This month’s Draw took place in front of a small audience due to the postponed Friday League match due to the extreme heat of the day.
The witnesses present saw the Tennis Club's Comms man Jim Smith win £200 and Dr Felicity Ashworth the £75 2nd prize. The home crowd were delighted that Roger Blackburn picked up £50 and Norman Hyde the 4th prize of £25.
I certainly hope the audience will be larger for the July Draw scheduled for after Friday League on the 31st.
The May Draw was held at our first Friday League evening of the Summer Season, but only after everyone had finished their delicious sausage and bacon rolls.
The £100 first prize was won by Liz Franklin, who as luck would have it was in the building to celebrate the news. Paul Howkins won the first £50 on the prize list, then Dave Holland, also present for the Draw, won the other £50 prize. The holidaying Deirdre won the final prize on offer of £20.
If everything goes as planned, the June Draw will be held after Friday League on the 26th.
The final draw of the 2025-2026 300 Club year coincided with the Competitions Draws on 24th April. Chris ‘Lucky’ Trainer won £75, while Ray Lewin and Felicity Ashworth each took home £50. Adrian Wilcox, freshly back from Oz, secured the £20 prize, which unfortunately wasn’t enough to cover his airfare home.
We’re incredibly grateful for everyone’s fantastic support. This means the 300 Club can donate approximately £3,750 to the Sports Club. This donation will help cover the general running costs of the clubhouse, mainly substantial loan repayments to Thame Town Council. The loan was taken out six years ago to help fund the new building.
Starting in May, Jamie will join me in running the 300 Club with the goal of Jamie eventually taking over. We’ll be emailing everyone soon to ask for their continued support for another year.
A huge thank you to everyone who had a number or numbers this year. We truly appreciate your support!
If you don’t have a number and would like one, please let me or Jamie know so we can add you to the waiting list. Numbers always come up at this time of year, so don’t hesitate, or you might miss out.
With thanks again, Ian
It’s was a joy to be able to tell Jill Jenner and John Timms they had won money in the March 300 Club Draw. Both have been with us in the 300 Club from the very beginning and have had occasional wins over that time. On this occasion Jill won £200 and John the £50 3rd prize.
Second prize winner Hilary Devaney won £75 and last but not least, Paul Spencer won back his 300 Club investment with a £25 win.
The final draw of this 300 Club year will take place on 24th April, which is also the Competition Draws night and the first night of this Spring’s Chicken & Egg competition. Now that’s a night not to be missed!
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!
