A different day altogether for playing the Men’s Handicap Singles Post- Section, sunny and hardly any wind – what a contrast to yesterday. Nine had qualified and play started with a game between Joe Wnek and Jim Bagnall, the later winning  21-13. The next round saw wins going to Ken Hayward, Rob Cotter, Omeka and Jim again, all with clear …

Saturday, 6 October 2012                      (Click photos to enlarge your view of them.)   We got underway at 9.00am this morning; it looked quite nice from inside the pavilion, but once outside, we faced a very strong and gusty wind which caused all players problems throughout the day. Three rounds were …

We only managed a few ends at this afternoon’s roll-up. The Tararuas were covered with dark cloud and to the west, we could see cloud building up. In our game with the score at four all, we saw that Moutere Hill was disappearing as the rain headed our way, so we quickly called the game finished, got our bowls back …

Two teams to Foxton Beach Club and two to Shannon to play the first round in this season’s Rotary. The sun shone off and on and the cold wind was quite persistent and gusty, making accurate bowling quite difficult at times. The club did quite well, winning 3 of the 4 games at each club. A good start for this …

A sunny but windy day saw a good turnout to the roll-up at the club this afternoon. As well, three teams played at Central Levin in their monthly men’s gala, something we have supported for many years.  We each had some success e.g.. my team had 1 win out of the four games, Fred had 2 and Murray’s did best …

Yesterday, post section play in the Balloted Pairs started at 10am, two games in the Men’s and Women’s sections. Because I was playing, I was not able to watch other games, but scorecards give some indication on how things went. Christine and Joan surely went well in their match against Lodzia and Ginny, the final score at 18-4.  Bronwyn and …

A full green today saw the start of the Balloted 2x4x2 Pairs – eight men’s and eight women’s pairs taking part on the cotula green. Three rounds were scheduled with teams having to win at lest two games to qualify for post section Games started at 9.00am; when the first round finished around 11.00am, lunch was taken then Rnd 2 …

Another good day for playing the Balloted Triples on the fine looking cotula green. Two men’s games and one semi final women’s game were played in the morning. Dianne Short with Dawn Dales and Maree Anstis faced Susan Boxall, Joan Hayward and Diana McGill and after 7 ends the score was level at 4 all but then Susan’s team went …

Today saw the beginning of the season’s Championships, The Men’s and Women’s Balloted Triples each with six teams To qualify, a team had to win at least two out of three games. My knowledge regarding games played is based largely on the scorecards which do reveal some interesting facts, but in particular, I can report on my team’s games in …

A lovely morning to start the 2 bowls, 2 ends Gala this morning as can be seen in the photo. The draw had been made and the ‘games’ got started; play two ends, record the result and start on the next – with fifteen game to be played in all. Little time in each game for mistakes; if down two …