Davy misses jackpot but still celebrates!

Firstly, he was disappointed to learn one of his members, a previous winner Joanne Gault, had missed out on the jackpot of 300 as she was a non paid up member. Joanne sadly has been ill recently and was not able to pay her membership.

However, Davy was able to still celebrate with many of his members as he married partner Martina on Thursday. Congratulations to both. For the record, Joanne’s jackpot numbers were 1, 4, 10, 16.

The major winners this week all belonged to agents with 30 members or more.

Vodafone employee, David Grant (B8064) was a 50 major winner on the agency of Patricia Thompson. The Imperial Bar had a 50 winner with Ruby McNally (A2783). Ruby was also joined by member of staff, Eileen McMaster (C8730) who was a 10 winner.

Helen Wright (A9976), a member from Gracehill, on Luke Gaston’s agency had her first ever Sports Bond win with a major 50 win.

Reg McDowell (A0358), a previous winner, picked up a major 50 win. Reg is a member of the Development Committee agency.

In the minor section, Derek Connor (C4293) won 10 on Maurice Anderson’s agency. Beth McKinty (A6525) was a 10 winner on John Davison’s agency. Another Eileen was a 10 winner this week, Eileen Burns (A7784) of the Blackstone.

One consolation winner this week and a very well known one at that was Geoff Cooke (B2783). Now Geoff, as a Sports Bond agent, has had many winners over the years, but this is Geoff’s first ever win. Well done Geoff and thanks for all your efforts.

AGENT NEWS

As mentioned before, Davy Creighton got married to Martina on Thursday last and promoter Brian Thompson was an evening guest at Ballygally Castle to enjoy the celebrations.

Happy Birthday to Geoff Cooke for Monday, 19th July. Geoff just celebrated his first ever Sports Bond win, so the omens are good.

FIRST SCORE

The World Cup final finished 0-0 after 90 minutes, so whoever had that card would win 30. To date, two winners have claimed a winner’s prize. Geoff Cooke had a winner in Ballykeel with Billy Barr and in Broughshane, Boyd Douglas had a winner with Fred Quigley.

WORLD CUP HI AND LOWS

Only two winners remained unclaimed.

The winners of the highest scoring teams would be those with Germany and Holland. Lindsay McClelland of the Fairhill Bar has claimed 50 as the holder of this card.

Altogether, this game has proved again to be very popular.

MEMBERS BEREAVED

Two Sports Bond members passed recently, both from the Gracehill/Galgorm area.

Sympathy is extended to the Moody family on the passing of Mary Moody, after a brave fight against illness. Mary was a family friend of Promoter, Brian Thompson, and was a member of Gracehill Senior Citizens agency.

“I knew Mary for many years and what a wonderful love for life she had and she had a great love for Ballymena United,” said Brian who extended deepest sympathy to Mary’s husband Jimmy, sons Billy, Michael and families.

Sam McCrea, another lifelong supporter, also passed away. Sam was a member of Maurice Anderson’s agency.