It’s all for a good cause at Lancing
Lancing Bowling Club held their rearranged annual ‘President v Captain afternoon and it was full of charity support.
The afternoon started with everyone taking part in a ‘Spider’ when all taking part positioned themselves around the green edge and on a call bowled one bowl to try to get close to the jack in the middle of the green.
There were two representatives from the Electric Storm Youth charity present who, after a little persuasion, participated rather than just watched.
First was Karen Watson, winning a bottle of Baileys, second was Ken Hawkins, winning a bottle of red wine, third Teressa O’Farrell, a social member winning a bottle of red wine.
The annual members’ photograph followed before a target triples bowls competition.
Wooden spoon winners were Ray Canham, Kay Beech and Paul O’Farrell; runners-up were Alan Bailey and Paul Wood. Winners of the day were Richard Bryan, Karen Watson and Sandra Dunnion.
Jayne Thomas managed the raffle, in which many prizes were claimed. Completing the afternoon were refreshments and goodies contributed by members. Colin Campbell and Sheila Thornton provided these and managed the event.
A total of £315 was raised, to be evenly split between Electric Storm Youth and the Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance. Thanks went to everyone for taking part and all others who helped make the afternoon a success.
In a Brodie Tray game, Lancing played Shoreham BC and it was very close. For Lancing, the rink was the winner with Chris Byrnes skipping Roy Jackson, Andy Peters and Sheila Thorton, 19-13.
The overall score was disappointing – 66-62 to Shoreham and 8-2 to Shoreham in league points.
Lancing’s finals day has been postponed from this Saturday and is planned for Sunday, September 20.
Thanks go to John O’Connell for his help with this report