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PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB

So from the giddy heights of TV stardom it was back to the mundane grind of everyday bowls life. We also visited a new venue this week, but with little success. Perhaps we will be able to seek our revenge when we play on our green.

Matlock Tuesday League.
AWAY -19 April – 6.00pm – Cote Heath, Buxton.

I did not realise that Buxton had so many crown green bowls clubs. There are four to my knowledge. This was the first time for most of us to play at Cote Heath. When our Club started years ago we played in the top division of the league and Cote Heath has remained there all these years. Last year they got relegated down to our division, but seeing their results so far I don’t think they will be down for long. The evening although cold was beautiful. Shame our bowls did not match it. At least all four of our pairs managed to get to double figures and Dawn A and John B won our only game 21 – 18. Even our redoubtable pairing of Edith and Rick could only manage to get to 14. The first match of the season Cote Heath scored a maximum 84, but we showed ‘em and restricted them to a measly 81! Final result was 81 – 57 to our opponents.

• Next match – Away – Whitworth Park – 26 April – 6.15pm.

Matlock Thursday League.
HOME – Chatsworth – 21 April.

There was a bit of a rarity in this match with Pat B and Ian J winning a doubles games and restricting their opponents to less than ten. They won 21 – 5 with Ian on fire. They were very ably supported by Sue A and Dennis E only losing by 21 – 17 and Audrey and Harry B also just losing by 21 – 16. This gave us an aggregate score of 54 – 47 after the doubles games. We carried on doing well in the singles winning 4 out of the 6 games with Edith R and Tony A being our best winners. The final score in the singles was Parwich 80, Chatsworth 67, giving us a grand win by 134 points to 114.

• Next match – AWAY – Bradwell – 28 April – 1.45pm.

It was good to see a good number of people on the green for our ‘welcome social’ last Saturday. Although I wasn’t there I’m reliably informed the cakes were delicious – see what you missed!

John B.