Swan Hill Racecourse Bowls Club - bowls tournament with the horses

When we went to Murray Downs on Friday we met Carol who told us about the 2-4-2 pairs ournament they have there today, Sunday. We got our names down.

When we arrived we met Alex and Kess from Swan Hill and some other guys. In fact there were lots of people who recognised us from Murray Downs, Lake Boga and Swan Hill.

We also saw Rastis and his owner Danny who we met at Lake Boga on Friday.

We caught up with Carol.

They have two nice grass greens.

Right on the Swan Hill Racecourse. We could hear them call The Swan Hill Cup. We watched a race go past, then it was on the tele! The Jockey Club played country music which was nice.

We played on rinks 1, 2 and 3 in front of the clubhouse. Three games of eight ends.

It's 2-4-2 pairs so, of course Mal and Jean played together.

We played against Fay and Helen.

(Helen and Fay)

There were people there from all around. Swan Hill, Lake Boga, Manangatang, Moulamein, Nyah and of course Racecourse.

We won the first six ends then went off the boil.

They got five on the last end to win by two.

Second game on rink two was against Brian and Rod from Swan Hill.

(Brian, Mal and Rod)

We won 16 to 3.

We came inside for afternoon tea. The ladies put on a lovely spread.

Third game on rink one we played Peter and Donny from Racecourse.

We tried our best but they were too good for us. Mal's drives were close but missed every time. We needed five to win, we got one.

At least Jean scored a Resting Toucher!

They gave us each a stubby holder and a bowls cloth to remember them by.

Alex and Kess won the tournament. We've arranged a rollup on Tuesday with runner-up Bruce at Nyah on Tuesday.

Swan Hill Racecourse - we didn't quite make it to the finishing post.