We missed out on Pairs at Atherton
- Jean Mc
- Jul 13, 2024
- 2 min read
After our nice rollup yesterday at Mossman, we decided to come back to The Tablelands to finish the clubs we missed when we were here. First was Atherton. We were hoping for a game of Pairs.
Alas, when we got there we found out that, because it's just a single green and it's Pairs, they have to close the game at fourteen teams. We had to settle for a rollup.
We checked out the clubhouse. It's small and airy with a nice big bar.
There are cool cartoons of the players on the wall.
Out the front there's a limestone statue by Elaine Kruck called 'Jack High'.
Bruce from Herberton who we met at Yungaburra was there. He invited us to come to Herberton for a game Saturday afternoon. We'll be there!
Jean met 94 year old Barry. He entertained her with stories of his ten years in the Navy. He was posted at Albatross near Nowra and was interested in Mal's Bomaderry shirt.
Barry has been bowling for forty years and has been a member of thirteen clubs!
Two people arrived. (The computer deleted all the words Jean wrote so can't remember the names). It was a selector (perhaps his name was Ian) and the Ladies President Kay.
It's a very nice black and green carpet under a fine cover.
The cover has been up for 22 years.
It's mighty impressive!
Around the green are these little plaques for people who support the club.
There's a nice view of the mountain range from the green.
Jean got out there.
She wasn't that happy with her bowls - given the fast green - but she got three.
Mal threw a short end and Jean got stroppy again. (To save himself from a cranky wife) Mal moved the mat back for her. She liked that much better!
It was Mal's turn.
He did OK but it was difficult.
Last end Jean put in a bowl she was happy with.
After that she said to Mal "I'm going to throw your bowls back until you can do a bowl as close as mine." After about eight bowls we gave up!
After our rollup we met Beth. Jean asked her if we could park our caravan at the club. She wasn't sure so got on the phone to Julie who said we could park there over the weekend. We were grateful.
It's nice staying so close to the green!
We stayed for a while and watched the game. Mal was impressed with how good they were.
So just a question , in no way a criticism, could they not have made one game a triples game? My husband and I would love to do something similar to you, take our bowls away with us - but we are finding in NSW, clubs have men’s only days and women’s only days, we would prefer to play on the same day not necessarily together, but it’s a tad frustrating! Enjoy your travels and your bowls! Let the good bowls roll! 😊