BUSY WEEKEND FOR THICKET MEMBERS

With County Competitions in full swing and 2 friendly fixtures over the weekend members were kept very busy either supporting or playing.

On a horrible wet Friday Bridget Thrift and Pam Pulsford went to Maidenhead Town to play their County pairs but were up against a tough pair from Town and after Pam suffered a heavy fall they lost momentum and lost their game. Maggie Scrace and Sue Goodchild were at home to Wokingham and the weather had improved slightly. Sue and Maggie won their game and now play tonight Monday 7th June against a pair from Bracknell whilst our other ladies Pairs of Jenny Bosley and Nicola Jones are playing Kim Barao and Angie Isaac from Desborough both games at Maidenhead Thicket.

Ross Burton had a narrow defeat in his first every unbadged singles

On Saturday the club had a friendly away to Burnham and Burnham reaped the rewards from their home game and were the winners on a very heavy green . Also on Saturday Sheila Gwilliam was playing her County Wood against Jan Mayne from Town and won 16 8 and together with Nicola Jones they now go on to the last 16 which will be played at Three Mile Cross on 19th June.

On Sunday morning the mixed double fours were at home to rivals Maidenhead Town and after a very close game Thicket took the honours winning by 2 shots our President Bill Hing the Skip on Rink 2 playing a blinding shot on the last wood of the last end which enabled us to win the game by 2 shots.

Whilst Mixed Double Fours drama was unfolding at Thicket Tina Scherer and Pauline Tuttle two ladies who joined Thicket last year quietly drove over to Great Hollands to play their Senior pairs game after getting lost because of a sat nav malfunction they were not phased by this and went on to win their game. Well done Ladies

Last but not least at a friendly in the afternoon against Three Mile Cross Thicket were bought back down to earth and lost heavily .

Onwards and Upwards

# BIG BOWLS WEEKEND

On a glorious sunny Bank Holiday Sunday we held our event for Bowls England Big Bowls Weekend. We incorporated our day as a Fun Day to raise money for Diabetes UK our chosen charity this year. Started off with a Spider won by Richard Thrift then a fun game of triples with the majority of members joining in. The team skipped by Richard Thrift were the winners with the team skipped by Terry Davies getting the booby chocolates. Afterwards a skilful game of killer was played with members and friends joining in (the green keeper shut his eyes at this stage) This was won by you've guessed it Richard Thrift. The grand sum of £1,600 was raised for the Charity and we all had a fun day and gained some new members as well. Thanks to Andy Knapper England Bowler who dropped in to wish us well and stayed all afternoon to coach some of the visitors who were new to bowls.

Good Weekend for Thicket

Wins all round for Thicket in County and National Competitions this weekend.

Gordon Knapper Russell Harper and Kevin Scrace through to the quarter finals of the County Triples. Melvyn Forward Paul Worthy Bill Hing and Kevin Scrace had a good win against Bracknell and are into the quarter finals of the Senior Fours. Saturday morning Nicola Jones was at Desborough playing Angie Isaac in the County Two Wood Competition and won after going to an extra end. Sheila Gwilliam and Maggie Scrace were playing in the preliminary round of the over 55's pairs National Competition and had a good win against Kathy Leonard and Yoneko Stuart from Maidenhead Town 21 7. #teamthicket #strongertogether