It is real rain in buckets, cats and dogs and/or stair rods and would appear like putting up  two fingers to the hosepipe ban imposed yesterday !

Watch out if you’re a pedestrian. Some of those watery bits in the road are very deep and you could get soaked by a passing car.
Watch out if you’re driving too. Those wet patches seem to come out of nowhere if there are no cars in front of you flagging them up!

It’s due to dry up later and for the rest of the weekend, so this is a temporary sojourn into cooler weather.

Hope it’s drier in Leamington. The Bush Hill Park girls and the Ashford Boys start their challenge in the National Triples competitions this morning. Good luck Middlesex! Good luck to all counties. When you get to Leamington, all you want to do is play well and not let you, your club or the County down as well as enjoying the experience.

Bowls England have their own tv channel and their FB page should keep up with results.

Bit slow posting today

Good luck to the team this afternoon.
Tony, Corinne, Karen, Ange, Tricia, Barry & Teresa, George and Shaf.

Looks pretty good bowls out there.

Think we’re still one or two short for the friendly this Saturday v Hurlingham Park

Channel 4 is starting a four-part series tonight with Alex Brooker as he goes around the country with a ‘mate’ trying out various new hobbies – three per programme.  It should be a lot of fun and Alex is a tough chap – remember the series when he did the training to swim the channel.  He’s very plucky!

Anwya, on 2nd September, the programme includes bowls – hooray! – with talented Yaz Hasan from Egham joining Alex and friend.

Watch tonight at 9.00 pm (or on catch up during the week on the first episode) and subsequent episodes, but especially the bowls one!  You never know, you might find another hobby to try out – something indoors for those winter months in between indoor bowls.

Young bowler Yaz Hasan is to take centre stage in a new Channel Four series starting next month.

The 19-year-old Egham Bowls Club member will join presenter and comedian Alex Brooker as he tries out a range of the nation’s favourite pastimes in four-part mini-series ‘Hobby Man’ which starts tomorrow (Friday 19th) evening at 8pm.

Special guests join Brooker in each episode with Inbetweeners comedy actor Joe Thomas joining Yaz in episode three which takes in Wiltshire, Berkshire, and London and airs on Friday September 2nd.

Commenting on the exciting project which – coming hot on the heels of the Commonwealth Games – will again put lawn bowls on mainstream TV, Yaz said:

“The main goal for this was to promote the sport and show the country that anyone can play.

“It was an absolute pleasure to film with these two brilliant people – we had such a great time with lots of laughs.

“The most amazing thing is that I have managed to keep this a secret since it was filmed back in April. I was approached to do this while away on holiday in Spain and was really shocked that they asked me!

That may be true, but it was certainly a welcome visitor to West London last night. Almost proper rain!  Anyone go out singing in it?!

The plants in pots still needed watering this morning but I’m sure that shower would have been good for the green and surrounding area.

Many of you are green fingered so how have your gardens faired? Are your tomatoes ripening up fast? Courgettes in danger of becoming marrows? Raspberries and redcurrants  coming on a treat? Rhubarb taking over the beds providing enormous leaves providing shade?

Let us know your garden triumphs and losses over the last couple of months.
There is a life outside of bowls and sometimes it’s good to chat about it.

By the way I saw My Fair Lady a couple of weeks ago, and once we stopped (unwittingly ) comparing the two leads to Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, who were very good indeed, it was an excellent production. The run is stopping soon so get in quick if you’d like to see it. Like most of the theatres now, it was air-conditioned and comfortable. (Take out a mortgage for the ice creams though!)

On Saturday we are hosting the Middlesex Ladies Finals for competitions whose winners don’t qualify for any National Finals.

Unbadged Singles, Over 55 Singles, Over 55 Pairs, Benevolent Triples and Champion of Champions all feature.
Tina & Cathy feature in the Over 55 Pairs ; Tina, Sarah, Lucy, Tricia ( and Dawn subbing) play the Benevolent Triples and Cathy in Over 55 Singles and Sarah & Lucy in the 2 Bowl Pairs.
Play starts at 9:30 as some comps have semi finals to play.
Spectators and supporters welcome. Bring suncream, hat and water. The bar will be open for all other beverages.