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PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB

I know you are all wondering how the Bowls Club finally did this year, well it was mixed fortunes. The suspense you can cut with a knife, it beats the hell out of the Scottish Referendum results.

In the Matlock Tuesday League two teams are promoted and relegated. Fortunately we were not involved with the latter. I perhaps should point out at this stage that there are only two divisions in the League and we play in the lower of the two so thankfully nobody can get relegated from this league! Anyway there were times this year when little Parwich was riding high at the top of the division. We did not last there very long, but at least we can tell the grand children how we achieved national immortality for a week or two. So having been at the giddy heights of division toppers we inevitably could not sustain the required momentum and we slid down the league. Our final position was fourth. Our best result for donkey’s years. I think that the main reason for our fall down the division was that we did not invest during the transfer window and the players we have are two old!

Our fortunes in the Matlock Thursday League were not so good. We got promoted! Disaster! The Club had been there or thereabouts all season, but with no real danger of promotion, however some of our last results and those of other teams meant that we finished up third. Now of course were this the Tuesday League it would have been ok, (only top two promoted) in this League, however, some dipstick playing with the rules means that the top three go up. What a mess. We will inevitably have to invest heavily in new players during the close season. Having not achieved much joy in getting new players locally, going further afield is a must. I’m not sure if they play Crown Green Bowls in Clacton or the Isle of White, but we will certainly need to strengthen the squad.

I have not heard anything about indoor bowls yet, but I will let you know when I do. Until then have a good Christmas.

John B.