Colesberg Correction Bowls Club

21/08/2020

18/06/2020

CIRCULAR 23/2020
BOWLS RETURN TO PLAY COVID–19

Further to the announcement by the President of South Africa on the 17th June 2020 with regard to permission being granted to non-contact sport to resume we suggest that you urgently get all the clubs within your districts / provinces to put all the health and safety protocols in place as per those sent to you on the 17th June 2020. 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 indicating their readiness to commence play as per the details in the aforementioned documents.

The President of South Africa also announced that all the dispensations mentioned in his address will be formalised by issue of a proclamation which normally comes in the form of a government gazette. As soon as this has been done and we can confirm that bowls is allowed to return we will give the go ahead. It is anticipated that the health and safety protocols set out in previous government gazettes and which we have based our compliance protocols on will be part of the conditions under which return to play will be allowed. Therefore, it is of vital importance that only clubs that have submitted a signed confirmation of their compliance to the health and safety protocols be allowed to open the greens for play and districts / provinces are charged with ensuring this process is completed.

Kindly, also note we are not sure as to the exact wording of the proclamation or what allowances will be granted or denied once the regulations are published but as soon as these are known, and should they be different to those submitted to you on the 17th June, we will amend our documentation as is necessary.

12/06/2020

COVID-19 – THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC AND HOW WE ASSIST OUR BOWLS CLUBS!

We are all inundated with media reports on the effects of the Corona virus! Most of the time it is all negative news. As a positive person, I try to digest the negative news, but I rather try to focus on the positives about this pandemic. We have been living at our current address since 2003. Now, for the first time I have met my neighbours. We even exchanged home-baked pizzas, scones, “vars boerebeskuit” etc over the past eight weeks. Somehow, we realized that we are all in this together and we need to comfort each other, care for each other. That is what life really is about! Let’s count our own blessings and see how we can assist those who are not as privileged as we are.

As an essential service, we were open and working throughout levels 5 and 4. Although we were very quiet on the claims side, our policyholders kept us very busy on our client service side. Policyholders used the quiet time of lockdown to review their insurance policies.

Luckily, we were also very busy on our sales side. Our “Keep the club open” campaign that involves us donating a month’s premium to the policyholder’s club, was received extremely well. We realise that bowls clubs go through a very difficult time during this lockdown period. As a sponsor of bowls and a company focusing on assisting bowlers with their motor, home and business insurance needs, we are in this together. We do our best to overcome the crisis, together with all lawn bowlers in South Africa.

Our donations to clubs for the period ending 31 May 2020, amount to R50 171.45. Due to bowls not open at level 3 of the lockdown regulations, we decided to extend our campaign until the end of June. We are still busy with quotes for many bowlers. If the bowlers were to accept the quotes, the donations to the clubs will amount to another R49 609.67.

So, what is the deal? For the month of June, we will continue to donate to the clubs an amount equal to the first month’s premium of every successful policy! In doing so, we support the clubs’ finances and this in turn could have a positive effect on future subscriptions charged by the clubs. As a loyal Perfect Delivery policyholder, we ask you to assist us in this initiative! Please motivate your club members to support our campaign. If we cannot offer a saving on their monthly premium, we will pay them R500! In this scenario, the worst that can happen to your club member is a savings on their premium, or we pay them R500! REMEMBER, this offer of the first month’s premium donated to your club and the R500 if we cannot save them money, also applies to commercial/business insurance!
Let’s make June a bumper month and see how much money we can raise for your club! I will make you another deal – if we raise another R50 000 (on new leads) in total for our clubs in June, Perfect Delivery will donate a further R10 000 to the club that supported this campaign the best.

Please ask your club members who are not Perfect Delivery policyholders yet, to email their current Motor, Home and/or Business policy schedule to [email protected] so that we can get the “bowl” rolling! And remember, this initiative is extended to the end of June 2020.

Keep safe! Hope to see you on the greens shortly!

GC Swanepoel

03/06/2020

Baie dankie vir die like van ons klub bladsy

01/06/2020