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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 27, 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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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...
Jean Mc
Jan 24, 20231 min read
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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...
Jean Mc
Jan 23, 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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North Bendigo - let's watch the singles final
We came to North Bendigo because we were told we could get someone to roll up with after 4pm. Trouble was there was a singles final on...
Jean Mc
Jan 14, 20231 min read
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A missed game at Kangaroo Flat
We went over to Kangaroo Flat on Monday to put our names down for Thursday and rocked up. Apparently they had rung Mal to say it was...
Jean Mc
Jan 13, 20231 min read
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Maldon, a young and friendly club
Mal rang at 8:15 and spoke with Peter the President to put our names down for a 9:45 start. It took 30 minutes to drive there from Maiden...
Jean Mc
Jan 10, 20232 min read
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Nobody home at Bendigo
We went to Bendigo Bowls Club twice. Neither time was the club open. So we left. The website said there is Jackpot Pairs on Monday. We...
Jean Mc
Jan 10, 20231 min read
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Jean Scrounges out a win at Campbell's Creek
We arrived at Campbell's Creek at 10:40 because the website said there was social bowls at 11. Alas, still on holidays. As we arrived we...
Jean Mc
Jan 8, 20231 min read
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Bendigo East - a quiet rollup
We decided to roll up at Bendigo East. They told us at another club they were a bit toffy-nosed. We didn't believe that but decided a...
Jean Mc
Jan 8, 20231 min read
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