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Only on very few occasions do things really come together as you would have hoped. The first week of the new bowls season and the sun is shining and to cap it all we won both matches and we have three new members. It can’t get much better than that can it? Suffice it to say it fetches a lump to your throat.

Matlock Tuesday bowls league.
Away – Bradwell – 7 April.

It really is a very picturesque green at Bradwell, but unfortunately somebody put the wrong sand on the green. A bit like British Rail with leaves on the line and virtually killed the grass. The only consolation was that it was the same for both teams. Anyway on the equivalent of the old Baseball Ground at Derby we took to the green. Dot H and Pat B were the stars of the show winning 21-6. Two of our other pairs came home winners by 21-11. The final score was Bradwell 49 Parwich 72. What about that?

• Next match- Home- Matlock Bath- 14 April- 6.00pm

Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Home – Hathersage- 9 April- 1.45pm.

So we had a real disaster in this league last year, we got promoted to the higher division! It’s bad enough having to play in the lower divisions, but playing with the elite. Anyway fortunately John H our green keeper extraordinaire had put the correct sand on our green and it looked great. A beautiful emerald green. The bowls played by us was fairly good also. Dot H staring again in the doubles with John B winning 21-10. Dennis and Clara E losing by only one point 20-21, giving us a score of Parwich 49 Hathersage 52 after the doubles.

As followers of this wonderful editorial will know we usually do quite well in the singles games, but in the higher division? In the six singles games Pat B shone again and so did Val K both winning 15-10. Tony A also played well to win 15-12. The result was in doubt right up until the final singles finished with our captain John H winning 15-13. In all we won five of the six games giving us a score of 80-74 and an overall score of Parwich 129, Hathersage 126. Can’t be bad.

• Next match – Away – Youlgrave- 16 April – 1.45pm.

John B.