Filling in for Bob Brown today with John McLean so should be fun.
We played against Barry Alderdice and Frank Vesco. They played very well especially Barry who said he has been off his game lately and this was unusual for him. Anyway… John back from Holidays did not play too badly and I went ok although a lot of on shots as somehow always seem to be down on the head. Never had any luck either, All holes found and run of the jack went against us. Went down 14-33. Oh Well. W.G.A.F. Only G.A.F in All dayers Now… Not social. Lost by 1 or 100 still lose. No Bowls Today. Nice quiet day shopping.
Brian Lamb and I Got flogged today by Pauline and Bill Mahoney from Melbourne. We started slow on slow green although windy seemed ok but I had no idea. 3 hard days of Comp and back to Social. Harder I tried, worse I got and Brian was not much better but the opposition loved it. Went down 10-29. Not to worry, Always next game.. Still sore and sorry from last 3 days so tomorrow off for sure.
Brian Lamb and I have to win all 3 today to have a chance of Prize Money. 2 from 3 yesterday and should have been 3 but the gods were not with us in the 1st game.
******************************************************************************************************************* Great weather again today. 1st game against Bev Dean and Malcolm Dean from Horsham Victoria. We had a good hard game but bowled very well to win 18-6. Probably the best game I have played for weeks. 2nd game against Tom Hanning and Billy Burgess. These 2 pushed Geoff Hawkins in the last game until the last few ends and were a real pain to us to. We were Down 5-10 after 10 ends we fought hard and came back to win 14-11 in a terrific game. Billy had a 8 shot turn around when we held 6 and he put the Jack in the ditch with his Magic Bowling arm, 3rd and final game.. Kevin Mattimore and Noel Ridgewell. Another hard game and we were locked even almost the whole game and 9-9 going into the last end. Last end…. We held 7 shots within 600 mm and they had 5 Bowls about 6 ft behind. Last Bowl of the day from Noel Ridgewell, almost full length. He found a gap about 1 1/2 bowls wide and somehow trailed the Jack for 5. Game Over…… Probably had a place with 5 wins as most teams lost 1 game. Finished with Nothing but a Nightmare Memory every time I see Noel in future. Will never forget that shot.. Oh Well Great 2 days Bowls.. Brian Took it really well.. He was in car and away within 2 minutes. I of course waited for him to drive out of the drive way before I send him an SMS saying Simple NO LUCK Shit… Playing with him tomorrow Brian Lamb and I back together again after a Days break for Brians Pennant yesterday for Broadbeach which they won comfortably. See how we go in this 2 day event.
Overnight showers will have an effect on the greens. ****************************************************************************************************************** 1st game against Rose and Ian Dickinson from N.Z. I played pretty well and so did Rose but it was Ian that made the difference with some great trails and saves which kept us chasing almost all game. We went down 8-16 although result could have gone our way if we had the luck. 2nd game against Craig Lancombe and Mar Waitai (Broadbeach) we had a good win 17-6. 3rd game against Paul and Brian we won 16-9. Good days Bowls and Greens although slower ran very well. Must win all 3 tomorrow. Would like to have been skipping today. John Ritchie and I play PAIRS together today for the 1st time. 3 Games 13 Ends. Some Good Teams here today with Ballina bringing a bus load of Teams too.
Queensland play their Pennant Rd 1 today and all my usually partners are involved but I have no interest in Pennant so for the 2nd year running I have opted out but not being a Member of a Queensland Club, Just a Member of Cabarita. Had a Chiropractor Appointment yesterday and my adjustment never went as planned and had a restless night and back is so stiff this morning. Up at 4.30am watching Commonwealth games. ********************************************************************************************************************* Great days Bowls again. Came 5th Overall and Won another $60. John Ritchie and I played very well together. John, from Kingscliff is a Good Lead Bowler who led many year for Kelvin Kerkow. Was not far off the money all day today and made my job a lot easier. 1st game against Billy Parr and John Morton (Cabarita). Had a good 13-7 shot win although could have been more but for Johns saves. 2nd game against Ian Turnbull and Steve Halmai. We were down 2-7 after 7 ends but came back strongly to lead 9-7 after 11. I dropped a 3 after failing to cut down with my last bowl and we went to last end down 9-10. 1 down on the head with my last bowl and a on shot from me removed their shot bowl and I sat there for 4 shots. We won that one 13-10. Nice game to win. 3rd and final game against a team from Ballina Mick O'Reilly (Fingers) and John Condong who had been beaten buy 11 and 17 shots in other 2 games and had nothing to lose. We fought hard and won 15-6 but only a 5 on the last end gave us some kind of margin. 3 Wins but no Margin. Ray Rickard and Nick Septovitch won 3 Wins plus 33. We were 3 Wins plus 18 so managed 5th place. Played Pretty well today and would love to be given the chance to skip a rink for Cabarita Beach in the Division 2 Play Offs in Port MacQuarie in 2 weeks but doubt that will happen. Day Off Bowls Today to do some things I have been putting off.
Latif and I had a great game against Val Jackson and Barry Jackson. Latif using a New Set Size 5H Redline SRV and had 3 wrong Bias in first 5 ends. We were down 2-9 but fought back and at 16-16 on 16th end we got a 6. We held on to win 23-22 in a fine game all round.
Morning - Boot Camp for our State Pennant Team Playoffs . Slow Green Not enthusiastic but at least we had a get together.
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