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Parwich Olympiad – the journey ends

Posted in 2012, Bowls, Posts of Note, Sport on Friday August 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Well, it’s the final episode in the two week(ish) saga of Team PB. What heights they scaled!

If you recall, three members of Team PB were in the main draw for the prestigious Greenaway Trophy: the ‘Blue Ribbon’ event of the whole games. 52 competitors had assembled in Wirksworth, with Rick Manning and John Barnett acting as pace makers for Team PB’s star gold-winning player from last Sunday, Ian Johnston.

The competition went well for the first round, with all three getting through. Unfortunately, John was then knocked out in the second round. Rick managed to keep going until the quarter final, but again he was beaten.

This left Ian on his own, carrying the flag. He would have liked it to have been the Cross of St Andrew, being the brave Scot that he is, but he had to settle for a mythical Union flag.

Battling away on his own now, with no Team PB members around him, Ian finally succumbed to defeat in the semi-final. What a journey it had been!

So, no fairytale finish for Team PB… but then there is always next year.

Oh, and the Greenaway Charity finished off well over a thousand pounds to the good. Best result of all. really.

Back to the grind of Matlock League Bowls next week.

– John B

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Olympic Dressage individual medals updates, from your correspondent at Greenwich Park

Posted in 2012, Olympics, Posts of Note, Sport on Thursday August 9, 2012| 5 Comments »

We will be updating this post throughout the day, so keep checking back for more updates as we get them!

Patti B writes:

Hi Everyone,

It seems that not all of you were bored out of your mind by the step by step ravings of a dressage groupie, and would like more of the same.

First, I have been asked to put a little background to our interest in a less than popular sport – that, of course, is before we won a Gold Medal at the Olympics!

Some of you know that Alice is a professional dressage rider and trainer, who has also trained to Grand Prix level, but you may not know that she worked for Carl Hester for a year before University and has been in continuous training with him for the last fifteen years. In that time, we have become good friends with him and have watched all the hard work, tears and tribulations that have been associated with his journey to a Gold Medal. So we have obviously taken a keen interest in these games. I have also been his chief cake maker – always making sure he has ‘slimming’ carrot cake when he is watching his weight!

Today, I shall be sending you quickie reports as they are happening.

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Parwich Panoramic Five 2012: yet more photos!

Posted in 2012, Local Links, Parwich Panoramic 5, Photography, Posts of Note, Sport on Wednesday August 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Our thanks to the @ashbournepeople Twitter account, for alerting us to their photo galleries of this year’s PP5 race.

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Parwich Panoramic Five 2012: winners and full results/times

Posted in 2012, Parwich Panoramic 5, Posts of Note, Sport on Wednesday August 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to Graham Johnson for supplying us with the full results and times for this year’s Parwich Panoramic Five.

Click here for the full PP5 results and times. (PDF)
Click here for the list of winners in each category. (PDF)
Click here for the junior fell race results. (PDF)

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Parwich Panoramic Five: More Photos

Posted in 2012, Parwich Panoramic 5, Posts of Note, Sport on Wednesday August 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Paul Mannion approaches the finish line

A big thank you to Chris H for taking these photographs at the start and finish of the main race. Along with those in the earlier junior race post this marks his debut on the blog.  The whole Blog Team would like to wish Chris and his family a belated welcome to Parwich.  (more…)

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Parwich Olympiad (continued)

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Wednesday August 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »

From our Bowling correspondent in the thick of the action:

How long can the IOC ignore Crown Green Bowling?

Winning two gold medals in Sunday’s Square Robin event was great, but last night it was the turn of Team PB to do their stuff. And boy, what stuff they did.

As you all know, they play in the most demanding league there is, namely the second division of the Matlock and District League. Teams from all over – Bradwell and Buxton, to mention but two – play in this extremely competitive league. Tickets for the clash between Team PB and Whitworth Park B were more difficult to get than rocking horse manure. You had to be invited down to Parsons Croft to see the Match. Not even royalty got in.

After a nervous start, the first two pairs settled down and played out of their skins to give Team PB two games to nil. The final two pairs then took to the green, anchored by Team PB’s fabulous captain Dawn Allsopp. Dawn and Dot Hart clawed their way back from the brink of defeat, knowing that one mistake would give the game to the opposition. You could have cut the air with a hot air balloon. Finally, they nailed the twentieth end to bring about the victory. The noise from the crowd last Sunday was loud, but it was monumental last night. Oh, and the last pair won as well. Final score: Team PB 84, Whitworth Park B 41. Where will it all end? After such a glittering career, Dawn says she is going to carry on for a few more seasons.

It’s the big one tomorrow. The Greenaway Charity match at Wirksworth. Team PB have got three players who qualified for the match at a cost of £2.50 each. Watch this space.

John B

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PP5: The Junior Races Results 2012

Posted in 2012, Parwich Panoramic 5, Posts of Note, Sport, Young people on Tuesday August 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Thank you to Chris H for these photos:

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Parwich Panoramic Five 2012

Posted in 2012, Parwich Panoramic 5, Posts of Note, Sport on Tuesday August 7, 2012| 3 Comments »

We will be posting the full time sheets and lots of photos over the next day or so, but briefly, congratulations to Paul Mannion (on the left in the photo) who won the main race in 33min 45 sec, just one second ouside his personal best and the course record run in 2010.

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Live Olympic dressage updates, from our correspondent at Greenwich Park

Posted in 2012, Olympics, People, Posts of Note, Sport on Tuesday August 7, 2012| 1 Comment »

We will be updating this post as the day progresses, so please keep checking back for the latest news. Thanks to Patti B, our live Olympics reporter at Greenwich Park!

12:58 Well, here we are again at Greenwich Park. Weirdly the atmosphere is more subdued and there are quite a few empty seats – they must be for officials, as this is an important day for enthusiasts.

There are 32 riders today: the top seven teams and top 11 individuals from last week, who will be hoping to go forward to the kur on Thursday. The horses are struggling a bit with this more technical test and we are seeing more mistakes and unacceptable tension.

As we are lying in pole position, the Brits won’t be riding until this afternoon – so watch this space. We are bags of nerves here, but we know that Carl and the Ice Queen (Charlotte) are on good form. More later…

13:41 – Here we go.
Five minutes now to our first Brit: Richard Davison from Uttoxeter. At 56, he is our oldest rider and a non-team individual. Suddenly the arena is buzzing and a sea of red, white and blue is appearing. Need to concentrate now…

13:59 – First Brits test.
Bit of a sigh here: Richard’s horse, like many of the horses so far, was tense and spooky. Is it because they are no longer in awe of their surroundings, and so have time to notice things? Who knows – that’s what makes riding so unpredictable. Beginning to feel anxious about our team’s chances later on…

14:11 – Spooking.
Just spotted what is spooking the horses: a new camera at floor level (to show horses’ foot fall) that wasn’t there last week. Unfortunately, Richard’s score will not be high enough for him to have a shot at the Individual medals on Thursday. All that training, dedication and money spent to no avail. Richard will be gutted. He has done so much for our sport.

14:49 – Wow.
Ohhh. Sick with excitement here. Didn’t dare post before, in case I jinxed it, but our most popular rider Carl Hester has just gone and he was brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Inspired riding, to break the 80% barrier. The stand is nearly falling down with clapping. Need to spend a penny, but daren’t go now….

15:32 – Is that a glimmer I see before me?‏
Laura B and Alf have just ridden a great solid test; I daren’t say anything, but there is definitely a golden glow in the sky. The Ice Queen – Charlotte – with nerves of steel is our next rider. Forgive me if I don’t post straight away, but I could be too busy kissing everyone if she performs to her usual outstanding level!!!

16:00 – Nearly there
Oh my – the Germans have just gone. Come on, Charlotte: an amazing, talented, hard working rider, riding Valegro, who belongs to Carl and Roly Luard. Hang on there….!

16:13 – It’s ours. Gold for GB‏.
We’ve done it. We’ve done it. It’s taken us 100 years to win a gold medal in dressage, but we’ve done it now. And – we are here!!!!! Two more riders, but the team gold is ours. Much bubbly will be drunk very shortly. Over and out to Parwich.

17:23 – Just cracking open the bubbly now.
Our faces are set in a permanent rictus. Thanks for your supportive comments. Hope the Parwich blog felt part of it. Now on to Thursday and the Individual medals. Would that be too greedy? Much love to everyone at home. Patti B

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Olympics dressage at Greenwich park

Posted in 2012, Olympics, Posts of Note, Sport on Monday August 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Our thanks to Patti B, who sends us this report. Patti’s live Tuesday updates can be found here.

Just as Graham and Amanda were delighted to get their chosen tickets, we were over the moon to get all twelve tickets for the dressage qualifiers and finals. I don’t know quite how it happened, as I haven’t met anyone else that has managed to get tickets for all four days – I didn’t dare tell anyone for a few months, as I felt embarrassingly lucky.

Having been closely involved with the team members, we have been very aware of the years of training and campaigning that have gone into getting both horses and their riders to Olympic level and free from injury at the last moment. Not only is Equestrianism the only sport where men and women compete on an equal level, it’s the only sport where teams can be jeopardised by injury from either component.

There is a feeling of excitement and euphoria wherever you go. As you can see from the photo of Alice, there was no doubt who were supporting, and we were constantly cheered on by city workers on their way to their desks as we made our way to Greenwich Park. The whole of London seems decked out in Olympic pink and purple. Thousands of cheery volunteers shepherd you every step of your way. On the first day we took the 40 min Thames ferry – London looked gilded and shining from the river – like a journey through the history books.

Despite all the rumours we had been hearing, we were through the security in five minutes at the arena, where there was not an empty seat in sight. It was packed to the sky with flags and national colours. The red, white and blue of Team GB supporters actually outnumbered the orange blocks from the keen Netherlanders for a change.

Historically, Britain has never been good at dressage – in the 100 year history of the Games, we have never won a medal. But that could be about to change!! For the first time ever, we are top of the leader board at the end of the Grand Prix Qualifiers. Our team of Carl Hester. Charlotte Dujardin, and Laura Bechtolsteimer are currently leading the way from the Germans and Dutch who have dominated the scene for decades. The crowds of supporters screamed and cheered at the end of every test and erupted in an explosion of clapping and foot stamping after Charlotte broke Olympic records on Day Two. Who says dressage is boring?

Tuesday will see the top seven nations riding the Grand Prix Special for Team medals and then after a day’s rest, the top competitors will ride the Kur (dressage to Music) on Thursday for Individual medals. We are thrilled to know that we will be there, to witness the possibility of the first Olympic medal ever for the Brits in dressage. Keep your fingers crossed!

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Parwich Olympiad

Posted in 2012, Bowls, Posts of Note, Sport on Monday August 6, 2012| 1 Comment »

Thank you to our Bowling Correspondent for the following:

Now you thought that all the olympic games were down in London. How wrong can you be. Here in Parwich in the upgraded Crown Green Bowling venue a little bit of history was also being made. Edith Rider and Ian Johnston a scratch pair of bowlers came strong in the end to win the Square Robin event on Sunday 5 August 2012. We will all remember where we were on that great day. From an enormous field of 5 pairs they won by one point. The crowd went wild. You could hear the cheers, drowning out the sound coming from the y-not concert down the road. Afterwards Ian said he owed all his success to his midwife 73 years ago.

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PP5 – Olympic Torch coming to Parwich on Tuesday

Posted in 2012, Olympics, Parwich Panoramic 5, People, Posts of Note, Sport on Saturday August 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Dave Denton, the organiser of numerous Junior Fell Races, including those that are on the same evening as the Parwich Panoramic Five, ran in Buxton carrying the Olympic Torch. He said that it was the most wonderful experience.

We are extremely fortunate in Parwich, as he is going to bring his Olympic torch on Tuesday evening.  Throughout 2012 he is hoping to raise £10,000 to enable his charity, IDEAS to either build a school in India or to convert a building to provide a permanent base for a school currently in rented premises.

If you would like to have your photo taken with the torch, David would encourage you to make a donation to the charity, however large or small. He will also be raffling the torch later this year and on Tuesday he will be selling tickets at £5 each or 5 for £20.

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Free Summer Games for Children

Posted in Local government, Services, Sport, Young people on Saturday August 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Olympics buzz inspires Dales Summer Street Games

With the London Olympics creating a buzz throughout the country, Derbyshire Dales District Council has re-launched a range of summer holiday sporting activities for local youngsters.

StreetGames, a Safer Communities through Sport project, offers ‘doorstep’ sport to young people, helping to increase youth participation in sport, prevent youth crime and create volunteering opportunities.

All sessions are funded externally at no cost to Derbyshire Dales Council Tax payers and StreetGames for local young people are being staged by fully qualified coaches weekly across the Dales.

Here’s the Summer 2012 Street Games programme:

  • Ashbourne (Clifton Road Multi Use Games Area) – Thursdays 5.00pm to 6.00pm
  • Matlock (Helicopter Park, Hurst Farm) – Tuesdays 6.00pm to 7.00pm (11+ years)
  • Middleton-by-Wirksworth (Village Hall and playing fields) Thursdays 7.00pm to 9pm (8+ years)
  • Tansley (Fete Field, Spout Lane) Wednesdays 4.00pm to 6.00pm (8+ years)
  • Wirksworth (Anthony Gell School Fields) – Fridays 7.00pm to 8.30pm (11+ years)

The early sessions offer multi sports and are open to all ages and abilities.  The later sessions are generally aimed at teenagers. (more…)

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One Down & One Up

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday August 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

Having started the season poorly we managed to get better, however we appear, on occasions, to be going backwards with a vengeance.

Matlock Tuesday League.
Away – 31 July – Matlock Golf Club.

Have you ever played in a match or a sport where whatever you did you were on a hiding to nothing? This match was one of those. We did not play badly, but our opponents could do no wrong. The outcome of the match was never in doubt, Matlock won by a country mile and we had our worst score of the season. For the record Matlock 68, Parwich 44, our lowest score of the year. Looking at the fixture list I’m not sure we will do very much better next week. I suppose we can always take up double slalom canoeing or trap shooting!

Next match – Home – Whitworth Park – 7 August 6.30pm.

Thursday League.
Home – Chatsworth – 2 August.

At least we pulled ourselves together for this match. Chatsworth were third in the league, but we had a good win. In the doubles we only won one out of the three games and trailed by 54 to 38, but we had a cracking time in the singles winning five out of the six games. The overall final score was Parwich 124 to Chatsworth 115. Our average score this year in the Thursday League is 124 so we should remain about half way, all being well. No Thursday League match next week, it is the Annual charity competition to raise money for the Greenaway Centre. I’ll let you know how we get on.

Next match – Greenaway Charity Match – 9 August.

Lovely day last Sunday entertaining Ashbourne in a friendly. This Sunday we are playing our annual square robin competition. Not sure if the weather is going to be all that great though. We start at Parsons Croft at 10.30am. Bring your umbrella!

John B.

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An Olympic report from Debbie

Posted in 2012, Olympics, Posts of Note, Sport on Monday July 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to Debbie W for sending us this report…

What an amazing weekend Trev and I had. We had tickets to see the Olympic Tennis, but as the friends we were staying with live at Box Hill, managed to “catch a freebie” and roll up to watch the road race on Saturday.

From our vantage point, the riders went past eight times – then we legged it back to our friends as quick as we could, to catch the end of the race. The people behind us had a stop watch, so we were keeping track of the splits. It was really exciting.

The atmosphere was wonderful – the crowds were happy, everyone well behaved, the police were just fab – I can’t say how impressed I was with the whole thing. I was so proud to be British – even though American by birth.

The next day we went to the tennis. Again, so well organised. Saw quite a few soldiers helping with security and made a point of thanking them – they actually seemed to be enjoying themselves, I think many people were also expressing their gratitude to them.

Andy Murray, for all his grumpy reputation, was really gracious to the crowd and spent AGES signing autographs for children after the match – longer than any other player we saw by far. Boys: Maria Sharipova is very tall, and very beautiful in real life. This does not, however, make up for her funny little squeaks and squeals.

We thanked heavens for the roof on centre court, as the heavens certainly did open on the day.

I urge anyone able to catch a glimpse of the Olympics, either by “catching a freebie” or buying a ticket, to do so. It really is something special. All weekend Trevor and I just kept saying “We are so lucky to be doing this!”

Debs

To scroll through Debbie’s gallery in full size – including an exclusive Andy Murray action shot! – please click on any thumbnail image.

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Olympic Tales

Posted in Olympics, Sport on Sunday July 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »

In addition to our correspondent from the Olympic Media Centre, it has been suggested by several people that it would interesting to get accounts from residents of Alsop, Ballidon, Pikehall and Parwich who visit the London 2012 Games.

If you want to share your experiences having visited the Games, including any photos, do email the Blog Team at parwich@hotmail.co.uk or add comments to the various Olympic posts as they appear.

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From our Olympic Correspondent

Posted in 2012, Olympics, Out & About, People, Posts of Note, Sport on Saturday July 28, 2012| 1 Comment »

We are  lucky to have had this email from our very own Parwich Olympic Correspondent, Val S :

I went to the dress rehearsal for the Opening Ceremony last night. The opening scenes were shot in Parwich and then they move on to Belper. We are not allowed to tell – see #savethesuprise – but if you are going out, record it, trust me, it is worth it and it does start in Parwich!

I am off now for another day of slog and fun, so many languages, so many countries. The Park is packed and there is no public in there yet! I am working down here on the Help desk in the Main Press Centre (MPC) which together with the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) forms part of a large media complex at the northern end of the Olympic Park to which there is no public access. The work is 24 hours a day as some-one is always awake somewhere! (more…)

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Why isn’t crown green bowls in the Olympics?

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday July 27, 2012| 1 Comment »

Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

Having played in all sorts of weather it feels strange to be able to dispense with the oil skins and wellies. Not complaining, however. We managed a win and a loss this week.

Matlock Tuesday League.
Home – 24 July – Bakewell.

Bakewell were, a few places ahead of us in the league. We had a good evening winning three out of the four games. Giving a final result of Parwich 72 Bakewell 60. I think that with the 12 point difference in the scores we should move above them in the league.

Next match – Away – Matlock Golf Club – 31 July 6.30pm.

Thursday League.
Away – Matlock Golf Club – 26 July.

Another team who are ahead of us in the league, but not such a good result as the Tuesday match. We did not manage to win any doubles games although we came close in one. We were 63 to 43 behind. We faired a little better in the six singles games sharing them three each. The scores were Parwich 72 Matlock 68. This made the final score 131 to Matlock, 115 to Parwich. We are back at the Golf Club on Tuesday next week. Hopefully we will do better.

Next match – Away – Matlock Golf Club – 31 July – 1.45pm.

A good day was had by all last Sunday when we played Hazelwood in a friendly. This Sunday we entertain Ashbourne. Come along to Parsons Croft and relax in the sun you will be fed up with the Olympics by then. Usual start 2.00pm.

John B.

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More great news from the bowling world

Posted in Bowls, Societies, Sport on Sunday July 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

Well at least we managed one match in the dry. Although can we expect more sun filled games in the future? Two losses this week, but both matches were against teams either top or near the top of the leagues.

Matlock Tuesday League – Away – 17 July – Bradwell.
As I have said in the past the venue at Bradwell is quite spectacular, particularly when the sun shines. Fortunately it did for the match albeit the result was not sunny. Anyway we did not managed to win a single game, but still achieved a reasonable score. Bradwell after all are top of the league by quite a margin. The result was 84 to 67 to Bradwell. Possibly drop a place in the league.
Next match – Home – Bakewell – 24 July 6.30pm.

Thursday League – Away – Whitworth Park – 19 July.
Although the final result was a loss we again scored reasonably, particularly in the singles. We won one doubles game, but the score was 61 to 48 against. In the singles we shared the games three all, but still lost 74 to 72. Overall the match was 135 to Whitworth, 120 to Parwich.
Next match – Away – Matlock Golf Club – 26 July – 1.45pm.

Another friendly this Sunday against Hazelwood. Looks like the sun may shine a bit as well.

John B.

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Parwich Bowling Well

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday July 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

Two wins this week and one against a team who are second in the division. Still no let up in having to play in fur lined wellies most of the time though.

Matlock Tuesday League.

Home – 10 July – Chatsworth.

Chatsworth are nearly top of the league and soundly beat us on their green earlier in the season. However, we were able to take our revenge on our green. We won three out of the four games. Although we have managed to win a few games now we have not been scoring heavily and in the league its points that win prizes. Anyway a win is a win and we did it by 73 points to 58. We were exactly half way in the division and I don’t think we will move up from there.

Next match – Away – Bradwell -17 July 6.30pm.

Thursday League.

Home – Matlock Bath – 12 July.

Matlock were one place below us in the league before this match and the result will keep us there. We won two out of the three doubles but were still behind 45 to 48. Again our singles players did really well winning four out of the six games giving us an overall win 119 to 111. I think this win will keep us in our middle place in the league. To cap it all the sun shone as well!

Next match – Away – Whitworth Park – 19 July – 1.45pm.

We have a friendly match down at Parsons Croft this Sunday, we are entertaining Ashbourne Park. Come along and have a cup of tea with us all. 2.00pm Sunday.

John B.

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Hill race photos

Posted in 2012, People, Photography, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Thursday July 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Our thanks to JF-S for these shots.

If anyone has a copy of the race results, could they please mail the blog team on parwich@hotmail.co.uk?

We would also be grateful for any other photos and/or reports from Wakes Week 2012, as the blog team is suffering from an unfortunately timed “staffing shortage” this week.



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Webbed feet give Parwich bowlers competitive edge

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday June 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The weather again played quite a part in this week’s matches. Thankfully we had our webbed feet on again.

Matlock Tuesday League.
Away – 26 June – Wirksworth.

The matches with Wirksworth are proving odd. This week we were away, but managed to win on their green. Considering it is one of the biggest greens in the league, no mean feat. To cap it all, we won by a greater margin away than we did last week at home!

We shared the games two each, but – as the saying goes – points mean prizes, and we got more, coming out winners by 70 to 56. As I said last week, although we won our points ‘for’ were low, and indeed we did drop a place in the league. With this again relatively low score, we may fall again. Now down to 7th.

Next match – Away – Matlock Park -3 July 6.30pm.

Thursday League.
Home – Chatsworth – 28 June.

We had to wait for the water on the green to dissipate before we could play; it was like a swimming pool. When we did get started, we really played well. This fixture at Chatsworth at the start of the season was not a good result for us. However, everybody played so well in the this match that we won all three doubles games, coming out on top 63 to 43.

In the six singles we won four out of six, giving us a score of 75 to 36. The overall match total was 138 to Parwich, 79 to Chatsworth, more than making up for the early season defeat.

Next match – Away – Matlock Park – 5 July – 1.45pm.

No Sunday match again this week, as it’s Wakes Week. Make sure you come and see us on Friday night to have a go, as part of the week’s celebrations. Have a good week.

John B.

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Winning Ways with Wirksworth

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday June 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

By a quirk in the bowls fixtures mega computer, we play Wirksworth quite a few times in the next few days. Three to be precise, but first congratulations to Edith Rider and Dawn Allsopp for winning the Open Doubles last Sunday, beating Rick Manning and Pat Barnett in a very close final. Having lost both matches last week, thankfully we are back to winning ways, albeit only just.

Matlock Tuesday League.
Home – 19 June – Wirksworth.

I suppose a win is a win, but this was close. Both teams won two games each. Fortunately the points tally was just in our favour. We scraped through 66 to 63. We were exactly half way in the division, but I think this low scoring win will drop us down a place or two. I have no doubt that Wirksworth will seek to extract some revenge against us in next week’s match.

Next match – Away – Wirksworth -26 June  6.30pm.

Thursday League.
Away – Wirksworth – 21 June.

We were very lucky with the weather on Thursday afternoon. Missed the rain altogether. Perhaps we should flip a coin for the doubles games, as we never seem to get it together. Today was no exception. We lost two out of the three games, giving a score of 58 to 43 to our opponents.

In the singles we not only managed to address the 15 point deficit, but change it to a 20 point advantage, winning 69 to 49. The overall result was a win to Parwich by 112 to 107.

Next match – Home – Chatsworth – 28 June – 1.45pm.

No Sunday match this week as it’s Open Gardens, so make sure you buy a programme and a delicious cream tea. Enjoy the day.

John B.

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Euro 2012 at the Sycamore

Posted in Pub, Sport on Sunday June 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

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No rain, no gain…

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Saturday June 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Whoops! I knew I spoke too soon. It did not rain and we lost both matches this week! Hope we have better results next week. I can’t believe we are half way through the season already.

Matlock Tuesday League.

Away – 12 June – Matlock Bath.

The green here is tiny and is shaped a bit like a 50p piece so there is no ‘corner to corner’ bowling. The contours are also very strange. You can send a bowl in a direction and the thing goes off on a totally different line. Suffice it to say we did not do well. Indeed we had our second worst score of the year so far. We only managed to win one game and did not do well in the three we lost! The final result was 81 to 58. This drops us to sixth place in the Division, exactly half way. Keep your fingers crossed for next week.

Next match – Home – Wirksworth – 6.30pm 19 June.

Thursday League.

Away – Baslow – 14 June.

Although we lost we did not achieve too bad a score, if that makes sense. We only won one of the three doubles games and shared the six singles three each. So though we lost we did get 119 points, which on some occasions is good enough to win a match. This time, however, Baslow got 137.

Next match – Away – Wirksworth – 21 June – 1.45pm.

In the Sunday competition Dot Hart played superb bowls to beat John Henbery in the final. The weather thankfully was kind to us and the tea sandwiches and cakes weren’t bad either.

Another competition this Sunday start 2.00pm. Not more tea and cakes to eat.

– John B.

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Football at the Sycamore tonight

Posted in Pub, Sport on Friday June 15, 2012| 1 Comment »

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Euro 2012 at the Sycamore

Posted in Pub, Sport on Monday June 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »

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Euro 2012: England v. France

Posted in Pub, Sport on Monday June 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The Sycamore Inn will be open today from

4-45pm onwards

for those who want to come and watch

the England v. France match.

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Singing & bowling in the rain?

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday June 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

For the first time this season we managed to win both our matches in the leagues. Having said that it must have been because we had better webbed feet than the opposition. Both games were played in the most appalling wet conditions.

Matlock Tuesday League.
Home – 5 June – Bradwell B.

Bradwell are/were slightly higher than us in the league. However we did win three out of the four games, only narrowly losing the fourth. Having played in gloriously warm sunshine the previous Tuesday it was a real battle against the elements as well as the opposition. The final score was 80 to Parwich and 62 to Bradwell. The result may have taken us a place higher in the league.

Next match – Away – Matlock Bath – 6.30pm 12 June.

Thursday League.
Home – Bakewell – 7 June.

We again had problems in the doubles games this week. We only just won one game; however, the scores were close in the other two so we were only 6 points behind. The weather from the start had been atrocious and got worse as the afternoon wore on. Trying to bowl was a bit of a lottery to say the least. In the end we won 4 out of the 6 singles giving us an overall win of 128 to 119.

Next match – Away – Baslow – 14 June – 1.45pm.

This Sunday we play another Club competition. Start time is 2.00pm Parsons Croft. Come along and have a look, and a cup of tea.

John B.

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This week’s bowls report

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Saturday June 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »

We nearly managed to win both matches this week, missing out on one by a point. We did have some good individual games however.

Matlock Tuesday League.
Away – 29 May – Chatsworth.

This really is a nice place to play bowls, win or lose. The evening was gloriously warm and sunny. The match did not start well for us however, losing the first doubles game 21-8. The other three doubles came to our rescue and we finished 71 to Parwich 49 to Chatsworth. Four wins in a row now in this league. Having been down at the bottom of the League we are slowly making our up. Long may it continue.

Next match – Home – Bradwell B – 6.30pm 5 June.

Thursday League.
Away – Matlock Park – 31 May.

We do appear to be having problems trying to win the three doubles games you have to play in this league. Unfortunately we did not win one. The score after these games was 63 to 38. The cavalry in the form of the singles again came to our rescue winning 81 to 57. The final match score was therefore 120 to Matlock and 119 to Parwich. Not a bad result really considering we lost.

Next match – Home – Bakewell – 7 June – 1.45pm.

What a cracking time the Sheffield Caravan Group had last weekend. I think nearly all the members had a go. It was so nice to see the Green full of people who were enjoying themselves so much. A pity the people who live in the village do not seem to want to join in.

John B.

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Lots of very clean cars

Posted in 2012, Posts of Note, Sport, Young people on Sunday May 27, 2012| 1 Comment »

Thank you to Cheryl W for this update:

A big thank you to everyone who brought their cars for a wash or just donated money. Current total towards the cost of new goal posts and nets is over £300 with more still to be added in. The kids were brilliant and probably most of the time were wetter than the cars that they were washing.

and to Chris H thank you for the photos

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Mixed Fortunes

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Saturday May 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

Fortunes have certainly changed dramatically in the two leagues we play in. At the start of the season we could not get a win in the Tuesday league for love nor money. Thankfully now winning a few and we did not lose in the other league. (we did not win either).

Matlock Tuesday League.
Home – 22 May – Ashwood Park.

Up until recently Ashwood have been our ‘bogie’ team. However hard we tried we did not win. This now seems to have changed. Although we shared the games two each, the ones we lost were marginal. Our points tally was a lot better than theirs. 80 points to Parwich, 70 to Ashwood. We are I believe slowly making our way up from the bottom of the league.

Next match – Away – Chatsworth – 6.30pm 29 May.

Thursday League.
Home – Lafarge Hope – 24 May.

Having said a couple of weeks ago that a draw was very unusual along comes another. We did not do well in the three doubles games, losing them two games to one and trailing by 8 points. We were rescued by the singles games winning four out of the six. Result, exactly the same as the previous drawn match 112 each. I think we may well slip even lower in the league if that is possible!

Away – Matlock Park – 31 May – 1.45pm.

We are having an away friendly with Ashbourne Park this Sunday it is usually a good afternoon and the weather looks set for us also.

Believe it or not the Green may well be used on Saturday also. Not by Parwich folk mores the pity, but by the Sheffield Caravan group. I hope they enjoy the experience, you never know as we can’t get people from the Village interested perhaps they might join the club. After all Sheffield is not far away.

John B.

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Kids Car Wash – Sunday’s Fundraiser

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Win one, lose one

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday May 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

What a pity more people did not turn up to see all the things available in the Village at the Parish Annual Meeting last Wednesday. Talk about conspicuous by their absence or what.

Anyway we had our first Club competition last Sunday and the Open Singles cup was superbly won by Dawn Allsopp. In a really good final Dawn Beat Rick Manning. A splendid afternoon was had by all.

Matlock Tuesday League.

Away – 15 May – Whitworth Park.

Our best win of the season so far and two wins in a row now. Whitworth had made a much better start to the season than we have. However, we managed to win three out of the four games, only narrowly losing the forth. The match result was Whitworth 61 Parwich 82 only two point off a maximum. Tough match next week though.

Next match – Home – Ashwood Park – 6.30pm 22 May.

Thursday League.

Away – Chatsworth – 17 May.

Having started well in this league the wheels are certainly falling off in the last two matches. Unfortunately we did not win any doubles games finishing up 23 points down. In the singles we did better, sharing the games three each, however Chatsworth won their games with a better points tally. The overall score in the match was Chatsworth 130 Parwich 97, our lowest score so far. Not sure if next week is going to be any better.

Home – Lafarge, Hope – 24 May – 1.45pm.

Nothing happening on the Green this weekend, however we will be there on Monday night at about 6.30pm.

John B.

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Social +Tennis = Tomorrow

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Bowls – At home this Sunday

Posted in Bowls, Societies, Sport on Saturday May 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

Still can’t put two wins in a week together. One win one loss again.

Matlock Tuesday League. Home – 8 May – Matlock Golf Club.
We have broken our duck at last in this league and against a very good team. Although we shared the games two each we managed to win ours by a greater margin. The overall score was Parwich 76, Matlock 57.Let us hope that this will spur us on to the next match although our opponents are doing considerably better than us.
Next match – Away – Whitworth Park – 6.30pm 15 May.

Thursday League. Home – Matlock Golf Club – 10 May.
As the fixtures draw very often does it pitched us against  the Golf Club again, but in a different league. We have been going really well in this league and were close to the top of the division. Unfortunately we did not do ourselves justice. We lost the doubles games two to one. 37 points to us, 54 to the Golf Club. We shared the singles three each, The Golf Club’s scores were better than ours though. 72 to us and 77 to them. Overall therefore we lost 109 to 131. Following last weeks draw and this weeks loss I think we will drop quite a few places in the league.
Away – Chatsworth A – 17 May – 1.45pm.

On Sunday we are having our first Club competition. Parsons Croft 2.00pm. You can have a go at tennis then come over to the bowling green. Action packed weekend or what!

Don’t forget the Parish Annual meeting next week in the Memorial Hall.  We will be there trying to get you to come and join us.

John B.

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Tennis Social on Sunday

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Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

Posted in Bowls, Societies, Sport on Friday May 4, 2012| 1 Comment »

Not only is the weather gloomy and hit and miss, so is our bowls matches. We do need new players to try to get us kick started. One loss one draw this week.

Matlock Tuesday League. Away – 1 May – Bakewell.
This is getting very predictable, we lost. Having said that based on past performance this was not as bad as it could have been. We won two games and Bakewell won two. Unfortunately our losses were heavier than theirs. The final result was Bakewell 79 Parwich 64. Bakewell are second in the division and we are second bottom. About right really, our form in this league will hopefully improve.
Next match – Home – Matlock Golf Club – 6.30pm 8 May.

Thursday League. Home – Whitworth Park – 3 May.
A very unusual result this week, no winner no looser, but a draw. We did not win any of the three doubles games which left us 32 to 63 behind. Our six singles players however came to the rescue giving us a score of 80 to 49. The overall result therefore 112 points each and it did not rain! Up to the start of this match we were second in the division so this score may drop us down a place or two. The fixture list has us playing another home match next week and as these things sometimes work out we are playing the Golf Club again. We had a supporter this week cheering us on. Well done Ron Twigg. Good to see you at the bowling green.
Home – Matlock Golf Club – 10 May – 1.45pm.

So apart from Ron the whole of Parwich is still watching the idiot’s lantern.  Did not think the license fee was that worthwhile. See you ‘not’ on any match day or on Monday nights at 6.30pm ish.

John B.

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Tennis Club Meeting Tonight

Posted in Societies, Sport on Friday May 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Tennis Club Committee Meeting

Friday 4th May – 8pm start

At Parwich Village Hall

All Welcome

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First Tennis Social of the Season

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