The Christmas 300 Club Draw was held on the 19th and Gordon Taylor, the winner of the £500 top prize was there to hear the cheers! Piri took the raffle machine button pressing very seriously and carried on with the £100 2nd prize which went to another long time 300 Club member and friend of the Club, Catherine Jones. We then had two remaining £50 prizes and Tony Adamson and Olly Provan got one each.
Thanks to everyone who took part and a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous 2026 to all!
This month’s 300 Club Draw took place on Friday 28th November. Kevin Hearn’s number was drawn first, winning him £100. Irene Park, who was present at the draw, then won £50. Peter Michaelis claimed the next £50 prize and John Timms’ number, drawn for the second month running, secured him £20.
Next month’s draw will feature the annual bumper prize bundle of £500, £100, £50 and £50. This exciting draw is scheduled for the evening of 19th December. Surely can't be missed!
It was a real treat to host the June Draw on the 27th and see Terry Emberson’s face light up when his number came up to win him £200! Jackie seemed quite pleased too!
The Tennis Club’s Fran Ray and Neil Morgan also won prizes of £75 and £50 respectively - they’ve both contributed much to the Sports Club over the years so it was great to see them win something in the 300 Club.
Ian Griffiths also won the 4th prize of £25, and he’s one of the unsung heroes regularly lending a hand to keep our lovely green surroundings in good shape.
Well done to all the winners! The July Draw will be held on the 25th, with a total of £195 being given away.
It’s a new 300 Club year and many thanks to everyone who have renewed their numbers or taken up new numbers. Thanks for supporting the 300 Club!
This year's first draw was delayed a touch and took place on 6th June. And turned out to be a Ladies' Night celebration!
First prize £100 went to Jean Miller, 2nd prize £50 to Sandra French, 3rd £50 to Sarah Mathews and 4th £50 to Diane Pomfret. Congratulations all.
June’s draw will be on 27th June with a top prize of £200.
We had the final draw of the 300 Club year on the same evening as the Competitions Draws. The lucky winners this time around were John Rawson £75 with number 60, Tony Adamson £50 with no.129, Maggie Gibbons £50 with no.81, and Catherine Jones £20 with no.3! Congrats to all of you lucky winners!
Thanks to all your fantastic support, the 300 Club was able to donate £3,768 to the Sports Club on 30th April. This money will help cover the running costs, including next year’s loan repayments to Thame Town Council. And since this time last year, the loan the Sports Club had from Oxfordshire LTA is now fully repaid, a huge step forward!
I’ll be emailing everyone very soon to ask for their continued support of the 300 Club for another year.
A big thank you to everyone who had a number or numbers this year. We truly appreciate your support!
IanR
I missed Phil Reed chirping in my ear to remind me to do the 300 Club draw on Friday 28th., so we did it at Monday night’s short mat session instead. Wendy Rawson won the £100 first prize, Byron won £50, Les Canfield got the other £50 prize, and Pat Wills won £20.
Next month, the prizes will be £200, £75, £50, and £25, drawn in my absence (I hope) on 28th March.
We did January’s 300 Club Draw on Friday 31st. After last month’s bumper prize money we had more modest sums to give away this time.
Nikki Jackson won the first prize £75 with number 93, then our Competitions Guru Adrian Wilcox won £50 with his number 72. Norman Hyde, who a few minutes earlier told me confidently that he’d win that night, did just that, winning £50 with number 112. And Chris Bennell won £20 with number 33.
Top prize is £100 next month when the Draw will be on 28th Feb. You might want to come along and see if you’re the lucky one!
The December 300 Club Draw was held at the Bowls Club’s Christmas Social evening, with about 70 people watching the event. Phil Reed pressed the raffle machine buttons, and one of Ian R’s numbers came up to win him the £500 first prize (much to Ian’s embarrassment and many people’s amusement)! Liz Franklin won the second prize of £100 with her number 249. Tony Adamson won another £50 with his number 129, and finally, John Rawson won £50 with number 60.
Thanks to everyone who took part, and we’ll share more winnings again in January.
A very Happy Christmas and a prosperous 2025 to all our members!
The August draw took part without your correspondent who was away at the time, so was orchestrated in my absence by Phil and Chris, aided by Jacob.
Bowls Club members again managed a clean sweep with Sharon Heafey winning the £100 first prize with her number 119, Deirdre Page's number 97 came next winning her £50, Tony Freeman won again, this time £50 with his number 271 and finally Roger Blackburn picked up £20 with number 102.
Next month's prizes are £200, £75, £50 and £25 and if I don't forget, we will do the draw after the annual Chairman v Secretary match on 22nd September!
We did the 300 Club Draw for June in front of a crowd after the Friday League matches on 28th June.
Lucky winners this month were Robert Fieldsend for £200 with his number 92, next Beryl Wright's number 42 came up to win her £75, followed by Tony Adamson's 189 for £50 and Maxine Plested's 193 won her £25.
The July Draw is planned to take place at 8pm on 2nd August when we will also be officially unveiling the Bozier Bar!
It’s a new 300 Club year and very many thanks to everyone who have renewed their numbers or taken up new numbers.
The good news is that we have names against all 300 numbers which is amazing by the end of May. Thanks for supporting the 300 Club!
So, who won the May prizes drawn in the Clubhouse on Friday 31st May? Well our Ladies Captain Jill Brooks won the £100 first prize, followed by £50 each to Johnny Wilkinson, £50 to Jean Miller and £50 to Olly Provan. As always, congratulations goes to all 4 winners.
June’s prizes totalling £350 will be drawn on 28th June.
This month’s 300 Club Draw was held on Friday 23rd without your usual host and reporter, but ably administered by deputy Phil.
This time around Roger Mackriell was in residence to see his number 63 win him first prize of £100. This was followed by £50 prizes for Russell Canfield and a further £50 for Adrian Wilcox. Finally Colin French, busy supping his pint of Roasted Nuts at the bar, won £25. Congratulations as always to all winners.
As mentioned last month, we have our Pre Season Forum on 15th March when we will do the March Draw, so make sure you are there to witness who becomes £200 richer along with 3 x £50s that we will be giving away.
Friday night was 300 Club Draw night and guess who won again for the 2nd month running but Tom 'Lucky Boy' Devaney.
First prize of £75 went to Chris Loftus, 2nd prize of £50 went to the aforementioned Thomas, a further £50 was won by Diane Pomfret and our own Gerry Bryant won the 4th prize of £25. Well done all.
Next month we will have prizes of £100, 2 x £50 and one of £25 to be drawn on 23rd February.
We have our Pre Season Forum in the diary for 15th March so we may do the March Draw then, so that’s another reason why you should be there to witness who picks up the top March prize of £200 along with 3 x £50s.
We held the bumper Christmas 300 Club draw during the Christmas Social on Friday night.
Tom “aka Lucky Boy” Devaney was in attendance to witness his number 21 pop up on the raffle machine to win him the £500 first prize - he seemed quite happy about that! Haryna Gill won the £100 2nd prize with her number 234, and the two £50 prizes were won by Helena Richards and Liz Franklin with their numbers 85 and 246.
The Christmas Social was a super night organised by Jo and more about what other things went on feature later.
