Thame Bowls ladies off to a flying start

ANOTHER week of mixed results in a busy week at Thame Bowls Club. Thame Ladies got their season off to a flying start with a big win, 73 shots to 38, against Henley Ladies.

Top rink for Thame was that of Carol Boyland, Maire Duncan and skip Val Birchley. Unfortunately Thame Men couldn’t match the Ladies performance in the Thursday League and lost to a strong Headington side. Thame did have a winning rink skipped by Graham Penn, aided by Vic Brooks, John Rawson and Robin Jenner, but their score wasn’t enough to secure the overall win.

On Saturday, Thame Men’s team travelled to Hagbourne and put up a brave show in the Five Triples match but lost by just 20 shots overall. Top winning rink for Thame was skipped by Les Canfield with Gerry Barry and Michael Ralls assisting. On Sunday the first of the two annual Ladies versus Gents matches took place and resulted in a win for the Men by just 14 shots, 85 to 71.

With just a few ends to go, the match was very evenly balanced but Thame Men secured wins on the last ends to creep ahead. The Ladies won on three of the five rinks but it was the big win by skip Paul Heafey, Will Hawes and new bowler Chris Shannon that made the difference winning by 20 shots. Captains Caroline Walker and John Rawson and their teams will do battle again in August.

There will be another Open Evening at the Queens Road green on Tuesday May 31, to give you the chance to have a go at this wonderful game.