Whist results
Thursday, November 27: top score - Bill Whitaker (177); 1st lady - Muriel Griffiths (177); 2nd lady - Mary Renowden (176); 1st gent - Gladys Irvine (168); 2nd gent - Pauline Barnikel (162); first half winner - Vera Burrows (94); second half winner - Sandra Millward (79); longest sitter - Mabel Whitaker (five times); lowest score - Joyce Waters; raffles - Sandra Millward and Vera Burrows. All were pleased to see Sandra gracing the tables again.
Saturday, November 29 - top score - Mabel Whitaker (185); 1st lady - Mair Marquiss (175); 2nd lady - Mary Renowden (170); 1st gent - Bill Whitaker (177); 2nd gent - Bert Barnikel (175); first half winner - Mary Draper (96); second half winner - Vera Burrows (84); longest sitter - Gill Groom (six times); lowest score - Jean Salisbury; raffles - Gladys Irvine and Jean Salisbury.
Please note: Christmas whist is moved to Saturday, December 6, at 2 pm.
Bowling Club whist drives are held twice weekly, Thursday at 7 pm sharp and Saturday at 2 pm. New members and visitors are always welcome.
Bonus Ball winners
Wednesday, November 26 - Kitty Bliss; Saturday, November 29 - Peter Dunbar.
Coffee Morning success
The pre-Christmas fund-raising coffee morning, a first for many years, was very well supported.
New broom chairman John Baggott is determined that our popular club will enjoy another brilliant year, on and off the green.
The bar/lounge looks sparklingly clean after the huge purge this last week. All traces of the dreaded nicotine have been expunged.
President Bert Barnikel thanked everyone for attending and for the donation of raffle prizes. He also congratulated John on his rapid progress and excellent work assisted by Tony Brown (professional painter), Lynn Delabertouche (ace bar char), Mike Gouldingay and Archy Rafferty, all cheered on by the cross-section of bowling and social members supping elevenses.
A couple of members also paid their membership dues, which is very encouraging, especially for our treasurer, Ashley Hooper.
Grand Christmas draw
Once again our grand Christmas draw is gathering momentum, so it looks like another bumper crop of worthy prizes for all those participating. There are lots of slots awaiting your nom de plume, the more the merrier. See Simo at the bar. All monies are turned into prizes and all members are invited to attend the draw on Sunday, December 21, to help with the actual draw, randomly drawn electronically, of course. I dare say several lucky members will win umpteen prizes, which is the norm.
Darts Team
With some trepidation, the darts team travelled to the table-topping Cross A team. Good wins from JR, Phil and Mike Gouldingay put the bowlers a surprising 3-0 up. The Cross retaliated and levelled the game after the singles.
A fine perfromance from Mike and Phil edged the bowlers ahead, but once again the Cross hit back.
The deciding doubles went to the wire, but Ashley and Brian edged it with double four to give the bowlers a fantastic giant-killing win.