Paul Heafey was a much respected member of Thame Bowls Club for a number of years and was the League Captain for Thame men's team who won the Oxfordshire and District Division 4 title in 2017 by a record 19 points (winning all 12 matches). He was a great supporter of new bowlers and after his sudden and very sad death, the Club arranged for the Paul Heafey Cup, an annual competition for new and nearly new bowlers, to be set up in his honour. The competition has been held in 2018 and 2019 and this year is a pairs competition between 8 new members.
The players have been split into 4 teams :-
Team A Jo Green and Ben Whitting
Team B Ken Lewis and Frank Woolley
Team C Maggie Gibbons and Brian Munday
Team D Chris Trainer and Pat Munday.
Round 1 saw Teams A and C both score 7 points (Teams B and D sadly 0 points)
Round 2 the points were as follows: -
Team A Jo and Ben 6 points
Team B Ken and Frank 7 points
Team C Maggie and Brian 1 point
Team D Chris and Pat nul points
This leaves the League table after two matches as follows: -
Team A 13 points
Team C 8 points
Team B 7 points
Team D 0 points
Obviously Team D will need a miracle to win overall but they could still affect the final result next week and with 7 points at stake, A, C or B can still win. Team A will play Team D and Team B will play Team C.
The main thing is that all players enjoy and hopefully learn from the competition.
Mike Ralls
