By Kevin Spradlin
PeeDeePost.com
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HAMLET — There was a fair distance between Evelyn Snow’s ball and the pallino and that of her competitor’s best attempt.
“Alright, I’m gonna see if I can get it closer,” Snow said.
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Odelia Wall scored an 8-2 win over Odessa Brown in a first-round matchup in the women’s 80-84 bracket.
Jeanette Gibson was ready.
“Be my guest,” Gibson challenged.
But Snow couldn’t, and the Rockingham woman suffered a 10-0 defeat toGibson early Tuesday morning on the second day of the 25th annual Senior Games of Richmond County in the women’s 70 to 74 age division bocce final.
Snow, a former Uwharrie Senior Games gold medal winner, said the rules are different for the Richmond County contest. Here, Snow said, it’s one-and-one. In some other county levels and at the state competition, it’s best two out of three.
“I don’t get warmed up until after the first game,” Snow said.
No matter, though: “I’m out here for the fun of it.”
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Carrie Henson smiled through a 9-0 defeat to Glennie Chavis in the women’s 75 to 79 final.
Though highly competitive during play, opponents remain friends after the contest is over. Inevitably, one advances and one doesn’t; that’s the very nature of sport.
In the women’s 75 to 79 division final, Glennie Chavis scored a 9-0 win over Carrie Henson. Complete results are in the “results” tab at the top of the page.
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Barbara McLain wills her ball towards the pallino. It works, as she scored a 5-2 win over Lois Adrianse in early round play of the women’s 80 to 84 age group.
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