No Bowls Today. Nice for a few days off.
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Playing with Gordon Simms Today now that he has retired. Looking forward to it.. Hope weather is good.
****************************************************************************************************************** Weather was ok. Green Ran fairly well seeing as it was damp. We played against Jim Suttie and Kim Harlow and had a really good and close game up until the 17th end when we got a 4 and 6 to give us a good win 27-15 but until then it was anyones game. I was a bit erratic but played a few good shots and draws. Gorden played well all day. Jim and Kim also played well with some really good shots. Good Fun Day. Could be my last game here If I find the Greens are not handling my bowls well. For the last few weeks I have bowled very well everywhere except here and blame myself but tomorrow is the test to see if it is me or the Grass Surface at Cabarita.
*************************************************************************************************************** Brian Lamb and I played here today and Greens were so slow. Disappointed. 1st game against Lou Beckman and Dave Bennett (South Tweed) on the Slowest Damp Green. They handled it a lot better than us and beat us 8-17. I was so short and really cheesed off. Lou and Dave played some good bowls that got us early. We got back to 6-9 before dropping a 4 and ending the fightback. 2nd game we played Bill Davey and Ron McCaulley and won the first 3 ends for an 8-0 lead before losing the next 5 ends to be down 8-9 before winning last 5 ends for an 18-9 win. The fire had gone out after the 1st loss. Last game we played the leading team Gary (Lennox Head ) and Gavin ( Byron) and they played some really good bowls early and we were down 3-14 after 9 ends but we came home strongly and went down 10-14 and gave them a scare towards the end. Happy with my game in last as by then I had learnt to drive to draw. Oh Well, A nice break from Cabarita I think until they get decent Greens. Proved today it is not me as bowl well everywhere else. Latif and I had a good 31-6 win against Alan Crook and Michael Hoey on a slow wet green but true. Good Day and won the money +25. Looking forward to Tomorrow at Cabarita Beach All Day PAIRS but Greens will not be quick.
Matt Cowan and I will attempt to win together again. Last and Only time we played in this together about 3 years ago we actually won it.
******************************************************************************************************************* Well we had a good day. A good draw but still had to play well. 1st game against Neville Fox and Adam Taylor we won 14-7. We played ok but could I could have done a bit better. 2nd game against Peter and Aldo Cunial on rink 8, very tricky.. Had a straight forward game although a drive put us behind when i took out my 2nd shot and dropped a 4. 10-11 after 10 ends but we fought back to win on the last end when i drove into the ditch and sat on it and we managed a 2nd shot to win 14-13. 3rd and final game against the undefeated Brett Eade and John McVinish. Was 11-0 after 7 ends and we ended up winning 15-7 but John cost us winning the tournament with a drive into the ditch with his last bowl and we dropped a 2. We ended up 2nd, 1 shot overall behind Merv Cobb and Kim Harlow.. Great days Bowls and Matt Bowled very well with those Greenmaster Super 10's on the Carpet. Day off Bowls as busy weeks bowls coming up.
Southport or Broadbeach Pairs Seem to be the best 2 around for Satudays for Competitive Bowls.
Brian Lamb and I played here today at Southport. Overcast, showery and windy but greens ran well but did slow a little when it showered. We played Gerry Ruggeri and Ron Scamadine. Was a good game and the first 2 ends Brian found out how Good Ron plays where were were holding 5 and 6 shots and Ron drew or cut down constantly. We were down 4-12 and not playing too badly and staying in contention and we fought our way back to almost win on the last bowl. Down 13-15 and only 1 shot, Brian used the wind so sit out Gerrys 2nd shot for a 15-15 draw and almost got the 3 needed to win. Very tricky wind with tight Bowls and Gerry Found out that Aero Dynamic Hold out if you go a bit too wide. Good afternoon bowls and might play here Saturday afternoons…. Not Bowling Today. Maybe not til Monday. Will see what comes up.
Went to Mermaid Beach Bowls Club and Paul Hendricks New Bowls Shop is open and looks Great. A Mixed Day there today and 2 Full Greens. Shame they could not fill the 3 greens with suck a great tournament.. Playing with a Car Salesmen (Phil Capon) from Coombabah Today as his Partner, Tony Edwards is unavailable.
We played on the Top green and ran fairly well. Cold breeze this morning. We played Bill Rae and Graeme Lewis and had a good game and a 36-11 win. Was closer game than that but Phil and I did bowl very well and I made some terrific conversions from Skip. Need the Skip practice as a few games coming up where I will need to be skipping. Good Days Bowls.. No Money though. 2nd place was +27. We had +25… No Bowls Today but I will be at Southport early to see someone.
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