Guide Dog Gala 2018

A new winter season at Rugby Thornfield Indoor Bowls Club means a return of their galas in aid of charity. First up is the standard season opener, the Guide Dog Gala.

Only one team registered a perfect score in the first set of games The Mix, three teams shared joint second with 7 points Fab Four, Mandy's Mob and Odds & Sods. A further point behind in fifth place were Tina's Crew. Heading into the halfway break Odds & Sods moved into the lead, a point clear of Fab Four, a further point behind were The Mix with Tina's Crew and Mandy's Mob in fourth and fifth respectively.

​Odds & Sods extended their lead after the third round, Fab Four still on their coattails. Lucky 7 moved up into the top five, The Mix dropped down to fourth with Tina's Crew now in fifth spot. A show result in the final set of games saw Odds & Sods fail to pick up any points which enabled Fab Four (I Amos, S Blackshaw, T Butterworth and B Weston) to win the gala with 24 points. Lucky 7 finished second, two points behind and a point ahead of The Mix in third. Odds & Sods stayed on 20 points in fourth with Newbies plus two finishing fifth, two points behind.