Thame Bowls Club weekly newsletter No 8.
Thame ladies had their match against Cheddington due on 7th June, cancelled by the opposition as they were unable to field a team and they then learned that the scheduled Top Club quarter final against South Oxford had also been cancelled. They therefore progress to the semi final against either Bloxham or Hanborough on 9th July.
Thame’s men suffered another league defeat on Thursday 8th June against Bicester, going down by 73 shots to 47. Thame’s only winning rink was played by Adrian Wilcox, Dave Holland, Leonard Grimshaw and skip Ray Plested who won 17 – 11. They have now slipped to fourth place and visit Blackbird Leys on Thursday 15th June.
We entertained Bicester on a sweltering afternoon on Saturday 10th June, as usual fielding a balanced mixed 5 triples team who all bowled well and enjoyed their participation. Congratulations go to Bicester who fielded their usual strong side with only one lady and won by a huge margin overall. The best performing triple for Thame was Colin French, Gini Williams, and Terri Blackburn. Captain for the day, Chris Shannon, thanks all his players for taking part and performing well.
The sun beat down on us at Gerrards Cross on Sunday 11 June and we held our own over the first 6 ends after which we had a short break from the searing heat. But as the storm clouds gathered, we gave away 7 shots on the following 6 ends but as the thunder struck, we came right back over the final 6 ends but only to lose by 95 shots to 102 in the end. Top rink was Keith Brooks Jesse Matthews and skip Frances Goodyear with a 22 to 13 win. As usual the members of Gerrards Cross Bowling Club made us extremely welcome, and we look forward to offering our hospitality to them when they come over to Thame on Saturday 22 July from Captain Bill Giles.
12.6.2023