Gold Coast Marathon is on today anyway so traffic for the weekend will be a nightmare.
Not Bowling Today.
Gold Coast Marathon is on today anyway so traffic for the weekend will be a nightmare.
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Tony Edwards and I to play outdoors (Weather Permitting) as Boxing on Indoor Green all week..
****************************************************************************************************** We played against Ray Trewern and Red Edwards today and had a great game. Red would have been pulling his hair out (If he had any) at some of the "My No Luck Shots". Tony and I got out to a great lead with absolutely no luck whatsoever in the first few ends but Red made some brilliant conversions although Ray helped with some good lead bowls and they came back at us but our winning margin with 32-21 was probably a little flattering There were no wrong Biases or Stick Throwing just good bowls played on the top green which ran pretty good for morning bowls. Things looking up Greenwise now in time for August 2 Day Classic Pairs . Wayne Krohns and I played Alan Wood and Graeme Landon and had a Great Start and were up 25-7 before we dropped a 7 and 4 in successive ends. They picked up their game although they were not playing too badly but we were playing pretty well and getting some good conversions.. Anyway, ended up 26-20 and a good fun game with some good bowls played all round..
STUFFED UP DATE - SHOULD BE 28TH AND WONT LET ME CHANGE IT. George Horley and I played against Cliff Edmunds and Sandy Wallace (S.A) and had a good game but at 7 ends and down 6-8, Dropped a 7 and a 4 and it was All over Red Rover… Tried to stay with it but spasmodic bowls by me and they played pretty well but we went down 11-28. Nice to Play against Sandy for the 1st time and have a good chat...
Joe Cacace and I Started well on the Nicely Running Southport Greens Today.
1st game against Ian Boyd and Keith Mackintosh we had all our own way and the score should have been a lot better but we dropped 2 x 5's. We won 20-12. 2nd game against Trevor Feast and Tony Cockrill, We had a good lead early but lost last 5 ends and lost the game after some unlucky results and also some good bowls from Trevor and Tony. A couple of missed opportunities to get numbers also cost us.. 3rd game and we were a bit flat. Played Steve (Crackles) Rice and Dave Cook. Play ok first few ends and 6-6 after 5, We dropped a 5 and went back from there. Lost 12-21. Green Slower than Top green where we had first 2 games and never got any quicker and was not as accurate as I was in 1st 2 games. Anyway a Good Fun day and enjoyed it… Was nice to see Ralph Hunt and Red Edwards there and they had 2 Massive wins and a Narrow Loss but performed Very well.. Ohh. Thats Right, Ralph reminded me about a Dozen times not to forget that RED had a "Ralphy"... 6 Months for Christmas…. God No Not Again….
Not Bowling Today although there is an All Day Triples at Southport as Part of the Southport Bowls Carnival… I am doing a trip this morning to Broadbeach Bowls Club to get my name down for a Game on Tuesday Morning Open PAIRS with George Horley… Give My Sons car a run while he is away in Europe... Looking forward to our Holiday too hawaii next month for 3 Weeks in hawaii including a 7 day Cruise on Pride of America around Hawaiian Islands Not Bowling Today.
Grandkids to Feed Lorokeets at Currumbin and WingyDarts at Coolangatta in the morning..\ Beautiful Day on the Gold Coast. Home by Lunch time and had the Best Sausage Sandwiches at Kingscliff Markets (Lions Club). You have to Try them... Sold 3 Sets Bowls again today and 2 Bowls Bags. Down below 20 Sets again… Yes….. George Horley (Free Willy New Nickname) and I had 2 games today.
1st against Ken (Scoop) and John Hilton. George was on fire first end with his 1st 3 bowls within a foot of Jack but Ken and John made short work of that and we dropped a 4 on 1st and 3rd ends. Chasing game and after 10 ends and were down 7-12 needing 5 for a draw and holding 3 with 1 bowl to play. A Maximum 4 was all I could get so Holding 3, I had a Run but could not get the shots needed. Went down 8-12. 2nd game against Les Keen and Alex Sabar. Good Friendly game and More chatting that bowling and we were 11-12 and holding shot before Alex removed our Shot bowl which would have given us a draw, and he got a 5 so we went down 11-17. Nie weather and Greens ran well although strange runs on Middle Green. Not Down for a Game as I never know what they are going to play. Will see when I get there if they are short but plenty of things to do if I don't get a game… Will Only Play PAIRS… ******************************************************************************************************************* Merv Austin and I managed to get a Game together and a Ripper we had too. We played against Colin Bray and Peter Day and had a great close game with some brilliant bowls and heads. At 19-19 on last end we prevailed and held a 3 to win 22-19 but could have gone either way. We were down 7-14 on 11th end when we managed to snare a 6 which bought us back into the game. A Great Trail by Merv for the 6… Meanwhile, Eruptions when Ray Trewern had a Wrong Bias on Rink 1. Red made sure we all knew about it… Another First too…. RALPH….. Before we started, Ralph was as Pissed as a Parrot. Noel Gray loaded him with Glass after Glass of Red Wine… It was amazing that he never had any "Ralphies" Like the One at Coolangatta in the Australian Open OR the Rolling of Opponents Bowl during another Australian Open Game (Peter Leons)… Well Done Buddy.
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