Our Church Services - Alnwick, St James

Synod Bowls Tournament 2010
Thropton URC win by a head
This year the annual Synod carpet bowls tournament took place at Saint
James’s Church Centre on February 6 th . Although only eight churches took
part it was a very good carpet bowling occasion for the everyone.
The twelve church teams were divided into three groups with each team
playing their three games on a different carpet each time. Most of those
taking part found the carpets to their liking which added to their enjoyment
of the day. When not playing, many took the opportunity to mingle with folk
from other churches and to catch up with their news. Some took the
opportunity to look round our recently redeveloped premises.
A computerised scoreboard was used and it helped those participating to
feel more involved by following the scores more closely.
After all the ‘if only’s’ and ‘what if’s’, the final three teams in the play-offs
were St John’s Wideopen, Thropton, and St James’s, Alnwick. The final was
won by Thropton URC in a close contested final game with a St John’s team
and the Synod Shield and individual trophies were presented to the winning
team by the chairpersons of the St James’s clubs (above).
Photo and re port from John Heathorn, cour tesy of North ern Synod website