BBC BROADCAST WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31st (Terry Norwood at the desk)
This a hurried and brief report being lodged before my wife and I head off for a couple of weeks cruising, so I won’t be using many words (thank goodness I hear the chorus chanting)!
For general information and reminders please refer to BBC Broadcast January 27th; they have barely changed.
Social Bowls Wednesday January 31st
Goodness, the end of January already! A fairly gloomy day greeted the twenty-nine bowlers who ventured onto the green on the 31st. A couple of ‘no shows’ made the organising and calling of the cards a bit of a challenge, but we got things rolling eventually. The weather was misty to begin with but cleared somewhat as the afternoon progressed and didn’t interfere too much with proceedings. Given the number of bowlers, the Match Committee organised three games of pairs and three of triples with a swing bowler in one of the triples games. Here is a very brief summary of events.
In the pairs match on rink 7, Russell Dunstan and Owen Williams took on Michael Hook and Mick Flynn. Team Williams was the winner, scoring nine shots on the last three ends to come from five behind to win 24 – 20. Wow, nine shots on the last three ends is impressive.
In the triples game on rink 8, Wal Marko, Terry Norwood and Stephen Day battled against Brian Bailey, Peter Flight and Gordon Lewis. The Lewis team was much too strong for the opposition with each member out-bowling his opposite number quite convincingly. The final score was 27 – 12, flattering the losers.
In the 18-ender, John Fleming, Neville Tanner and junior Cummins took on Keith Edwards, Bill Pope and Paul Rubie. After his absolute mauling last week, Paul had the last laugh today with a 13 – 11 victory. Ah, bowls is a frustrating business isn’t it junior? Is the Pope the secret to success?
In the pairs game between Paul McInerney / Charles Stewart and Col Stone / Bob Edwards, the bragging rights went to the Edwards team by 21 – 18. It must have been the two sets of black bowls that had the opposition blinded, although the card shows team Edwards got the ‘black bowl’ wobbles towards the end.
On rink 11, Shane Harvey was swing bowler to Graham Hunt and Robin Staples on the one hand and Harold Wall and Ian Crow on the other. In a dazzling display by team Crow, and much to their delight, they bested the opposition to the tune of 19 – 14. Ian ‘merlot, Cros, one knee, ricochet’ Crow was entitled to, yes, crow!
The final game was a pairs match in which Ted McPhee and Arnold Lenczuk took on Ian Duncan and Chris Forrester. In a storming finish, team Lenczuk came from 8 shots down on the fifteenth end to win by three at 24 – 21. “If we’re in front with one end to play . . . you win . . . er . . . I . . . “??
Adios amigos, see you in two weeks . . . now where is the sunscreen? You don’t need it in NZ dopey. Oh . . . did they mend the hole in the ozone layer? Yeah! Oh . . .