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Sometimes there is greatness and sometimes greatness is thrust upon us, with Dennis and Clara E being thrust upon the most lately. Although we only won one match it was certainly the one to win.

Matlock Tuesday League.
Away -7 June – 6.30pm – Whitworth Park.

The games were shared two each, but of course you know points win matches and we gained fewer than our opponents. Clara E and Pat B battled away and won 21 – 17. Rick and Edith also had a good win 21 – 16. Our esteemed Captain Dawn A partnered by Dot H also played really well only to lose 21 – 17. In the final game against Whitworth’s best pair we could only manage 6 points. The final score was Whitworth 75, Parwich 65. It could be that we will drop down a little in the league. Just as a reminder John B was dropped from a great height following last week’s defeat. Whether he will ever appear in Parwich colours again is debateable.

• Next match – Home – Chatsworth – 14 June – 6.30pm.

Matlock Thursday League
Away – Bakewell – 9 June – 1.45pm.

Talk about thrusting greatness you really do need to see Dennis and Clara E play bowls lately. (David Bryant eat your heart out – He was a very famous bowls player). As avid readers of this twaddle know Bakewell are top of the League and have not been beaten on their green this year. However Parwichians to the fore. John and Liz H only just back from the Costa Packet came back from what looked like certain defeat to win 21 – 20. Then of course we have Dennis and Clara E who stormed to a fabulous win 21 – 12. Although our final pair lost, Audrey B and Ian J kept pegging away. However we were in the lead 55 – 53.

Singles up next and we won four out of the six games with Dawn A having a stonking win 15 – 4. Parwich 84, Bakewell 67. So there it was a great if a little unexpected win 139 – 120. We were a fairly comfortable third in the League and this win should keep us there. Bakewell, although losing, were so far in the lead in the League that this defeat will not affect their place.

• Next match – Home – Matlock Bath – 16 June – 1.45pm.

Hope you are going to come down to Parsons Croft on Saturday to help the celebrations for HRH. You can have crack on the Green. We are also having a club knockout Mixed Doubles game on Sunday at 2.00pm, so again meander down to the Green watch the best do their stuff and have a cup of tea.

John B.

PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB

One and a half wins this week and Dawn A won the open singles last Sunday with Rick M coming a close second. Congratulations Dawn.

Matlock Tuesday League.
Home -31 May – 6.30pm – Matlock Golf Club.

You know how there are bogey teams in football well we have the same trouble playing the Golf Club. Perhaps we should challenge them to a round of golf, we may achieve a better result, as it was we did not win, but we didn’t lose either. We managed to contrive a draw with both teams winning two games each. Dawn A and Clara E winning in style 21 – 7. Edith and Dennis E also doing well winning 21 – 11. The least said about John B and Dot H the better. Suffice it to say John B is dropped next week and will be lucky if we see him on the green again this year. The final score was 60 points each. This kept us mid table.

• Next match – Away – Whitworth Park – 7 June – 6.30pm.

Matlock Thursday League
Home – Bradwell B. – 2 June – 1.45pm.

Bradwell are just ahead of us in the League and as you know, dear reader, we have a number of players on holiday. However, this did not deter your fabulous village bowls team. (You watch we will fall down with a vengeance next week!).

Anyway carrying on this week’s match we had to have people ‘doubling up’ i.e. playing in the doubles and the singles as we only had 10 players. However for the first time in living memory we won all three doubles games, with the dynamic Dennis and Clara E winning 21 – 8. Not to be out done Rick M and Ian J matched their score. Edith R and Audrey B although only winning by one point managed the hat trick of wins for us. Parwich 63, Bradwell 36.

Could our singles team do an equally good job, well sort of? The result was three games each, but when you have got Rick M and Dawn A doing their stuff the opposition capitulated and we won by 74 points to 62. The overall result was Parwich 137, Bradwell 98. This will mean that we will climb above Bradwell in the League.

Next week we play the top team so the banana skin is already in place.

• Next match – Away – Bakewell – 9 June – 1.45pm.

John B