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 monthly Fours. Mal rang, spoke to Winston and got us in.
When we arrived we sat and chatted with Joy and Margaret.
There were teams there from Daylesford, Kyneton, Creswick, Memorial, Smeaton, Kangaroo Flat, Mt Xavier, City Oval and Ballarat., We caught up with Mal who we rolled up with at Memorial the other day.
We played Fours. Two games of 12. There were 18 teams in all. Scoring was ten points for a win and a point for each end. It costs just $15 and we get sandwiches for lunch and cheese and bickies afterwards. (A stubbie and a wine costs $7.70).
Our team was Adrian lead then Jean, Lois (who skips Division Two) and skip Mal. 1st game against lead Roger, Brian, Allan and skip Hotze from Kangaroo Flat.
(Allan, Hotze, Brian, Lois, Mal, Adrian Jean and Roger)
The green was damp and slow.
We all bowled well but Lois was the star. Mal did some great skip shots to save our bacon. Jean struggled with weight. It took a lot of muscle to get it up there. She nailed the grass. We won the first game 14 to 3.
(Lois takes shot)
Second game was against a Daylesford/Ballarat team with Joy, Barry, Garry and Winston. We all went off the boil. Grass had changed. If we got shot, Barry or Winston took it off.
(Barry, Winston, Joy and Lois)
We lost 10-17 and went inside for beer, wine, cheese and bickies and an ice-cream.
(Adrian enjoys his ice-cream)
Overall 2-game winners were City Oval with runners up Smeaton.
It was nice to hear the players talking about their childhoods on farms. Jean chatted with the Creswick boys. The guy she spoke with said they don't play there any more because it got flooded a year ago and they haven't recovered.
Daylesford Monthly Fours - great format!
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