{"id":647,"date":"2025-07-20T14:42:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmsmba.co.uk\/?page_id=647"},"modified":"2025-07-20T14:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:42:34","slug":"the-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gmsmba.co.uk\/index.php\/the-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;45px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>The Committee<\/h1>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Greater Manchester\u00a0<\/span><span>Short Mat Bowling Association (GMSMBA) is administered by a group of volunteers who are passionate about out sport and who share a common aim to promote the sport across our County and make it as accessible as possible to everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">If you would like to contact the committee, you can do so using our contact form or you&#8217;re likely to find us on the mats during the short mat season!<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esmba.co.uk\/safeguarding\/esmba-commitment-to-safeguarding\/\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Committee members are:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-9\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-9\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Role<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Name<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chairman<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Charlie Cooper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Andrew Bebbington<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Treasurer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Heather Bebbington<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Secretary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Membership Secretary<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dave Almond<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Competitions Secretary<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">John Pajak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Junior Coordinator<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Annabelle Almond<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Safeguarding Lead<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Charlie Cooper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-9 from cache -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Committee Greater Manchester\u00a0Short Mat Bowling Association (GMSMBA) is administered by a group of volunteers who are passionate about out sport and who share a common aim to promote the sport across our County and make it as accessible as possible to everyone. 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