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PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB

At present we are hanging on by the skin of our teeth. All the other teams are playing much better than us or are we playing worse? Whatever the outcome you have to tip your hat to your village team. Nobody in the league has fewer members to choose a team from and yet we can very often beat teams with in excess of 50 players.

Matlock Tuesday bowls league.
Home – Wirksworth – 14 July – 6.30pm.

There was a person who it is said walked on water and without being too irreverent we have two ladies in our club who can do the same! Dawn A fabulously assisted by Sue A won their game 21 – 2. When you get a result like that you wonder how it is done, I only wish I could do it. Edith playing this week with Tony A also did the business winning 21 – 17. Told you Dawn and Edith were water walkers! John B and Dennis E just missed out, losing by one shot 20 – 21. The final result was Parwich 71, Wirksworth 61. Because of other results last week we had slipped to sixth place in the league, maybe we could move up a place. Next week we play a team close to the top and we are away so we do need perhaps some more divine intervention.

• Next match- Away – Whitworth Park – 21 July – 6.30pm.

Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Home – Hazelwood – 16 July – 1.45pm.

Hazelwood are one of the ‘massive’ clubs compared to us and we inevitably struggle because of their strength in depth, however on occasions we can get close, even if we don’t win. Liz and John H had a marathon of a game of 28 ends finally coming home to win 21 – 17. Clara E and Harry B also had a very long game, but came up just short 16 – 21. After the doubles we were trailing 47 – 59. Now here is a turn up for the books, we lost 5 out of the 6 singles games, but still came out on top 80 – 77. Can you believe that? Again Dawn A was the star of the show to give us our best win 15 – 6. It does not matter which day of the week it is Dawn does the job. Although we did eventually lose the match 127 – 136 we may well get closer to the people ahead of us. If you recall we are bottom of the league so the only way is up!

• Next match – Away – Baslow – 23 July – 1.45pm.

On Sunday we are playing a club competition, the Square Robin, who thinks these things up? If you want to find out what one of these square robin things is come down to Parsons Croft on Sunday and find out? The game starts at 10.30 in the morning. Hardly up by then, is it daylight at that time in the morning?

John B.

PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB

Quite a rollercoaster of a ride this season one week we are playing really well and the next week we are being well beaten. This week unfortunately it’s the latter. However we did try against teams a lot higher than us in the league. The fact that we are bottom of the Thursday league and everybody is higher than us is immaterial!

Matlock Tuesday bowls league.
Away – Matlock Park – 7 July – 6.30pm.

Back to Matlock again this week. Matlock are a very safe second in the league and almost certain to be promoted, we on the other hand had slipped on ‘goal’ difference to fifth, which for us would be a good place to finish. The green is in the riverside park in Matlock and the public stop and gaze at the goings on on the green, particularly the visitors from down south who play the ‘other’ form of bowls. All of this verbiage is to avoid letting you know we lost 77 – 58. There were a couple of good Parwich games, Rick and Edith coming back from 10 nil down to win 21 – 14. What a gem of a pair they are. Similarly Pat and John B down 15 – 5 coming back to lose 21 – 15. Not bad really. Our fifth place is in jeopardy after this result though.

• Next match- Home – Wirksworth – 14 July – 6.30pm.

Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Away – Bradwell – 16 July – 1.45pm.

The weather was really good for the match, which is about all you can say. Try as we may we lost the three doubles games leaving us trailing 63 – 32. We shared the six singles three each with Rick M leading the way winning 15 – 4. John B and Edith also coming on strong with good wins. Unfortunately these wins were not enough to get us anywhere near Bradwell. The score for the singles was 74 – 73 to Bradwell, giving a final score of 137 – 105. So we will still be propping up the league. We like the lower league anyway!

• Next match – Home – Hazelwood – 16 July – 1.45pm.

John B.