Northavon Bowls Club has been given ten days by Bradley Stoke Town Council to sign an agreement which will see an 8% rental rise.
At a specially-convened meeting the club was told if they did not sign the deal that they would not be allowed to use the green at Bailey’s Court Activity Centre.
But the bowls club says the move may see them close down because they cannot afford the proposed rise.
The agreement to send back the previous rental proposal came at the end of a stormy meeting where the council was repeatedly pressed on arbitration.
Bradley Stoke councillors rejected a plea to allow South Gloucestershire Council to arbitrate as, according to Mayor Julian Barge, they would not be impartial.
Northavon Bowls Club chairwoman Margaret Thompson said she was “very disappointed” at the outcome of the meeting.
“I thought they would be more magnanimous and I thought that they would see a way forward to support the bowls club.
“I don’t know what they will do with the bowls green as this will close us down because we just cannot afford the rise that they want.”
Mayor Barge said: “We have been trying to work with the club for over a year now and that has been about coming to an agreement and arbitration, in any other language, but if the will is not there to work together it does not matter who arbitrates.”
7 responses so far ↓
1 Professor Big Balls // May 9, 2008 at 6:44 pm
NEWS FLASH! A flying saucer full of aliens from space landed in Baileys court for a beer but cleared off home because there wasn’t enough atmosphere!
2 Professor Big Balls // May 9, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Me things your votes are going to take a massive sky dive Mr Barge. Hope you have another job lined up because taxis will be laid on just to vote you out.
3 Professor Big Balls // May 9, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Whats the difference between Bradley Stoke and Lego Land?
Cowboys don’t live in lego land!
4 Salvadore Dali // May 9, 2008 at 6:59 pm
I would like to declare Bradley Stoke a capital of design excellence. The buildings have so much unique plasticness and are designed with the intent of boring the living daylights out of anyone coming to visit it.
This work of art was designed with the sole intent of providing a community spirit where like Coronation Street the inhabitants pop in and out of each others homes to show each other their latest swinging conquests.
Infact the whole town has been designed with carbon copy shopaholic consumer women in mind. The idea is that all those unworthy to be walking in the area are shoved off the pavement whilst Lady BuildersArse and her kids walk by.
The place is a testiment to the plucky imagination of the city planners and designed so that arrogance and consumerism can live hand in hand.
5 Chris (editor) // May 9, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Hi Professor - can I ask you keep the comments on topic to the story … if you want to chat a bit more off topic then head over to the forums.
Thanks
6 Judge Dread // May 11, 2008 at 10:57 am
Northavon Bowling Club v Bradley Stoke Town Council
Assertion Pensioners cannot afford rise.
If rent is currently £2,000 per annum and it is to go up by 8% this equates to £160.00 per annum divided by number of members in the bowling club. Based on a membership of 50 members, the additional cost per member per annum equates to £3.20 rise in annual membership fees. Based on this figure Judge Dread rules that The Bowlers Club should be more honest with their members. If there are a hundred members actual annual rise would have amounted to £1.60 per member. Judge Dread would like to ask how many members are there of the Bowlers Club and how many are actual residents of Bradley Stoke and why is it that not more actual residents have not backed the Council for attempting to claw back a little more money from this Bowling Club.
Fact the Bowlers Club have not been well led by their management team if you can call it that in reality not much team work there at all.
Judge Dread
7 D newman // May 13, 2008 at 12:54 pm
It appears the Council has.t got the will to sort out the Bowling Clubs dispute, if they have a asked for a mediator
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