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I suppose one consolation for only having one match this week is that we can only lose once, which indeed we did! However, I have great, if misleading fortitude, for the rest of the season. Hope springs eternal as they say.

Tuesday League.
July 18 – Blank week.
Next week we travel to Bakewell which is a problem in a number of ways, not least of which is trying to find somewhere to park. Always assuming you can find somewhere that is slightly closer than Chatsworth you then have to play on their green. Notwithstanding the fact that they are a great bunch of people the green is really tricky. Most greens are predominantly square whereas Bakewell’s is very oblong due to the fact you are playing in a very narrow public park overlooked on the sides by buildings. We will have to see how we get on.
Next Match – 25 July – Away – Bakewell, 6.30pm.

Thursday League
July 20 – Home – Hathersage – 1.45.
Not even our redoubtable singles players could rescue us this week. Our doubles pairs, however, played well against strong opposition. Harry and Audrey B cancelling a loss by winning 21 – 10. Ian J and Sue A, although losing played very well. After the doubles we only trailed Hathersage by 7 points.
The singles, although the games were shared 3 each, did not go well. It’s points that win prizes and their defeats were not as great as ours. Since joining the Club this year Keith B has only lost one game and again this week he was one of our three winners, Edith and Tony A being the other two. Their victories though were not good enough to give us a win. Final score Parwich 109, Hathersage 127.
Next match – Away – Bradwell – 27 July – 1.45pm.

MONDAY NIGHT IS BOWLS NIGHT
6.30pm – 7.30pm.
Don’t forget that on Mondays we are at Parsons Croft and we need the practise more than ever. All we need is you.
PS. If you can’t make Mondays just let Tony (724) or John (455) know and we will arrange an alternative.

John B.

PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB

We are in great need of new wheels. We lost all of them last week and are still trying to find some. Does anybody know where you can get four new ones. Selector tyres might do us a deal. Four new players would do us better!

Tuesday League.
July 11 – Away – Whitworth Park.
A poor night in all respects. Not only did we not play well, but it chucked it down with rain. Harry and John B gave us a good start winning 21 – 11. This was countered by Sue and Clara losing 21 – 9. Rick and Edith came back from the dead, but just failed 20 – 21. Dawn and Dennis again tried really hard, in the end they had to succumb 21 – 8. Final score Whitworth 74, Parwich 58.
Although we had a poor game last week and this week we will hopefully not drop too many places down the league. No match next week so at least we can keep trying to find our wheels.
Next Match – Blank week.

Thursday League
July 13 – Home – Baslow – 1.45.
Strange match this week even though it was on our midden. You would have thought that with Tony and Clara winning 21 – 4 (Clara playing with her special laser guided new woods) that we were on to a good thing. Unfortunately one of our pairs lost 21 – 3. Game even. John H and Sue were 18 – 4 down and clawed their way back to lead 20 – 19. regrettably on the next end they went two down. 21 – 20 Baslow.
For once we really lost our way in the singles winning only one game out of six. The final result was Parwich 98, Baslow 122. Looking at things from an optimistic viewpoint we got three more points than last week! Perhaps what we should do is to bury a killer whale under our green which we can call upon when times get hard.
Next match – Home – Hathersage – 20 July – 1.45pm.

MONDAY NIGHT IS BOWLS NIGHT
6.30pm – 7.30pm.
Don’t forget that on Mondays we are at Parsons Croft and boy do we need the practise. We actually saw a new person on the green last Monday! Hope he comes again this Monday.
PS. If you can’t make Mondays just let Tony (724) or John (455) know and we will arrange an alternative.

John B.

Oh dear, Oh dear it is not good when a few wheels fall off, but this week all the wheels fell off our wagon. Is it something to do with Wakes Week wobbles?

Tuesday League.

July 4 – Home – Matlock Golf Club.

Told you last week they were our Nemesis. We only managed to win one game out of the four. In the other three games we could not even manage to get to double figures! Pat B and Tony A came close but only got to 9. Dennis E and Sue A tried their level best, but failed 21 – 7. Dot H and Harry B unfortunately got even fewer and finished 21 – 6. Thank goodness we have Edith and Rick who got us our only win 21 – 10. Final score Golf Club 73, Parwich 43. Although we lost by 30 points we were 80 points ahead of the Golf Club so they are still well behind us in the league. 50 points to be precise so we will have to keep a reasonable perspective on the defeat.

As if playing our Nemesis this week was bad enough we are playing the top of the league next week. Let us hope we can put a few better ends together.

Next Match – Whitworth Park – Away – 11 July – 6.30pm.

Thursday League

July 6 – Away – Youlgrave.

I don’t think I have mentioned that there are some very devious, underhand, better players than us! It is difficult to convey how difficult Youlgrave green is to play on. (they probably think ours is unplayable as well). In the first half of the season we had beaten them by 21 points. What would happen on their green with the elephant bellowing like mad from beneath the green? Not a lot from a Parwich view point. John H and Audrey B Played like demons and only lost by one point. Our other two pairs however fell under the elephant’s spell. After the doubles we were 35 points down.

For once our singles players could not get us out of the jam. Only Dawn and Keith managed a win. The final score was Youlgrave 138, Parwich 95. For the first time this season we failed to get over 100.

Next match – Home – Baslow – 13 July – 1.45pm.

MONDAY NIGHT IS BOWLS NIGHT

Each Monday evening (starting 10 July) through to the end of August from 6.30pm – 7.30pm, bowls club members will be holding their weekly practice session down at Parsons Croft. Judging by this weeks display we need it. At the same time you are welcome to come and try your hand. We will be pleased to explain rules (not many!) and give advise. We have spare woods for you to use, all you need are flat shoes and a sense of humour! We look forward to seeing you.

PS. If you can’t make Mondays just let Tony (724) or John (455) know and we will arrange an alternative.

John B.