Mt Xavier - a triples game with the President

After we settled in at the caravan park we took off for a rollup at the close-by Mt Xavier Golf and Bowls club.

When we arrived, there were four people rolling up including Mt Xavier president Paul Forrest. Paul has been called Knackers for a long time. He skips division one for the club.

There is just one green. It's OK, a little slow due to recent rain.

It's patchy in places but ok to play on.

We rolled up together. We were going to play first to 15.

Mal was up nine to four when Paul called out and asked if we wanted to play triples. We jumped at the chance. Jean played lead with Paul and skip John against Helen, Mal and Helen's husband Stephen. It's Stephen's 68th birthday.

(Jean, Paul, Helen, John, Mal and Stephen)

Jean had a good day. Bowled within a foot of the kitty most ends and rolled jack almost every end.

We didn't really pay attention to the score. John's team won by a lot.

Mal had some difficulty. He did some magic weighted shots but mostly had difficulty getting the line.

We hung out on 'the deck' for drinks after our game and waited to watch the Men’s singles final. Lots of other members turned up and Paul introduced us.

Paul told us the club has around 64 members. They have three pennant teams for weekend and two for mid-week. Paul says everyone loves each other. The way they interacted on the deck we'd believe that. He told us they are moving to a new club house. We loved the memorial seat. We hope it goes with them.

Mt Xavier - nice company on the deck.