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SELBY BOWLING CLUB CELEBRATES SUCCESSES

CHARITY COFFEE MORNING: THE RECENT ANNUAL CHARITY COFFEE MORNING (INCLUDING A RAFFLE FOR EASTER THEMED HAMPERSAND THE SALE OF CAKES) HELD AT THE CLUB WAS WELL ATTENDED RAISING £1092.70. THIS YEAR THE AMOUNT RAISED HAS BEEN SPLIT BETWEEN YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH AND THE DISASTER EMERGENCY COMMITTEE (DEC) UKRAINE APPEAL, WITH A FURTHER BUCKET COLLECTION FOR THE UKRAINE APPEAL RAISING A FURTHER £85 WE ARE ALSO FLYING A UKRAINE FLAG ON THE FLAGPOLE IN RESPONSE TO MEMBERS REQUESTS.

INDOOR BOWLS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT NOTTINGHAM: IN BRILLIANT FORM, THE MENS PAIR ENTRY OF MARK HUGHES AND JOHN WHITLEY WON THROUGH 5 ROUNDS (EACH ROUND AGAINST VERY TOUGH OPPOSITION) TO THE LAST 16 IN THE COUNTRY IN APRIL. THEIR FIRST GAME RESULTED IN A 1 SHOT WIN AGAINST FORMER INTERNATIONAL NEIL SMITH IT WAS A SIMILAR STORY IN THE NEXT ROUND TAKING THEM TO A QUARTER FINAL AGAINST MULTIPLE WORLD CHAMPION NICKY BRETT AND HIS PARTNER IN ANOTHER TENSE MATCH THE SELBY PAIR PREVAIL AGAIN BY 1 SHOT AND MARCH INTO THE SEMI-FINAL TO PLAY YET ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL IN WAYNE WILLGRESS AND HIS PARTNER, UNFORTUNATELY THEY COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE FINAL LOSING 21 – 8 IN A GAME MUCH CLOSER THAN THE SCORE SUGGESTS. WELL, DONE PUTTING SELBY BOWLING CLUB ON THE MAP!