Jean rang the Rochester Bowling Club on Wednesday to find out about social bowls. She spoke with Lady President Jane McCallum who said she'd try to find someone for us to roll up with on Thursday.
Rochester is another old Victorian club - over 100 years.
Jane met us in the morning and suggested the three of us play what they call 'Scrounge'.
(President Jane and Mal)
The club has three nice greens. One is extra wide and would fit 9 or 10 rinks. They only play seven.
The edge of the green is left fallow.
We played Scrounge with Jane. Green was very fast. First bowls in the ditch.
(First end our bowls in the ditch)
The game goes: roll the jack and leave it where it lands. Shot bowl scores 4, second three, third two and fourth one. One point off for bowl or kitty in the ditch or killed end.
(Mal works it out)
Mal lost many shots in first couple of ends then worked out the weight. Jean bowled ok but was no match for Jane.
(Mal, Jean and Jane)
Ended up 21-29-45.
We'd heard, and Jane told us that 90% of houses in Rochester flooded. The green had a river running across it when the Camaspe River burst it's banks. The Greens at Moama has a tournament on Friday to raise money for Rochester. Contact the club on Messenger to donate.
We're leaving tomorrow for Bendigo but gave a donation. We don't normally eat lunch but decided to spend some money in the town. We bought a Weber cover and stuff for the caravan in Mitre 10 and lunch in the Rochester cafe. We met nice people.
(Rochester Cafe)
Rochester - best wishes for the recovery!
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