Sport

Christmas Eve at the Front

An interesting letter has just been received by Mrs Packer, of Broadclyst, from her husband, Corpl Packer of A Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, who is serving with the Expeditionary Force in Northern France. In the course of a letter he describes a remarkable incident which occurred on Christmas Eve between the British and German trenches.

Bideford Chiefs, 9pts – Tiverton, nil

In conditions which suggested forward play, the handling of the Bideford team turned out surprisingly good and, in fact, the tries came from handling movements and not from forward rushes as might have been expected.
The clean, consistent hooking of G Woolf gave the Chiefs an initial advantage of which the backs made good use. C Davis, wing three-quarter played a fine game and scored two of the tries; the first coming from an orthodox three-quarter movement and ending when he threw off three defenders and touched down in the corner.
Ray Sawtell, intercepting and breaking through, made Bideford’s second try. A Hoare was backing up well and took his pass to beat a defender and score. P Day, at centre, played a good game and in drier conditions might have been able to make more use of his breakthroughs. The third try came again from a three-quarter movement; this time the ball going loose for C Davis to dribble over the line and score.
Many penalty kicks were taken by both sides and the Chiefs seemed to make too much use of the short punt ahead instead of the long kick down field or for touch which the conditions favoured.
This was a very good win for the Chiefs and now means that they won their last five games.

Westward Ho! Tennis Club winners

Tennis Club Prizewinners

Prizewinners of Westward Ho! Tennis Club received their awards at the club’s annual dinner. The awards were distributed by Mrs Rendle, sister of the president, Mr Arthur Saunders.
All former members who could be traced were invited to the occasion, which was the third annual function of its kind.
Awards were: Wally Worwood; Mrs Rosemary Hughes; Miss Janine Trapnell; Donald Colwill; Fred Pittman; Mrs Margaret Petherbridge; Miss Margaret Mortimer; Derek Johns; Miss Pam Plum; Peter White.

100 Years of Women's Golf at Westward Ho! 07.06.1968

Sport. The Royal North Devon Golf Club is celebrating the centenary of its associated ladies' golf club. Mrs Mary Hutchinson, Horace Hutchinson, Mrs Cicely Sparling, Rev IH Gossett, Lady Heathcote-Amory, Joyce Wethered, Bernard Darwin, Roger Wethered, Mrs Gladys Tamworth, Mrs Judy Dering, Judy Boyd, Mrs Argles, Miss Thona Newton-King, Mrs Margaret Sillem, Mrs Kathleen Grahame, Mrs Laura Scott, Laura Foster, Mrs AA Smalley, Miss Mary Justice, Mrs WB Wright, WJ Gale, J Long, M Barnett, PBF Brown, TJ Bonetta, GF Day, J Baglow, J Slocombe, AM Barnett, CR Mugford, M Elliott, BJ Colome, A Young, RE Sawtell, HN Fulford, AW Floyd, JP Phillips, BL Moore, JP Long, RB Redfern, FT Blakey, RDD Birdwood, FC Meadows, AR Fitton, SH Chapman, TE Crawley, Lindsey Bennett,