We went to visit Jean's cousin John Hamilton who lives across the road from Hervey Bay Bowls Club. He wasn't there so we went to the club for a drink.
The clubhouse is nice.
It has a whale mural on the wall.
There were lots of people with uniforms on. The Hervey Bay shirt has a whale on it.
There were players here from other clubs around.
George said "Are you looking for a game of bowls? We're missing one." Mal jumped at the chance!.
The club has three nice synthetic greens, all under cover.
They had 78 people so they were on two greens.
They charge for a rollup - we guess to pay off the greens and covers.
Mal played on the middle green. George said they pulled the covers over at 6am. The sun slows it down so it's quicker in the shade.
They were about to start. Mal had to race back to the car to get his bowls. It was three-bowl triples. Mal played second with lead George and skip Terry
(Terry, George and Mal)
against Skip Col, Graham and Ernie.
(George, Mal, Earnie and Graham)
(Skips Col and Terry)
Jean sat and watched while she waited for John to come home.
It took Mal a few ends to get used to the green. It ran about fifteen seconds. Once he worked it out he bowled well.
They were a long way behind after the opposition got a six.
Mal finally got shot.
Mal's team got a five which put them three behind. Then they got a four and won. They went inside after 13 ends for sandwiches. Col said "When we did have shot, a certain Parramattaite took it off us!"⁸
They have seven club badge holders on the wall with badges from everywhere.
Second game Mal played Peter, Peter and Nev.
Peter 2 is the President of the club.
They were only a couple down after seven ends. Mal gave Terry instructions but he had to change hands. It didn't work. They went down that end.
Last end the opposition needed four to win. They got one. Mal's team was a two-game winner.
We went inside for results and raffles.
No wins there but lovely company and good chats.
Hervey Bay - a lucky draw for Mal!
Fantastic you made it to see alot of your relatives in the Hervey Bay family reunion Malcolm. A milestone in saying you managed to play and mingle with the professional Hervey Bay lawn bowls teams.