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Was a Brilliant Day for Bowls although the Greens were a bit bare in places and tricky early until they got some speed.
Peter had SPS Syndrome today and Changed his name to Gladstone Small Revisited…
He was in pain all day and effected his bowls but he soldiered on and we had 4 Good Games. 4 game 3 Bowl Pairs 15 ends….
1st game against Jonanne Cunningham and Bruce (Jaffa) Tatmill (N.Z). Normally we would have probably beaten them but they played some good bowls a we never settled on the slower track.. Lost 8-15 in the 15 ends
2nd game against Mal Alagich and John Rafton, Peter played some good Bowls and I played well to beat these two 19-14. Was a good game…
3rd Game against David Dodge and Paul Watson. Played pretty well again for a 11-8 win although Paul was a little unlucky not to win it with his last bowl when he attempted to take out my shot bowls and we hung on for a well deserved win. Beating them kept them out of the money with their only loss.
4th Game against the Unbeaten team of Peter Elder and Jeff Watkins. we started well but a drive by Jeff to get a 5 swung the game from 4-3 to 4-8 and they never looked back. We went down 7-17 although played some good Bowls, They won 6 ends in a row to pull away.
Good days Bowls and if Peter had been 100% sure we would have challenged Latif (Who won again, This time with Roger Goodridge) and Jeff and Peter…
Next time… Great Days Bowls and Once again disappointed as only 20 teams and not much support from Mermaid Members at all.