{"id":3371,"date":"2014-03-18T12:58:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T12:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2014-03-18T12:58:29","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T12:58:29","slug":"uncertain-future-for-cardiff-bowls-club-with-nowhere-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/18\/uncertain-future-for-cardiff-bowls-club-with-nowhere-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Nowhere to go for Whitchurch Hospital Bowls Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_3381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3381\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Whitchurch_Hospital_Main_Entrance_and_Bowling_Green.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3381\" alt=\"Whitchurch Hospital Bowls club has an award-green but no club house\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Whitchurch_Hospital_Main_Entrance_and_Bowling_Green-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3381\" alt=\"Whitchurch Hospital Bowls club has an award-green but no club house\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Whitchurch_Hospital_Main_Entrance_and_Bowling_Green-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>Whitchurch Hospital Bowls club has an award-winning green but no club house<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>One of Cardiff\u2019s most successful bowls clubs faces an uncertain future after the council said it must find an alternative clubhouse.<\/strong><br \/>\nWhitchurch Bowls Club, having been been attached to Whitchurch hospital since 1979 currently operates out of a temporary Portakabin on grounds of the facility.<br \/>\nBut Whitchurch Hospital will return to council hands by 2016 after which part of the area will be redeveloped for housing as part of the Whitchurch Green project.<br \/>\nThe council approved the club\u2019s application to continue using the cabin for changing rooms, a meeting area and reception hall, but say any future applications will be refused.<br \/>\nThe club previously had accommodation at the hospital, later scrapped by health authorities. But club officials say there is nowhere for the club to go.<br \/>\nBob Richards, Chairman of Whitchurch Hospital Bowls Club said: \u201cThere have been worries about whether we can still use the site.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf the club does not get a permanent solution it will have to close.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The club\u2019s healthy membership of 52 has allowed it to keep up payments of over \u00a37000 for upkeep of the green, and membership is growing, with new, younger members joining up in recent years.<br \/>\nMr Richards said: \u201cIt is very important to us in fact we are starting to get more members. Our youngest member is now 11 while our oldest is about 80. It keeps the old people going.\u201d<br \/>\nTalks are currently ongoing with the hospital, but until there is a permanent solution, Whitchuch\u00a0 Bowl Club\u2019s future remains undecided.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"margin: 0 0 10px 0;padding: 0;clear: both\">Related articles across the web<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0;background: none;float: left;vertical-align: top;text-align: left;width: 104px;font-size: 12px;margin: 0 5px 10px 0\"><a style=\"padding: 2px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/2014\/02\/04\/youth-club-closures-could-be-horribly-damaging-to-the-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 3px;padding: 0;margin: 0;border: 0;width: 100px;max-width: 100%\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/245165844_150_150.jpg\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 3px;padding: 0;margin: 0;border: 0;width: 100px;max-width: 100%\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/245165844_150_150.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><a style=\"overflow: hidden;text-decoration: none;line-height: 12pt;height: 80px;padding: 5px 2px 0 2px\" href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/2014\/02\/04\/youth-club-closures-could-be-horribly-damaging-to-the-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youth club closures could be &#8220;horribly damaging to the community&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0;background: none;float: left;vertical-align: top;text-align: left;width: 104px;font-size: 12px;margin: 0 5px 10px 0\"><a style=\"padding: 2px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/2014\/02\/07\/cardiff-cancer-charity-holds-fundraiser-with-a-twist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 3px;padding: 0;margin: 0;border: 0;width: 100px;max-width: 100%\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/245974787_150_150.jpg\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 3px;padding: 0;margin: 0;border: 0;width: 100px;max-width: 100%\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/245974787_150_150.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><a style=\"overflow: hidden;text-decoration: none;line-height: 12pt;height: 80px;padding: 5px 2px 0 2px\" href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/2014\/02\/07\/cardiff-cancer-charity-holds-fundraiser-with-a-twist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff cancer charity holds fundraiser with a twist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Cardiff\u2019s most successful bowls clubs faces an uncertain future after the council said it must find an alternative clubhouse. 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