Thame Bowls Club No 12
Thame’s Men’s League team came up against a strong Chipping Norton side on Thursday 6 July in the Oxfordshire Bowls League and ended up winning by 67 shots to 62. This gave them 3.5 points to Chippies 2.5, but they remained in 4th position (just .5 of a point down). Thame’s best rink was played by Geoff Roynon, Keith Brooks, Graham Watson and skip Ian Rutherford who won 23 – 13.
The friendly against Maidenhead Town due to be played on Saturday 8 July was cancelled following torrential rain during the morning and the Purser Cup due on Sunday 9 July was postponed because of a shortage of playing numbers. The ladies went to Hanborough for an early start of 10.00am for the semi-final of the County Top Club. Unfortunately, we lost with Hanborough winning 3 of the disciplines and Thame winning 1.
Heather Hallchurch had a very good game in the Singles, she was losing 14 - 20 and managed to get back to 19 by winning one shot on 5 continuous ends, but the opposition lady bowled on to the jack making the 21 shots she needed to win.
The Fours, consisting of Ann Ashfield, Gini Williams, Terri Blackburn and skip Frances Goodyear, and the Pairs of Jan Sargeant and skip Caroline Walker had very difficult rinks to bowl on, they tried their hardest to win but Hanborough came through in the end on both rinks.
The Triples of Maire Duncan, Deirdre Page and skip Jill Brooks were winning comfortably by 13 shots to 8, then lost their way for a while with Hanborough equalising, luckily they found it again and managed to beat them with a score of 20 - 14.
Overall, an enjoyable morning with sunshine and no rain! Thanks to Ron Duncan, John Ashfield and Roger Blackburn for chauffeuring us Ladies from Captain Jill Brooks.
10.7.2023