We rang on Tuesday to get our names down for Wednesday at 1pm in Narrandera - The Redbacks.
Mal's been looking forward to visiting Narrandera because he has their spider shirt. We got up at 7:30, were ready to leave at 8:40 then the wheels fell off. We got the caravan stuck on the power and water poles.
When we started out we were two foot off but the van was going to hit the power pole as Mal drove forward so Jean told Mal to back back and straighten up. Did that a few times then got stuck. Mal's pretty good at driving and reversing the van but hasn't quite learnt exactly where to put the wheel.
Anyway a lovely fellow named Phil came along and helped. We unhooked the car, moved it and hooked back up and drove out. Phil. What a legend!
By 9:30 we were on the road to Narrandera. We stayed at the showground because it was just a 10 minute walk to the club.
Around 12 we met Pete, who Mal spoke to yesterday on the phone. It's supposed to be mixed but again Jean was the only girl. There were three games in all. One triples and two pairs.
Mal played skip in a triples game with lead Ken and Fred against Geoff (who got out of hospital that morning), Kevin and Skip John.
Mal discovered John was a state player and he said the other two couldn't put a bowl wrong. However Mal's team, though they started out ordinary they came good. Mal said "I took my hat off to Fred 5 times he bowled that well." In the end Mal's team won by five shots. Their rink made lots of noise and he really enjoyed their company.
(John, Geoff, Ken, Mal, Kevin and Fred [we think])
The pairs game was 2-4-2 with Duncan & Louie against Pete and Jean. Most of the bowls were red, which is unusual.
Jean felt she bowled really well. One side was very wide and her bowls handled it beautifully. Pete was a talented skip (most of the time) đ.
(Louie and Pete watch Pete get a perfect shot)
Every time Pete asked her to draw a bowl out on that side she did it. Pete started to say "This is your favourite shot!"
(Louie, Jean, Duncan and Pete)
Mal was very proud when the girl behind the bar asked if Jean was his wife then said "She's a really good bowler!" Jean was proud too. The trip is improving her talent. Both Mal and Jean had a great conversation with the boys after the game.
Narrandera- a great bunch of blokes.
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