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The ladies in the kitchen once again produced a superb lunch for all and kept the teas
and coffees flowing all day while David Chadwick & Val Vardy ran the raffle. Everyone 25
will already be looking forward to next season’s friendly challenge when Friends of Essex
will no doubt be looking to avenge this season’s result.
Selwyn Goldsmith

WINNING SWIFTLY
WINNING SWIFTLY
Thorpe Marriott Short Mat Bowls Club held its annual
Triples Tournament for The Dave Durrant Trophy and
again it proved to be a very successful event. Sixteen
teams competed in an initial round robin of four
groups, with the top two teams from each group
going through to the knock-out stage.
The winning triple, calling themselves The
Swifts, were John Jarvis, Mick Harris and Marjorie
Hall, whilst the runners-up were The Nutters, aka
Terry Newby, Melvyn Barker and Billie Barker. The
whole day was played in a competitive but friendly
spirit, and it was especially pleasing to see so many
competitors staying on to watch the final matches.
Lunches were provided for all the competitors and refreshments were available throughout the
day. The main raffle was well supported by competitors donating prizes, as well as Tesco of
Drayton which donated the star prize of a hamper of fruit. £100 was raised from the raffle, which
will, as usual, be donated to the East Anglian Children’s Hospice. Special thanks must go to
Sylvia and Tony Turner who coordinated all arrangements for the day and ran the actual com-
petition.
Also, particular thanks must go to Janet Pinchen who organised all the teams who took
part. Further thanks must go to the Thorpe Marriott team who worked tirelessly all day to make
the event such a success. Finally, thanks to all those who came, took part and gave so gener-
ously to the raffles. One never knows, the club may hold another one next year!
Peter Walker

Teresa and Selwyn Goldsmith were
given framed life memberships at
the NCSMBA AGM at the Wymond-
ham Community Centre given to
them by President and vice Presi-
dent Brian Saunders and Bob Oat-
way.
This marked both the couples
hard work they put in for the associ-
ation with them both holding various
positions on the committee for well
over twenty years. Since becoming
chairman in 1996/97,
Selwyn has always worked his hardest in making the association a success and making
sure it runs as smoothly as possible. From visiting clubs and trying to promote the sport in var-
ious ways he has always adopted a lot of his own time and his passion is clear for everyone to
see. For the past six season's Selwyn was also county team manager and saw Norfolk win the
ICC for only the second time in the 2015/16 season defeating Essex in the final.
He was given a commemorative county team shirt to celebrate his success over his tenure.
Simon Willies will now take over from Selwyn as county team manager with Keith Cooke his
assistant. Brian Saunders is another person who has committed a lot of his time to the associ-
ation giving help and guidance when needing to the committee and has also held various roles