At last back to real bowls with my own team... Keith Farrelly (Broadbeach) playing with me today and we should go well. His 1st time in Competition the carpet here.
1st game against Bruce McKenzie and Warrick Gorden (Mt Gravatt). Keith and I played great bowls to win 13-9 over the 14 ends. I played one of the best bowls ever with a drive that won the game on the 9th end. At 6-6 I drove thru a 6" gap as straight as a die to take 2 bowls out for a 4 and a game winning lead. 2nd game we played Bob Davis and Fred Barnes. We were up 7-3 in a tough game but lost 6 successive ends to great bowls from Bob and Fred. Freds drives were once again match winning and we went down 8-11 in a top quality game. 3rd and final gamm against Marv Cobb and Ken Wilson. Once again we played well and held numerous shots but fell fo some great bowls from there two, especially Ken. We were beaten 8-15. A great days bowls and far more enjoyable that the weekend Fours. Anyone who doesnt come here and get a good game there is something wrong. Best Comp on the Coast. Keith enjoyed his day here and played some great bowls. A good day by all. Andrew McDonald, Myself, J.T Gray and Abdul Latif hit the greens again for 2 games.
The last time I bowl with Drinkers.. Played Paul Earls (Ocean Shores) team in the 1st game. They had not won a game yet done no wrong against us and we were hammered 9-22. I played 2nd. Played ok, we all did. Final game against Jeromes team from Murwillumbah and another thrashing 5-23. I was lead this time and had bowls almost every end with a foot but their 3rd was dynamic and changed the head almost every end. Latif tried to hold us together but difficult after alcohol set in some places. Next time!!!!!.. Serg, Myself, J.T and Abdul Latif (Sub Andrew McDonald Join Forces for this 2 day Fours event.
Latif Skippled the 1st game and we struck the Pine Rivers team with Skip Alex Murtagh. We played well and twice held 5 shots and were both killed by Alex. Went down 10-20 chasing the win. 2nd game J.T Skipped and we won 19-12 against Luke side from South Tweed. All played ok. 3rd game Latif had to go to work and I skipped and we went down 11-16 to Joe Mills (Redland) side and Patchy (Helensvale) made some super draw bowls to pip us out. The last game I was so uninspired. The game took hours with many kills and having to wait for ages while player went for Beers. God... Why do we play Fours. So glad when it was over. Serge played well all day and he wont be with us tomorrow as work but we ill play hard in last 2 games. Grant Osborne and I played Ainsley Hewitt (New Member from UK) and George Parker. Ainsleys 1st game fo 5 years but is an indoor specialist from the UK. He played well but we won 25-12 in a good game which we could never get away from them. Played fairly well with some disruptions !!!..
Phil Capon and I had a great win and played very well against Don Hume and Glen Bryan on a wonderful back green. We won 26-16 although were up 10-0 after 2 ends and 13-0 after 5 ends. We then lost 6 ends and led 13-10 but managed to regroup and forged ahead again. Phil played great bowls and I was very happy with my game too. Will do it again in 2 weeks here.
Latif and I played in this tornament today. 5 games 15 ends. 1st 3 games to determine top 4 and then sections. Our 1st game against Richard Kessinger and John Millington and slow greens with horrid shifting wind. We won 12-7 over the 15 ends and played pretty well. Richard and John Struggled. 2nd game against Gerry ( Bangalow) and Darren Townsend (Pottsville) and a 21-6 win. 3rd game we only had to win to get into top section. We played against 2 locals Kevin Hall and Jim Banks. They played pretty well and edged us out 8-13 in a good hard game. We were in 2nd section and 4th game we played Richard Kessinger and John Millington Again and beat them again 14-9 and once again played well and they did'nt. 5th and last game against Ian Turnbull and Derek Hopps. Good hard game and we went down 11-14 on the last end. Good day but very tricky.
2nd Day with Mario Azzopardi and Brian Lamb. Start 7th place and MUST win bowl games.
Well, We played a mixed team from Local areas and went out to a 12-2 lead again but they played well as expected, Ray Jones (South Lismore) Ian Locke (Lennox Head) and Graham Higgins. We ended on a 16-16 draw which was a fair result. We all played well and the greens ran so much better today. Last game we won 36-15 against Ray, Gary and Jason from Alstonville. Just missed his game by 1 shot. A good weekend |
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