Camperdown - we arrived in the nick of time

Mal was ringing clubs to find out when they play social. Camperdown Bowling Club said "Today, in 20 minutes!" They assured us Lake Purrumbeet is only 15 minutes away so we raced out. They said they'd wait.

We got there to a great welcome. We met David who introduced us around and everyone smiled.

Many of the players weren't bowlers, they played Barefoot Bowls. Still, they bowled ok.

There are two synthetic greens due for replacement.

We played on the front green. Very sandy, not quite as bad as Colac City.

It is two bowl triples. Two games of ten ends. There were two pairs who played with three bowls. Jean played with Pam and skip Brian

against John, Jimmy and Herm.

Jean put her first two bowls on the kitty. The boys thought they'd been duped. Brian's team got 5. Her team won convincingly.

John and Jimmy bowl at Lismore. We've agreed to have a rollup there on Tuesday.

Mal played second with Kelvin and Deb.

against Patsy and Merve.

Mal bowled well too. They won 12-8.

Second game we played each other. Mal and Jean had a real competition. Mal's team won by 4 shots and won the day. He got a free drink at the bar. A welcome prize for Mal.

We had great chats with Deb and her husband Gerald about bowls, beer and of course AFL.

Camperdown - we didn't want to leave.