November - Village Voices

Lions Club of Woodbridge and DistrictOctober opened with our annual 10K and Fun Run at Martlesham Heath; this year’sprincipal beneficiary will be the Treehouse Appeal and a contribution will be made to ourChristmas Parcels project, which really gets underway as we reach autumn. October alsocelebrated our Charter Night Dinner, a celebration of the founding on the Club in 1982.Looking back over the past year, we have supported asurprising number of local people in unfortunatecircumstances. Some of our help, such as a family holiday atHemsby, being made possible by collaboration with otherLions’ Clubs in the region. It seems that scarcely a month ofthe past year has gone by without news of a major naturaldisaster. It is here that the Lions Clubs InternationalFoundation, working closely with the International Red Cross,makes its contribution. Funds are made available enablingrelief agencies to buy emergency supplies close to where theyare needed, saving time, transportation and bureaucracy. If thescale of aid necessitated by these disasters seems beyond ourinfluence, as Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said, Do yourlittle bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good puttogether that overwhelm the world.Peter See For the Lions Club of Woodbridge & DistrictShepherd and Dog DartsAfter last season’s success, some players have packed up their darts. We say goodbye toJohn Copping and Richard Wright who has also resigned as chairman of the Hollesleyand District Darts League. Steve Copping can't play due to a serious shoulder injury andTed and Jeanette Knight have joined the Ufford Crown team to support their son James.However, Garren Creed, Matthew and Carl Lennard remain. The captain this year is Dean(Dingle) Bailey whom we welcome back from the Dog at Grundisburgh . Our newplayers are Darren Stone, David Hyde, Ernie Flint and Tom Vincent. With seven teams inour league, there will be a local derby against the Plough at Sutton.Our opening match was at Ufford Crown. The ex-captain was first up in the singles andhaving won the first leg had a complete shocker in the next two and lost. Stoney, pitchingsome steady darts recorded a 2-0 win. Garren had a fine win, followed by Capt. Dinglewho also had a shocker but managed to win! Ernie showed enough quality to win, but hisopponent was too strong and he lost. Suffolk's Andy Barker comprehensively beat David.With the match evenly poised Dingle and David then put us in the lead 4-3. Garrenmissed double top to record a 160 check-out and both had darts at the doubles but lost. Inthe decider it was Stoney and Ernie against Andy Barker and our ex-player Ted who hitthe winning double and subjected us to a first game defeat 5 to 4. We hope to rally nextweek when we entertain Woodbridge F.C at the Shepherd.Carl Lennardwww.villagevoices.org.uk November 2010 page 33