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By Carrie Miller

Davie Senior Services

Davie Senior Games participated in the 6th annual Piedmont Senior Champions Tour Senior Games tournament to prepare local games for the upcoming state finals.

The three Senior Games programs include Davie, Yadkin Valley and Piedmont Plus Senior Games. Each games hosts an event.

It is possible for 12 points to be scored at each event – six in the men’s bracket and six in the women’s bracket.

Aug. 27 kicked off the tournament at Miller Park in Winston-Salem where the teams competed in bocce. Davie’s Susan Prim, Barbara Chapman and Pat Gregory scored first, second and third in the women’s bracket, bringing Davie’s total on the first day to six points.

On Thursday, Aug. 30, Davie hosted the cornhole tournament where they and won 10 total points.

Damon Landreth, Steve Evans, and Larry Bailey won all of the points in the men’s division, and Peggy Evans and Angela Bailey won first and third for the women’s division.

To complete the tournament, Davie visited Hardy’s Custom Golf in Mt. Airy to compete in mini golf on Friday, Aug. 30. The weather was hot and humid, but Davie’s participants persevered.

Robbie Jackson and Steve Evans placed first and third in the men’s division, and Vanessa Carter placed second in the women’s division, bringing Davie County’s total for mini folf to six points.

Davie finished first in the competition with a total of 22 points, dominating the other teams for the first time in three years.

Participants in the tour include:

Bocce: Robbie Jackson, Greg Barnette, Gary Dailey, Bud Stroud, Johnnie Stallings, Bob Phillips, Roni Barney, Barbara Chapman, Pat Gregory, Karen Umberger, Ina Beavers, and Susan Prim.

Cornhole: Larry Bailey, Damon Landreth, Steve Evans, Robbie Jackson, Jackie Smith, Bud Stroud, Vanessa Carter, Peggy Evans, Angela Bailey, Barbara Chapman, Sue Allen, Sue Couch.

Mini Golf: Steve Evans, Tony Moore, Cliff Tkach, Michael McCoy, Robbie Jackson, Bud Stroud, Vanessa Carter, Renae Tkach, Karen Umberger, Alice Monk, Peggy Evans and Judy Phillips.

To learn more about Davie Senior Games, contact Senior Services at 336-753-6230.