We drove today from the nice stay we had in Gilgandra to Narromine. We'd heard on the grapevine that there's Men's bowls on today so Mal's here for that.
Narromine is in Jean's old stomping ground from when she lived in Gulgong but when she hears the name of the town all she can think about is the poem 'City of Dreadful Thirst' by Banjo Paterson which is about a man from Narromine.
Banjo Paterson
We parked our van in the carpark then met Robbie the Greenkeeper.
He told us the Bowls Coordinator lives next door and has a bowls-themed house.
Robbie introduced us to Club Manager Paul.
We asked if we could camp overnight. He said yes!
The clubhouse is quite spacious.
In the foyer there's a seat in memory of an old member who has passed.
A foundation stone from 1937 is out the front.
There are two grass greens.
There's a third green out the back. Robbie said it hasn't been used for ten years. There are not enough members to warrant its upkeep.
We bowled on the front green which Robbie rolled as we arrived.
He said he's been off a few weeks and struggles to remove the winter grass.
We came inside and chatted with Cliff and Bill.
Richard called the cards. He's the guy with the bowls-themed house!
Jean got a game with the boys. We went out for three-bowl triples. There were four games.
It was Danny, Rob and Jean.
Against Cliff, Col and Frenchie.
Mal played with Ian and David
Against Bill, Kevin and Peter.
With her very first bowl Jean took kitty for one. Then Rob consolidated.
The boys talked about 'The Nyngan draw shot'. Jean recognised it from playing with Rod at Nyngan. It's a wick! Danny's black bowl did it beautifully!
Jean got a Resting Toucher out on the left. Col took it. Then Rod got it back for two!
Jean kept walking over to watch Mal's bowls but he didn't do any photo-worthy bowls while she watched but he sent her a couple.
The way the boys were playing Jean was surprised when she came down the other end to see she still had shot!
One of the guys came over and gave Jean a Narromine pen and a badge for her hat.
Mal finally put one in. Unfortunately next bowl his opposition Second drove it out!
Jean's team won by eight. Mal's team lost by four. Third day running Jean won the day.
Banjo Paterson, a win and a loss for us at Narromine.
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