No Bowls Today. Busy Bowls week ahead….
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Not Bowling Today but might show up at Southport on Business around 12.30pm.
Rainy windy weather forecast so glad I am not bowling today. ************************************************************************************************************ Weather was Lovely as I watched them for a while. Greens running lovely and 3 full greens Many Bowlers here from Many Clubs, Robina, Broadbeach, Lots from Paradise Point have actually Joined here over the past month. Southport "The Happy Club" Prawn Day tomorrow have 120 Bowlers for their Prawn day Pairs, In fact many will have to play Triples as not enough room on the Greens. 20 Barefoot bowlers also booked in…. Barry Jones (Cabarita Beach) and I to play here today for a change. Hope the greens have dried out from the weeks rains. Usually run well here.
***************************************************************************************************************** 1st game on very quick greens on lovely sunny day against Andy and Jim we won 22-5 over the 13 ends and we both played very well. 2nd game against Kim and Geoff in the Winners we were down 0-12 after 4 ends but fought back strongly although eventually went down 10-18 but once again played pretty well. Hard to beat locals on their own greens and Kim was very strong with her Turbos and led very well, Great afternoon. Shame there were not more than 12 teams for their carnival but so much on everywhere else and poorly advertised, Not Bowling today as Fours at Paradise Point so will give that a Miss however I will be at Paradise Point on Bowls Business and see the Guys and whats happening. Hopefully playing Next Thursday with Reg Germon again. It was great to see Paradise Point Busy today with all the Fours players for the Australian Open on show. Weather was nice for a change this week. Today Paradise Point played Triples Indoor and Brownie and Ralph just 2 Rinks apart.
I heard the Roar from Surfers Paradise when Ralph let go a Wrong Bias… Go the Banana Ears , I mean Benders…. Ralph not lost his touch… Playing in Australian Open with Matt Cowan (Toowoomba). Hope I skip well for him but its forecast rain all day and heavy at times. I don't mind that if greens are true and a bit of pace. Will be a good day anyway.
**************************************************************************************************************** Shit Day weather wise. Greens ran very well considering all the rain. Nice to see Gold Coast Lawn still operating and very well run competition today. 1st game against Alan Pyke and young Alex Pyke from Sawtell Coffs Harbour. We got a good start and held them til half way til we dropped a 4 and slowly slipped from there. Heavy Greens not my speciality and Certainly not Matts. Alan Led well and I could not convert every end although played pretty well. Lost 10-17. 2nd game Once again played Kyle and Darren from Baulkham Hills in Sydney. Had them early but Matt struggled a bit with weight and we went down as I could not convert when needed. Down 9-16. 3rd Game against Peter and Kevin from Darra. Rained Hard in this game and Matt played really well but Kevin converted every end when we held but I never played well at all as found it hard to get to the head. Heart not really in this game as no way of qualifying. I was just thinking of home. Went down 7-19. Good Fun day but Pissed off with the weather. Hope its better for Port Macquarie when we go there together. I hate Phuking Rain, I hate Phuking Slow Greens. If I was in the UK and had to put up with what Grant has to put up with I would play Indoor Only… No Bowls for me today. Have plenty of Bowls work to do though. Sold 5 sets today and Posted and have to pay out peoples money. Have to pick up a set this morning from Broadbeach for selling also.
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Barry Jones and Charles Klaverstyn (T.M) will be in the side and we should have fun anyway. ************************************************************************************************************* Barry Jones. Myself and Charles Klaverstyn had a good afternoon here. Greens were ok but wind a bit tricky. 1st game against Barry, Peter Craven and Jim Cook. We won 18-6 and played pretty well throughout. 2nd game against Melbourne and Adelaide Visitors we went down 13-20 when they got a couple of big ends in the middle of the game. We were on a different Green and I was not as consistent as on the other Green. Barry Struggled and Charles also in parts but he has not played for 2 months and 4-5 months since played a lot. We went ok and enjoyed the day... Rainy weather forecast again. Glad I am not bowling today….
Broadbeach Very Busy this morning... No Bowls for me today.
Start of the Australian Open Singles. Never entered, could not be bothered with Singles. ****************************************************************************************************************\ Shit weather for the Singles. Such a shame after the nice weather we have had…. I am aching after 2 days but agreed to Skip a team from Cabarita in this event. The Idea to get teams used to each other for next years Pennant by playing Fours events.
John Ritchie, Ces Shepherd. Brian Moore and Myself will see how we go today. Weather Overcast, Showery and Blustery Wind. Will be fun. **************************************************************************************************************** Weather was patchy rain and overcast but playable on the slower good quality greens 1st game against Eddy Vuik Team. John Ritchie Led well for most part, Ces and Brian played fairly well but I was pretty loose. Were 10-10 after 14 ends and holding shot to win the game before Eddy managed to edge a bowl and get the winning shot and we went down 10-11 on last end. 2nd game against Ken Emuras team. 2 Visitors from Singapore and Ken and his lady from Japan. They had a big win in 1st game by 13 but we got out to a 9-1 lead after 4 ends before a disruption in the team caused lack of concentration and at 14 ends we were 16-16. Once again on last bowl we were down and I drew close and was told I had the shot but it was a measure. I should have gone to the head for a check and would have seen we were down so I stayed away from the head. They never played their last bowl and won 16-17. Once again I was spasmodic in performance 3rd game against Russell Liland team. Was neck and next most of the way again but this time we were all playing well. A change in team personal after disruption made better unity and at 12-12 on 13th end we got a 1 and was 13-12 up. Last end they were holding 2 shots with my last 2 bowls. Had a drive and just grazed shot bowl. My last Bowl had a drive and got kitty back for 6 near the ditch. Skip Bill drew the shot in a measure and we ended up a 13-13 draw. No Wins but a few things sorted out today. Some players are too temperamental and if they are playing pennant here next year, I probably am not. Unfortunatly Cabarita have No Skips and will struggled with the teams picked although all blokes are great fun and good ability, Need leadership which is not there. The 16 team squad system is not going to work in my opinion. There will be more fours comps coming up and will be interesting what happens. For a Start, I hate Fours, I hate Slow Greens. Today was a good fun day and personally I could not give a Flying Duck if we won or lost. Just wanted to play well for team mates and only 3rd game came good. |
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