Amid the usual Rotary banter when the Rotary Club of Wigston hosted Leicester Novus in the second round of the District Minor sports, there was a lot of talk about the teams’ ability to throw.<\/p>\n

The speakers were not assessing abilities to throw the cheeses at the table skittles, but the ability to ‘throw’ the game while appearing not to. The risk of winning the game could entail a visit to some far-flung Rotary club anywhere in the East Midlands.<\/p>\n

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Novus team captain David Clorley leaves just one skittle standing<\/p><\/div>\n

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There was no evidence of underhand play\u00a0\u2014 though some strange throwing of cheeses overhand and otherwise\u00a0\u2014 and\u00a0little to choose between the two teams.<\/p>\n

In fact\u00a0after two rounds,\u00a0it was all square, so a throw-off was held between Marian Mortimer, who had scored two nines earlier, and Novus captain David Clorley. The result: 7-7.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0second throw-off Jean Lucas, who had scored a nine previously, scored seven for Wigston.\u00a0Jim Matthews, for Novus,scored his second clearance\u00a0of the evening to win it for his new club.<\/p>\n

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Gone… Peter Mortimer upsets the Jenga tower, but reacts quickly enough to catch most of the bricks<\/p><\/div>\n
President Richard Green proposed a vote of thanks to the visitors from Novus and to Peter and Marian Mortimer for\u00a0providing very good meals at the venue, their pub The Nautical William. All agreed that the event had been great fun. There had also been an informal game of Jenga which resulted in a win for Novus as Peter Mortimer bought the house down.<\/p>\n
The question is: How will Novus feel about newest member Jim Matthews if his perfect score means they must travel many miles to play in the next round?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Amid the usual Rotary banter when the Rotary Club of Wigston hosted Leicester Novus in the second round of the District Minor sports, there was a lot of talk about the teams’ ability to throw. The speakers were not assessing abilities to throw the cheeses at the table skittles, but the ability to ‘throw’ the … <\/p>\n
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