It’s not often that you have three players with the same name in a game, but today, it happened. Here we are just before the start of our game: Ian Averis, Ian Wenham, Ian Upston Ian and I played together, one Ian skipping, the other leading against Ian – try working that out!! We had a good game, though by …
Ditch Work
A working bee in action this morning, preparing the timber strips which are to be nailed to the top edge of the ditch around the cotula green. I called in mid-morning and it was pretty cold. Since getting back home, there has been a few showers and the forecast is not good for the rest of the day. A gala …
Roll-Up
The keen ones were out yesterday for a Saturday roll-up, the sun was shining encouraging us all to have a game of bowls. It was an afternoon of some really excellent play and showed some real skills from some players. The teams were ‘drawn’ (not sure that that was true, sorted might be a better word) and as it turned …
Close Finish
Three sections with 4 teams in each, played today to complete Day 2 of the Oxford Finance Mixed Triples Gala. The weather was good and the play very close. Three rounds were played and it turned out that no team won all their games today in any section. With a very high standard being played in most games, there was …
Work and Play
Saturday, July 17, 2010 Work and Play Trevor Turnbull and Michael Norris It is what makes clubs function, people busy doing things that need to be done and at the same time, having the opportunity for others to play. So it was today, people, both inside the clubroom and/or outside getting, the club ready for the two day tournament. As can be …
The Day Before
The forecast doesn’t look too bad for tomorrow when the two day Oxford Finance Mixed Triples tournament is due to start. I’m not sure how many teams Margaret has got registered but I’m hopeful that the green will be full. After lunch today, I was drawn to the club by a warm sun, so decided that a roll-up would be …
A Team Effort
A 9.30am start on a real frosty morning saw the two semifinal games get underway today. Alice, Rex and Murray got away to a good start in their game and by the 7th end, were leading 10-4, but that was the end of their run, losing their game against Joe, Steven and Lodzia, 16-10. On rink 2, I was playing with …
Day 1 Mixed Triples
Cold but fine start, sunny and then cool finish. At the end of the day, four teams had qualified and will play off tomorrow, starting at 9.30am. Qualifiers were: Alice and Rex Spicer and Murray Griffin who will play Joe and Lodzia Wnek and Steven Felgitscher Brian Thomson, Coral Mills and Omeka who will play Ian Wenham, Susan Boxall and …
Mixed Championship Triples Tomorrow
Nine o’clock start and 2 degrees forecast will make an interesting start to the day’s play. Eight teams have entered and you can see the draw on our website (http://www.levin.bowls.org.nz ) and later, I plan to have the qualifiers shown. Wrap up warm.
What Rain??
Many of today’s players had listened to the weather forecast and came prepared for stormy conditions. Instead it was like playing in summer, no jerseys or jackets, even sleeves rolled up, to enjoy a really pleasant day. We had a full green and we were pleased to welcome two teams from Shannon, one from Central and a composite team from …