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And still we haven’t got wet yet. No point in referring to ‘greens’ they are long gone. Even clubs who have automatic watering systems are struggling because as soon as the water goes on it is evaporated. At least its the same for everybody.

Tuesday League.

Away – Bradwell – 3 July – 6.00pm

A case in point about it being a great leveller was our match against Bradwell. They have not had a very good season so far and were virtually bottom of the league. We on the other hand were second in the division. That counts for nothing at the moment. Dennis and Clara E tried really hard, but still came second 21 – 10. This was somewhat countered by Pat and John B winning 21 – 12. Dawn, playing with Harry B this week, also won 21 – 17. Finally to put the icing on the cake for us, Rick and Edith just needed to win. Not on this patch they didn’t. Try as they might they could not win ‘ends’. The opposition played a blinder. Small consolation was that they did get double figures, just. Final score Bradwell 71, Parwich 63. Bradwell will probably go up a bit. We will certainly fall.

Next match – Away – Chatsworth – 10 July – 6.00pm

Thursday Friendly League.

Home – Bradwell – 5 July – 1.45pm.

Bradwell again in this league. They are doing a bit better here and our ‘green’ is just as slick as anybodies. Dennis E continues his impressive record this time playing with Liz H. They romped home 21 – 3. Dennis is becoming a real ‘green’ bandit. Clara E and John H also managed to master the tricky conditions and won 21 – 15. Unfortunately we could not get a hat trick as Ian J and Audrey B lost against Bradwells best pair. However because of Dennis and Liz’s heroic efforts we held a slender 50 – 39 lead after the doubles.

We shared the singles 3 apiece with Keith B showing everybody how to play on an ice rink. He sauntered in 15 – 2. Although we only won two other singles our losing players managed to score well and John H playing twice because of too few players only just lost on the final end. Final score Parwich 124, Bradwell 102.

What is going to happen next week when we play on ‘the elephant buried under the green’, green. Your thoughts will be very much needed!

Next Match – Away – Youlgrave – 12 July – 1.45pm.

John B.

PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB

Can you believe we are half way through the season and we have not got wet yet. I suppose it will rain again, but let us hope it is tomorrow. The greens are looking extremely brown indeed and when they are like this, bowls becomes more like curling. We are having mixed fortunes now though.

Tuesday League.

Home – Chatsworth A – 26 June – 6.00pm

A top of the table clash this week with Chatsworth top and us second in the division, would the table form come out the same in the match? The games were shared two each. Harry B and Dot H trying their little hearts out could not match their opponents and lost 21 – 9. Tony A and John B next up managed by some fair means or perhaps foul to overcome their opponents 21 – 10. Now you do need to keep up with the match and realise that we were one point down. Dawn A and Frances W try as they might could not overcome their pair and came second 21 – 14. We were 8 points down with only Rick and Edith to finish. They were playing Chatsworth’s best pair and again, although they won, it was not enough to claw back Chatsworth’s lead. 21 – 19 to Parwich. Final score Parwich 65, Chatsworth 71. Cracking match even though we lost and we stayed second in the division.

Next match – Bradwell – 3 July – 6.00pm

Thursday Friendly League.

Away – Matlock Bath – 21 June – 1.45pm.

The tightness of Matlock’s green and the slipperiness of the dry grass made playing a nightmare. You only had to ‘drop’ your wood on the ground and it went all the way to Sainsburys ( local knowledge of Matlock required here. Sainsburys is about a mile away ). As you know we do struggle in the doubles games and this week was no exception with only Sue A and Dennis E winning 21 – 17. Matlock 59, Parwich 28.

We shared the singles games this week with Harry B winning handsomely 15 – 5. The games that we lost also proved worthwhile as we did score well in the losses. However, the deficit from the doubles was too great to make up and we lost the match 131 – 108.

Away – Baslow – 28 June – 1.45pm

Another lightening fast square of brown stuff. Very similar to Matlock last week, but you could only get the Co-op store in Bakewell this week. Much better in the doubles though with Keith B and Liz H romping home in great style 21 – 8. Harry and Audrey B should have let us know they wanted to spend the afternoon on the ‘green’. Their game lasted just short of 2 hours achieving a great win on the last end 21 – 20. Baslow 49, Parwich 54.

We did very well in the singles winning 5 out of the 6 games. (smart bit of writing here) Nobody burned up the green any more than it already was. Baslow 119, Parwich 141.

At the start of the match we were lying third in the division even after losing last week so we will have to lose a few more to avoid promotion.

Next Match – Home – Bradwell – 5 July – 1.45pm.

Enjoy wakes week and hope the weather stays kind for everybody.

John B