Presidents Day - 17th August 2021
It was a typical August summer day - cloudy cool and breezy but dry and 32 members of Thame Bowls club arrived to play on President’s Day.
But before the main event started there was a short competition, called Narrow Gate to get everyone loosened up and this was won by Sharon Heafey.
Then the Bowls tournament commenced. There were 8 teams of 4 players divided into two groups of 4 teams with each team team playing the other teams in their group over 5 ends each. The winning team from each group to meet in the final game.
After the group games were completed, the two winning teams were :-
Group 1 - Gini Williams, Norman Hyde, Jan Sargeant and Bill Giles
Group 2 - Maureen Giles, Mike Zac, Janet Shannon and Jesse Matthews.
The final was played over 6 ends which Jesse Matthews team won 9 shots to 6.
After the tournament there was a big money raffle and a bottle of single malt whiskey, kindly donated by Sharon Heafey, was auctioned for £36.
This helped to bring the total donated to date to £226. I will keep this running until the sponsors evening on the 3rd September. All the money raised will be given to the Oxford branch of Maggies which is a charity that offers support to cancer patients.
I would like to thank everyone who came along and played in the competition and for all who helped in any way to make President’s Day an enjoyable and happy occasion.
Thank you.
Gordon Taylor
