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Last match of the season in one League and second last in the other. Considering the mistake of getting promoted last year it has been an enjoyable season, most of the time.

Matlock Tuesday bowls league.
Away – Ashwood Park – 1 September – 5.45pm.

As the nights draw in the start of the closing matches gets earlier and earlier and we had only just finished lunch before we had to play! The players at Ashwood Park are really a good lot, but they do need to train their midges, we got mauled to bits. Thankfully the bowls was not so much of a mauling. Both teams won two games each with Tony A and John B winning 21 – 12 and Edith and Rick also winning by the same margin. Our other two pairs did not fare so well and because Ashwood won the games by a greater margin than us the final score was Ashwood 66, Parwich 64. We had been tussling with Whitworth Park for third place in the league and this score unfortunately dropped us down to fourth place, the best position we have achieved for a long time.

Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Away – Bakewell – 3 September – 1.45pm

As you followers of this fabulous sports reporting will know Bakewell’s green is a long and thin oblong with not much crown, but lots of small humps and hollows and their player know every blade of grass. Our doubles pairs did really well however, but still we trailed Bakewell by 58 to 46 with only Tony and Sue A giving us a good win.

The singles were shared three games each with Dawn winning 15 – 3 and Edith 15 – 8. Where would we be without them? The singles score finished 70 points each with the overall result a win for Bakewell 128 – 116. It’s not very clear if parachute payments are made for relegated teams like they have in the Premier Football League, I’ll make enquiries and let you know after our final match of the season next week.

Last match – Home – Matlock Park – 10 September – 1.45pm.

John B