Jean's been in touch with Lowood club via Messenger. They told her they have Barefoot Bowls on Sunday with a sausage sizzle. We drove out from Marburg where we're staying and arrived two hours early.
When we Got there there was a semi-final on. the boys told us it was Dad and Grandad against grandson - and a ring-in.
It's a quaint little country clubhouse.
We went to the bakery for some food. When we came back we met Di (Grandma) and Secretary Peter who used to live in Charnwood ACT.
We found out the older generation won the semi. The club is the Lowood Plovers.
Jean just told a lady at South Tweed that she loves Plovers.
They have one grass green the Ron Krause Green. Ron was a greenkeeper who kept the grass long - like a lawn.
The current greenkeeper is a young player who was unemployed. He works a couple of days a week and the green is lovely.
The boys had a little rollup beforehand.
There were two games - one triples and one pairs. We skipped triples. Jean was with young Corbin and his Grandfather Peter.
And Mal skipped young Callum and his Dad Allan.
It was pretty clear from the start that Peter's purple bowls would be the stars of the show.
We came inside at half time for a sausage. Peter gave us some stubby holders with the plover on them.
When we came back out Mal's team caught up a little. It was a bit lopsided. Peter was a good bowler who coached grandson Corbin. Callum and Allan were both novices. Many, many times Mal's team was down 5 or 6. Mal would come in and cut it down to one.
Jean won 23 to 7.
They drew player numbers out of a hat. Jean won some chocolates.
Lowood - a lopsided win for Jean.
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