Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

Now I know I give the impression that bowlers are a hardy lot, but having to put up with the weather we have had for the past week has been nothing short of heroic. Putting up with all this sunshine and winning matches too, what a team.

Matlock Tuesday League.
Home – Bakewell – 16 July.

Thankfully Bakewell are not having a very good season this year. They are struggling down near the bottom of the league, and their form against us did not improve in this match. We even managed to win three of the four games, and without our Edith, who unfortunately had hurt her leg and was unable to play. Anyway the night was hot and steamy, and the bowls was good as well. We came out on top 73 points to 67. We have been slowly creeping up the division, but I’m not sure if this will lift us up from our current sixth place.

• Next match – Away – Whitworth Park – 23 July 6.30pm.

Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Home – Baslow – 18 July.

We had beaten Baslow on their green in the first half of the season and on a stonker of an afternoon we played them on our green. On very hot days some people ride bikes up mountains, we go one better and play bowls! Once again we struggled a bit in the doubles winning only one of the three, but our two new members played for only the second time in the league and they both made a great impact. Well done Tony and Sue.

The singles brought us a bit better results winning five out of the six games. We achieved 85 out of a possible 90 points. The final score was Parwich 131, Baslow 101. This should keep us in the top half of the league.

• Next match – Away – Wirksworth – 25 July – 1.45pm.

Our friendly match against Ashbourne Park last Sunday was really enjoyable and we are having another one against Hazelwood this Sunday. It should be another good afternoon. Come down to Parsons Croft and support our regular crowd, Ron T. We start at 2.00pm.

John B.

Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

Both our matches this week were away and against teams who either play on tricky greens or are considerably bigger than us. We did well against the ‘big’ club, but not so good on the tricky green.

Matlock Tuesday League.
Away – Matlock Bath – 9 July.

We had already lost to Matlock Bath on our green and their green is shaped like a fifty pence piece and about the same size. It was also so fast you only had to drop your wood and it finished up in the Derwent! To cap it all there was a sight that was akin to flying pigs or fairies at the bottom of the garden, Edith and Rick LOST, not by much (only three points), but a loss none the less. Still we have to let them lose every now and again, otherwise they would be unbearable! The upshot of this debacle was that we only won one game, well done Dennis E and Harry B. The final score was Matlock 79 Parwich 65.

• Next match – Home – Bakewell – 16 July 6.30pm.

Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Away – Tideswell – 11 July.

This is such a nice place to play bowls, the outlook is great and the facilities are equally good. Unfortunately our Achilles-heel showed again today. We did not play at all well in the doubles and finished up 30 points behind our hosts. The singles came to our rescue with Harry B leading the way by winning 15 – 0. We managed to win a further three singles and lost one more by only one point turning our poor start into quite a final rally. In the end we lost by 125 to 114. We were exactly half way in the league in sixth place. Let us hope we manage to stay in that position.

• Next match – Home – Baslow – 18 July – 1.45pm.

Sunday brings another friendly match this time against Ashbourne Park. As always these light-hearted matches are great, with good fun and even better food. Come along to Parsons Croft at around 2.00pm and have a look on what should be a lovely sunny day.

John B.