{"id":1260,"date":"2019-05-12T13:39:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T12:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonybowlsclub.000webhostapp.com\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:02:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stonystratfordbowlsclub.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n\/* Outer ticker bar *\/\n#ticker_wrapper {\n  position: relative;\n  overflow: hidden;\n  width: 100%;\n  height: 40px;\n  background: yellow;\n  border-top: 2px solid #225521;\n  border-bottom: 2px solid #225521;\n  display: flex;\n  align-items: center;\n  justify-content: center;\n  color: green;\n  font-family: sans-serif;\n  font-size: 16px;\n}\n\/* Track that holds items *\/\n#ticker_track {\n  display: flex;\n  transition: transform 1.5s ease-in-out; \/* smooth scroll *\/\n}\n\/* Each event item *\/\n.ticker-item {\n  min-width: 100%;       \/* one item fills the wrapper *\/\n  text-align: center;    \/* centred text *\/\n  padding: 0.5rem;\n  box-sizing: border-box;\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<div id=\"ticker_wrapper\">\n  \n\n<div id=\"ticker_track\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<p><script>\ndocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", () => {\n  const tickerData = [\n    \"103#Mon 13th Apr : Green Opens\",\n    \"106#Thu 16th Apr : 1st game of the season. 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A separate ladies section was formed in 1978 and it eventually became a mixed club in 1998.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: small; color: #000000;\">We now have around <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">100 active playing members<\/span><\/b> several of whom have become <b><font style=\"color: #20A215;\">County Finalists<\/font><\/b> winning through to play in the <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">All England Finals<\/span><\/b> at Leamington.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: small; color: #000000;\">The club frequently features in the <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">County Finals<\/span><\/b> for both the Men&#8217;s <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">Bucks Cup<\/span><\/b> and the Ladies&#8217; <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">Trundell Trophy<\/span><\/b>; having won both in recent years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: small; color: #000000;\">We have a very busy calendar with &#8220;<b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">Friendly Fixtures<\/span><\/b>&#8221; held for the Ladies on most <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">Tuesdays<\/span><\/b> and <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">Wednesdays<\/span><\/b>, and Mixed or Men&#8217;s games held on <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">Thursdays<\/span><\/b>, <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">Saturdays<\/span><\/b> and <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">Sundays<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: small; color: #000000;\">As well as playing inter-club &#8220;<b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">Friendly Fixtures<\/span><\/b>&#8220;, most members also compete in club and county competitions. We frequently host county games for Buckinghamshire and many of the men and the ladies are county players.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: small; color: #000000;\">SSBC has a growing <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">Junior Section<\/span><\/b> for boys and girls over 8 years of age and we are still seeking new members as we grow over the next few years as part of our <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">Development Plan<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: small; color: #000000;\">Do you want to try the sport of bowls? <b><span style=\"color: red;\">FREE COACHING<\/span><\/b> and training is provided by accredited coaches and we have an abundance of spare equipment available for use. Typically <b><span style=\"color: #20A215;\">3 to 4 coaching sessions<\/span><\/b> would qualify you to get out on the green and play bowls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: small; color: #000000;\">2023 was our Centenary year which saw some great events and matches being held.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Stony Stratford Bowls Club Stony Stratford Bowling Club was founded as a men&#8217;s only bowling club in 1923, and started playing on the present&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1260","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonystratfordbowlsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonystratfordbowlsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonystratfordbowlsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonystratfordbowlsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonystratfordbowlsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":93,"href":"https:\/\/stonystratfordbowlsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25429,"href":"https:\/\/stonystratfordbowlsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1260\/revisions\/25429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonystratfordbowlsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}