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We have been able to keep the club ticking over,\u201d said Bernard Wilder, who has been playing bowls for two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With more than 500 members aged 16 and over the start of the indoor bowls season, which usually runs from mid-September to mid-April, has provided a welcome relief. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Wales international footballer, Steve Derrett, who plays at the club during the indoor season said that he found the first lockdown challenging: \u201cI\u2019m retired, yeah, got nothing to do. It is difficult for pensioners\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He described the atmosphere on returning to the club as \u201codd\u201d and \u201cstrange\u201d, with Mr Wilder adding that the lockdown \u201caffected a lot of people\u2019s morale\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the loss of the summer season for a number of local outdoor clubs meant that several bowls players have only just returned for the first time in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tommy Rees (<em>pictured above<\/em>), who has played indoor bowls at the club for 26 years, said that the lockdown \u201ckilled the club\u201d but members seem optimistic for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think we are pretty lucky because we have quite a number of members that are retired,\u201d Mr Wilder said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of the club members, Hazel and Joe, described the club as being like a \u201cfamily\u201d to them and are hoping that there is not another lockdown in the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt would be a tragic loss for him, because he\u2019s had his own problems and this has been his salvation,\u201d said Hazel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end of the national lockdown has seen Cardiff Bowls club members return for the indoor bowls season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":554,"featured_media":45137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,209,72],"tags":[2170,6774,5320,210,73,1035,544],"coauthors":[6719],"class_list":["post-45128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pontcanna","category-riverside-where-you-live","tag-bowls","tag-cardiff-bowls-club","tag-indoor-bowls","tag-pontcanna","tag-riverside","tag-sophia-gardens","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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