We arrived at Echuca Bowling Club around 4:20. The website said had to have our names down by 5pm for a 7pm game.
We met a bloke who told us there'd be no social bowls tonight but he gave us some jacks for a rollup.
Echuca Bowling Club celebrated 100 years recently.
It unusually has four greens A, B, C and D.
We were told they are regarded as the best in the district. We rolled up on Green D rink 23 of 28.
First bowl down was way short. It had recently been watered and was heavy. We had to take half usual grass. Coming back toward the club Jean's bowls just stayed out.
She had to take just a foot of grass to get the right line. Once she worked it out she was right. She rolled short ends on a heavy green which suited her bowls. Mal struggled with his line in the wind - even when he rolled long ends. He was quite frustrated. All he could do was to kill the ends to take shot on the T.
(Mal takes shot with a toucher in the ditch that killed the end.)
That said, the green was lovely to bowl on even if tough. The final score was 26 to 14. We finished just before six. On our way out we met Helen and Laurie who pulled up for a roll.
They are relatively new bowlers. They told us they recently went to Torquay which has 800 members and they couldn't get a roll. We'll take note of that!
Jean takes a win again. A new theme it seems.
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