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Mary receives the Paul Hope Award

At a ceremony at the House of Lords Mary was awarded the Paul Hope Award for all  her contributions to Oxford Phab, Phab South East and Phab Nationally over many years.
Jackie and Mary 1Here is Mary with Jackie of Unity 70. For the first time the award was shared between these two  very deserving candidates.
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Here is a video of her receiving the award.
There is an item about Mary receiving the award in the Autumn 2015 issue of KIT – the Phab magazine.

Last Boccia in the Hall before Open Doors work starts on the room

We had our last opportunity to play Boccia in the Hall at Wesley Memorial before work starts on the room as part of the Open Doors regeneration.
Hopefully this will sort out the floor, as my ball kept drifting away from where I bowled it – though this did not seem to affect the other bowlers !
DSCN2214Just after another good bowl.
 

Barbeque at Simon and Sarah's

Simon and Sarah once again rounded off our summer season by hosting a Barbeque in their garden.
DSCN1979Here are some early arrivals
DSCN1978and more of the club on our minibus
11782455_10200970802829951_5993723357959250879_oBurgers, sausages, chicken, vegetarian burgers and sausages, as well as salads and nibbles, and a range of drinks – plenty for everyone.
No Phab now until September – although hopefully some members will help us serve Cream Teas, in aid of the Wesley Memorial Open Doors project on August 8th.

Boccia – with our new Boccia set

We played Boccia in the John Wesley Room.
DSCN1965Using our new Boccia set – we had been borrowing Boccia sets before now to play.
DSCN1967The John Wesley Room is shorter than the Hall, so we set up tables as a backstop.
DSCN1969Knocking the white target ball away from its initial position is a perfectly valid – and sometimes successful – tactic.

and here we are on video !