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Daily Diary - Southport Premier 7's Round 8 V Victoria Point - Saturday 27th February 20162/27/2016 Alan Elliott and I have won 5 from 7 so will try again today as we were beaten at Victoria Point in the away leg 5 weeks ago.
****************************************************************************************************************** Lovely Hot Summers Day again with a strong gusty breeze. Singles… Caine was (Un) Able to convert the home team advantage today and went down in Flames 8-31. Just never looked at home with the windy conditions and the Victoria Point Guy was a little too good on the day. Fours…. Change of Team before Play and Mark Lister, Dennis Tabb, (AAA) Gary Alexander and (Mr Scuff) Joe Cacace was retained as Skipper. Joe, Who sported a new pair of Flat soled shoes after his run in with the Greenkeepers for Scuffing the Green. Great Game and they were under the pump the whole game but hung in there with some great bowls all round.. Holding 4 shots on the last end with score at 16-16, Al (Their Skip) had a drive and connected and killed the end to the enormous cheer from the Victoria Point Crowd. They Of course Had the Spot covered with a Jack High Bowl 18" away from the Jack almost T to T Distance and Joe had the last bowl of the game. You Guessed it, he was narrow…. But wait.. We had a bowl on the way in and the narrow bowl took a gentle slide to give Joe absolutely No Luck Whatsoever and GOT THE SHOT... Won the Game 17-16. Great Effort... Our PAIRS… Once again it was tricky game and the game was close the whole way except when they took a 7-12 lead when we failed to save and dropped a 3 at a vital time... The Ants were attacking my Bowls Bag. It was tragic as I tried to kill the little Bastards but they ran amuck and I have to get a caan of spray when I get home before they infect my Vehicle. Getting back to the Game, Tied at 1-1 and other 2 games finished, we were up 18-16 with 2 ends to go… You would never Believe it, We held 4 shots and their leads last bowl drove at the head and we were 3 down and Al had to draw t the ditch to either save a couple of get shot.. Alan was 10 ft short with his first and the 2nd bowl he threw out wide and came home for shot.. Up 19-16 into last end and we held 3 good shots and covered almost everywhere. The only place they could get a 4 was a full drive and hope for luck. You would not believe what happened on the very last bowl of the game… I was expecting a drive but Shane, their Skip tried to draw it off with a trail so we picked up a 3 and won 22-16. Great win in difficult conditions. Anyway, A Very Disappointing day for Caine but its a team effort and we got home.. Helensvale Lost AGAIN… Big One Next week away to Mt Gravatt…. George Horley and I had a Great day today. Won both games well and won Runner Up of the Winners…
Its amazing how well you can bowl on free running greens. Helensvale Greens were The Best greens I have played on This Year by Far, 1st game against Dave and Laurie Smith. We won 14-5 but would have been heaps more but for 3 ends Saved by Laurie when we held good numbers. 2nd game against Ray Perkins and Paul Wilson. George and I played excellent Bowls throughout for out 21-8 win. Thankfully Southport Greens running similar Speed for our hard game tomorrow against Victoria Point. Grant Osborne and I will try be on our game today. Back to Lead again for me….
******************************************************************************************************** We played against Ray Trewern and Red Edwards. Top Green that ran well for 30 Minutes after the Roll when it slowed down. Green ran well early and I was on fire and we were 8-0 up after 4 ends. From then on I lost line and length as it got slow as I hate slower greens anyway. Ray and Red played some very good bowls and they led 13-17 on 19th end. We managed a 2 on 20th end thanks to Grants 2 fine end to end bowls. 15-17. On last end needing 3 to win, Which we held until Ray came up with his last bowl for shot which we could not get out and went down overall 15-18. Tried hard and maybe tried too hard. Weather was nice and warm again. Bobby Brown and Me Today as Bobs Partner away...
Played against AAA / Gary Alexander and Ross Fox. They played pretty good bowls and we just could not hold a shot, thats when we put them in, Went down 8-31. Pretty Slack but Not to worry…. Not bowling today as I have every other day booked so have a lot of stuff to sort re bowls selling etc. Will be at Broadbeach Early to pick up a set of bowls for sale…
***************************************************************************************************************** Below… For All Your Travel Needs Bowls Today at Cabarita Beach but to sure who I am playing with yet.
***************************************************************************************** I managed to get a Game with Super Skip Ricky (Wicky) Maunders. I don't know what it is apart from the constant swirling wind but i cannot bowl here as well as i bowl everywhere else. Might be just a state of mind as when I come here it is purely for the social side and have no concentration whatsoever and Generally don't give a Flying Duck... Thats why today I decided to Lead. 1st game was a good one against Jack McCarval and Billy Mackenzie. It was tight all way but 3rd last end we dropped a 4 to put us 3 behind when Bill played a Bomb after head had changed numbers times. On the last end and needing 3 to tie, Billy was heavy and sliced Jack to us for 3 with his last bowl, Ricky cool as a radish made it 4 (by a centimetre from being out of bounds) for a Magic win 14-13. Well deserved. Good Fun game.. We would have lost on ends in a draw. 2nd game against Martin Fletcher and Danny Vegter. Another good game but Dannys Drives were the difference in the game as we went down 8-12 in last 2 ends. Nice and Warm at Cabarita… Pennant starts April and I will see that out here and will just play social on occasional Mondays and will just stay Members in Gold Coast. Mal Aligich and I will have another go at the Pairs after a good run last year to go out in 1/4 Finals. Today we play Mar Waitai and Grant Ingham…….
***************************************************************************************************************** A Nice Sunny day with a tricky but nice breeze. We played well early on Long ends and were up 12-5 but once they got on short ends, we held shots but it made it easier for them to convert and they slowly came back at us to lead 12-17. A 3 on the 18th end when Grant Drew 2 close to Jack and I had a Drive and put Jack in the Ditch, I had the Shits with the way we had lost 8 ends in a row, not as we had bowled bad but Grant and Mar played very well. We Got a 3 which made it 15-17. We held 2 shots on 19th end when we had last bowl and I asked Mel to swing in and take Mars bowl out for 4 or 5 shots. He played an almost Bomb but snicked the Bowl which was Jack high and turned it in for shot and we dropped a 1 so now 15-18. On 20th end down 2 on the head, Mel was unlucky again and a beaut shot just fell wrong way and we dropped a 2 so down 15-20. Last end and needed a 5 to get an extra end, We had bowls behind the head and Mel trailed it back for the 5 we needed before Mar with his last bowl got 2nd shot and it was impossible to take out as wedged in. Mel tried with his last for a miracle but took our shot out and we finished a good game 15-21 down.. I was annoyed half way through the game when I found out that evidently it was expected that the winners play Round 3 today. Our game was 2nd Round and set down for 1pm start but I had arranged it for everyone at 10am so as to get afternoon free. On the sheet it stated that Round 3 and 4 would be 13th March 2016, I had made arrangements for important meeting so there was no way I was playing if we had won in the morning so might have caused a problem. As it was we lost and problem solved but won't be bringing any more games forward if I play here. When They are Set on the Sheet, Thats when I will be playing them. Alan Elliott and I are 4 from 6 wins.. Overall we must win again today to stay up top and get to the finals..
****************************************************************************************************************** Alan and I had a Great win against Ron Ward and Michael 26-14. Had a Great Start and up 14-0 after ends which made it easy to back off. They came back at us but we were too strong and played well on the day Caine Burns had a very tough game but got up 31-24 in the end Joe Cacace Fours went down to a Very good Fours Side 15-20. Another Great team win and keeps is on top... |
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