When we arrived yesterday we drove to four clubs to find out about social bowls and put our names down. We went to Benowa, Nerang, Gold Coast and Mermaid Beach. Today we play at Mermaid Beach.
We met Glenda and Harry at the desk.
The inside of the club is nice - long and thin.
They have their Pennants framed on the wall.
There's a bowls shop. Mal bought some spray.
We played on the front green.
Mermaid Beach shirts have Parramatta colours so Mal had to spend the pension on a shirt. He said "Look, it has an 'M' for Mal!"
It's triples. Two games of eleven ends. Jean played lead with Mal and Laurie. They tossed a coin as to who would skip. Mal skipped.
(Laurie, Mal and Jean)
We played against Brian, Peter and Bruce.
The 48 players played on two greens - eight rinks - four on each green.
First end Jean and Laurie's yellow bowls had it worked out for five. Peter came in and cut it to two.
I asked Bruce "what' was "Live in Queensland " from the shirts. He said "That's a good question!" One of the ladies said "It's the shirt you get when you volunteer at The Australian Open." The club has a few of them.
The green got tougher. It was quick and Jean's bowls went horizontal again. She switched to backhand with a little more success.
We were down a few. With four ends to go.
Mal was narrow a lot but saved the day. He got one. His magic shots did us proud.
Brian with his brown bowls just kept out-drawing us. We drew 11 all and won on ends - 6 to 5 and went to play winners Darryl, Steve and Cheryl. Darryl and Cheryl are here on holiday from Napier NZ. They are indoor bowls champions. It showed!
You wouldn't believe it, we drew that game as well and won six ends to five! Exactly the same result! Hard to win the money with a zero margin!
Here is the logo:
Let's bowl with the mermaids!
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