Thame Bowls Club Weekly News Report No 1
Thame Bowls Club opened its Centenary Year’s season of matches on Thursday 18th April, following a most encouraging number of members, the week before, assembled to prepare the Green and surrounds.
The first match was eagerly awaited and new Midweek Captain, Colin French had no shortage of volunteers to play. It was a shame that the first game was scheduled to be away at Chessvale on their all-weather green with the usual cold wind blowing down the valley. However, the welcome was as warm as ever and although the overall score finished 108 to 63 in favour of the home side, Colin (ably supported by Pauline Holmes and Chris Shannon) had a winning start to the campaign on his rink. He offered his thanks to all who played and apologised to Jenny Reed who, although left behind at the Clubhouse, still made the venue on time.
‘We will be back on grass for our next few matches, so no excuses’.
On Sunday 21st April, there was a good win for our first home match of the season against a very strong Marlow side, winning 4 of the six rinks. The final score 99 to Thame 84 to Marlow. The weather turned very cold towards the end of the match, but a few hardy souls still showed off our new centenary club shirts while the rest of us were cocooned in anoraks. Our top rink with a great score of 21-3 was Adrian Wilcox, Norman Hyde, and Jan Sargeant. A great start to the new season. Sunday Captain Roger Blackburn said, ‘thanks to all that turned out to play and to the spectators who braved the cold, much appreciated’.
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