Congratulations to Paul R who joined the C P Wrong Bias Club last night. He did it in great style by repeating it twice more. A total of three !

Paul joins an illustrious club of members and visitors who for some reason unbeknown send their bowl off on a beautiful line only to see it veer off in the wrong direction two-thirds of the way down the green!

Paul was awarded his certificate at the end of the league game.  I should also add that Paul played some lovely draw bowls contributing to his team’s score  Well done!

A little reminder for Paul and everyone else … the little dot goes on the inside!

 

OK, so I’m a day late but books are ok for any day of the week.
Anyone read any books that they can recommend to those that read these posts?

I’ve got Tim Spector’s Food for Life on the go as well as one of Richard Cole’s novels about putting a toilet in a church. Great fun read!

How does the Marlow Murder Club (now a series on tv) compare to the Thursday Murder Club?

Jay McGuinness, part of The Wanted/ex Strictly/actor has turned novelist as well and has just released a new fantasy Blood Flowers. Had anyone read that yet?

What about sports books? The Final Innings – cricket – seems to be nearby at home

There’s a good selection of paperbacks at 50p each in the ladies changing room if you fancy a browse in there – Thanks to Margaret B.

From the radio yesterday, I understand that a lot of children dressed up as Joe Wickes to go to school (some looking more like the 118 118 men!)and one school had all the children in pyjamas to encourage bedtime reading.
What about our your grandchildren ? Did they dress up?

If your bowls need re-stamping, or you need deeper grips or re-aligning, then Steve B from Hounslow is going to Pershore Bowls Centre before the outdoor season.
£10.00 per set of 4 then:

Testing & Stamping.     £46:00

Adjusting & Stamping.  £68:00

Gripping.                         £55:00

 

Steve’s number. 01386 652411

Money and bowls will need to be delivered to Steve once a date has been fixed.

Hope your day starts with a bunch of daffodils on the table, leeks at lunchtime and Welsh Cakes in the afternoon!

 

Norman kindly pointed out that neither Teresa nor Dawn’s wrong biases on Monday night had appeared on the blog. So I’m just putting that right!

The previous more common offenders of Norman,  Brian N and Laurence kept their games wrong-bias free last night. Hooray!

Anybody else like to hold their hand up and join the Wrong Bias Club?

It’s cold and crisp but very bright and sunny. The daylight hours are definitely getting longer and spring is well on the way!

Have a good day whatever you’re up to.

We hope you’re having a lovely day.

Once everybody has managed to stagger through the Army & Navy Rugby traffic, we had a very enjoyable afternoon in the first Richmond & Barnes League match v Ashford, despite the still heavyish green and cold. ( What happened to the 19c and sun that was forecast in the morning? Jane nearly had to serve soup and hot Bovril instead of beer to warm us up!)

Good to see Reg, Brian C, Graham Kellet, Corale, Tina. Nadine & Jean in our supporters gallery. Thanks

There were wins for Ashford v Ann and Anthony’s rinks but an outstanding 38-7 win for Norman, Laurence, Alasdair & Mike C. If only Laurence hadn’t done a wrong bias, it might have been 39!!

1 point for a winning rink and 1 point for an overall shot win. Cambridge Park managed to pull off the overall win by 64-57 so congratulations to everyone who played. Even the minimal score on our rink contributed!

We hope Anthony’s elbow and Andy’s back aren’t too sore today.

In the National comps, Ashford had a win in the Family Pairs with Mark & Vicki Smith beating Ange & Scott Cumine; and Martin Payne & Lou Putnam beating Tina Cooper & Ashley in the Mixed Pairs having beaten Lucy & Norman the previous weekend.
More Middlesex as well as National comps this week so good luck on and all.

Not only is it St George’s Day, it’s also the London Marathon,

Ray Verralls ran the London Marathon FIVE times (although not recently). That is a fantastic achievement !  Happy memories, especially when that theme music The Trap by Ron Goodwin tune starts playing.  It makes me think of Chariots of Fire.

The oldest person running today is 90. Perhaps some of us should start our training soon?!

Peter T & Peter J and Andy & Will battle it out for a place in the Middlesex Men’s Pairs final this morning starting at 10:00

When I reached the club around 11:00-ish, Andy & Will were well down.  They were still down when I left just after midday.

Report from Andy H:

Well your County finalists are the two Peters. After what looked like a run away game for them both and with WIlls and myself not on our A game with three ends to go, the score was 20-11.

However, not being one to give up and where many would have walked away, we plodded on, picking up 1 shot on the 19th making the score 20-12.  On the 20th end, WIlls placed the jack at exactly 23 meters.  Going up to bowl, we were 1 down with Peter J holding shot, so I played with a little bit of weight and pushed the jack out so we are then holding 3, Peter T bowled tight and we managed to pick up a SIX, taking us 2 behind in the final end.

Peter J bowled two perfect bowls which we just couldn’t move, so the final score 22-18.  I’m just glad we made the score look more respectable.

Thanks, Andy.

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Tina won her Club Singles v Audrey to reach the Final.  Well done.

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Kevin’s Fours went down by 1 shot in the final end v Century last night in the MIddlesex semi-final played at Hounslow. Sooo close.