When we were at Dennington yesterday, we had it confirmed that they play bowls at Koroit on Thursday. Jean's been in touch via Messenger so we knew it was a 12:30 start, names down 12:15.. We took the 20 minute drive from our caravan park to arrive at 12pm.
When we arrived there was not a soul around. We were worried. Around 12:05 Bob turned up. He's been bowling about four years.
Then Laurie (Tom) and Maureen arrived to managethings.. They are first cousins.
The clubhouse is nice. The club was founded in 1913.
We're told Koroit has a big Irish population. There are leprechauns on the tables.
We saw their new shirts. All the sports clubs here are St Kilda colours. They are looking for a sponsor.
The club sponsor is currently Daly's IGA.
There's a great verandah out the front.
There are good permanent shades and some temporary ones.
They have lovely wooden seats that Kevin said came from the church.
There are two synthetic greens. The back one is small. Four rinks. They don't play on it much so it looks newer.
It was constructed in 2011.
The front green is normal size.
Jean asked what the format was . They said "Depends on who turns up. It might be pairs, triples or fours. Either two games of ten ends or one of fifteen or so."
They decided on triples/pairs. Two games of ten ends with two bowls. They put us with Bob.
(Mal, Jean and Bob)
We played the first game against Murray, Kevin and Bernard.
There were just enough players for two games.
We were doing ok. Mal was on the money.
Jean came in on the wide side. She bowled a rink and a half wide on the backhand and came in and took shot.
Mal was on fire. We won 8 to 6.
Second game we played against winners Ruth and Laurie.
The raging wind played havoc with all our bowls.
Jean wasn't getting any bowls near the kitty until Bob knocked her in.
We were one down going into the last end. They got one. Eight to ten. There was no bar. We all came in for a cuppa. Ruth and Laurie won the day.
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