Page 62 - Phonebox Magazine October 2009

Olney Bowling Club
Finals Weekend 11th – 13th Sept 2009
Our ‘long hot summer’ timed its arrival perfectly to coincide with our finals weekend. This encouaged large numbers of spectators to come along and support their favourites, or just to enjoy the high quality bowling as befitted the finals.
Many of the players competed in more than one final so must have been very tired after such a gruelling weekend. Top honours went to Breda Richardson who was in SIX FINALS, four as victor and two as runner up (with a little help from her friends, except in the singles).
The results were as follows:
COMPETITION FINALIST
Ladies H/Capt Breda Richardson v Singles Winner
Mixed Pairs Lead: Howarth Munday v Skip: Breda Richardson
FINALIST
Joy Gordan
Runner-up
Lead: Yvonne O’Keefe
Skip: Ken Beard
Winners Runners-up
Ladies Singles Wendy Collyer v
Winner Runner-up
Men’s H/Capt Ken Beard v Singles Winner
Ladies 2 Wood Lead: Breda Richardson v Pairs Skip: Pauline Natt
Winners Runners-up
Men’s Singles Ken Beard v Championship Winner
Rinks Lead: Dave Hoyland v Two: Margaret Lomax
Triples
Men’s Pairs
Ladies Pairs
Scorpion Shield
Mick Richardson
Runner-up
Lead: Hazel Garner Two: Wendy Collyer Three: Breda Richardson Skip: Ken Beard
Three: Paul Garner
Skip: Trevor Lomax
Winners Runners-up
Lead: Roy Mallen v
Two: Colin Millward
Skip: Mick Richardson
Winners Runners-up
Lead: Dave Hoyland v
Skip: John Smail
Winners Runners-up
Lead: Breda Richardson v
Skip: Pauline Natt
Winners Runners-up
Mike Castle v Yvonne O’Keefe
No result available
Gordon Bailey Dave Adams
Breda Richardson Mick Richardson
Runner-up
Lead: Aundra Hoyland
Skip: Margaret Lomax
Lead: Joy Gordon Two: Trevor Gordon Skip: Keith Gordon
Lead: Aubrey Green Skip: Gerald Wilson
Lead: Di Murrey Skip: Joy Gordon
Lavendon Village Annual Show
During the week prior to the 66th Flower, Vegetable, Fruit and Handicraft Show on September 12, scarecrows had been appearing in front gardens and then, on the morning of the Show, one of them, a mock mountain biker on his bike caused the police to be called out by some joker! on a false alarm. However, the biker, together with the other 15 scarecrows were safely delivered to the Lavendon School field, where Olney councillors Debbie Brock and Peter Geary awarded first prize to Kath Collins for her Maypole dolls. The School’s “Twins in a Tree” was also highly commended.
This was the first time the Village Show had used the scarecrow idea, but it wasn’t the only innovation. The Parish Council sponsored a “Best-kept Garden”
competition and Kate Porter, the Parish chairperson awarded first prize to Barbara Salter, whose garden was described by the judges as...... “This is in essence a true cottage garden, it is not immaculate but is a joy to walk around, trying to count the
number of species. It is a plant person’s paradise”.
100 exhibitors –a third more than last year – submitted 378 entries spread over 108 classes. Most people entered one or two exhibits, but John Shan entered 36 and he won 3 trophies, for chrysanthemums, vegetables and onions.
Other trophy winners were: Samantha Boon, Madeleine Harrison, Peter Lofts, Matilda Rodwell, Liam McManus/Emily Godber/Joseph Woodward (joint winners), Rosie Panter-Williams/Rebecca Woodward (joint winners) and John Salter. Other exhibitors received prize money for coming first, second and third in their respective classes.
The judges were very complimentary about the standard of entries, which came not only from Lavendon but also from neighbouring villages.
Visitors flocked in when the doors were opened at 2.30 pm, prompted possibly by a combination of the good weather, a short Three Counties Radio mid-day interview, which Gill Gauntlet the presenter, had devoted to the Show and perhaps the prospect of picking up some real bargains, when most of the exhibits came to be auctioned off.
This large number of visitors helped to swell the takings on the door, the tombola, the raffle and
the auction. The Show raised £780
and this money will go towards the
upkeep of the Village Hall, which, like all similar local self-financed amenities, is struggling to survive.
So Lavendon can give itself a gentle pat on the back for putting on a Show, which afforded a large number of exhibitors the opportunity to show off their various talents, gave pleasure to visitors and received compliments from the judges, all of whom generously gave up their time for free.
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