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Colin Isles
WORTHING LEAGUE
30 WORTHING LEAGUE Colin Isles
Celebration 5's
Celebration 5's
A charity tournament was held
at West Park School to cele-
brate 25 years of the Worthing
Short Mat Bowls League and to
recognise the contribution
made to the game by Colin
Isles who sadly passed away in
2017.
The event opened
Winners Tarring - Val Blanks, Keith Hope, Bill Brown, promptly at 9am with everyone
Doreen Carver, Ruth Reece and Barabara Russell ready to play, although initially

there had been some concern as there was a delay in the opening of the venue which caused
some anxiety. Fortunately the organisation team managed to keep everything on track and
start on time.
The event format was
one that had not been played
by the League for a number of
years and the teams taking
part consisted of 5 players in
one team, 2 playing Pairs and
3 playing Triples. The scores of
both the Pairs and the Triples
were added together and pro-
vided the end result of the
game. Runners Up East Preston - Hazel Comber, Dave Willis,
A total of 14 clubs from Maureen Davies, Jeff Nash and David Davies
across the Worthing District took part and each club played 6 games within 2 separate groups
with the winners of each group playing each other to decide the overall winner. It was estimated
that throughout the day nearly 100 people were at the venue either playing or watching. Due
to the number of teams and the volume of games, play was continuous throughout the day.
Concern had been expressed that due to the structure of the event with the changeover of
players and playing in different halls that confusion would cause delay.
Thankfully everyone coped with the format and no problems were encountered. This
meant that the tournament kept to time and the final took place as scheduled. The final took
place between East Preston and Tarring both clear winners in their respective groups. East
Preston had an impressive result as they won all 6 games in their group, with Tarring taking
top place in their group by winning 5 games.
The final was well contested with little between the teams after the Pairs and all rested
on the last end of the Triples. At this stage the score was 9 shots each but Tarring managed to
draw the last bowl of the end and score 1 shot. The final result was East Preston 9 and Tarring
10 making Tarring the winners of the 2018 Colin Isles Celebration 5’s. A fitting result as Colin
for many years was the mainstay of Tarring SMBC.
As all the money from the event subject to expenses was to be given to charity all team
fees were put into the pot along with the amount raised by the raffle which was a magnificent
£150. Thank you to Heene – Woodside for all their efforts. The final total raised on the day was
£580 and through an arrangement with Santander we are hoping to receive a further £500 giv-
ing us a grand total of over £1000. Thank you to all who took part and helped to raise such a
large amount without all of the Clubs involvement none of this would have been possible.