What a Christmas Cracker

Thanks to two successive five counts in their last match which helped to secure their £100 win, they were two points clear of Mick Humphreys, Tom Newman-Borrett, Russell Robinson and Stephen Harris.

The tournament also included two rinks of juniors who played their part in the tournament’s success, relaxing between the four seven-end sessions with games of pool.

Leading results : 30 points (captain L Tuck), 28 (S Harris), 25 ( A Warrington), 24 (C Ballard), ( A March); 22 (C Ford); 21 (A Hynes), 20 ( M Porter), (M Hulbert ),( I Zucchett) , (V Du’Kett)), (WMorris), 19 (JBourne).

Obituaries

Stamford IBC is sad to report the deaths of two of its stalwart former members - Richard Montgomery and Peggy Birch.

‘Monty’ was a highly respected player and official claiming a national EBF pairs title and was president of the English Bowling Federation in 2010. He very much supported the traditions of the game, especially the dress code.

Peggy died on Christmas Day at Kettering General Hospital aged 91 after a long illness. She was a formidable competitor in triples and fours, was club president in 2001 and only last year represented Stamford IBC in the Yetton Trophy as a nonagenarian.

Wheelchair helpers needed

An appeal to help with wheelchair bowling has been launched by the Stamford Indoor Bowls Club.

Despite raising funds to purchase two electric wheelchairs, the club is running short of able-bodied helpers to assist with Thursday afternoon sessions of just one-hour duration for wheelchair bowlers suffering from Parkinson’s Disease.

Says management committee chairman Margaret King: “Each week from 4.15pm (after the Aussie pairs league session) we need a couple of helpers to assist, particularly to enable bowlers to gain access to the rink from ramps we provide.

“If we are unable to find others to assist them, the sessions can’t continue which would be a terrible shame as these members find their weekly bowling both enjoyable and therapeutic.”

If the club can find up to eight or nine volunteers, it can set up a rota for helpers to assist just once-a-month.

Potential volunteers are asked to contact Margaret (margaretking@hotmail.co.uk) or league secretary Roger Clarke (clarkeroger911@gmail.com) if they can offer assistance.