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Jean Mc
Feb 6, 20232 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Feb 5, 20231 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Feb 4, 20231 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Feb 3, 20231 min read
A lonely, wet rollup at Geelong RSL
We went to the Geelong RSL for our first Geelong rollup. We got there and it started to pour with rain so we had a drink instead. There...
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Jean Mc
Feb 3, 20231 min read
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....
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Jean Mc
Feb 1, 20232 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Jan 29, 20231 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Jan 28, 20231 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Jan 25, 20232 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Jan 24, 20231 min read
A very short rollup at City Oval Bowling Club
We had a quick rollup at City Oval Bowling Club. When we arrived we met Leigh and Margery who'd just lost at Pennants. They sorted us out...
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Jean Mc
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Met some funny people at Sebastopol
We dropped in to Sebastopol Bowling Club on Sunday arvo to put our names down. They told us to call Monday. We did and got into a triples...
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Jean Mc
Jan 22, 20231 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Jan 22, 20231 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Jan 20, 20232 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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...
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Jean Mc
Jan 18, 20231 min read
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....
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Jean Mc
Jan 17, 20231 min read
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...
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