Thame Bowls Club weekly news report 2
Unfortunately, Aston Clinton ladies had to cancel their match against Thame on 24th May which meant that Thame will have to wait until 2nd June for their next match. This will be away at Princes Risborough.
The men’s league game against Charlbury on 27th May proved to be a second defeat by 78 shots to 62 giving Thame 1 point against Charlbury’s 5. Thame’s best rink was played by Adrian Wilcox, John Walker, Leonard Grimshaw and skip Ray Plested. The men are confident that they can bounce back from the initial two defeats however when they play away at Chipping Norton on 3rd June.
The annual Whitsun Cup was played for on Bank Holiday Sunday 30th May and some 16 members enjoyed a glorious afternoon in the sunshine. The semi finals were decided by clear margins, Team 1 beat Team 2 13 – 5 and Team 4 beat Team 3 15 – 7 but the final was much closer with Team 1 (Colin Feltham, Ken Lewis, Kevin Sharman and skip Heather Hallchurch) winning over Team 4 (Gini Williams, Roger Blackburn, Deidre Page and skip Jane Kimber) by 13 shots to 11. Chairman Bill Giles presented the first trophy of the season to the winning team, Everyone enjoyed the afternoon and thanks go to Adrian Wilcox for its organisation.
Matches will start to come thick and fast from now on provided the Covid rules are relaxed at the next important date.
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