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Roll up at deserted Mentone
Jean's Thermomix broke down again so she had to take it all the way to Moorabbin for service. While we waited we decided to find a club...
Jean Mc
Mar 3, 20231 min read
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Great company and hospitality at Portarlington
Mal kept on his quest to ring all the clubs to find out when they have social bowls. Yesterday Portarlington rang him back to say they...
Jean Mc
Mar 1, 20232 min read
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A little rollup at Queenscliff
No games anywhere on Tuesday so decided to go for a rollup at Queenscliff which doesn't seem to have social bowls. It's actually QBT&C....
Jean Mc
Feb 28, 20231 min read
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Barwon Heads- a big game at a little club
We were supposed to go to Colac this week before heading north to Mildura but we have to wait around Geelong to pick our new mattress. We...
Jean Mc
Feb 27, 20232 min read
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Point Lonsdale welcomes Malcolm
Thursday Jean had to hang around for the guys to put in the new caravan air conditioner. Jean went out to Point Lonsdale during the week...
Jean Mc
Feb 24, 20232 min read
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Torquay by the ocean
Jean went online last week to put our names down because we'd been told it was hard to get a game with so many members. We've been in...
Jean Mc
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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At Anglesea Mal lost the line and weight
We took the weekend off to hang out with Jean's cousin Jenny. On Sunday Jean rang Anglesea to put our names down for Monday. We drove 25...
Jean Mc
Feb 20, 20232 min read
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Nice game at 34° in Ocean Grove
Mal was given instructions to ring all the clubs we'll visit in Victoria over the next month to find out when they play social bowls....
Jean Mc
Feb 16, 20232 min read
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We had a ball at Belmont!
We came to Belmont last week to buy some shirts for my Friend Jonathan Knight. It was the closest club to our caravan park so we really...
Jean Mc
Feb 15, 20232 min read
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A Valentines Day rollup at Highton
When we went to Pennants Saturday before last we met Sue and son Ash from Highton. Sue is the proud Mum of a young son who, with his...
Jean Mc
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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Four teams play triples at Geelong Bowling Club
When we visited Geelong Bowling Club on Friday - after our Lara disaster - we met Laurie and Reno who invited us to play on Monday....
Jean Mc
Feb 13, 20232 min read
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No Bell Post Hill - let's try Norlane
Again when we were out and about for Pennants last week we put our names down for a Sunday mixed pairs game at Bell Post Hill. It took us...
Jean Mc
Feb 12, 20231 min read
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We watched Bareena play Premier League on Saturday
We had a day off today. We decided to go to City of Geelong Bowls Club to watch the Premier League. When we were at Bareena on Wednesday...
Jean Mc
Feb 11, 20232 min read
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Two good triples teams at Geelong Cement
Last week at Pennants we put our names down to play today at Geelong Cement. We arrived just after 11:30 for a 12:30 start. When we...
Jean Mc
Feb 10, 20232 min read
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Not welcome as visitors to Lara Vic
We had a look at our spreadsheet and worked out that Lara, 30 minutes north-east of Geelong, is one of the few places with a game on...
Jean Mc
Feb 9, 20231 min read
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Bareena is 110!
When we were at Bareena on Saturday we put our names down for Wednesday. Daryl rang Mal to confirm and told us to ask for him. We met...
Jean Mc
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Mal wins again - of course - at Eastern Park
We went to City of Geelong and Belmont in the morning to buy some shirts for my Canadian friend Jonathan Knight. Afterwards we went to...
Jean Mc
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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We broke our golden rule and came back to Geelong RSL
When we were out and about at Pennants on Saturday we met Jerry from RSL and told him about our experience at RSL. He said "You need to...
Jean Mc
Feb 6, 20232 min read
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Snakes on the green at Winchelsea
We drove 25 minutes to Winchelsea for a rollup and arrived at 11. There was not a soul there. We found a list for a game of triples...
Jean Mc
Feb 5, 20231 min read
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Take lots of grass under the dome at City of Geelong
We did our (now customary) drive around the city clubs during Saturday Pennants to find out about social bowls and put our names down at...
Jean Mc
Feb 4, 20231 min read
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