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20 Whitton Short

Mat
Disabled

Bowlers Club

25 Year

Celebration
and 25 years

of service by

Pam Fayers

The club was formed
in 1988 at Whitton
Sports Centre follow-
ing trials to see if there was a demand for a club where people with various disabilities could
come together and compete in a relaxed and friendly environment.
Since 1988 the club has been run by Pam Fayers (centre holding the cake), who has
given up her time freely nearly every Thursday morning for the last 25 years. The club is not
a charity so it has to be self-funding to meet the running costs, Pam also acts as Treasurer
and Members pay an annual membership fee plus a match fee.
At present members disabilities include the partially sighted, people with speech and
hearing difficulties, amputees and wheel chair reliant. This mixture of disabilities brings with
it tremendous responsibility and Pam has brought together a team of volunteers to help her.
Disabilities don't mean that the members are any less competitive and Pam organises a sin-
gles and pairs competition every year with trophies presented to the winners and runners up.
It is a remarkable achievement that the club has been running for 25years under Pams
devoted guidance and something she should be very proud of she has given many disabled
people the chance to do something they probably didn't think possible - Well done Pam.
Outside of her Whitton SMBC activities, Pam has been playing short mat bowls for a
long time at club level and has been representing Suffolk for many years and some of these
as the team manager. Pam is Suffolk Registration Secretary and is a qualified short mat bowls
coach as well as being a widely respected International umpire. One of Pam’s personal high-
lights was to be invited to play for the England ladies against the ladies from Armagh both
here in England and later in Northern Ireland.

PRANK OF THE YEAR?
PRANK OF THE YEAR?
On one of my Short Mat holidays at Bodelwyd-
dan Castle, a group of “friends” decided to play
a prank on one of their party, who shall remain
nameless.
Anyway, when their party member, a sin-
gle guy was elsewhere they managed to sneak
an inflated lady friend into his single bed. There
was much laughter and initially I got the blame
but thankfully it later emerged as to who the cul-
prits were.
I will not make any of the obvious jokes even though there are many about inflatable friends.
If you have another prank to print with a photo, don’t be shy about sending it in!