Highworth Bowls Club

The 2009 Club Competition Finals were held on the weekend of 5th and 6th September. Congratulations go to all the winners, commiserations to the runners up, and thanks to Competition Secretaries Gordon Pearce and Rose Winter – and all who organised, assisted, marked or otherwise supported us over the finals weekend.

Competition	Winner(s)	Runner(s) Up
Men’s Singles	Gary Mothersill	Steve Taylor
Men’s Handicap Singles	Kevin Carter	Paul Stokes
Men’s Sportsman Singles	Paul Stokes	Ian Barrett
Men’s Over 60 Singles	Kes Large	Chris Blount
Men’s 2 Wood Singles	Kevin Carter	Chris Blount
Ladies 4 Wood Singles	Linda Kingston	Tricia Pearce
Ladies 2 Wood Singles	Rose Winter	Pam Barrett
Ladies Jubilee Plate	Jeanne Clarke	Jill Barrow
New Bowlers Competition	John Spencer	Melvyn Way
Mixed Singles	Kevin Carter	Chris Hidden
Men’s Pairs	Paul Stokes Chris Blount	Kevin Carter Kes Large
Ladies Pairs	Jill Barrow Tricia Pearce	Elaine White Christine Forskitt
Mixed Pairs	Gary Mothersill Tricia Pearce	Chris Blount Jeanne Clarke
Men’s Triples	Ian Barrett John Morgan Dave Warren	Paul Stokes Mel Williams Ian Thomas
Ladies Triples	Sylvia Taylor Elaine Morgan Tricia Pearce	Wendy Thomas Jeanne Clarke Elaine White
Friday Afternoon Mixed Triples League	Norman Birt Garry Douel Geoff Heaford John Spencer	Pam Barrett Jeanne Clarke Ian Corbett Norman Jeffrey O.B.E.

HBC Bar Manager and long-time Highworth bowler John Emmerson celebrated his 6oth birthday in September 2009. Tracey, Nick and a few helpers organised the party, and managed to keep the evening as a surprise for John. Great to see so many members turning out to celebrate John’s birthday with him.

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