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A yucky "Old Synthetic' at Colac City Bowling Club
We went to the Colac Bulla factory. There was a sign to say they are refurbishing and one could buy goods from Coles. Where's the fun in...
Jean Mc
Mar 4, 20232 min read
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Rolled up for Division One Pennants champions at Colac Central Bowling Club
We're only in Colac for one night so we came late in the day for a rollup at Colac Central Bowling Club. We came in to ask if we could...
Jean Mc
Mar 4, 20231 min read
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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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A two-end rollup in the Rain at Smeaton.
We arrived at Smeaton Bowling Club and were welcomed by Rhonda who told us she's been bowling for 50 years. She started when she was 20....
Jean Mc
Feb 3, 20231 min read
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Long-awaited game at Webbcona
We put our names down last week to play at Webbcona but had a clash with Daylesford. We met some nice people there and couldn't wait to...
Jean Mc
Feb 1, 20232 min read
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No welcome at Midlands Golf and bowls club
We were told by some Midlands players there is always someone at the club to roll up with after 4pm. That wasn't our experience. The club...
Jean Mc
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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An uneventful rollup at Wendouree that Mal won
When we arrived at Central Wendouree Bowling Club Margaret, who was in a committee meeting, came out to greet us. We met when we were...
Jean Mc
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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Ballarat East let us roll up
We got to Ballarat East for a rollup and met Craig who told us the green was closed due to the rain we had last night. Craig said he's...
Jean Mc
Jan 29, 20231 min read
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Buninyong - the prettiest place to bowl
We met (and drew with) some boys from Buninyong at Victoria Club yesterday. They told us to come on Friday arvo and there'd be heaps of...
Jean Mc
Jan 28, 20231 min read
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Fours for Australia Day at Victoria Bowling Club
When we drove around to the city clubs on Monday some people from Victoria Bowls Club told us about their annual Australia Day Fours...
Jean Mc
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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A great game of Fours at Daylesford
When we were out and about on Monday Mal struck up a conversation with a bloke from Daylesford who wrote down contact details for their...
Jean Mc
Jan 25, 20232 min read
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Ballarat Memorial- some good new bowlers
We only found out about Memorial Bowling Club yesterday when we met some Pennant players. We decided on a Sunday rollup there. When we...
Jean Mc
Jan 22, 20231 min read
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Div One Pennants at Ballarat Bowling Club
We'd visited most of the clubs within the city limits today to find out about social bowls. We put our names down at a couple. The only...
Jean Mc
Jan 22, 20231 min read
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Mt Xavier - a triples game with the President
After we settled in at the caravan park we took off for a rollup at the close-by Mt Xavier Golf and Bowls club. When we arrived, there...
Jean Mc
Jan 20, 20232 min read
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Our last game at South Bendigo
Our last Bendigo club was South Bendigo for Nominated Jackpot Pairs on Thursday afternoon. We were told by Arthur at Strathfieldsaye to...
Jean Mc
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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Jean Practises weight at Strathfieldsaye
Two clubs said on their websites they play Wednesday afternoon. We tried to ring both to put our names down. No luck - so we drove out....
Jean Mc
Jan 18, 20231 min read
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Great rollup with excellent players at Marong
So when we went to Woodbury we met some guys from Marong. We communicated with them via Facebook and they told us to come Tuesday for a...
Jean Mc
Jan 17, 20231 min read
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Bendigo VRI - bowling train drivers
VRI is the Victorian Railway Institute. Jean rang Monday and left a message to put our names. We didn't hear back but decided to turn up...
Jean Mc
Jan 17, 20232 min read
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More Pennants at Woodbury
We went to Woodbury for a rollup. They had a catch up Pennant game going on when we turned up. Unusual for a Monday. It was mid-week...
Jean Mc
Jan 16, 20231 min read
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Pennants on at Eaglehawk
We forgot that Saturday is the first day of Pennants for the region. We turned up at Eaglehawk and watched the second half of the twos...
Jean Mc
Jan 14, 20231 min read
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