Two-bowl Pairs at Castlemaine

We came to Castlemaine on Tuesday for a look then we found out they have social bowls on Wednesday so we messaged some admins to inquire.

Don't forget to pronounce it "Casslemaine"! t's a nice old clubhouse with old buildings included.

There are lots of memories on the wall.

Ancient Presidents.

It was opened in 1966.

They are The Magpies.

The Maggie guards the bar.

They came for a visit.

We'd been chatting on Messenger with Sandra who rang us and put our names down.

There's no verandah. The bowls shades give good cover.

Another Sandra and Brian met us at the table.

There are two synthetic greens. The left is a threadbare black and green carpet which will be replaced in March 26. The right is Tiger Turf.

We played on the Tiger Turf.

Brian called the cards. It's three games of three-bowl Pairs with a couple of threes. Girls had to skip so a few were out of their depth.

Mal played with Sandra

Brian, Elizabeth and John were their opponents.

Jean was with Russell.

Against Anne and Sonya.

The green was super fast so we were both having trouble. Mal finally got a shot in.

Jean was skip so had to run up the other end to get a photo of her shot bowls.

2nd game Mal played Anne and Sonya. Jean was against another Mal, Wendy and Brian.

Jean drew one in on the backhand.

Third game Jean was against Brian, Elizabeth and John. Mal played Mal, Wendy and Brian. A close head, Mal said "I haven't been able to get the weight all day!". He managed it when nobody else did.

Mal just got it.

Then Jean got it with a measure.

Mal came last. Jean came second-last. We came in for drinks.

Brian gave us some Pennants stickers.

We felt like we belonged!

Castlemaine - even though they pronounce it incorrectly they made us feel very welcome.