The 2011 season has just got under way and so far our three games have produced reasonable results -- however it is far too early to get carried away.

The winter was once again particularly hard with the green under snow and frost for 10 weeks continuously. This resulted in snow mould producing patches where no growth was taking place. It is slowly recovering but will take time. Every winter seems to bring its own difficulties -- such is the lot of the greenkeeper!

Because of the severe pressure on team selection last season due to lack of members, we decided to have an all out push for new members this year. Jeremy, one of our members produced a first class brochure which we distributed to every letter box in surrounding villages in April and the result was very pleasing. To date we have 12 prospective new members and look forward to their participation in bowls in 2011. To help them on their way we have once again managed to get the Yorkshire County Coaches to come to Sessay and give the benefit of their expertise.

We are all full of enthusiasm for the new season and hope for good weather.

APRIL
25th	Mon	Stillington	Away	Galtres
27th	Wed	YCWBA Get together at Sessay, 1.30pm
MAY
1st	Sun	Pairs Day		1.00pm
2nd	Mon	Thirsk B	Away	Galtres
4th	Wed	Richmond	Away	JSW
7th	Sat	Coaching Day, 10.00am - 3pm
9th	Mon	Easingwold	Home	Galtres
10th	Tues	Thirsk	Home	Hov
11th	Wed	Leyburn	Home	JSW
12th	Thurs	Welham	Away	Hov
16th	Mon	Sowerby Flatts	Home	Galtres
17th	Tues	Pickering	Away	Hov
18th	Wed	Bedale	Away	JSW
19th	Thurs	Kirkbymoorside A	Home	Hov
20th	Fri	Hutton Rudby	Home	JSW
23rd	Mon	B'bridge or Thirsk A	Home	Topham Trophy
24th	Tues	Helmsley	Away	Hov
25th	Wed	Dishforth	Home	JSW
26th	Thurs	Settrington	Home	Waltham Cup 1A
30th	Mon	Topcliffe	Away	Galtres
31st	Tues	Settrington	Home	Hov
JUNE
1st	Wed	Northallerton	Home	JSW
2nd	Thurs	Settrington	Away	Waltham Cup 1B
6th	Mon	Wetherby	Away	Galtres
7th	Tues	Swinton	Away	Hov
9th	Thurs	Waltham Cup quarter final A
10th	Fri	Topcliffe	Away	JSW
13th	Mon	Dishforth	Home	Galtres
14th	Tues	Kirkbymoorside B	Home	Hov
15th	Wed	Masham	Home	JSW
16th	Thurs	County Pairs K.O. 10.30am and 2pm
16th	Thurs	Waltham Cup quarter final B
20th	Mon	Boroughbridge	Away	Galtres
21st	Tues	Stillington	Away	Hov
22nd	Wed	County Touring match, Yorks v Hertfordshire
22nd	Wed	Sowerby Flatts	Away	JSW
23rd	Thurs	Thirsk	Away	Hov
27th	Mon	Thirsk A	Away	Galtres
28th	Tues	Welham	Home	Hov
29th	Wed	Thirsk	Away	JSW
30th	Thurs	Pickering	Home	Hov
JULY
1st	Fri	Richmond	Home	JSW
4th	Mon	Stillington	Home	Galtres
5th	Tues	Kirkbymoorside A	Away	Hov
6th	Wed	Leyburn	Away	JSW
7th	Thurs	Waltham Cup semi final A
8th	Fri	Thirsk	Away	Eden/Endersby
11th	Mon	Thirsk B	Home	Galtres
12th	Tues	Helmsley	Home	Hov
13th	Wed	Bedale	Home	JSW
14th	Thurs	Waltham Cup semi final B
18th	Mon	Easingwold	Away	Galtres
19th	Tues	Settrington	Away	Hov
20th	Wed	Hutton Rudby	Away	JSW
21st	Thurs	Waltham Cup final
22nd	Fri	Dishforth	Away	JSW
25th	Mon	Sowerby Flatts	Away	Galtres
26th	Tues	Swinton	Home	Hov
27th	Wed	Northallerton	Away	JSW
28th	Thurs	Kirkbymoorside B	Away	Hov
29th	Fri	Thirsk	Home	Eden/Endersby
AUGUST
1st	Mon	Topcliffe	Home	Galtres
2nd	Tues	Stillington	Home	Hov
5th	Fri	Friendly v Caldbeck B.C.
8th	Mon	Wetherby	Home	Galtres
9th	Tues	Winners v Rest		Hov
10th	Wed	Topcliffe	Home	JSW
11th	Thurs	Sowerby Flatts	Away	HML
12th	Fri	Masham	Away	JSW
13th	Sat	Marshall Salver at Stillington
15th	Mon	Boroughbridge	Home	Galtres
16th	Tues	Thirsk	Home	HML
17th	Wed	Sowerby Flatts	Home	JSW
18th	Thurs	Stillington	Away	HML
21st	Sun	Sheila Lumley Memorial Day, 1.00pm
22nd	Mon	Dishforth	Away	Galtres
24th	Wed	Thirsk	Home	JSW
25th	Thurs	Huby	Home	HML
29th	Mon	Thirsk A	Home	Galtres
30th	Tues	Sowerby Flatts	Home	HML
SEPTEMBER
1st	Thurs	Thirsk	Away	HML
2nd	Fri	County match, Yorkshire v Lancashire
4th	Sun	JSW Finals at Dishforth
6th	Tues	Stillington	Home	HML
11th	Sun	Sessay Finals Day
13th	Thurs	Huby	Away	HML
OCTOBER
4th	Fri	Annual Dinner, Golden Fleece
8th	Sat	JSW Presentation night, Dishforth V. Hall, 7.30pm
NOVEMBER
14th	Mon	Annual General Meeting, 7.30pm