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PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB

The curate’s egg was very bad this week. Not only did we lose both our matches, but two of our wheels fell off.

 Matlock Tuesday bowls league.
Away – Wirksworth – 28 April.

So you perhaps did not realise that not only do you have to be reasonably accurate, but you also need to eat a lot of carrots so that you can see in the dark. This green is very large but we started well. Dawn A and Dot H had a great win 21 – 17. Clara E and Harry B came so close. They were well on for a win reaching 20 very easily, however, as you aficionados of this great game know you need 21. Try as they might they could not get the final point and finished losing 20 – 21. This game had lasted over two hours and the final pairs did not get on to the green until 7.45pm. Edith then had a problem with her knee and hobbled round, but sadly lost with Rick M. The final pair were still playing and darkness was falling rapidly. Try as we might we could not find any miners lamps or carrots and the game was lost. The final score was Wirksworth 80, Parwich 69.

Next match- Home – Whitworth Park – 5 May – 6.30pm

Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Away – Hazelwood – 30 April- 1.45pm.

Hazelwood have played in the higher league for many years and the size of their club (150+ members) means they have a great pool of players to choose from. Anyway our doubles pairs battled all the way, but came second 60 – 35. Our singles players needed to play to the top of their ability and they did not disappoint. We won 4 out of the 6 games and went close in the other two, but the final score of 79 – 68 was not enough to swing the result in our favour. The final score was Hazelwood 131, Parwich 114. When you think that we only have 10% of their membership what a team we have.

Next match – Home – Baslow – 7 May – 1.45pm.

Don’t forget that we have another casual get together this Sunday at 2.00pm. All you need is a pair of flat soled shoes to have one of the best afternoons you can get. You don’t even need to eat carrots. You might need an umbrella though! Guaranteed great cakes and tea, rain or shine, come and join us.

John B.

PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB

A bit of a curates egg so far this season. We are winning and losing. Hopefully we won’t lose all our matches in the same League.

Matlock Tuesday bowls league.
Home – Matlock Park- 21 April.

We usually have a close match against Matlock Park and this week to some degree was no exception. We did win two games each, unfortunately their wins were by a greater margin than ours. Harry B and Valerie K set us off with a good win 21 – 18. Edith R and Tony A bettered that result winning 21 – 12. Our other two pairs tried valiantly, but just failed. The final score was Matlock 72, Parwich 61. We have a really hard match next week on a very big green. Keep your fingers crossed.

• Next match- Away- Wirksworth – 28 April- 6.30pm

Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Home – Bradwell A – 23 April- 1.45pm.

We were back on our own green this week thank goodness and in very good nick it is too. Our doubles pairs did us proud this week winning two of the three games. Pat B and Audrey B winning really well 21 – 8. Having been down by 14 – 1 at one point Dennis E and John H fought back to lose by only 21 – 16. Some recovery! Dawn A and Clara E won the final game 21 – 18. The final score therefore after the doubles games being 58 – 47.

Very tight singles games this week. Thankfully we managed to win four out of the six games. The best win we had was our Edith who managed 15 – 10, followed closely by Tony A and Harry B 15 – 11. The final score was Parwich 77, Bradwell 76.

Mathematicians amongst you will therefore have work out a win for us 135 – 123. So far too wins and a drubbing in this League. Not sure how we will cope next week against Hazelwood very big club, very good team.

• Next match – Away – Hazelwood – 30 April – 1.45pm.

You missed a really excellent get together last Sunday. 8 People turned up for a pleasant few ends. The cake and the tea weren’t bad either. You never know we may get a couple of new members yet. Thanks for coming, see you again, and anybody else who wants a bash, in a couple of weeks.

John B.