Skittles April 09

Once again the skittles evening was held at Sturdy's Castle in April. Forty two keen and eager members gathered for the annual event.. . The event has become so popular that a limit of 40 participants had to be made. Brian Colley arrived early, having polished the "OFS plate" that his team won the previous year. The plate stood in a prominent position throughout the event encouraging all to be part of the winning team.

The event was ably organised by the Gammons, Lew arranged the teams and ensured that the event ran smoothly while Pat kept the scores. We all thank them for their time and effort.

The food was good and plentiful and this year we managed to keep the cream off the walls after being given a demonstration of how to operate the pressurised dispenser. Participants seemed to prefer salad rather than chips - perhaps this was a desire to remain competitive in the second half of the evening.

Styles of play differed wildly with deliveries ranging from genteel slow to powerful high speed where the object seemed to be to disable the people replacing the skittles.

The evening climaxed with the final between (you have already guessed) the team led by Brian Colley and a team led by John Eyre. After a needle contest Brian's team was victorious yet again.

This gave our Chairman, Liz Adams, her first official duty in presenting the trophy to Brian and his team. A great time was had by all.

So a very pleased Brian was the last to leave.

John Eyre