East Anglia’s largest business rescue and insolvency practice McTear Williams & Wood, has raised £2,280 for charity at its 8th popular annual bowls tournament.
Twelve teams of professionals from across the region battled for the “McTear Williams & Wood Bowls Trophy” which was held at the Diss & District Bowls Club on Tuesday 26 April 2016. The winners were the “Hawks” team, Peter Hazell of George Hazell & Co, Liam Walker of Anglia Finance, Tracy England of Birkett Long and James Knights of Knights Lowe . In keeping with tradition the contestants wore an array of novelty slippers ranging from puppy dogs to monster claws. Funds raised from the event went to the Jubilee Sailing Trust, a United Nations accredited disability charity, promoting integration through the challenge and adventure of tall ship sailing, by providing life-changing adventures to people of all ages, backgrounds and levels of physical ability. The cheque was presented by Chris Williams to Sophia Adams of the Jubilee Sailing Trust, who has enjoyed several of the sailing trips herself. Chris’s father had done three trips with the charity sailing across the English Channel, Bay of Biscay and the Caribbean; in presenting the cheque Chris said “For my father to sail across the oceans again in his nineties was a dream come true for him.”
Once again McTear Williams & Wood extend their thanks to everyone who took part and to the Diss & District Bowls Club. Plans are underway to repeat the event next year.