BOXING DAY DIP at Newbiggin
Members from St. George's URC took part in the 9th Annual Boxing Day Dip at Newbiggin. Thank you to all those taking part as well as spectators for generous donations for local charities on the day. The video of "The DIP" can be seen on http://www.youtube.com/user/FreelanceScientist#p/u/0/Dh3lGKwsiBw
NORTHERN SYNOD CARPET BOWLS COMPETITION - SATURDAY 6th FEBRUARY
The Northern Synod Indoor Carpet Bowls Competition was held on Saturday 6th February in the recently rebuilt hall at St. James’s U.R.C. in Alnwick. St. George’s (Morpeth) entered two teams. Team “A” found themselves in the same group as Thropton, Wideopen St. John’s and St. James’s Ladies. The members of the St. George’s “B” team were in the Ashington, St. James’s Mixed and Felton group.
The proceedings commenced a little after 10.00am and each team played three games of five ends with the winner of each group (Thropton, Wideopen St. John’s and one of the Alnwick scratch teams) earning its place in the “Finals” group. There were some close and absorbing matches and even after the third end of the last game of the day it looked as though Wideopen (last year’s winners) would again take the trophy. However, the Thropton team managed to win the last two ends and the competition. It had been a very enjoyable day.
However, without going into too many depressing details, neither of our two St. George’s teams had much success and in fact each lost all three of their games. There is always next year!
Our thanks go to the organisers at Alnwick St. James for hosting the competition and for ensuring that everything went without a hitch.
