Fancy  a roll up?  Have a family member or neighbour with nothing planned today?  Then pop down to the Club between 10.00 am and 6.00 pm Ange, Scott and co will be welcoming you with open arms and a chance to learn some new skills

Jane will have the bar open from 11.30 am, so even if you want to sit in the sunshine and watch, you can quench your thirst!

 

 

Thanks to Richard H who has started off his and Gordon’s month of team selection.

Joan O’N Bernard & Teresa

Stella S, Gordon & Richard H

Stella K, Brian C & Lucy

Please tick your name off on the board after selection, so we know you know you’re playing!

Thanks

Well let’s hope we do a bit better today.  We had a bit of a pasting yesterday v West Ealing.  At one point Laurence’s rink were neck and neck, then a couple of ends ran away with them.  Teresa’s rink were behind then they picked up a 5 to put them in with a chance, but again the West Ealing rink pulled away.  On Kevin’s rink, we won the second half of the match.  Unfortunately we were nowhere near in the first half and went down heavily.

It was good to have some supporters – Reg, Brenda, Stella K along with her dog as well as Suzanne (Kevin’s wife) and their two Vizla’s.  All them behaved very well!  Jane was kept relatively busy with the bar- thank you.

It was a lovely sunny afternoon yesterday and hopefully it will brighten up today, although it’s somewhat cloudy at the moment!  Again, spectators are welcome and the bar will be open all afternoon.

Hope to see some of you later

Dawn

PS  Well done to all those Brentford and Chelsea fans some of whom may have a sore head this morning!

Good luck to all those playing today.  2.30 pm start if anyone else is in the area and would like to come and watch.  The bar will be open for all types of beverage all afternoon!

There’s also an Open Day on Monday with 10.00-12.00; 1.00-3.00; and 4.00-6.00 pm sessions.  Bring a friend, a neighbour.  Bring yourself and help some potential members with basic skills such as how to hold the bowl, what happens with the bias etc.  Dress code casual

Friday Night Roll Ups start tonight – speak to Brian Curwood if you’d like to join in.

Also tonight is the start of the Middlesex Ladies’ Pairs’ competition.

At Cambridge Park, Lucy & Sarah take on Cathy & Ann H, whilst Jean & Nadine head over to Ashford for their tie and Jacquie & Marie play at Staines.   Ange & Dawn have to wait another few weeks to play their game at Bishop Duppas.

The National Competitions are also under way with many of us trying to squeeze first rounds in between Middlesex comps.

Good luck to all playing.  Relax and enjoy the games.

We will have a tough game on our hands, so any supporters to come along and give us a cheer will be welcome!

The following have been selected to represent the Club.  

 

1. Dave Wilson	1. Roy Ebinezar
2. Steve Pennington	2. Richard Hermitage
3. Dawn Slaughter	3. Gym Brown
Skip Kevin Liffen	Skip Teresa French

 

1. Ange Cumine
2. Ray Verralls
3. Gordon Macleod
Skip. Laurence Gatfield

 

Reserves:

Match Captain:  Dawn                 

Match Fee:  £3.00 – Filled Rolls

Dress:  WHITES with Club Shirts

Well done to everyone who played yesterday.  I understand it was a 2.5 – 0.5 win for Cambridge Park.  No one has let me know who had the top rink yet.

Happy Birthday to Kevin L.  We hope you have a great day.  As it’s not going to rain, we hope you get a birthday cake to enjoy in the garden.

Match v Hurlingham Park this afternoon at 2.30 pm at Cambridge Park. Will the weather hold?  Well, if this morning’s clouds blow over, it’s supposed to be better later and then from tomorrow, I think the 7th wettest May on record will just about be over!  I guess we’re lucky as it’s been the worst wettest May on record in Wales.

As mentioned yesterday morning, there were two Middlesex County Triples comp matches last night.  At 5.10 pm, I asked Alexa what was the weather forecast and whether it would rain.  Temperature was 12 dropping to 7 C and no rain until 8.00 pm.

She was wrong.  Wrong big time!  Almost at 6.00 pm to the dot when we started, the rain started.  By 7.30 pm, it was relatively bright skies (albeit cloudy) everywhere except above Cambridge Park Bowls Club!  Ann, Nadine and Cathy’s opponents conceded when the heavy rain started and they were too many shots behind to catch up.

Sarah, Ange and Dawn didn’t get off to a great start and plodded on being 4-13 down after 8 ends.  Oops.  A played for (but in all honesty fairly lucky), Dawn’s bowl took out the shot bowl giving us a 4.  We were off.  The rain wasn’t off at all!  We crawled our way back to take the lead and, on the final end, Marion B’s final delivery saw her slip onto her bottom, the hail came down and having looked at the head whilst getting battered by the hail, it was decided it was just one shot either way on a close measure.  As Sarah, Ange and Dawn were 18-15 up, one shot did not make a difference to the result, and we made it through.

Next round 1st June for both Triples.

We will not know how to play in warm, sunny weather! …. when it eventually arrives.

Alexa is now in the naughty corner!