We managed to sneak Jean in to play triples with the boys. Only cost $5.
Jean wanted to play with the women in the morning but there was no way to contact the club to put her name down. When we arrived at 10 they were already on the green.
The women also were playing a singles championship. When we arrived it was 23-22 then Lois scored to make it 23 all. Then Lois scored two pearlers to win. A riveting game with beautiful drawing.
(Mia draws a shot as Lois watches)
The club has a lovely separate facility by the back carpark. It's called 'The Greens'
There are one and a half under cover synthetic greens with 12 rinks in all. The half rink is apparently the TV rink. They just had a big tournament here with a grandstand on the green.
Lots of people walked past us and smiled or waved. Friendly, even if hard to contact.
Then there are two grass greens that look ok. The amenities are fantastic.
They include outdoor under cover seating areas and a bar area inside (it was closed when we were there).
It was lovely playing in the heat under cover. There were 48 players on eight rinks. A good rollup. We played 15 ends then swapped rinks and opponents. Jean played lead with Tom and Alan against lead David, Laurie and skip Allan.
(Skip Alan, Jean, Allan, David and Laurie)
[Tom went missing]
They were all pretty good players in their own way so it was a fun game. The leads tussled, the seconds tussled and the skips tussled.
(The two Alans play)
Second game they played against Les, Geoff and Stuart.
(Geoff, Stuart, Jean, Alan, Tom and Les)
Mal played lead with Brian and Ian in first game against Brian, Tony and Baros.
(Brian, Tony, Baros, Brian, Ian Smith and Mal)
Second game against Rob Gregga and Kev.
(Gregga, Kev, Ian Smith, Rob, Mal and Brian(
It was a bit hard to follow as the skips kept the cards and didn't put the score up. After the first game winners played winners and losers played losers. The overall winners had something to do with margins but it was unclear. Nevertheless we had fun. Mal's team won the first and lost the second. Jean's team lost both narrowly.
Moama - a lovely place to play.
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