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PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB

Only one league match this week, but the Robins were twittering, the Greenaway exciting and the league match well find out more below dear reader.

Matlock Tuesday bowls league
Home – Matlock Golf Club – 11 August – 6.30pm.

Having played the Golf Club in the Thursday League last week and been soundly beaten it was imperative that we tried to reverse the result in this League. Obviously the format is very different, as indeed are the players, however to keep pressure on the top two teams, good play was required. The team did not disappoint, Dennis and Clara E will have to be known as the ‘comeback kids’. Last week they were losing really well and then won 18 straight points. This week they were 14 – 3 down and only lost 21 – 19. They just won’t give in. This was the only game we lost. Dawn and Dot played a blinder and won 21 – 8, and Rick and Edith won 21 – 11. Pat and John B also won 21 – 18. When all was added up we won 82 – 58. Bearing in mind the maximum you can score is 84, this was our best result for some time. We were 25 points behind the second team in the Division so dependent on results we might close the gap a bit. Cross everything next week as we are playing the top of the league and on their patch.

• Next match- Away – Hathersage – 18 August – 6.15pm.

Matlock Thursday Friendly League

No league match this week, but a great replacement the Greenaway Charity Competition. The Greenaway centre in Darley Dale does marvellous work for people less able than us. If you need that old chair re-caned or some printing done then that’s the place to go. In the past Parwich players have done well in the competition with the likes of Ron Birch and John B winning. This year we came close again. John B was knocked out in the second round. Tony A got to the quarter final, but Rick M (he who plays with Edith) got all the way to the final playing with Phil Meacham from the Hazelwood club. They were eventually beaten, but at least little Parwich was nearly there again. Next year perhaps? The main winner as always was the Greenaway Centre who will benefit from over £1000 raised on the day. Now that is a result.

• Next match – Home – Wirksworth – 20 August – 1.45pm.

Last Sunday the Robins were rocking again, particularly in the guise if Rick M. You can’t keep a good man down. Rick won the main competition for the second year running with Tony A winning the Plate side. Well done the pair of you. More Robins of some description next year no doubt.

John B.

PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB

Following last week’s really good wins we needed to try and keep the momentum going this week. We partially succeeded, read on for this week’s thrilling instalment of Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club ‘their quest for success’.

Matlock Tuesday bowls league.
Away – Bakewell – 4 August – 6.30pm.

Having played last week the win took us up to third in the division, albeit by just one point. Bakewell’s green is long and thin with hardly any crown at all and as a team we struggle, but we did OK this time. Dawn and John B won their game 21 – 7, with Tony A and Harry B also having a good win 21 – 15. The Edith and Rick combo for once had a fight on their hands just sneaking home by 21 – 20. Dot H and Pat B were playing Bakewells best pair and they put up an equally good fight before coming second by 13 – 21. The overall result was Bakewell 63, Parwich 76. Dependent upon other team results we will stay third and may well reduce the gap to the team who are second. We will have to watch it though otherwise we will get promoted!!

• Next match- Home – Matlock Golf Club – 11 August – 6.30pm.

Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Away – Matlock Golf Club – 6 August – 1.45pm.

So you can’t have good wins every week, well we can’t anyway. The Golf Club are considerably ahead of us in the league. Come to think of it everybody is. After the doubles games we were trailing 36 – 55. This was after a game and a half by Dennis E and Audrey B who were 13 – 3 down, but came back to win 21 – 13. How about that. Unfortunately we were not at our best in the singles with only two of our six winning. Rick M won 15 – 10 and Dot H won 15 – 14. Well done you two. The final result though was a defeat 139 – 106. Still propping up the division. No league matches next week as it is the annual Greenaway Charity competition.

• Next match – Greenaway – 13 August.

Sunday sees us with a Club competition, the Round Robin. Having had a square one it’s good to get a round one. You ornithological peeps need to do some birding down at Parsons Croft this Sunday 10.30am.

John B.