the Tuesday sessions and I joined Alex for the Wednesday group. Not surprisingly this group matched last year’s so, well done teachers and students of Carine High School, and we hope to welcome you again. To close I would like to acknowledge the commitment Alex Third made to these groups. Alex and Ken Giles have also completely reorganised the bowl stocks in the shed and introduced a clever numbering system. A request to everyone who use these bowls, please return them as you found them. We are very lucky to have members putting in the time to improve our community bowling service. Many thanks also to John Sturk for making the extra boxes for the bowls. – Tony Bourne
Croquet Report
Vale Terry Harvey
Our dear friend Terry passed away on 27 February. He had been in hospital for a couple of weeks and his health had gradually deteriorated. Terry joined our Club in 2012, having played croquet in England before coming to Perth. He quickly showed us all how much he loved the game by being present at almost every session we held. He competed in numerous competitions in his first few years and was soon playing at ‘B’ Grade level, having started at ‘D’ Grade. He was always keen to ensure that new players improved their game, Terry frightened us all in 2016, when he suddenly collapsed from cardiac arrest after a session of croquet! Luckily, Denise Baldock quickly raised the alarm, and Trish Cunningham and Chris Lander were on hand to give him CPR and used the Club’s defibrillator to resuscitate him before the ambulance arrived. He was forever grateful to them all
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