A normal dispute between two bingo players turned into a physical one last Tuesday night, at St. Joseph Church. The first person to place a complaint was an 81 year old Youngston woman.

The woman had come to the Austin town police station on last Thursday morning to place a report that an 82 year old Austin town woman had intentionally bumped into her when walking out of the church food line at 8 pm, Tuesday.

The result of this intentional bump made the woman fall back a few steps, which in turn blurred her vision. According to the woman, the two women have had numerous disagreements about bingo in the past; however this was the first time that any physical methods were used.

The Detective Sgt from Austin town, John Myers said that though he has not spoken to the women as yet, he surmises that there will be no need of using any criminal charges to settle the matter.

The most he would do was to counsel the women to stay away from each other, and then seek help from the management if there were any tensions in the future. He says that it was quite normal for tempers to rise about bingo games in the past.

The usual cause would be players who had set their game cards and markers, find that someone had moved them. However it is quite rare for women of that age to fight at bingo; but not impossible.

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