Pouring rain on the greens in Singleton

All last night, our final in Morisset it bucketed down. We hoped when we took off for Singleton we'd leave it behind. No so!

DIGGERS

The first club we visited was Singleton Diggers - just a stones throw from the Showground where we're staying.

It's a biggish clubhouse.

Mal had a nice chat with Scott the bartender.

Andrew the Operations Manager tried to convince us to roll up even though it was sopping wet.

There's just one green It's a 17 year old plastic synthetic. Andrew reckoned we'd be the last people to do so because it's being pulled up in two weeks and replaced.

Mal said "No way I'm rolling up on that puddle!" It's the first time we've actually seen 21 metres marked on the green with a number.

It looks like they had a close Pennant game on the weekend.

Andrew called CEO Michael over to meet us and related our story which Mal had told everyone at the bar when he got a beer.

We wanted to do both Singleton clubs in one day so we didn't stay long despite all the friendly people we met.

CLUB SINGLETON

Club Singleton is a short distance away. In fact only eight minutes walk from the showground. Not doing that today as it's wet.

The clubhouse is a decent size.

There are three grass greens.

One looks fallow. The middle one is a little patchy. Hayden (not a bowler and didn't want his photo taken) told us green two has drainage issues and problems with weeds and mould. The greenkeeper is working on it.

We decided if it was fine we'd have rolled up on the one with the Pennant scoreboard. No puddles but it looked pretty damp.

It's the A.J (Arie) Dorsman Green. Dorsman seems to be a big name in Singleton.

We think Singleton folks must be pretty tough - playing bowls up to 40°! In Victoria it's 35°.

There's a plaque for works in 1974.

Wet feet for bowls today in Singleton!