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Thursday 20 June saw the latest round of the Challenge Cup, footgolf. Bovey Tracey Golf Club was the venue and luckily the rain finally managed to stop for the evening.   We had seven teams take part and all participants were up for the challenge to achieve the best, being the lowest, score. The dedication to the event even extended to the majority of the footballs being kicked into the lake. Thankfully, only the footballs and no one taking part ended up getting wet.   The scores were extr...

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Another well attended Skittles event at the Brunswick Arms in Dawlish for the first DASLS Challenge event of the 2019 year.   9 Teams battled it out for the Skittles Cup with teams such as Beers who travelling all the way from Kingsbridge to support the event as well as 2017 Winners Dunn & Baker.   At the end of the night with a total score of 117 the winners for the second-year running were Michelmores! The highest Scorers on the night were Steve of Michelmores with 17, Les of Mi...

Thursday 22nd November saw the next round of the DASLS challenge cup, ten pin bowling. We had six teams fighting for the top spot over two games. The rules are simple, the team with the highest score over the two games, wins. At the end of the first game there was only one point in it between Team Michelmores and Team WBW. However, the second game saw Team Michelmores race into the lead and ended up as winners with a clear 90 points from second place, Team Tozers, who managed to have a strong se...

The third round of the Challenge Cup was hotly contested at the Exeter Riverside Valley Park. Congratulations to WBW’s team on their win with a score of 97. In close pursuit with 96 were Michelmores and in third place with a very respectable score of 94 came Trowers & Hamlins.   ...

We are delighted to announce a workshop run by Grow Marketing and Sampson Hall that will help members of Devon & Somerset Law Society prepare their entries for the 2019 Legal Awards.   This workshop will encourage and support legal firms across Devon & Somerset with their nominations, ready for them to be considered by the independent judging panel who will shortlist and pick a winner for all 13 Legal Awards categories.   Our workshop leaders will help you with: What category or categories to enter? How to make sure your nomination stands out from the competition? Are you sure you are prepared? By the end of the workshop you will be ready to prepare and submit your nomi...

President of Devon & Somerset Law Society, Stephen Mahoney, has used his weekly swim at the CRESTA/Kingfisher pool to raise money for the Air Ambulance services covering Somerset and Devon. On Monday 13th August, in a one hour sponsored swim, he did 56 lengths.   Stephen said " It is traditional for the President of DASLS to make a personal contribution to fund raising for the local Law Society's charitable efforts. With the Air Ambulance  providing such a vital life saving service acro...

The second round of the 2018-2019 DASLS Challenge Cup took place on Thursday 17th May at Bovey Tracey Golf Club. We were lucky to have a glorious evening of sunshine throughout the event. Teams of three play against each other, with the collective teams scored counted up at the end of the event, the team with the lowest score (or handicap should we say) being the winners on the night. We had some strong teams on the night and in the end the winners were victorious by only one point. However, i...

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Winners: Trowers & Hamlins The final round of the Challenge Cup took place on Thursday 1st February with the infamous Quiz.   DASLS President Sue Aggett with Quizmaster Tony Steiner The venue was the trusted Globe Inn at Topsham who provided us with, as always, a lovely lasagne and salad. Our resident Quiz Master, Tony Steiner, read out the questions for 7 rounds, along with a picture round this time being “name the artist and the title of the artwork”. I found myself ...