I watched a bit of the roll-up at the club today and it was obvious that as well as trying to play well, the bowlers were having a lot of fun.
On rink 1 were three players, two club members and a college pupil, each doing his best to beat the others but also appreciating the skill each brought to their game. It was interesting having a chat to the boy’s mother who called in for a time to watch some of the play. She told me that his older sister, Jesse-Ana Harris, had encouraged him to try the game.
Jesse-Ana with Laura Playford, won the Secondary Schools Bowls Pairs back in 2007, so it was great to see the family continuing with their interest in the game. He would have received a lot of encouragement from Fred and Brian and also some from our voice from the bank!!
Brian ge ts his bowl, the boy delivers and Fred keeps his eye on play.
On a far rink, loud cheering was coming from the non-bowling end where two players, resting on the seat while their skip did the necessary work, showed their appreciation of the bowl arriving at the head.
One of the skips was really keen to let his players know that his /her bowl was short, not in the traditional way but by climbing up on one of the seats on the bank, raising the arm high, to show a truer indication of the extent of the ‘shortness’ . – You know what I mean!
I understand that the conversations during the afternoon covered all sorts of topics, some of which opened the eyes of the lady players. Nothing more to be said on that topic.
Colin and Grace cheer loudly – even Bob (who is a little hard of hearing)
heard the applause from across the other green.
So it was a good day at the club, but results from the Centre’s Mixed Fours played at Paraparaumu Beach Club, were not so good, both our teams winning only one game so not qualifying for further rounds.
And to finish the day, some rain has fallen, certainly needed around the country.