
1999 W R G BURROWS
2005 D J RIDLEY
2007 G P WYATT
2008 W R G BURROWS
2009 J F FAIRS
2014 M J JOYCE
The role of Captain was not filled in 2015 and 3 new positions were created to replace the enormous single task of Club Captain
Club Managers 2015 -
WSBL Div 1
2015 A CLARKE
2016 A CLARKE
2017 N EAGER
2018 N EAGER
2019 S SHWARTZ
2020 S SHWARTZ
2021 S SHWARTZ
2022 S SHWARTZ
2023 S SHWARTZ
2024 S SHWARTZ
WSBL DIv 2/3
2015 R ROBERTS
2016 R ROBERTS
2017 R ROBERTS
STRACEY SHIELD
2018 J PETERS
2019 J PETERS
2020 J PROFFITT
2021 J PROFFITT
2022 J PROFFITT
2023 J PROFFITT
2024 J PROFFITT
BRODIE TRAY
2022 R BAKER/S DAVIS
2023 R BAKER/ S DAVIS
2024 S DAVIS
FRIENDLY TEAMS
2015 A PANNU
2016 J PETERS
2017 J PETERS
2018 J PROFFITT
2019 J PROFFITT
2020 J PROFFITT
2021 J PROFFITT
2022 R BAKER/ S DAVIS
2023 R BAKER/ S DAVIS
2024 J PROFFITT/ S DAVIS
