Brian Lamb and I had 2 good games today. 1st against Graham Lake and Peter Schofield. We had a 12-11 hard fought win. Had a good lead but they came back at us but we held on well to go to winners circle. 2nd game against Jack and Cess Shephard. We played good bowls but Cess had some good drives and on shots to take our shots away. Even the last end at 9-9 and holding resting front toucher buried in the pack, he drove and got the kitty to the ditch and drew shot and we had no answer. We lost 9-10 but a good game and Cess played well.
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Vince Beckley and I were lucky enough to have a game today against Arron Faulkner and Scott De Jongh (Broadbeach) Nice running back Green. I played Lead against Arron and played ok but Vince played very well again. He concentrates more when skipping and we won 28-11. Scotty played pretty well and neither of them had much luck although we had pressure on them all the time. Won 3rd place so that was a surprise.
Bob Barry and I had a good revenge match against Ray Anderson and Kevin Stanley today. Some great heads and some good bowls played and we won 12-11. Bob Barry played Vintage Bowls. 2nd game against Barry Venner and Ian Crabb and although we got to an 11-1 lead after 5 ends, they pulled us back to 12-11 before we snuck home 15-11. Struggled with the shifting breeze but it died down and let us get back to draw and win. Good days Bowls again.
Myself, Charlie Klaverstyn and Abdul Latif played in the Semi Final of the District Triples today against Ocean Shores. Paul Earls team who knocked us out of the District Fours. We had our revenge today and played very well to win the Semi Final 29-19. A lovely hot day again here at Mulwillumbah but although the greens were a touch slow, they were true. Nice Lunch and we were looked after well.
The Final of the District Triples against the other Ocean Shores team who beat Brunswick Heads in the other Semi Final of Ray, Jimmy and Serge. We were down 0-7 after 3 ends and were always behind the 8 ball but never had much luck early and the opposition played good bowls. Ray was always there and Serge made some telling conversions early in the game. We were down 6-16 after about 14 ends and worked hard to get ahead towards the end for a 27-24 Win. Great Effort. I played fairly well althouigh would have liked to have been a touch better, Charlie played the best I have seen him play in the short time I have been at Cabarita and Abdul came good after a slow start to make some telling draw and conversions in the latter part of the game. Great effort and we were all very happy. Ken Wilson and I played in Bronze Super Challenge Pairs again. We made it 3 wins from 3 with a last end hard fought 18-16 win. Needed a couple of really good bowls to stay in the game but Ken and I did it well. never played our best game but done enough in the end. Bronze division won 5-0 and everyone done very well. Ken and I played pretty well especially when it counted against Glen Lynch and John Beresford. Gold Men went down 2-3. Ladies teams both went down narrowly, Bronze after 4th extra end in play off after drawing main games.
Driving and Drawing Practice for an hour on the Indoor. Ready for tomorrows Superchallenge at Mooloolaba
Quote of the week by Grant Osborne.
" "From the jaws of certain victory they snatched a defeat." What a PLONKER Unbelievable todays game. Grant and I played Don Peoples and Greg Hughes on Rink 1 Indoor. We had a very good start and fought hard for an 8-0 lead after 4 ends. I was Lead and played short ends and it worked well. A narrow bowl on the windy wide side when holding another shot with the last bowl, Grant, Who shall remain nameless, trailed the jack and we dropped a 3. After 7 ends we were down 8-10 dropping Two 3's and a 4. We then scored more shots and after 14 ends we were leading 19-14 having won 10 of the 14 ends. Continuing to play fairly well we went into the last end holding a 5 shot lead 23-18. We had only 1 bowl in the head when Greg with his last bowl played his best bowl of the day and sat us back and we were 6 down. Grant failed to convert with his last bowl and we went down 23-24 after outplaying them for most of the game. Won 13 ends to 8. A funny game Bowls. Disapointing and reflecting on the head we should have been more direct and disturbed it early with a drive. Stupid pussy footing around, trying to be neat and draw. I am an aggressive player but tried to be a good lead and with my last 2 bowls was a metre over and 2 metres short with my last 2 bowls costing us the game and putting pressure on Grant. 99 out of 100 times I would back Grant to convert but he lightly grazed an incoming bowl and it cost us game. We will learn from this. It wont happen again. All credit to Don and Greg who struggled most of the day but made a few good shots when it counts. My Quote of the Day "The Opposite to Near Kit" Brian Lamb and I never played today as it was called off early as Heavy Showers. Had a nice quiet day watching DVD's.
Vince Beckley and I played today in the Gale Force winds and had a 23-13 win against Bev Crisp (Burleigh Heads) and Trevor Wheatley (Broadbeach). Vince played very well at Skip. I just did what I had to do to win the game.
At last I had a game with my Toowoomba Mate Matt Cowan. We went well together. We were the only 3 game winners and won the money. Matt played very well all day. It is amazing how someone can play when they are encouraged, not complained at. 1st game against Jeff Mearns and Ralph Hunt, we had absolutely No Luck. Just ask Ralph... We won 13-9. 2nd game against Mick Waite and Bob Muir (Wynnum) we won 17-9 and played well again. 3rd game against Ray (Rocky) Trewern and Fred Barnes another good win 23-3. I was delighted with my game today overall. I am not upset anymore that I am stuck in Bronze for Super Challenge. It is the clubs loss not mine. I will move on and be an asset to a Club that appreciates my input. After a hard days graft at the Indoor at Paradise Point Enduro All Day Pairs in the 36 degree heat, Ray (Rocky) Trewern was asked how he felt about the days proceedings. He said "I felt like Wallaby Teds Brother, Roo-Ted" |
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